Kerry got spanked and the crowd loved it.
Posted on 10/08/2004 11:21:19 PM PDT by sirwestlake
Edited on 10/08/2004 11:41:12 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
OTIS: Senator Kerry, after talking with several co-workers and family and friends, I asked the ones who said they were not voting for you, "Why?" They said that you were too wishy-washy. Do you have a reply for them? Kerry: Yes, I certainly do. (LAUGHTER)
GIBSON: Mr. President, I do want to follow up on this one, because there were several questions from the audience along this line. BUSH: (OFF-MIKE) GIBSON: Go ahead. Go ahead. (CROSSTALK) GIBSON: Well, I was going to have you do the rebuttal on it, but you go ahead. (LAUGHTER) You're up.
I'm going to lead the world in the greatest counterproliferation effort. And if we have to get tough with Iran, believe me, we will get tough. GIBSON: Mr. President, a minute and a half. BUSH: That answer almost made me want to scowl.
Now, for the people earning more than $200,000 a year, you're going to see a rollback to the level we were at with Bill Clinton, when people made a lot of money. And looking around here, at this group here, I suspect there are only three people here who are going to be affected: the president, me, and, Charlie, I'm sorry, you too. (LAUGHTER)
Now, either he's going to break all these wonderful promises he's told you about or he's going to raise taxes. And I suspect, given his record, he's going to raise taxes. Is my time up yet? GIBSON: No, you can keep going. (LAUGHTER) BUSH: Good. You looked at me like my clock was up.
And you know why he gets that count? The president got $84 from a timber company that owns, and he's counted as a small business. Dick Cheney's counted as a small business. That's how they do things. That's just not right. BUSH: I own a timber company? (LAUGHTER) That's news to me. (LAUGHTER) Need some wood? (LAUGHTER)
MICHAELSON: Mr. President, if there were a vacancy in the Supreme Court and you had the opportunity to fill that position today, who would you choose and why? BUSH: I'm not telling. (LAUGHTER) I really don't have -- haven't picked anybody yet. Plus, I want them all voting for me. (LAUGHTER)
GIBSON: And the final question of the evening will be addressed to President BUSH and it will come from Linda Grabel. Linda Grabel's over here. Linda Grabel's over here. BUSH: Put a head fake on us. (LAUGHTER) GIBSON: I got faked out myself.
On the tax cut, it's a big decision. I did the right decision. Our recession was one of the shallowest in modern history. Now, you asked what mistakes. I made some mistakes in appointing people, but I'm not going to name them. I don't want to hurt their feelings on national TV. (LAUGHTER)
What are you talking about, Kerry got the biggest laugh of the night when he said he was consistent Iraq. Everybody in my house was rolling on the floor at that one. Hillarious.
If you add in the number of laughable things each candidate said, Kerry won in a landslide.
The last one is pretty good, but the winner is....:
"Need some wood?"
Now, for the people earning more than $200,000 a year, you're going to see a rollback to the level we were at with Bill Clinton, when people made a lot of money. And looking around here, at this group here, I suspect there are only three people here who are going to be affected: the president, me, and, Charlie, I'm sorry, you too. (LAUGHTER)
Did anybody else find the extremely condesending? I'm pretty sure there were people in that room that made more than $200,000. Surely there was a physician, small business owner, etc. that made that much. Or does Frenchy think people in Missouri are not capable of such things.
Ah, but we can.
sorry about the format of the post(I realized it's difficult to read)---it's my first time posting a thread here...I just noticed that there were comments on Kerry's blunders during the debates. Thought it'd be interesting to note the "slams" by Bush!
If Kerry's "yes I certainly do" line got a laugh, it was a nervous kind of laughter.
The other yuk-yuk line for Kerry was when he identified only himself, Bush and Charlie Gibson as being the only people in the room who could possibly make over $200,000 a year. That had to be one of the most insulting, condescending, snide comments ever. Also, demonstrably untrue considering Teresa was in the room.
I guarantee that quite a few people in that audience will one day have a year where they make at least $200,000. Not the loser who wants free drugs from Canada, but some of the others.
Kerry ATTEMPTED to get a laugh in St. Louis by talking about the Boston Red Sox. Hasn't someone told him by now not to ever, ever, ever talk about sports again?
John Kerry would have made a great mortician.
I agree the first Kerry "yuk" was just nervous laughter.
And you're right on about the "over $200,000" comment.
Why didn't he get a laugh for "OG-BYN"?
BEST. IMAGE. EVER
His eyes remind me (top left, in his greens) of Charley Starkweather's...
Seeing how he gets primped up so much before each public appearance (manicure, artificial tanning), you'd think his "waxer" would go easy on the unibrow obsession...LOL
KERRY: I have a plan (NUANCE). I've always had a plan (NUANCE). The plan I have is a good plan. (NUANCE) And it is a consistent plan (LAUGHTER, NUANCE). My plan has been consistent from day one. (NUANCE) George W. Bush also has a plan (NUANCE). But his plan is flawed and designed to benefit Bush's buddies at Halliburton and his own Timber Mill. (NUANCE). I tried to warn George Bush about his plan. (NUANCE) General Shzekkzzzee tried to warn Bush about his plan. (NUANCE) And now we're left with such a mess I don't even know if my plan will work. (NUANCE).
Leno or Letterman are going to go to town on that one...what an opening for a crass laugher or two!
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