*sees Whir, ducks*
So let's have some politics. Laurent should like this one better than the last one.
Reading through the second debate transcripts right now, and some stuff is catching me eye. Such as:
Quoth Bush: "And I saw a unique threat in Saddam Hussein - as did my opponent - because we thought he had weapons of mass destruction...We all thought there was weapons there, Robin. My opponent thought there was weapons there. That's why he called him a grave threat. I wasn't happy when we found out there wasn't weapons, and we've got an intelligence group together to figure out why. But Saddam Hussein was a unique threat, and the world is better off without him in power."
So, apart from the really annoying use of "was" in there, I wasn't aware that Bush had given up on the whole WMD thing. Interesting.
Unique threat, huh?
Quoth Bush again: "That answer almost made me want to scowl. He keeps talking about let the inspectors do their job. It's naïve and dangerous to say that. That's what the Duelfer report showed. He was deceiving the inspectors."
Uh. Did I read that right? It's naive and dangerous to let the inspectors do their jobs? Wow. Just...wow.
Both Bush and Kerry have come out against the draft. This is good. OTOH, only Kerry seems to be willing to talk about needing more troops. This is less good on the president's part.
And, uh, about this part...yeah.
And, well, Bush IS right about this:
"This war is a long, long war. And it requires steadfast determination and it requires a complete understanding that we not only chase down Al Qaeda but we disrupt terrorist safe havens as well as people who could provide the terrorists with support."
A bit later...
Bush: "Now, he talks about Medicare. He's been in the United States Senate 20 years. Show me one accomplishment toward Medicare that he accomplished."
Kerry: "Actually, Mr. President, in 1997 we fixed Medicare and I was one of the people involved in it. We not only fixed Medicare and took it way out into the future, we did something that you don't know how to do - we balanced the budget and we paid down the debt of our nation for two years in a row and we created 23 million new jobs at the same time."
Denied, Mr. President. Denied.
"Mr. Gibson We'll get to that in just a minute. Thirty--
Mr. Bush You're right, what--
Q. --seconds.
Mr. Bush --does matter is the plan..."
Way to continually talk over the moderator, Mr. President. Good job.
The spending stuff is hilarious.
"Q. Thank you. Senator Kerry, would you be willing to look directly into the camera and using simple and unequivocal language give the American people your solemn pledge not to sign any legislation that will increase the tax burden on families earning less than $200,000 a year during your first term?
Mr. Kerry Absolutely, yes. Right into the camera, yes. I am not going to raise taxes."
And you can just read my lips, too. No new taxes!
"Mr. Kerry Boy, to listen to that, the president, I don't think, is living in a world of reality with respect to the environment. Now, if you're a Red Sox fan, that's O.K. But if you're a president, it's not."
Heh.
Randomly picking a quote by Bush...
"He and his running mate didn't show up to vote when they could have got it going in the Senate."
Dammit, stop that shit. You'd think they weren't running a campaign, or something.
"Mr. Bush: I own a timber company? That's news to me. Need some wood?"
Hahahahaha.
Quoth Bush: "I would pick somebody who would strictly interpret the Constitution of the United States."
How...1805. Nevermind that he then goes on to talk about the Dred Scott case.
Quoth Kerry: "Well, again, the president just said categorically my opponent's against this, my opponents against that. You know, it's just not that simple."
And that about sums up the man's views right there, which sure does get obscured an awful lot.
The whole last question was pretty good.
Posted by Dwip at October 9, 2004 2:11 AM