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Post #177,321 by ben_tilly 10/1/04 10:31:51 AM Reply	The last point is key Who won the debate as a debate is irrelevant. It is all about who picked up votes. Bush doesn't care about winning a battle of words. He cares about projecting the image he wants, and giving people a sense that he "connected" with them. There are a lot of people who will vote for Bush based on that reaction. Bush did that. On that level Kerry did reasonably well, but did not challenge the perception that Bush projected. Cheers, Ben About the use of language: it is impossible to sharpen a pencil with a blunt axe. It is equally vain to try to do it with ten blunt axes instead. -- Edsger W. Dijkstra
Post #177,345 by tuberculosis 10/1/04 1:05:49 PM Reply	You mean the image he projected in Farenheit 9/11 while having My Pet Goat read to him? I saw an inarticulate deer in the headlights surface more than once in that debate. He looked weak and irresolute. His non-sequitur mechanical repetition of "you can't lead and send mixed messages" sound bite fell flat IMO. That was lovely cheese. --Wallace, The Wrong Trousers
Post #177,352 by deSitter 10/1/04 1:20:33 PM Reply	Re: You mean the image he projected in Farenheit 9/11 The various grunts, snorts, ill-timed bursts of laughter, grimaces, etc. bespeak a mind in turmoil. This psycho has the "football". -drl

Paper insta-polls overwhelmingly favor Kerry - (deSitter) - (5) - Oct. 1, 2004, 01:06:59 AM EDT

Early polls: Kerry wins debate, but no new votes - (johnu) - (4) - Oct. 1, 2004, 09:57:01 AM EDT

The last point is key - (ben_tilly) - (2) - Oct. 1, 2004, 10:31:51 AM EDT

You mean the image he projected in Farenheit 9/11 - (tuberculosis) - (1) - Oct. 1, 2004, 01:05:49 PM EDT

Re: You mean the image he projected in Farenheit 9/11 - (deSitter) - Oct. 1, 2004, 01:20:33 PM EDT

Time lag - (deSitter) - Oct. 1, 2004, 10:40:41 AM EDT

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