Comments on: The One Lingering Bite? http://poliblogger.com/?p=4831 A rough draft of my thoughts... Mon, 08 May 2025 17:54:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.2 by: Jack http://poliblogger.com/?p=4831#comment-17589 Sat, 02 Oct 2025 13:42:36 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=4831#comment-17589 Yes, but he is not hitting it very hard. Burning Kerry on it in the debate would have made it a major sound byte and would have defined the campaign. This is a point on which Americans feel very strongly. Bush really missed a great opportunity. Yes, but he is not hitting it very hard. Burning Kerry on it in the debate would have made it a major sound byte and would have defined the campaign. This is a point on which Americans feel very strongly. Bush really missed a great opportunity.

]]> by: Bill http://poliblogger.com/?p=4831#comment-17579 Sat, 02 Oct 2025 05:59:49 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=4831#comment-17579 About Bush not attempting a "knock out punch" with the "Global test" gaffe, doing so might have alerted Kerry to the gravity of his mistake and caused him to address it in the debate. Now Bush has a big fat defining quote with no in debate rebuttal to muddy the rhetorical waters. About Bush not attempting a “knock out punch” with the “Global test” gaffe, doing so might have alerted Kerry to the gravity of his mistake and caused him to address it in the debate. Now Bush has a big fat defining quote with no in debate rebuttal to muddy the rhetorical waters.

]]> by: Teri http://poliblogger.com/?p=4831#comment-17565 Fri, 01 Oct 2025 23:55:14 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=4831#comment-17565 I wonder if Kerry meant "global" in the sense of "comprehensive" but if so, he is a total moron for trying to be so nuanced and failing to realize how normal people use the word "global." I wonder if Kerry meant “global” in the sense of “comprehensive” but if so, he is a total moron for trying to be so nuanced and failing to realize how normal people use the word “global.”

]]> by: The Galvin Opinion http://poliblogger.com/?p=4831#comment-17561 Fri, 01 Oct 2025 22:41:04 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=4831#comment-17561 <strong>DEBATE RECAP: KERRY DIDN'T GET NEEDED KNOCKOUT</strong> Kerry is behind Bush in the polls. He needed a major effort to make an impression on the American people on why he should be commander-in-chief. He had to shake things up, dramtically. John Kerry failed in that mission. DEBATE RECAP: KERRY DIDN’T GET NEEDED KNOCKOUT
Kerry is behind Bush in the polls. He needed a major effort to make an impression on the American people on why he should be commander-in-chief. He had to shake things up, dramtically. John Kerry failed in that mission.

]]> by: The Lonewacko Blog http://poliblogger.com/?p=4831#comment-17558 Fri, 01 Oct 2025 20:41:08 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=4831#comment-17558 Kerry's use of "global test" is being misrepresented. See my discussion <a href="http://lonewacko.com/blog/archives/002028.html#002028">here</a>, which includes Bush today misrepresenting Kerry's remarks. He's saying that we shouldn't preemptively strike if we can't prove that it was the right thing to do, and gives Colin Powell having to apologize for his speech as a counterexample. Is that really so hard for Bush to understand? Shouldn't we care about world opinion and our own credibility? Or, does Bush not care if America's credibility around the world is reduced? Should America be known as the country that fibs? Kerry’s use of “global test” is being misrepresented. See my discussion here, which includes Bush today misrepresenting Kerry’s remarks.

He’s saying that we shouldn’t preemptively strike if we can’t prove that it was the right thing to do, and gives Colin Powell having to apologize for his speech as a counterexample.

Is that really so hard for Bush to understand? Shouldn’t we care about world opinion and our own credibility? Or, does Bush not care if America’s credibility around the world is reduced? Should America be known as the country that fibs?

]]> by: Rob M http://poliblogger.com/?p=4831#comment-17557 Fri, 01 Oct 2025 20:33:43 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=4831#comment-17557 In watching the debate with my High school seniors they asked a good question. I was asked "Kerry said we did not use allies in Iraq but said it was wrong to use allies in Afganistan and North Korea. So which is it should we use allies or not?" I was at a loss for an answer. Outside of starting an answer with "well you just have to understand...." which sucks. I know why each situation is different but how to explain in a short way to a group of people who don't know much about world politics? In watching the debate with my High school seniors they asked a good question. I was asked “Kerry said we did not use allies in Iraq but said it was wrong to use allies in Afganistan and North Korea. So which is it should we use allies or not?”

I was at a loss for an answer. Outside of starting an answer with “well you just have to understand….” which sucks. I know why each situation is different but how to explain in a short way to a group of people who don’t know much about world politics?

]]> by: Jack http://poliblogger.com/?p=4831#comment-17554 Fri, 01 Oct 2025 18:52:20 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=4831#comment-17554 Bush really missed that softball. He should have said, "It is always important to have allies on our side, but other countries have different interests. That is not necessarily bad, but it is a fact. Unlike my opponent, I will never subordinate our national security to any other country or body. When it comes to national security, my decisions will be based upon the "America Test," that is, what is best for America." Bush really missed that softball. He should have said, “It is always important to have allies on our side, but other countries have different interests. That is not necessarily bad, but it is a fact. Unlike my opponent, I will never subordinate our national security to any other country or body. When it comes to national security, my decisions will be based upon the “America Test,” that is, what is best for America.”

]]> by: Don http://poliblogger.com/?p=4831#comment-17552 Fri, 01 Oct 2025 18:22:39 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=4831#comment-17552 Kerry has a new slogan. Check out www.seriousfake.blogspot.com Kerry has a new slogan. Check out

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]]> by: Johnny Walker Red http://poliblogger.com/?p=4831#comment-17549 Fri, 01 Oct 2025 17:32:19 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=4831#comment-17549 I think that line was infuriating, and I think it will be devastating in ads. I also think it will resonate with women. Another point: did the Gulf War "pass the global test"? Because he voted against it. What this shows is that world opinion actually IS irrelevant to Kerry - he is always anti-war, no matter what the international community thinks. He's of course only using the "global test" canard this time because the rest of the world happened to agree with his anti-war stance this time. I think that line was infuriating, and I think it will be devastating in ads. I also think it will resonate with women.

Another point: did the Gulf War “pass the global test”? Because he voted against it.

What this shows is that world opinion actually IS irrelevant to Kerry - he is always anti-war, no matter what the international community thinks. He’s of course only using the “global test” canard this time because the rest of the world happened to agree with his anti-war stance this time.

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