The debates
Some quick notes on the debates before I rush off for class. First off, it's annoying having the debates START at 2AM here in Scotland. Don't they think of their international base? ;) I think this was Kerry's worst performance so far - not that it was necessarily BAD, but that he did BETTER in the other two debates by far. Bush's omnipresent smirk throughout the first half was really annoying and his attempt to be "calm, cool, and collected" during the second half by speaking softly was almost as bad. I'm going to say that this was a slight win for Kerry, but nothing spectacular for the other two; Bush didn't do as badly as people expected him to do, so that's a plus for him (why, I've never been sure; the press is strange). We'll see how the pundits react to it.
It was annoying being in a room full of angry liberals because they kept arguing with the TV. Do people not understand that politicians aren't at all concerned with LOGICAL argument? They don't try and make sound arguments (I was somewhat amused by the economics of one of Bush's arguments; don't make any sense; but I chose not to say anything). What matters is what the average person, who knows squat about policy, thinks about what they said. And that's where I'm always afraid that Bush does well (although, thanks to Mr. Cognitive Dissonance, I can never tell). Remember: what matters in politics is not the TRUTH, but what people perceive. And that always kind of makes me sad.
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