Kerry Challenges Bush to Weekly Debates

[chrisms]

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Great idea for the Kerry campaign but unfortunately it won't be taking place.

 

[CADsortaGUY]

The Bush-Cheney campaign rebuffed the debate challenge.

"There will be a time for debates after the convention, and during the next few weeks, John Kerry should take the time to finish the debates with himself," responded Bush-Cheney spokesman Steve Schmidt.

"This election presents a clear choice to the American people between a president who is moving America forward and a senator who has taken every side of almost every issue," he said.

CkG

 

[shiner]

Originally posted by: CADkindaGUY

The Bush-Cheney campaign rebuffed the debate challenge.

"There will be a time for debates after the convention, and during the next few weeks, John Kerry should take the time to finish the debates with himself," responded Bush-Cheney spokesman Steve Schmidt.

"This election presents a clear choice to the American people between a president who is moving America forward and a senator who has taken every side of almost every issue," he said.

CkG

Classic.....that's a funny as hell response. I'm sure it's not what the Kerry camp hoped for at all.

Hear that sound??? It's the sound of the Kerry campaign collectively slapping their foreheads and saying DOH!!!!!!!

They got burned.....

 

[OneOfTheseDays]

Originally posted by: shinerburke

Originally posted by: CADkindaGUY

The Bush-Cheney campaign rebuffed the debate challenge.

"There will be a time for debates after the convention, and during the next few weeks, John Kerry should take the time to finish the debates with himself," responded Bush-Cheney spokesman Steve Schmidt.

"This election presents a clear choice to the American people between a president who is moving America forward and a senator who has taken every side of almost every issue," he said.

CkG

Classic.....that's a funny as hell response. I'm sure it's not what the Kerry camp hoped for at all.

Hear that sound??? It's the sound of the Kerry campaign collectively slapping their foreheads and saying DOH!!!!!!!

They got burned.....

Actually the American public is getting burned here. Weekly debates would really let the public know what each candidate is about, and what their stance is on the issues. Having 2 or 3 debates total will not cover all of the issues that are affecting America today. Of course we all know the reasons why they are rebuffing, Bush can't actually debate unless it is scripted.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Originally posted by: shinerburke

Originally posted by: CADkindaGUY

The Bush-Cheney campaign rebuffed the debate challenge.

"There will be a time for debates after the convention, and during the next few weeks, John Kerry should take the time to finish the debates with himself," responded Bush-Cheney spokesman Steve Schmidt.

"This election presents a clear choice to the American people between a president who is moving America forward and a senator who has taken every side of almost every issue," he said.

CkG

Classic.....that's a funny as hell response. I'm sure it's not what the Kerry camp hoped for at all.

Hear that sound??? It's the sound of the Kerry campaign collectively slapping their foreheads and saying DOH!!!!!!!

They got burned.....

Ahh, but the game is not yet over. The RNC will pass, and Bush will either have to perpetually obfuscate (at which I admit he excels) or debate Kerry.

Then we will see.

 

[OneOfTheseDays]

Kerry is slipping a bit in the polls due to this swiftboat nonsense, but it will pass and the RNC will pass as well. I believe the debates will really decide this election. And my prediction is whoever wins will win big, not by one or two states.

 

[shiner]

Originally posted by: Sudheer Anne

Originally posted by: shinerburke

Originally posted by: CADkindaGUY

The Bush-Cheney campaign rebuffed the debate challenge.

"There will be a time for debates after the convention, and during the next few weeks, John Kerry should take the time to finish the debates with himself," responded Bush-Cheney spokesman Steve Schmidt.

"This election presents a clear choice to the American people between a president who is moving America forward and a senator who has taken every side of almost every issue," he said.

CkG

Classic.....that's a funny as hell response. I'm sure it's not what the Kerry camp hoped for at all.

Hear that sound??? It's the sound of the Kerry campaign collectively slapping their foreheads and saying DOH!!!!!!!

They got burned.....

Actually the American public is getting burned here. Weekly debates would really let the public know what each candidate is about, and what their stance is on the issues. Having 2 or 3 debates total will not cover all of the issues that are affecting America today. Of course we all know the reasons why they are rebuffing, Bush can't actually debate unless it is scripted.

Don't you think the President has better things to do with his time than to spend it preparing for weekly debates? I mean I know it doesn't bother Kerry to miss out on briefing sessions, votes, etc....but I doubt the President could play it as fast and loose with his job as Senator Kerry has.

 

[BaliBabyDoc]

That's a curious statement, shinerburke. IIRC, George W Bush has taken a month off during every year of his reign. The exception being this week where he only took a week off . . . and according to HIS campaign . . . he was prepping for the RNC convention.

 

[shiner]

Originally posted by: BaliBabyDoc
That's a curious statement, shinerburke. IIRC, George W Bush has taken a month off during every year of his reign. The exception being this week where he only took a week off . . . and according to HIS campaign . . . he was prepping for the RNC convention.

Big difference. When the President is on a so called vacation he still gets briefed every day and normally has his advisors close at hand. Point being he can and is still very actively doing his job even when he is on "vacation"

Kerry on the other hand..........How many votes was it he has missed? How many briefings has he missed?

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Originally posted by: shinerburke

Originally posted by: Sudheer Anne

Originally posted by: shinerburke

Originally posted by: CADkindaGUY

The Bush-Cheney campaign rebuffed the debate challenge.

"There will be a time for debates after the convention, and during the next few weeks, John Kerry should take the time to finish the debates with himself," responded Bush-Cheney spokesman Steve Schmidt.

"This election presents a clear choice to the American people between a president who is moving America forward and a senator who has taken every side of almost every issue," he said.

CkG

Classic.....that's a funny as hell response. I'm sure it's not what the Kerry camp hoped for at all.

Hear that sound??? It's the sound of the Kerry campaign collectively slapping their foreheads and saying DOH!!!!!!!

They got burned.....

Actually the American public is getting burned here. Weekly debates would really let the public know what each candidate is about, and what their stance is on the issues. Having 2 or 3 debates total will not cover all of the issues that are affecting America today. Of course we all know the reasons why they are rebuffing, Bush can't actually debate unless it is scripted.

Don't you think the President has better things to do with his time than to spend it preparing for weekly debates? I mean I know it doesn't bother Kerry to miss out on briefing sessions, votes, etc....but I doubt the President could play it as fast and loose with his job as Senator Kerry has.

I dunno, it seems if Bush had emulated Kerry and not shown up for work, we would all be much better off today

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Originally posted by: BaliBabyDoc
That's a curious statement, shinerburke. IIRC, George W Bush has taken a month off during every year of his reign. The exception being this week where he only took a week off . . . and according to HIS campaign . . . he was prepping for the RNC convention.

Considerably more than that, actually. I believe the current tally has him spending roughly a year of the past 3 1/2 on vacation. This was the state of things in Oct 03.

I don't think the President's trips to his ranch are all what we might consider "vacation," in the sense that he's still presumably working a fair bit. I also don't think, however, that time spent on the ranch can possibly be as productive as time spent in the White House, and by all accounts he spends a lot of time horseback riding, mountain biking, working on the ranch property, etc. I know I'd like it if I could spend months of every year telecommuting from a large ranch in Texas, with plenty of leisure activity time built in.

 

[Czar]

Originally posted by: shinerburke

Originally posted by: CADkindaGUY

The Bush-Cheney campaign rebuffed the debate challenge.

"There will be a time for debates after the convention, and during the next few weeks, John Kerry should take the time to finish the debates with himself," responded Bush-Cheney spokesman Steve Schmidt.

"This election presents a clear choice to the American people between a president who is moving America forward and a senator who has taken every side of almost every issue," he said.

CkG

Classic.....that's a funny as hell response. I'm sure it's not what the Kerry camp hoped for at all.

Hear that sound??? It's the sound of the Kerry campaign collectively slapping their foreheads and saying DOH!!!!!!!

They got burned.....

so its about flaming the other side, is that their whole campaign?

 

[shiner]

Originally posted by: Czar

Originally posted by: shinerburke

Originally posted by: CADkindaGUY

The Bush-Cheney campaign rebuffed the debate challenge.

"There will be a time for debates after the convention, and during the next few weeks, John Kerry should take the time to finish the debates with himself," responded Bush-Cheney spokesman Steve Schmidt.

"This election presents a clear choice to the American people between a president who is moving America forward and a senator who has taken every side of almost every issue," he said.

CkG

Classic.....that's a funny as hell response. I'm sure it's not what the Kerry camp hoped for at all.

Hear that sound??? It's the sound of the Kerry campaign collectively slapping their foreheads and saying DOH!!!!!!!

They got burned.....

so its about flaming the other side, is that their whole campaign?

You have to admit it's funny......the libs here would be ROFL if something similar had been put out by the Kerry camp.

 

[arsbanned]

Originally posted by: shinerburke

Originally posted by: CADkindaGUY

The Bush-Cheney campaign rebuffed the debate challenge.

"There will be a time for debates after the convention, and during the next few weeks, John Kerry should take the time to finish the debates with himself," responded Bush-Cheney spokesman Steve Schmidt.

"This election presents a clear choice to the American people between a president who is moving America forward and a senator who has taken every side of almost every issue," he said.

CkG

Classic.....that's a funny as hell response. I'm sure it's not what the Kerry camp hoped for at all.

Hear that sound??? It's the sound of the Kerry campaign collectively slapping their foreheads and saying DOH!!!!!!!

They got burned.....

No. The American people got burned.

BaliBabyDoc

That's a curious statement, shinerburke. IIRC, George W Bush has taken a month off during every year of his reign.

Agreed. I can just picture him:
"Now, watch this shot...."

 

[shiner]

Originally posted by: arsbanned

Originally posted by: shinerburke

Originally posted by: CADkindaGUY

The Bush-Cheney campaign rebuffed the debate challenge.

"There will be a time for debates after the convention, and during the next few weeks, John Kerry should take the time to finish the debates with himself," responded Bush-Cheney spokesman Steve Schmidt.

"This election presents a clear choice to the American people between a president who is moving America forward and a senator who has taken every side of almost every issue," he said.

CkG

Classic.....that's a funny as hell response. I'm sure it's not what the Kerry camp hoped for at all.

Hear that sound??? It's the sound of the Kerry campaign collectively slapping their foreheads and saying DOH!!!!!!!

They got burned.....

No. The American people got burned.

BaliBabyDoc

That's a curious statement, shinerburke. IIRC, George W Bush has taken a month off during every year of his reign.

Agreed. I can just picture him:
"Now, watch this shot...."

Ahhh yes....the out of context golf game brought up again.....

 

[bozack]

Originally posted by: chrisms
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Great idea for the Kerry campaign but unfortunately it won't be taking place.

debates before the RNC?? right, has that ever happened before? I don't think I remember it happening in the few elections I have lived through.

 

[NJDevil]

Originally posted by: bozack

Originally posted by: chrisms
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Great idea for the Kerry campaign but unfortunately it won't be taking place.

debates before the RNC?? right, has that ever happened before? I don't think I remember it happening in the few elections I have lived through.

How about afterwards? A weekly debate after the RNC (don't have them the weeks you have scheduled debates) until the election. How can anyone possibly be against this? It really will cast more light on the issues and will help people decide who to vote for.

I totally agree with the, "The American people got burned."

EDIT: stuck on an extra l to "wil"

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Originally posted by: bozack

debates before the RNC?? right, has that ever happened before? I don't think I remember it happening in the few elections I have lived through.

In all fairness, though, the RNC is unusually late this year.

 

[rextilleon]

If you have a debate then you can't rely on having your hitmen lie and manipulate for you--its just you and your nemisis--Bush is a coward--everyone knows that.

 

[1EZduzit]

Originally posted by: CADkindaGUY

The Bush-Cheney campaign rebuffed the debate challenge.

"There will be a time for debates after the convention, and during the next few weeks, John Kerry should take the time to finish the debates with himself," responded Bush-Cheney spokesman Steve Schmidt.

"This election presents a clear choice to the American people between a president who is moving America forward and a senator who has taken every side of almost every issue," he said.

CkG

Yeah, moving America forward to WWIII, If America was Ceaser and the world countires were the Roman Senate, we'd be dead already.


What's wrong with debates? Wouldn't it help stop all thes 527 ad's? Isn't that what Bush said he wanted?

Wouldn't debates get us on the real issues? Isn't that what we all want?

Did they say he wanted to start the debates tommorrow? Set a date for sometime after the convention then and say "Okie Dokie"?? I guess that's too hard for the Dub's of this world to figure out. He must have been chewing some gum when he made this decesion. LOL

 

[ntdz]

weekends are counted in that "vacation time", very misleading

 

[Czar]

Originally posted by: shinerburke

Originally posted by: Czar

Originally posted by: shinerburke

Originally posted by: CADkindaGUY

The Bush-Cheney campaign rebuffed the debate challenge.

"There will be a time for debates after the convention, and during the next few weeks, John Kerry should take the time to finish the debates with himself," responded Bush-Cheney spokesman Steve Schmidt.

"This election presents a clear choice to the American people between a president who is moving America forward and a senator who has taken every side of almost every issue," he said.

CkG

Classic.....that's a funny as hell response. I'm sure it's not what the Kerry camp hoped for at all.

Hear that sound??? It's the sound of the Kerry campaign collectively slapping their foreheads and saying DOH!!!!!!!

They got burned.....

so its about flaming the other side, is that their whole campaign?

You have to admit it's funny......the libs here would be ROFL if something similar had been put out by the Kerry camp.

it is funny yes, but this is something I would expect to hear from a forum member not a political reprisentative, its just a new low of the mudfest 2004

 

[Jhhnn]

Hey, the whole thing would put the Repubs at a serious disadvantage- they'd actually have to discuss the issues, rather than claiming lily-white innocence while riding a wave of self-sponsored third party sleaze and innuendo...

 

[CycloWizard]

Kerry is a better speaker than Bush, it's true. Unfortunately for Kerry, debating will (hopefully) force him to give relatively straightforward answers to issues that he's been dancing around his entire campaign. I still don't know where he stands on some issues, but the ones that I do know are enough for me to not vote for him.

 

[rextilleon]

Cyclo--you seem reasonable--I think you will be pleasantly surprised when and if you see who Kerry really is--not who Kerry has been portrayed as by the right wing hit teams.