Comments on: Krugman reads Bubba?

By: SayUncle

SayUncle — Thu, 30 Sep 2004 17:03:29 +0000

Did you bother to try to find out?

Yes, i went out and googled “what has Kerry done” and got nothing. No, I kid. The point is that I, someone who actually follows politics unlike your average American, did not know off the top of my head a single thing Kerry has done in his decades long service in the Senate. That seriously doesn’t bode well for Kerry.

We�vie mentioned them both prominently on our blog, which I know you read.

I don’t recall them but that doesn’t mean I’ve not read them. Besides, what did he do in those situations? Vote yes, or something?

By: tgirsch

tgirsch — Thu, 30 Sep 2004 16:51:46 +0000

I think it’s less that the media is tilted toward Bush, and more that there’s a deference to power there. That, and the fact that the media hasn’t called either candidate on much of what they’ve said. Since Bush’s camp makes more misleading statements than Kerry’s camp, it gives the appearance that Bush is getting an easier time, when both are essentially getting off easy. It’s just that Bush takes a lot more advantage of that situation.

Uncle:

I didn�t know he did those things.

Did you bother to try to find out? We’ve mentioned them both prominently on our blog, which I know you read. Of course, the “anti-Bush, pro-Kerry” media can’t be bothered to point that out. They simply parrot what people say — in easy to digest sound-bite form — rather than bothering themselves with silly “facts.”

By: Heartless Libertarian

Heartless Libertarian — Wed, 29 Sep 2004 23:03:11 +0000

Kerry is only an excellent debater if the audience is mainlining No-Doze. And given his tendency to use incredibly complicated explanations full of nuance instead of simple, soncise answers, he’s toast if the candidates are time-limited in their responses.

What I find really funny is that folks like Krugman think the media is tilted toward Bush.

By: JohnX

JohnX — Wed, 29 Sep 2004 21:00:10 +0000

Kerry will do very well in the debate. He is a much better debater than Bush. I don’t think it will be enough to put him back in the hunt, however.

By: SayUncle

SayUncle — Wed, 29 Sep 2004 20:54:16 +0000

Yeah, because heaven knows bringing down a terrorist funding bank, or exposing an illegal scheme in which weaapons were sold to a known state sponsor of terror to finance an illegal war, are not noteworthy things.

I said that I know of. I didn’t know he did those things.

By: damnum absque injuria

damnum absque injuria — Wed, 29 Sep 2004 20:39:29 +0000

Coattail Kerry
Either John Kerry clobbers George Bush in tomorrow’s debate, or he’s finished.

By: tgirsch

tgirsch — Wed, 29 Sep 2004 20:24:49 +0000

He also doesn�t have a single noteworthy thing that I can think of attributed to him in his decades in the Senate.

Keep on repeating those talking points.

By: Xrlq

Xrlq — Wed, 29 Sep 2004 17:54:57 +0000

Nah. The media tilts heavily toward Kerry, so if Bush beats him by a a modest margin they’ll spin it as a draw (which would still be a loss for Kerry since he’s behind in the polls). The only way I could see the MSM actually coming out and saying that Bush “won” the debate was if Kerry got his ass handed to him. We’ll see.

By: skb

skb — Wed, 29 Sep 2004 16:10:13 +0000

I’m not predicting he will lose. I’m predicting the media will declare Bush the winner. Big difference. Well, maybe not.

By: damnum absque injuria » Coattail Kerry

damnum absque injuria » Coattail Kerry — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

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