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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Slugger who wrote (1183)	10/4/2000 1:13:27 AM
From: canuck-l-head	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10042

Slugger: Gore was more eloquent, but at the risk of ignoring the question. Bush, however, should have passed on the question of "character". Gore used Bush's willingness to answer the question and turned it against him. That's good debate tactics. Jesse Ventura the other night was interviewed, and he said, "The biggest lesson I learned in politics is that you don't have to answer every question." Even Liberman admitted that he and Gore had decided he was going to hammer his own platform, even if it meant ignoring the question. canuck-l-head

To: Slugger who wrote (1183)	10/4/2000 9:38:23 AM
From: TimF	Respond to of 10042

I'm sitting here watching the debate a second time and would agree with that assessment. Bush did well when he spoke passionately on education, oil and budget issues (tax cuts, social security). He did poorly on the Milosevic question and the abortion/judges question. Gore was much more consistent and eloquent. I didn't catch all of what Bush had to say about Milosevic. I agree with you on how he did on education, oil, the budget issues and abortion. I think he did well on the first three but on abortion he let himself seem like he was supporting a position that he didn't want to directly defend. I think strongly pro-choice voters on unlikely to vote for Bush anyway, Bush shouldn't hide the issue. It shouldn't be one of his main themes and he doesn't have to go around bringing it up, but when the subject comes up he should not be weak in his repsponses. I missed some of what Gore had to say about abortion (I all ready know who I want to vote for and there was another show I wanted to watch at the same time), so I can't say how well he did on the topic. Overll I think Bush did fine. I don't know if I would really say either canidate won the debate. Tim