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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Your 8 year old must also not be responding to post-debate Gallup polls:
***Demonstrated he is tough enough for the job Bush 54/ Kerry
37
***Likable Bush 48/Kerry 41
***Believable Bush 48 / Kerry 45
***Agreed with you more on the issues you care about Bush 49/ Kerry 46
***Had a good understanding of the issues 41/41
***Expressed himself more clearly Bush 32/Kerry 60
On Iraq: Before Debate: 54 said the president would do a better job handling Iraq than Kerry (40)
After: 54/43
Kerry needed to bond with the American people. All he did was demonstrate (1) he is better public speaker, (2) he is taller, and (3) he doesn't know the difference between a Nazi death camp and an Russian outpost.
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This is my take on it, too (as I stated last night). Joe average american isn't impressed by the skills one learns in debate club. Not saying joe average american is someone to be admired or someone to emulate. However, am saying that joe average american will decide this election. Not the intelligensia. So it really doesn't matter if Kerry doesn't know the difference between a Nazi death camp and a Russian outpost. But it does matter if joe average american doesn't like or identify with Kerry.
Hell, even most Dems don't like or identify with Kerry. They just hate Bush more than they don't like Kerry.
