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Originally posted by soup sandwich
Hi all. Your friendly neighborhood undecided voter here.
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Did you watch the Daily Show's segment on undecided voters last night?
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Originally posted by soup sandwich
Stylistically, Bush needs to work on his facial expressions while his opponent is speaking. Also, he continued to stare off to his left while Kerry spoke. It gave me the impression he was looking to his handlers in the audience for debating tips. The "writing with a pen" thing that Kerry does is clearly just for show, but I think it's effective because it keeps his head down (thus avoiding looking like a dimwit while his opponent speaks) and makes him look thoughtful.
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I wonder whether the pissed-off looks were a calculated thing -- as in "this guy is such a flip-flopper that I can't stand it." That Karl Rove is one clever fellow, so I wouldn't put it past them. However, Dan Bartlett (the White House Communications Director) said on NBC this morning that President Bush is just a heart on his sleeve kinda guy, and he had some honest reactions.
This alternative -- if true -- means that I want to play high stakes poker against the Prez. Or sit on the other side of a negotiating table. If he can't keep his reactions and feelings hidden, maybe this is why he doesn't think that diplomacy works.
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Originally posted by soup sandwich
The split screen views of both candidates was interesting. As Bush is about 3 inches shorter than Kerry, Bush's people had to make a decision:
1) have the podium heights be equal during split shots, or
2) have the tops of the candidates' heads be equal during split shots.
Bush's people chose 2), with the result being the podium heights were distractingly out of whack. If they're so concerned with not having the height difference emphasized, they should negotiate for no split screen shots next time.
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They did. The networks disregarded the rule, and ran the split screen a lot (at least on NBC). But, according to Bartlett, the GOP knew this would happen, and he told the president that split screens would happen.
And, you know it's a bad result when a friendly paper (the New York Post) ain't even pretending to buy what you're selling:
- Karl Rove must have known things didn't go well when the New York Post asked him whether this was the worst debate of President Bush's life. No, Rove insisted. This was one of the president's best debates, and one of John Kerry's worst. "Really?" asked the reporter, Vince Morris. "You can say that with a straight face?"
http://www.slate.com/id/2107516/
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