MAKE BEN FAIR

Last night was quite a show. For 90mins the two candidates went head to head discussing foreign policy. I must admit that while watching the debate I was alittle frustrated at the initial tone of the debate. Both Kerry and Bush seemed uptight, non- personal people. It was as if the fight had already started before the bell had rung. It made the first 30mins for me less enjoyable than I was hoping. Round 1 went to Kerry. Even my friend Craig Nash, who would rather Dean be president than Kerry thinks that Kerry won the debate. I think there were three main things that Bush needed to do better:
Number 1 : I think that Bush should have used the September 11th card more...not in a disrespectful way, but simply saying that the world is a different place than it was 4 years ago. This was his opening line but he failed to come back to it and that is something that people seem to be sympathic to.. 2. I believe that Bush should not have asked for as many follow-up 30 seconds as he did. It seemed that when he would ask for one, several times he was upset and wanting to spar-back but didn't really have a clear point. There was one particular time when he asked for one and then just sat there and said, "ughhhh" and the tv was dead silent for a good 15 seconds. It felts like 5 mins. I hurt for him watching that. 3. Almost in every answer the President tried to include in his point that Kerry was a flip-flopper. This has been a major hurdle for Kerry to try and overcome. I believe that by using this one point against kerry so many times, that it actually backfired abit. each time Bush would say this, it gave kerry another opportunity to clarify his position on the war. Even if you don't agree that he has a position, i don't think you could leave last nights debate and not be able to summerize kerry's view on the Iraq war in 2 sentences or less. That was a major victory for Kerry.

I had started to really feel that Bush was going to walk away with this election. The polls were leaning that way and the first debate was topically Bush's strongest campaign point, yet Kerry seemed to walk all over the President last night. I believe that we are in for a fight. It will be interesting how things play out now. The thing that I am dreading the most is the actual election day. There is going to be so many voter fraud charges and election mistakes that will cause havic on the beautiful thing that is Democracy. Don't forget that Tuesday night is the Vice- presidential debate. This debate will be very interesting...i don't like either one of these guys. I am an undecided voter when it comes to the vp. did anyone watch the daily show last night? it was so funny when they were making fun of undecided voters. cheers

Hey everyone, i know that it has been awhile since I last blogged...things have been so busy. I just wanted to touch base and let you know that I will begin blogging again very soon. I haven't completely forgotten about this thing I promise. I want to send out some love to my friends in Gulf Breeze, FL who were just recently hit by Hurricane Ivan. From what I hear the town got hit very hard and so did some of my close friends houses. To see pictures of Gulf Breeze (this is where Jamie and I lived for 2 years) click here.

Stay tuned for more blogs...i promise they are coming.