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Sun Sep-14-03 09:58 AM
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Face the Nation: Kerry proposes Dean/Kerry debate |
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This came in response to Bob Scheiffer quoting Dean to the effect that he wished Kerry would say to his face what he's been saying behind his back (I think--emphasis on think, as in not completely sure--Dean was responding to the relative lack of attacks in the last debate). Kerry said they should go head to head to discuss their differences. Scheiffer offered Face the Nation as a forum and suggested the possibility of an expanded show if Dean were to agree.
I'm thinking the other candidates would be less than enthused to see this happen.
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Sun Sep-14-03 10:02 AM
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1. Kerry said he ACCEPTS Dean's challenge to go face to face. |
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It sounded to me like he took Dean's own words and played them to his own advantage. If Dean wants Kerry to go face to face with him, well....Kerry just accepted. Heh.
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Sun Sep-14-03 10:07 AM
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Although Gephardt and Lieberman ought to get the same chance, since they're ahead of Kerry in many polls.
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Sun Sep-14-03 10:10 AM
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3. Seasoned pol Kerry deftly usig his wit and wile |
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Howard asks for it, Kerry needs it, TV would love it, the other candidates are standing around with their mouths open at being left out and it will likely be bad for the good doctor. If he refuses it looks bad, if he agrees I don't think he can match wits with Kerry.
Damn, didn't realize Kerry had it in him ? But once again, Dean lets an adhoc out that comes back to bite him.
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Sun Sep-14-03 10:13 AM
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Kerry's got a huge Iraq problem, and of course Dr. Dean would hit that hard, particularly on Kerry's claim that he voted to threaten force. I don't know why Kerry is sticking to that.
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Sun Sep-14-03 10:21 AM
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6. Because ALL resolutions for use of force are threats.... |
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and used for coercion. EVERY one of them.
He also has Powell nailed as being the one who promised that was exactly how it would be used.
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Sun Sep-14-03 12:43 PM
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22. And the Resolution Was Also Authorization |
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Sorry, not buying. Nor is anyone else.
A threat is easy. Pass a resolution that provides for an emergency vote if the President only asks. That's a threat. Kerry voted for much more.
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Sun Sep-14-03 01:01 PM
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24. You can't change the fact that ALL force resolutions are coercive tools |
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That's why they word them with outs for the the targeted party. Sure Bush handled it incompetently and duplicitously, but, that doesn't change the overall purpose of a strongly worded resolution.
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Sun Sep-14-03 10:25 AM
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7. hey, I've been wrong before but I don't think I am this time |
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Sun Sep-14-03 11:40 AM
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20. Nahh, he won't look bad if he refuses |
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Edited on Sun Sep-14-03 11:43 AM by Eloriel
And I hope he refuses. There's no reason for Dean, the front-runner, to share the spotlight and thereby elevate Kerry to 2nd place.
In fact, there's a winning response right there: Sen. Kerry forgets that there are other candidates who are just as viable if not more so than Kerry. We already have a series of debates lined up. I look forward to seeing him there.
Eloriel
Edited: clarity
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Sun Sep-14-03 01:54 PM
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28. BAM! Exactly... turn the spotlight right on Kerry's arrogance. |
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Highlight the way that guy has gotten a lifetime of special treatment, just like W, and he thinks that he should get a special one-on-one debate that excludes all the other candidates.
Why can’t Kerry make his attacks to Dean’s face in the debates that are already scheduled? Why because he knows he’ll look like just a big a fool as his DLC pal Lieberman did when he tried it.
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Sun Sep-14-03 02:25 PM
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36. Lifetime of Special Treatment...KERRY??? |
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Edited on Sun Sep-14-03 02:26 PM by cryingshame
Or Dean who went skiing during Vietnam?
No matter who your candidate is... can't we refrain from making such absurd comments?
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Sun Sep-14-03 10:21 AM
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5. Dean can't handle Matt Lauer or George Stephenopolous |
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Kerry would destroy Dean in any debate - Kerry is an incredible debater.
I doubt Dean would accept the challenge.
Dean is better at the whole call and response preacher thing in front of a crowd of sycophants -- not debates or interviews where facts are involved.
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Sun Sep-14-03 10:27 AM
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he does know facts but simply has not competed at this level.
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Sun Sep-14-03 01:58 PM
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30. I keep hearing that Kerry is some great debater... |
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yet in the debates so far all I have seen him do is pump out 45 seconds of meaningless prattle and 15 seconds of excuses, when asked a question.
In both debates Dean, Gephardt, Sharpton, and Kucinich all did better than Kerry.
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Sun Sep-14-03 02:25 PM
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35. Those aren't real debates, just forums. |
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But, it would be incredibly illuminating to see a REAL debate held with a REAL debate format. All of us should agree on that. Why would anyone but Bush run from a REAL debate held under traditional debate format?
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Sun Sep-14-03 03:41 PM
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38. yes it would be very interesting indeed |
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Sun Sep-14-03 03:46 PM
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41. You should have heard Kerry's Senate debate speech |
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in which he embraced the entire package of Bush lies about Iraq and WMDs. Some bloody debater that Kerry!
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Sun Sep-14-03 10:29 AM
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9. Dean wishes KERRY would say it to his face!!!! |
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BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
That's funny.
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Sun Sep-14-03 10:30 AM
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those two aren't the only ones running.
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Sun Sep-14-03 10:34 AM
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12. that is exactly the point |
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it gives the public a perception of there beig a clear top and bottom group. Thats the beauty of it.
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Sun Sep-14-03 11:14 AM
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16. Beltway manipulation of public opinion |
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Sun Sep-14-03 11:36 AM
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19. that is not the beauty of it, that is the arrogance of it |
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Sun Sep-14-03 02:01 PM
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31. Exactly, Kerry needs to pull his head out... |
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He continues to come off as if he thinks this nomination is somehow rightfuly his, like he is entitled to it because he played the insider game like he was supposed to.
Dean is leaving Kerry in his dust... and Kerry is trying anything to present himself as the number 2 guy, when in fact he's more like number 4 or 5.
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Sun Sep-14-03 10:30 AM
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11. Clever move by Kerry but I don't think Dean is that stupid... |
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Why should he make it a two-man race when he is winning the nine-person race?? Why should he give Kerry more credibility than Gephardt and Edwards and others? It wouldn't make political sense...
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Sun Sep-14-03 10:35 AM
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13. It was Dean's words being used to challenge Kerry. |
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Kerry took them into the OPEN political arena.
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TLM
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Sun Sep-14-03 02:04 PM
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32. Dean said he wants Kerry to make attacks to his face... |
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not that he wants to help Kerry hold onto a #2 spot by having a debate between just Dean and Kerry, to the exclusion of all the others running.
Kerry's arrogance is impressive, as is his ability to take a challenge which could be met in any of the debates already set up, and try to spin it into a challenge for a one-on-one debate.
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Sun Sep-14-03 10:37 AM
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14. no, it makes no sense to do it but how to decline acceptably ? |
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he DID challenge Kerry to say his things to his face and now Kerry is saying OK, where and when. Careful what you ask for, you just might get it.
This will be a terribly interesting response from the good doctor.
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Sun Sep-14-03 02:08 PM
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33. Easy for Dean to call this arrogance what it is... |
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He made a challenge for Kerry to say these things to his face... which could be done in any of the upcoming debates.
Yet Kerry wants a special debate with the frontrunner that excludes all the other dems running, even the ones ahead of him in the polls?
All Dean has to say is, see you at the next debate where everybody gets to be there... he's not going to do a special "give Kerry the spotlight" debate to help pump life into Kerry's dying campaign.
Why does Kerry think he deserves special treatment? Why does Kerry think he should get to do a special one-on-one debate with the frontrunner that excludes all the other candidates?
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Sun Sep-14-03 03:43 PM
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39. no, the debate formats don't really allow that |
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unless the panalists do you a favor.
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Sun Sep-14-03 11:07 AM
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15. Kerry/Dean debate bad idea for both of them |
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The idea is to find out who is the best Dem candidate to run against Bush. We can find that out with a bloody one-on-one slugfest between these two where the only winner would be *.
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Sun Sep-14-03 12:54 PM
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This is ridiculous. If they're going to face off, let them do it in an open debate in which ALL of the candidates are present. Wesley Clark is about to blow this race wide open. It's too soon to make it a two horse race.
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Sun Sep-14-03 03:45 PM
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I can see that Kerry would torch Dean in an actual debate format, and said torching would impact primary voters.
A nice showing last time from Edwards helped him markedly, a reaming would hurt as lot.
Of course he would have to accomplish the reaming...
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Sun Sep-14-03 11:33 AM
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17. Here's how it all started |
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Sun Sep-14-03 11:35 AM
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18. If they debate each other alone at this point, I swear I will not vote |
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Sun Sep-14-03 11:46 AM
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I guess it's okay that Dean criticizes other candidates
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Sun Sep-14-03 01:10 PM
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25. Kerry's Getting Desperate |
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Kerry bet on the wrong pony when he supported Bush's war. He doesn't have the issues and he doesn't have the personality to make up the difference. He's as wooden as Al Gore, and his physical appearance is homely.
Give it up, guys! Kerry's going nowhere ....
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Sun Sep-14-03 01:51 PM
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27. Yes, this is unfortunate. Kerry is getting VERY desperate. |
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I hate this part of campaigning. I hate seeing basically decent people making fools of themselves.
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Sun Sep-14-03 01:48 PM
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26. Same old special treatment Kerry... |
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Edited on Sun Sep-14-03 01:48 PM by TLM
Dean says he wants Kerry to say things to his face so Kerry wants a special debate between just him and Dean?
Kerry wants to try and ride on Dean coattails... while excluding all the other candidates.
Face it, Kerry could say these things at the regular debates, but he won't because he wants to stand back and let his DLC tag team pal Lieberman do the dirty work for him.
Kerry knows he'd come off looking foolish and desperate if he were to say to Dean's face what he's had his campaign say behind his back, so he's dancing around it. Kerry will only stop being a back biting little coward if Dean agrees to a special debate... that's the kind of spoiled brat behavior I'd expect from W.
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Sun Sep-14-03 01:56 PM
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29. Dean is DLC, even more centrist than Lieberman. |
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So why would he Lieberman hang out with someone so far to his left as Kerry when he should be MORE comfortable with his fellow centrist, Dean.
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Sun Sep-14-03 02:18 PM
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34. Kerry and Lieberman are both current DLC members.... |
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Edited on Sun Sep-14-03 02:22 PM by TLM
are they not, BLM?
That's the same DLC that said Dean was a fringe leftist because he was against the war and that dems who did not support the war were not real dems?
Seems to me there is a real theme to the attacks on Dean from the DLC crew of Lieberman and Kerry. They want to paint him as anti-military and weak on defense... be it regarding isreal or the UN.
Yet both Kerry and Lieberman and their DLC misjudged the support for the war. They thought that being for the war and being pro-military would win them the day, but they were wrong. So now they are falling in the polls and desperate for some way to attack Dean.
and BLM it is not about who is left or who is center or who is moderate... it is about who is an insider and who is an outsider. Lieberman is a DLC insider, just like Kerry. These are guys who feel they have a right to this nomination because they spent years playingthe game, voting for war, voting for tax cuts, kissign W's ass etc.
Dean is an outsider, and he's pulled the dem support base right out from under the DLC and their boys Lieberman and Kerry.
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Sun Sep-14-03 02:27 PM
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37. HAHA...centrist Dean pulled Dems to the center. |
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Kerry STAYED on the left.
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