Democracy for the Middle East
October 05, 2004Back That Truck Up
We just reviewed CSPAN's 
stream of the first presidential debate. All we can say is that the pundits who thought that it was Kerry in a run away allowed the Senator's superior poise, stature, style and rhetorical sophistication to blind them to Bush's clear superiority on substance.
Bush handily rebutted Kerry's 20-20 hindsight and articulated a straight-talking, common sense view of the War on Terror. He was more aggressive, scored more debating points, and pounded home a message that is going to stick - that the president is the wiser, tougher, more trustworthy and more sincere candidate.
Sure, we would have liked it if Bush had been less repetitive and done a better job of contrasting his bold post 9-11 doctrine with the post Vietnam neo-isolationism in which the Democrats wallow.
The match-up reminded us of Dewey vs. Truman, with Bush playing the part of the plain-talking, former shoe salesman from the Midwest who stunned the legacy media foundries of the day by beating the smooth-talking New York governor and winning re-election.
Americans know that this president is slow of speech but they respect him for it and identify with him. Like the ancient leader of Israel, he prefers to concentrate on staying close to God and speaking truthfully.
Home . Posted by Editor at October 5, 2004 11:13 PM . DFME's new internet address is www.dfme.org
Comments on this post:
Ah, now Dubya is our Moses! Well, let's see him part the Red Sea and lead our people through the Sinai (e.g. Taba) and into the promised land. War and Free Trade sound to me more like Pinchas' party than that of the enlightened and prophetic levites and kohanim. We need democracy and transparency everywhere in the world--and we need it now!! Aaron (ie Cheney) is now an obscurantist and money hound; Joshua (ie Rumsfeld) is now a brass trumpeteer mesmerized by his own music. Many march and follow. I hesitate and think. Jeremiads pour from my ashen lips: defend Israel and provide for the poor! Defeat our enemies and offer them maimonidean magnanimity! Vote Kerry--and keep his feet to the flames. (No Carter or James 'Bush Bulldog' Baker as envoys). Happy New Year!!
Posted by: Steven Karmi at October 8, 2004 11:26 AM
Perhaps you should visit the front page of Salon.com It apperars that Bush might have been wired. Could it be that he was hearing voices?
Posted by: Soni at October 8, 2004 05:56 PM
Some more comments like these and I'll be hearing a choir of angels. Way to run with it.
Posted by: Editor at October 11, 2004 10:47 PM
Anachronisms Aflame:
"'Tis true the Prophet was slow of speech
But he had much to say; you dear President
are but a faint bulb bur'd neath a crooked tree."
--Henri Dawid Thoreau (a Massachusetts liberal)
Posted by: Stevenkarmi at October 19, 2004 11:02 AM
Send to a friend
Post a comment
Thanks for signing in, . Now you can comment. (sign out)
(If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.)