Rspaight wrote:How awful. Awful questions, awful answers.
Ryan
I'll provide my Canadian view on this (though probably somewhat biased given that the latest polls indicate that about 80% of Canadians want Kerry to win).
(I only watched about the first 50 minutes as I'm only really interested in US Foreign Policy)
Moderator: I might get slammed for this but it seemed like a pure "affirmative action" move to me. Surely there are better "black-female" candidates (perhaps Fredericka, the anchor on CNN, who I find quite attractive

). From the robotic way she read the teleprompter at the beginning of the broadcast to her leaden questions, she was just plain awful.
Edwards: too much John Kerry-defending. And too much repeating of Kerry's statements from last Thursday, often verbatim. He failed to clarify that the "90% casualties / 90% costs" statement refers to
coalition forces (letting Cheney off the hook with his constant references to the Iraqis in the casualty count). Instead of his "I was in Israel story" (at the time of the infamous Sbarro pizzaria bomb - how predictable), he could have also mentioned how Bush has abandoned his own Road Map plan by telling Sharon he could have as much of the West Bank as he pleased. He should have shot down the Cheney statement that they'd never met. He was at his best when he mentioned the things that Cheney voted against (among them MLK Day and the release of Nelson Mandela - if you're black and voting Republican then you need your head checked!!). Overall, I thought he would sound a lot smarter than he did.
Cheney: was confident and ever so cool as he continually lied through his teeth. You can really see why he is considered "the brains" on the Republican ticket. Obviously, I don't really like the man, so there's not much more that I can say. (In this Administration, to me, he is a member of the Axis Of Evil - Cheney, Rumsfeld and Ashcroft).
Cliff