Well well well…. that was unsurprising.
I thought Bush would try to do better than he did, but he was stumbling a lot. It seemed like every time he couldn’t think of a real answer he would just tell everyone that Kerry had “mixed messages” or “mixed signals” or that he “changes positions“…. over and over and over again…
“mixed messages/signals” – 12 times
“change/changes positions” – 5
Of course, without actually answering how he was going to solve some basic problems, Bush did assure us that it was hard work, only 11 times!!! He backed off of the “resolve/resolute” train that he’s been on for the last 3 years, only mentioning that 3 times.
The most interesting is how much of a war-monger both of these candidates are… The word war was used 40 times by Kerry and 24 by Bush. The word peace….. 8 by Bush, 7 by Kerry.
I know the war is an important issue, but isn’t it more important right now to be coming up with ways to establish Iraq as a peaceful nation?
Just my thoughts, Kerry was definitely stronger, but he should have attacked more……