jon@boulder.UUCP (Jon Corbet) (10/22/84)
[Nobody for president! Nobody's perfect!]
I feel inspired to immediate comment, having just witnessed the presidential
"debate" on foreign policy and disarmament. In my mind, it is quit clear who
won the debate...
NOBODY!
My God, neither of those men has any business running this country. They spent
the entire time slinging mud at each other, and dodging direct questions.
However, I am glad I did not watch Richord Pryor after all -- the debate was
good for more laughs.
- Like the first rebuttal, where Mondale just ripped Reagan to shreds
over Nicaragua, and actually made several good points. Like if you
mine harbors and supply terrorist manuals to revolutionaries, then
claim to stand for human rights, people tend not to believe you.
When it was Ronnie's turn, he answered with something along the
lines of "Well, there are so many things to rebut there that I
will talk about a point you made in the last debate: I never said
you could recall a missile after you fired it." One round for
Mondale.
- Or like when Mondale told us a sob story about having taken offense
at some remark made by George Bush ("The greatest VP ever") and
not getting an apology on demand. "How", he asked, "could anybody
vote for an administration that would not make its VP apologize
after having made such a mean, nasty remark?" One round for Reagan,
by default.
The best moment in the entire debate is when the moderator cut Reagan off
just as he was launching into a story about his recent encounters with the
youth of America ("Your sons and daughters"). I think politicians should
be outfitted with ^O keys.
--
Jonathan Corbet
National Center for Atmospheric Research
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