The Presidential Debate: The Resident vs. The President

Salem-Keizer Scoring Guide
John Kerry
19 points
George Bush
12 points

Bush vs. Kerry

John Kerry’s argument was better presented, supported and delivered than George Bush’s. The senator delivered his ideas on foreign policy clearly and supported them with factual evidence and historical references. All though he started off the debate scared by Bush’s incumbency, the audience found him relaxed less than ten minutes in. Kerry fell slightly short of my standards when he failed to use vivid vocabulary, but made up for his error by rapidly putting a halt to the president’s insistent hedging. Bush avoided answering pointed questions and intellectually supporting his ideology, equivocating by falling back on his clichéd American value speeches. Our president also provided his trademark circular argument, scolding Kerry’s campaign for scaring troops in Iraq, and misused a ninth-grade vocabulary word: “vociferously.”

Does This Flaming Revolutionary Sermon Make Sense?

With Communism eradicated, the next economic issue for Democratic countries to resolve will be the moral corruption of Globalization. Globalization has opened the door for many international economic opportunities, but so far only mega corporations have taken advantage of the world’s new economic interdependency. They have mainly outsourced, which only benefits a select few rich individuals and corporations. New transportation and communication technology should help small businesses and independent workers by providing goods and services at lower costs and reducing inflation. A step like this will likely be carried out by the U.N. or another globally presiding body, since Bill Gates (worth forty six billion dollars) and Phil Knight (worth five billion dollars) don’t intend to give up any of their precious income to independent convenience store owners in Guatemala.