Many media quotes saying Kerry won the first debate! Pass
on this thread please!

First off. Why the debate is relevant: Both NORML and
MPP.org flunk Bush. For more info:
http://www.mpp.org/candidates/guide and
http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=5895 and
http://corporatism.tripod.com/kerry.htm and
http://www.corporatism.netfirms.com/kerry.htm

Below is an excellent compilation of quotes from the media
about the Kerry-Bush debate. It will fight the inevitable
distortions after the fact about what really happened at
the first debate.

Pundits said before the debate that more people would hear
the spin after the debate than would hear the actual
debate. Therefore the real battle begins.

Pass on the list of media quotes below far and wide. Along
with the link to the original thread so that people can
participate and add even more quotes.
http://forum.johnkerry.com/index.php?showtopic=85213

Also pass on links to the debate transcript and to the
audio of the debate. NPR has audio of the debate online.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4055740
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/debatereferee/debate_0930.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/01/politics/campaign/01dtext.html

Copy this whole thread and pass it on. Or for a shorter
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Media quotes begin.

KERRY'S THE WINNER.

Joe Scarborough: "John Kerry won the debate. Karl Rove:
John Kerry won the debate." [MSNBC, 10/1/04]

Peggy Noonan: "Mr. Kerry did himself some good in that he
seemed focused, to my mind, for once." [Fox News Channel,
9/20/04]

Sen. John McCain: "I think that Kerry did a good job."
[MSNBC, 9/30/04]

Fred Barnes: "Kerry did very well and we will have a
presidential race from here on out" [Fox News Channel,
9/30/04]

Howard Fineman: "Kerry won the event." [MSNBC, 10/1/04]

Mark Whitaker, Newsweek: "I think Kerry won on style in
this debate." [CNN, 9/30/04]

Joe Scarborough: "It was John Kerry's best performance
ever…As far as the debate goes, I don't see how anybody
could look at this debate and not score this a very clear
win on points for John Kerry." [MSNBC, 9/30/04]

Ron Reagan: "Kerry was the clear winner." [MSNBC, 9/30/04]

Bill Kristol: "I think Kerry did pretty well." [Fox News
Channel, 9/30/04]

Andrea Mitchell: "Kerry began to narrow the gap." [MSNBC,
9/30/04]

Chris Matthews: "I thought it was smart for Kerry to keep
going back to saying that 90% of the casualties were
American. For the President to deny that is going against
American perceptions." [MSNBC, 9/30/04]

Craig Crawford: "Kerry was good about not being put on the
defensive. There were many opportunities he may have wanted
to respond to the mixed messages that Bush kept talking
about, he would just kind of laugh and let it go and make
his points. He won the cutaway shots." [MSNBC, 10/1/04]

George Stephanopoulos: "Kerry has momentum coming out of
here." [ABC, 9/30/04]

Boston Globe Headline: "Kerry stays focused, projects
strength" [10/1/04]

Los Angles Times Headline: "TV Analysts Give Kerry an Early
Lead in Quest for Spin" [10/1/04]

Kerry "…may well have struck undecided voters as not much
like the Republicans' worst caricatures. He spoke plainly,
politely, but did not shrink from direct and pointed
criticism of Mr. Bush's policies." [New York Times,
10/1/04]

"I thought Kerry did very, very well; and I thought Bush
did poorly — much worse than he is capable of doing. If I
were just a normal, fairly conservative, war-supporting
guy: I would vote for Kerry. On the basis of that debate."
[Jay Nordlinger, National Review Online, 10/1/04]

"Sen. John F. Kerry won Thursday night's debate on foreign
policy by a comfortable margin…." [Editorial, Los Angeles
Times, 10/1/04]

"Kerry won the debate, according to three polls. Gallup
said a phone survey called Kerry the winner by 53 percent
to 37 percent for Bush. A CBS News instant poll said 44
percent called Kerry the winner and 26 percent picked Bush.
In an ABC News instant poll, 45 percent said Kerry won; 36
percent picked Bush. Both political parties said they had
encouraged supporters to participate in instant surveys."
[Bloomberg News, 9/30/04]

"You could tell who won this debate with the sound off.
Every time John Kerry spoke, the split-screen showed
President Bush looking like he took a swig of milk three
weeks past the expiration date. Kerry beat the president
Thursday night on the one issue that defines this election:
the war on terrorism." [Tommy Tomlinson, Charlotte
Observer, 10/1/04]

Roger Wilkins, George Mason University history professor:
"‘Kerry did what he had to the whole way through. He was
crisp. He didn't meander as he's done. He was clear and in
command of facts and he was focused." [USA Today, 10/1/04]

"But in terms of presentation, Kerry seemed to have more
success Thursday night projecting the ‘clarity' he and his
campaign have been seeking to convey." [Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel, 10/1/04]

"John Kerry has a reputation, invoked so often that it
invites parody, of being a strong closer in his political
campaigns. But in Thursday night's first presidential
faceoff, Kerry also came across as a strong opener."
[Walter Shapiro, USA Today, 10/1/04]

"Those who expected the Massachusetts senator to be the
droning, long-winded patrician he has been so far this
campaign had to have been startled by the sharp, focused
fighter Mr. Kerry was last night. He finally connected with
audiences, speaking with uncharacteristic passion and
directness about what he sees as the Bush administration's
failures. If we had seen this John Kerry three months ago,
the race might look very different today. On substance,
too, Mr. Kerry landed some serious blows to the president.
He struck hard on Mr. Bush's lack of planning for the Iraq
occupation, and questioned the quality of his judgment. The
Democrat's most memorable line turned the president's
greatest virtue – his decisiveness – into a vice: ‘It's one
thing to be certain. But you can be certain and be wrong.'"
[Editorial, Dallas Morning News, 10/1/04]

KERRY WAS PRESIDENTIAL.

Mort Kondracke: "I think Kerry looked like a
commander-in-chief." [Fox News Channel, 9/30/04]

Melinda Henneberger: Kerry came across in a way I hadn't
seen him before. Kerry was presidential, standing up
straight. Kerry did a great job with the flip flop question
saying there's no virtue in consistency if you're wrong.
Kerry was so much stronger in answering what Bush had to
say. [MSNBC, 9/30/04]

Rich Lowry: "Kerry certainly helped himself tonight. He had
command of the facts." [Fox News Channel, 10/1/04]

Mike Barnicle; Boston Herald: "I think people when they saw
Kerry tonight said they saw someone who could be president
of the United States. He used the word ‘kill' several times
tonight. I hadn't heard him use that on the stump. It's a
very forceful, powerful word. It leaves no interpretation."
[MSNBC, 10/1/04]

Bill Kristol: "Kerry was forceful and articulate." [Fox
News Channel, 9/30/04]

Wolf Blitzer: "We saw Bush smirking…Kerry was more poised."
[CNN, 9/30/04]

William Weld: "[John Kerry] looked like John Kennedy Jr.
out there and that never hurts." [CNN, 9/30/04]
"By the time the debate ended, Mr. Kerry appeared to have
accomplished his primary goal for the evening: establishing
himself as a plausible commander in chief." [New York
Times, 10/1/04]

"Kerry was cogent and focused, something he needed to do to
look presidential. He went on the attack early and kept
Bush on the defensive through much of the event. Bush
sometimes looked peeved and fidgety and his twitching mouth
and blinking eyes indicated a nervousness." [David Yepsen,
Des Moines Register, 10/1/04]

KERRY PROVED HIS CREDENTIALS ON FOREIGN POLICY.

Sen. John McCain: "I think that John Kerry's strongest
point was that he was very well understood the issues. I
think he came across as somebody who had a very good grasp
of the issues. He understands Korea, he understands Iran.
He did make a valid point when we — these are major
threats. I agreed with him, particularly on this issue of
the threat of nuclear proliferation." [CBS, 9/30/04]

David Gergen: "John Kerry was the one who had the most to
prove and I think he proved it. And that was that he's
knowledgeable about international affairs and he can make
his points in a concise, compelling way." [CNN, 9/30/04]

Tim Russert: "George Bush is certain about the war in Iraq,
certain about the war on terror, certain about his
positions, John Kerry is now raising real questions about
all of them and the American people I think are listening."
[NBC, 9/30/04]

Jon Meacham, Newsweek: "Kerry's done a good job of becoming
Mr. Homeland Security." [MSNBC, 9/30/04]

Anthony Mason: "John Kerry appeared to score the highest
ratings tonight when he described his plans for Iraq."
[CBS, 9/30/04]

"Kerry's position on Iraq is now clear." [Editorial, Boston
Globe, 10/1/04]

----end of debate review quotes from the media----

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