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October 5, 2004
Cheney/Edwards debate
This is one reason I truly detest politics as a necessary evil. Today the process is so well scripted and so contrived that you never see anything REAL. Cheney's job tonight was to stay on message about Kerry/Edwards flip flopping, poor leadership and inexperience. He did that. Edwards job was to clarify Kerry's cake and eat it too language around Iraq/terrorism and try to score some points on domestic issues. He did his best. Edwards was the more personable, although Cheney didn't come across as stern and elderly as he has at times. Edwards showed he is the more engaging speaker (great close, good eye contact, surpurb pandering to the pocketbook self interest of the voter), Cheney showed his greater command for the larger picture and the history behind issues. Cheney talked with his hands folded under his chin alot (which covered his mic - bad) and Edwards borrowed Kerry's fist with pointing thumb alot (I hear they were seated to keep Edwards from wandering around alot). The first part of the questions were around foreign policy (Iraq) and then they were supposed to move on to domestic. But Domestic was all about terrorism and kept leaking back to Iraq. Come on guys, talk about something else!
There I was in a conference room of the Hotel Niko in San Francisco (Web 2.0 conference). I am sure the only Bush voter in the room. I was totally amazed how the captains of the tech industry around me were falling all over themselves in praise of Edwards. The people in the room were entrepreneurs and venture capitalists. Edwards is a trial lawyer who makes his living suing the guys in the room, raising the cost of doing business in America. When Edwards advocated restrictions on outsourcing I thought I would get a couple of negative reactions, but not a one. Can you imagine a tech company today without an overseas (India/China) strategy for some development or test? The net has enabled much of this outsourcing. What is the #1 downard pressure on international telephone rates? VOIP. Anyway, after the "debate" a guy asked for a show of hands on who Won, Edwards, Cheney, or draw. It was about 50/50 for a draw or an Edwards win. I was on the Draw side. This won't make any difference. No "knock-out" punch was thrown.
Wait for the next Kerry/Bush meeting. I think you will see a different Bush.
Posted by Martin at October 5, 2004 8:15 PM
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Y'know what they say- turn the USA on its side and all the loose nuts roll to California. (As a 5th generation CA native, yet spending 20 years in the midwest, I can say that, can't I? ;) Edwards did a good job on Haliburton. Cheney's Howard Dean scenario was tough- ouch! I vote draw. This debate will be vapor after tomorrow night anyway. Was too busy watching the little guy (Minnesota Twins) take out corporate baseball (Yankees) to watch closely. Cheney plays tough D, but Tori Hunter is tougher.
Posted by: Rob Elam 
at October 5, 2004 11:07 PM
Is this the Creative Class War?
http://www.creativeclass.org
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2004/0401.florida.html
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2004/1/17/191721/619
http://www.corante.com/mooreslore/archives/026390.html
http://business2.blogs.com/business2blog/2004/10/job_bust_thats_.html
Posted by: Dimitar Vesselinov at October 11, 2004 6:02 AM
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