Week 7 Blog Assignment

1. The debate I watched was the opening of the 1992 presidential debate among Ross Perot, George Bush and Bill Clinton. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-W4GWjN2kg


2. I picked this debate because I remember watching these three debate a couple of times back then. I also watched for a few other reasons they are; Ross Perot is hilarious, Bill Clinton was a stud at public speaking, and I wanted to see where Dubbya got his intelligence from.

3. Because it was the first part of the debate they only touched on introductory issues. "What separates you from the other candidates." Perot went first and he talked about the American people getting him on the ballot without being a member of either party. Clinton was second and he discussed how America needed change and he could provide. Bush went third and said you don't need to change just for change sake.

4. I got the impression that they discussed different things and they did have opposing views on the issues.

5. At least Clinton and Perot discussed the issues. Clinton talked about the low wages in America and the need for reform in education. Perot made a hilarious quip about experience raising the country's debt to over $4 trillion. Bush didn't really talk about any issues, just said that he had a plan.

6. Bush used a lot of rhetoric without saying anything, Clinton and Perot say a few things that are not rhetorical.

7. Clinton won the opening of the debate in my eyes, followed closely by Perot, Bush was a distant third.

8. I would have liked to see Bush tackle even a single issue.

9. Sometimes I watch the debates. It would usually depend on who was debating and what issues they were going to debate about.