First Presidential Debate 2004 By Julz Matheney

President George Bush versus Senator John Kerry The First Presidential Debate 2004 The first Presidential Debate between President George Gush and Senator John Kerry was by far a must see political event. Both candidates put on a show of both verbal and non-verbal worthy of time spent. The battle of words provided numerous examples of somewhat misleading responses filled with vague information and avoiding the direct topic. (I refer to this as side-stepping) Reading between the …showed first 75 words of 768 total…

…showed last 75 words of 768 total…after viewing this first debate I perceived Senator John Kerry to be the victor. One of the most significant factors in my point of view related to the body language expressed by both President George Bush and Senator John Kerry. Another important factor would be the repetitive stumbling during speech by President Bush. This first debate in no way influenced my decision as to who I personally would or will vote for on Election Day.