Great Nightline show on Kerry Friday night

[TexasSissy]

Did anyone see the Nightline on Friday night, featuring Kerry? It was, actually, very good. Kerry did very well. Very presidential. And he had a great comeback for the question, "The Bush campaign speaks about how solemn and serious you are. How humorless." Kerry said something to the effect of, first, they can say anything about him they want to, he doesn't care. As for being humorless and not fun, he can have as much fun as the next guy at barbeques or whatever, just ask his kids and friends. As for being serious, these are serious times. It was a great response and had a lot of common sense woven into it. My mind visualized the jocular Bush while troops are getting legs blown off in Iraq. Yes, these are serious times.

Kerry was in Ohio. Ted Koppel spoke with some Ohio residents who had lost their jobs. They worked for a manufacturing firm that had hosted * last year. That company had since closed three plants. Those workers are now for Kerry. Koppel asked if they thought Kerry was pessimistic in speaking about the loss of jobs, etc. One guy replied something like, "That's not pessimism here. That's realism."

Kerry didn't try to be something he's not. It was, all in all, a great show, I thought. My sister in Louisiana, an Independent, said that show made her think more highly of Kerry and to be glad she's voting for him. She said she didn't just want to vote against *. She wanted to vote FOR someone. And that show helped her along on the path to voting FOR Kerry.

[flpoljunkie]

1. Thanks so much for your report, as I did not see it.

It is always great to hear such reports. Do you know if there is a transcript?

[TexasSissy]

2. No transcript yet, but here's the link......

The transcript for Friday, 6/25/04 isn't online yet. The transcripts go through 6/24 so far. But here's the link, for when it does come online:

http://www.transcripts.tv/nightline.cfm

[osaMABUSh]

3. I saw it - it was nice after a evening of F 9/11 and dinner!

After getting stoked from watching F 9/11 with liberal friends and family and downing a few pints of Sam Adams summer brew with dinner - then seeing Kerry on Nightline capped off a great evening.

The Nightline show ending kind of abruptly, however. I thought they were going show his whole day - ending in NYC.

[JI7]

4. "Kerry didn't try to be something he's not."

and that's one reason he does so well. it's easy at times for people to figure out phonies like bush. and kerry IS a fun guy as the people who actually see him rather than just hear media spin knows. and that's also why kerry has friends. friends he has had for decades. if you all notice bush doesn't have any friends. everyone he knows is someone his dad got to bail him out of his failures or some other corrupt business things.