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17. What do you say to people who don't want gov funded abortion?
K. I'm a Catholic. But I can't take an article of faith and legislate it.
K. People have Constitutional right to abortion.
K. Abortion prevents AIDS, unwanted children/pregnancies.
B. We're not going to spend tax payer money on abortion.
B. Ban on partial birth abortion. Parental notification laws.
B. Good adoption laws as an alternative to abortion.
B. Promote maternity homes.
K. (Presents two extreme cases why he justifies abortions)

18. Three cases when you made a wrong decision, how did you fix it?
B. (Couldn't think of any, talked about big decisions that were right.)
K. B did not build a true coalition before going into Iraq.
K. (Voted against military appropriations bill to spite Halliburton.)

Closing Statements:
K. I will never cede authority or security to other countries.
K. I have lots of plans.
B. We're getting out recession. Economy is recovering.
B. (blah blah blah)
Scoring:

1. War in Iraq: I approve of it, I wanted Hussein out. I don't care if we
    had international support or not. I applaud Bush for showing guts.
    Bush +1.
2. Military: Stop using Guards/Reserves as virtually active duty soldiers.
    What we're doing to Reservists is really not nice.
    Kerry +1.
3. No New Taxes Pledge: Unrealistic. Should not have fallen for bait.
    Take a look at previous Presidents. No New Taxes is really hard.
    Kerry -1.
4. Constitutional Right to Abortion: WTF? I'm all pro-choice, but
    Consitutional right? It's murder plain and simple.
    Kerry -1.
5. Style: Bush was on the defensive most of the night. Kerry was a little
    too vague at times but remained confident.
    Kerry +1.

Final Score: Bush +1, Kerry +0.

In general Kerry almost breaks through time and time again, but then he ends up saying something that I can't possibly agree with. Bush took the safe route and rarely made sweeping commitments.

Current score: Bush/Cheney +2, Kerry +0.

At this point Kerry needs to nail the third presidential debate to beat Bush in my book.
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