First Presidential Debate Tonight at 9:00 Eastern

Posted September 30, 2004, 1:55 p.m.

The first presidential debate of the 2004 election season (excluding primary debates) will occur tonight at 9:00 Eastern time in Coral Gables, Florida.

The debate, between frontrunners George W. Bush (R) and John Kerry (D), will focus on foreign policy issues.

All citizens should watch this debate if at all possible. Even if you have already made your decision in this election, it is important to give each side a fair listen.

I’ll leave you a few comments on how I think each candidate did either late tonight or some time tomorrow.

Scott Bradford has been putting his opinions on his website since 1995—before most people knew what a website was. He has been a professional web developer in the public- and private-sector for over twenty years. He is an independent constitutional conservative who believes in human rights and limited government, and a Catholic Christian whose beliefs are summarized in the Nicene Creed. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Public Administration from George Mason University. He loves Pink Floyd and can play the bass guitar . . . sort-of. He’s a husband, pet lover, amateur radio operator, and classic AMC/Jeep enthusiast.

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People who understand economics can more easily spot hoaxes because money drives human behavior in predictable ways.

For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes. Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of profaning the body and blood of the Lord.

Beware speaking ill, for taking back words is burdensome.

The obedient always think of themselves as virtuous rather than cowardly.

The moment the idea is admitted into society, that property is not as sacred as the law of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence.

There are as many opinions as there are men; to each his own way.

Humans need to work out how to have liberalism without it descending into degeneracy.

The problem is not repenting of our sins, not being ashamed of what we have done.

A nation may establish a system of free government, but without the spirit of municipal institutions it cannot have the spirit of liberty.

On the other hand . . . you have different fingers.

Socialism of any type leads to a total destruction of the human spirit and to a leveling of mankind into death.

If you betray yourself, if you say untrue things, if you act out a lie, you weaken your character.

To him who looks upon the world rationally, the world in its turn presents a rational aspect. The relation is mutual.

If you expect nothing from somebody you are never disappointed.

Let not one sin after another, difficult to be conquered, overcome us; may it depart together with greed.

Where the citizen is sovereign and the official the servant . . . it is important that the sovereign—the people—should possess intelligence.

You don’t have real diversity when you have a group of people who look different and think alike.

I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how he could look up into the heavens and say there is no God.

Accept whatever is brought upon you, and in changes that humble you be patient. For gold is tested in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of humiliation.

And he who lives a hundred years, ignorant and unrestrained, a life of one day is better if a man is wise and reflecting.

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