"dubya"....I have to laugh at that. It sets the dis respectful and intolerant tone for everything that follows. Regardless of whatever feelings I may have for Senator Kerry, You will always see me refer to him as either Kerry or Senator Kerry.

Now on to the meat.....It is different from the first debate in that President Bush was vociferous in defense of his policies in a way that he had not been during round one. He was, in my opinion, hugely more detailed in what has happend, why and what will happen while Senator Kerry seemed to travel over the same ground he covered before with less effect.

Kerry has the kind of vision that makes me feel like I need to go out and buy a gun. His plan for manataining U.S. security seemed like vaporware, I heard no specifics other than "I will do it better" ....really?

I found it infinaltely amusing that he PROMISES to cut the deficit in half in four years simply by raising taxes on income earners over $200k. (that is an incredible joke...more on it later) when, if you do the math, he will need to raise taxes on everyone far and above the ending of rollbacks in order to pay for his "plan"

The biggest bugaboo with me is taxes. President Bush is exactly right when he said that the majority of small business are sub-chapter S, LLC or sole propritorships (I fall into the latter). Using me as an example, because of the way I pay taxes, my taxes will be going UP.

Small business in this country make up the lions share of employers in this country. Taxing them even more is a guarantee for putting the economy on the skids. It has be proven over and over and over again, the lower taxes are on individuals and especially business, the better the economy becomes, the more people are working and then , as a result, the more taxpayers there are in the system providing the government with increased revenues.

President Bush also pointed out Kerry's Senate record as it regards lowering healthcare costs via tort reform, lowering energy dependancy via a 2 year old energy bill that is sitting stalled in the senate and taxes. Senator Kerry voted to increase taxes 98 times over 20 years and when he voted for a tax decrease it was always for the lesser of 2 choices.

Finally, the number one issue for this country is internal security. There is no issue more important......none.

There have been no attacks on Americam soil since 9/11 and I for one have no confidance in an untried liberal senator to either maintain the status quo or tighten the noose even more. I do have confidence in the contiuation of the Bush security apparatus.

I will not feel comfortable sending my kids to school under the watchful eye of an administration that is more concerned with pleasing foriegn leaders than they are with crushing terrorism.