A few choice debate moments

My points of interest, nothing more or less. Here's the transcript.

Perhaps Kerry's best moment in the debate:

So the choice for America is, you can have a plan that I've laid out in four points, each of which I can tell you more about or you can go to johnkerry.com and see more of it; or you have the president's plan, which is four words: more of the same.

Also deserving of a well played was the DeGaulle/Kennedy story during the Cuban Missle crisis:

I mean, we can remember when President Kennedy in the Cuban missile crisis sent his secretary of state to Paris to meet with DeGaulle. And in the middle of the discussion, to tell them about the missiles in Cuba, he said, Here, let me show you the photos. And DeGaulle waved them off and said, No, no, no, no. The word of the president of the United States is good enough for me.

How many leaders in the world today would respond to us, as a result of what we've done, in that way?

When asked about Dufar, Bush seemed to say the end of the rainy season will help the long suffering people there. I guess he feels rain makes those committing atrocities grouchy, and a little sunshine will change their mind?

Finally, I'll juxtapose the President last night. I learned this from Republican spinners.

I think what is misleading is to say you can lead and succeed in Iraq if you keep changing your positions on this war. And he has. As the politics change, his positions change. And that's not how a commander in chief acts.

(later)

Well, I think -- listen, I fully agree that one should shift tactics, and we will, in Iraq.

If the President believes we are winning the war on terror, and you can't succeed if you change positions, then why would Bush want to shift tactics? It can't be because things are going poorly, because admitting that would give false aid to our opponents. It is certainly not because people feel Iraq is headed in the wrong direction because that's "not how the President acts." So what is his justification for suggesting he will "shift tactics" in Iraq?

Smells like flip flop to me. Anyone help me out on this one?