I did have the opportunity to watch the first and second presidential debates on television. However, both Al Gore and George Bush used such complex vocabulary that I did not understand some of the issues that they were discussing.

In the first debate, I think that Vice President Al Gore showed more command in speaking to the public. He was very articulate and precise in his points of view. He was a good speaker. For me, he appeared to be more friendly and understanding of the American population’s needs. For example, he is not supporting tax cuts because many poor people will be affected. Also, he strongly supports public education.

Governor Bush looked very insecure to me in front of the cameras. Every time that he was speaking I was afraid that he would say something wrong. I had a feeling that he did not know what he was talking about. When he was questioned about his state, e.g. the level of poverty in Texas, he did not have a reasonable answer in my opinion. I do not think that a person like Governor Bush would be a good leader for the United States of America.

In the second debate, both Gore and Bush seemed to me to be more confident in their answers. Personally, I did not like that Al Gore was constantly agreeing with Governor Bush on most of the issues through the whole debate. In this second debate I had a feeling that there was really little difference between the candidates. They appear to be planning to enforce almost the same issues.

The only moment that the Vice President seemed really strong to me was when he used statistics to question Gov. Bush about the state of Texas. The question addressed the level of poverty and education. Gov. Bush seemed like he did not know what to say, because he avoided the questions and jumped into another issue. He tried to attack Al Gore and President Clinton instead.

I liked it when Vice President Al Gore told Gov. Bush that he did not think that he was a bad person. Gore said that he believed that Bush was sincerely a good person. I liked the fact that Al Gore kept his dignity and did not attack Bush as a human being, but rather attacked his policies.