Debates Are Over, but Everyone’s Talking

During the debate Wednesday night President Bush talked about giving people money to go to their local community colleges to get the training that they need for the new jobs of the 21st century. I’d like to know what training he suggests the software engineer who lost his job to an Indian or Russian programmer get for a new 21st century job.

Les Hartzman

Sherman Oaks

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During the debate, Bush said he wanted to buy flu vaccine from Canada. He must think that serum is safe. What about the safety of other Canadian drugs he maligned? Is he talking out of both sides of his mouth?

Muriel M. Shishkoff

Huntington Beach

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It was fascinating to watch Bush handle the third and final debate by trying to act more like John Kerry. He tried to be calm. He tried to be articulate. He tried to be thoughtful. He didn’t succeed, but more important, why vote for an imitation when the real thing is running?

Roger Schulman

Beverly Hills

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Having watched the debates, it’s obvious that we’re doomed. Anybody but Bush or Kerry!

Trent D. Sanders

La Canada Flintridge

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Bush questioned how Kerry would pay for his healthcare plan. He doesn’t seem to worry about the $126 billion to $200 billion that will be spent on his unnecessary, illegal Iraqi war, but this demonstrates his poor choice of priorities and failure as a global leader.

This country cannot afford four more years.

Richard C. Armendariz

Huntington Beach

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There was not one word mentioned about the environment, while slowly the planet dies.

Jon Hartmann

Los Angeles

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Re Michael Ramirez’s image of Bush chopping away at Kerry while singing Monty Python’s “I’m a lumberjack and I’m OK” (editorial cartoon, Oct. 10): Is Ramirez aware that the last stanza goes: I cut down trees/ I wear high heels/ suspenders and a bra/ I wish I’d been a girlie/ just like my dear Papa?

Perhaps there are hidden depths to Ramirez’s work which I had not fully appreciated before today.

Kathy Leslie

Thousand Oaks

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In the current election campaign in which single issues may determine how one votes, keep in mind that a vote for a candidate who wishes to restrict or limit stem-cell research is a vote against Christopher Reeve, Ronald Reagan and all those disabled Americans who may benefit from this research.

Barry M. Josephson MD

Irvine