Reply #46: Bush Bent his Wookie [View All]

[The Minus World]

Yeah, that was a really subtle dig at Bush's grade-school "Kerry is a flip-flopper" routine. It showed that Kerry has the ability to fire back and defend himself without being explicit and contemptuous. That puts him in incredible contrast with Bush, whose whole campaign is based on juvenile repetition of half-truths and appeasements for his core followers.

If the rest of the debates go this way (and they will), Kerry's going to enjoy solid media coverage of his positions on key subjects - not just forehead-slappingly ignorant right-wing interpretations of them. When Kerry starts getting accurately represented in the media, that's when we'll see some permanent damage to Bush's poll numbers.

The great thing is not just one or two little polls, but ALL major polls show Kerry as the candidate of choice by an UNDENIABLE margin when it comes to his handling of foreign policy questions tonight. And that was supposed to be Bush's *strong* point!