Great article on Fridays debate from popmatters.com

[vi5]

Normally mostly a music/movies/tv/pop culture site but this was I thought a really good article on the debate.

http://www.popmatters.com/politics/041011-debate2.shtml

"Of course, Bush hadn't bothered to parse or process Kerry's answer, hearing only the mad lib distillation: me, timber company, business. He delivered his line in a one shot wad, standing there in silent pride to the sound of murdered time. It's stunning to see the President think that's he's handily dealt with his opponent's charges when he's in fact just lit another one of his hallmark stupidity flares. The President's lack of humility is never more apparent than when he's waiting to soak up laughter, like a puppy getting a good belly scratch. But like any canned comedian, the President has a total deafness to atmosphere, never knowing when his prewritten zings don't fit the occasion."

[Javamancer]

1. that's a great article

"As a former debater myself, I remember the pitfalls of facing a linguistic cripple. There are too many weaknesses to exploit and prioritizing them becomes an embarrassing flood of riches which one must carefully avoid gorging on. Bad debaters actually destroy strategy because you then have to strike a balance against overkill, something to keep in mind with Bush, who frequently evokes sympathy from a media class that has been cowed into believing that intelligence is somehow elitist rather than active hard work. Face-to-face with intellect, Bush's folksy persona is actually just a collection of excuse-making crutches designed to make us feel cruel for poking fun at him."

[KlatooBNikto]

2. What an insightful article! Why can't our paid class of press

sycophants see this?

[liberalmuse]

3. LMAO! Excellent!

I highly recommend reading this article, but only if you want to see Bush eviscerated--gutted like a fish. This is right on the mark!

A small example:
Sure, Bush didn't have quite as many gaping fugue states as he did during the first debate (though there were a couple), and he sputtered less and didn't make as many nappy time faces, but the fact of the matter is that while he arguably lost the debate less decisively, he still clearly, completely and wholly got creamed into the carpet. Just take a look at the desperation intrinsic to the modifications he did make. Instead of crumpling pauses and squish-faced resentment, Bush compensated with volume, giving every answer with fed-up exasperation, in the hopes that the puffy-chested barking would convince voters that he is, in fact, awake somewhere in there. I want to meet the baboons who feel comforted because their leader walks like there's an ax handle connecting his ankles, rattles his neck like he's riding a mechanical bull, and chooses his phrases like every issue is just a matter of finding the right quip to smoke screen his intellectual paucity. He kept spreading his palm out against his chest, as if he had to hold himself back from pulling the tab on the can of whoop ass, like a Dixie David Banner warning: "Y'all won't like me when ahm angrah". He did everything but urinate on his side of the stage and flare his nostrils at that territorial interloper, Senator Pussy Boy.