Call me crazy but this debate

[Captain Lance Bass]

was the best out of the 3.

I was WAITING for the "osama wanted dead or alive/osama not a concern" Bush flip-flop since Kerry got the nomination.
FINALLY HE DID IT!

I thought Bush was caught off guard bigtime.

EVERY freakin shrub response wentinto another direction.

Job loss - "go to community college"
Minimum wage increase -"no child left behind"
Assault weapons "WTF did he say?"

I really thing GWB has some sort of medical problem that he is hiding. He may have not been scowling but clearly he was 5 cans short of a six pack.

Was not coherent at all.

JMHO

[donheld]

1. you have some wonderful points BTW

JMHO = jo mama's honest opinion?:evilgrin:

[nonconformist]

2. The first debate was such a slam dunk for Kerry

and Bush was so unbelievably incoherent and incompetent that he even surprised his toughest critics - so that debate was the most fun.

This debate, however, was the most telling and the one that really drew a clear comparison on how different these two are on everyday issues. You're right - he continually dodged the questions and kept bringing up NCLB - and anyone in the field of education or that has school-age children knows what a mess that is.

People know now - if you lost your job, Bush doesn't care. If you make minimum wage, Bush doesn't care and thinks you don't deserve a penny more. If you're a police officer, Bush doesn't care if you get riddled with AK-47 bullets on your next raid.

HE DOESN'T CARE. And the American people know this now.

[fishface]

3. The village idiot was given his 4 or 5 buzz words and

he used at least 4 of them in every answer. I kept yelling at him when he was answering a question"what the fuck does that have to do with the question you simpleton asshole?".

[sandnsea]

4. Watched it again

Bush was absolutely awful. If you haven't watched it twice, you really should. The second time is a stunner because you don't mind ignoring Kerry to watch Bush. Blinky all the way through, downing water, weird expressions, goofy answers. He might have had 3 coherent answers all night. He was absolutely awful. Kerry hit every answer right on the money and was strong, clear and visionary. The media was definitely whoring.

[bagnana]

5. Bush sounded like a nut.

A lip spittle wearing crooked lipped nut.

[radfringe]

6. not as many errrs, umms as first debate

the "back box" must have been working better :evilgrin:

few things I went away with:

bush*'s performance: blinky, lips tight trying not to scowl, looked like a kid with his hand caught in the cookie jar. He did stand straighter, no slouching --- mmmmmm maybe the "back box" is a behavior modification device, zaps him everytime he slouches?

He did address Kerry directly during one answer -- broke the rules

bush*'s statements: We all were probably jumping up and down, screaming "LIAR LIAR" when he denied saying he wasn't concerned with Osama Bin-Laden

he blamed Clinton and 9-11 for the economy, blamed Congress for not renewing the Assault Weapon Ban, blamed everyone else because the country is divided

ducked-dodged
questions about jobs, affirmative action, immigration and being a divider by steering his answers back to education

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after the debate on stage -- Kerry waved - crowd cheered, bush* waved some cheering that quickly died down, Kerry waved again and the crowd roared...

[demokatgurrl]

7. I kind of agree, because in this one,

Kerry called Bush on almost (ALMOST) every lie, right away. While ignoring the lies is one good strategy, since Kerry has so few opportunities to call Bush on it in public and essentially to his face, I think he has to do it. So in that way, this one is better. The only way this one was better for Bush, who still LOST big time, was that he didn't have a total meltdown and only looked about half as pathological as in the first one.