John Nichols: 'Bush goes MIA'

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http://www.thenation.com/thebeat/index.mhtml?bid=1&pid=1903

John Nichols: 'Bush goes MIA'
Date: Friday, October 15

By John Nichols, The Nation

The first two presidential debates went so very poorly for George W. Bush that it was no wonder that he wanted to get out of his third face-off with John Kerry as quickly and painlessly as possible. Indeed, one Bush aide admitted before Wednesday night's final debate in Tempe, Arizona, that the president's only goal was to "check the box" -- i.e., go through the motions of debating for an hour and a half without doing himself any damage.

With that goal in mind, Bush did his best to sit out the last debate.

The president avoided answering questions -- even when it made him look ridiculous.
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[MichiganVote]

1. Yeah sure. Whatever. WMD reasoning.

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2. Sure did look that way.