Unbelievable Editorial from my local RW rag

[SW FL Dem]

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We'll leave it to the political handicappers to sort out who won or lost.

But the Massachusetts Democrat did what he had to do and, discarding his signature Senate-speak, articulated clear and defensible positions on foreign policy and national security. He broke out of the caricature of waffling flip-flopper that the Republicans have drawn of him, and indeed on Thursday night he looked like a man who could be president.

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The 55 million Americans who tuned in heard clear differences between the candidates on Iraq, North Korea, Iran, multilateralism, the United Nations and fighting terrorism, and surprising unanimity on the hazards of nuclear proliferation.

The debate, one hopes, finally dispelled the poisonous fog of countercharges about Swift boats and National Guard service and gave the voters what they deserve — a real political campaign about real issues.

a little more here: http://naplesnews.com/npdn/perspective/article/0,2071,NPDN_14966_3224370,00.html

[yardwork]

1. I think that the CBS debacle actually helped Kerry

People tend to tune out both sides during a dispute. It make the swift liars very old news.

It's good to see a paper getting with the program. Florida has every reason to be skeptical of bushco.