Great Debate: Bush wins by not losing

[Jon8503]

The only truly surprising thing about last night's presidential debate was how good it was.

Crisp, authoritative and articulate, both George W. Bush and John Kerry were at the top of their respective games. We call it a draw. But because Mr. Kerry did not get the breakout performance that he needs to turn this race around heading into the homestretch, the president won by not losing.

Those who expected the Massachusetts senator to be the droning, long-winded patrician he has been so far this campaign had to have been startled by the sharp, focused fighter Mr. Kerry was last night. He finally connected with audiences, speaking with uncharacteristic passion and directness about what he sees as the Bush administration's failures. If we had seen this John Kerry three months ago, the race might look very different today.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/editorials/stories/100104dnedidebate.1121d.html

[agates]

BOTH????

Were crisp, authoritative and articulate? Pass me that pipe...

[BeatleBoot]

1. Meanwhile, Back In Reality

Call it a draw ????

Kerry cleaned his clock....

[Cha]

2. That's what Dean said Kerry had to do

in the "debate".."connect with the AMerican people".

"Those who expected the Massachusetts senator to be the droning, long-winded patrician he has been so far this campaign had to have been startled by the sharp, focused fighter Mr. Kerry was last night. He finally connected with audiences, speaking with uncharacteristic passion and directness about what he sees as the Bush administration's failures. If we had seen this John Kerry three months ago, the race might look very different today."

And not to worry, dallasnews..there's plenty of time left to do even more "Connecting"!

[aquart]

5. "Long-winded," "droning," "patrician," "uncharacteristic passion,"........

Gosh, assassination by adjective.

[DaveinMD]

3. Sure

that's why the new polls show Kerry with a slight lead.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

4. Dear Dallas News Editorial Board:

It is not seemly to write editorials with the male procreative unit of a mildly retarded world leader in your mouth. Thank you.

[aquart]

7. Bravo! Did you send it?

[Vincardog]

11. Let them have have their fun while they can. Besides The Shrub needs to

Believe this BS doesn't he? Face it he won and should keep on being himself. The I want to have a beer with that president. RIGHT?
:puffpiece: :spank:

[Maestro]

14. Oh God that is funny!

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

19. Is there a sub-award...

For disgusted sarcasm? ;-)

[Cha]

17. LOL!...

These big corporations really want their monkey back in for another four.

Too bad for them that the People are going to rise up and shut them down.

[Jon8503]

6. These guys are already fucked; if no minds were changed then

how did Kerry go so high in the polls & overtake Bush after the debate.

"Few minds were changed by this debate, we'd guess, but it's hard to imagine what either man could have done last night to better advance his candidacy."

[Cha]

18. bush might have sounded less like a spoiled brat and

more like a president(sic)of the US.

And these toadies have no imagination whatsoever!

[wurzel]

8. "If we had seen this John Kerry"

Well, "this John Kerry" has been there all along. It is thanks to media like "Dallas News" distorting everything about him, that Kerry was not seen. This time they couldn't get in the way.

[Cha]

20. Exactamundo!

Thank God for the debates..no wonder the Kerry camp pushed for all three!

[crispini]

9. Yeah, already had a coronary over that one.

And a LTTE. Douchebags. AND, they had an article in today's paper saying that the OVERWHELMING majority of their LTTEs were pro-Kerry. What wankers. I am already on record with a bet that they will endorse Shrub. Actually no one would bet against me so I had to bet the universe. They endorse Kerry and I'm bringing the editorial department doughnuts and a card. ;)

[southern democrat]

10. Even if I was a Bush optimist(which I am not)

The glass would be broken with koolaid running on the floor!

[Maestro]

12. This was posted yesterday here as well

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=940330

I sent this LTTE as well

I will be clear, concise and to the point, as was Senator Kerry. You are entitled to your opinion; however, a baseless opinion that is so obviously tainted by prejudicial attitudes and blind devotion to a lost cause simply shows you to be a desperate pundit trying to spin what was obviously one of the worst performances by a politician in a debate in recent history. Your candidate was removed from his protective bubble and in the face of true, unscripted questioning could not explain his actions. John Kerry won and will win in November.

[Kierkegaard]

13. "In other news,

the Brooklyn Bridge was sold to staff reporter Ima Luser earlier today for an undisclosed sum. After the historic transaction took place, Ms. Luser was quoted as saying, 'Bush won the debate because I have extensive brain damage.' We couldn't have said it better.

Back to you Genghis."

[Maestro]

15. And yet another award

[Kierkegaard]

16. Thanks!

My very first ROFL award. Now I'm blushing.