Let's list all the freeper excuses for * in one place

[Mizmoon]

1) He was tired
2) He was shocked from seeing the hurricane victims
3) Rove sold him out
4) Kerry used a pen
5) Kerry used notes
6) Bush was wearing a bulletproof vest
7) Kerry had the questions beforehand

Any I missed?

[seraph]

1. Vulcan mind meld? (nt)

[Hello_Kitty]

2. He works hard! It's hard work!

[AnIndependentTexan]

3. you forgot some

1.The moderator was biased
2.Bush had more loaded questions then Kerry.
3.The moderator gave Kerry the questions before hand.

[stevedeshazer]

7. Yup. Lehrer had a secret deal to give him the questions beforehand n/t

[senseandsensibility]

4. Up past his widdle

beddy bye time?

[Shoeempress]

5. His tie was pulled tight by Kerry causing oxygen restriction to the brain

[Mizmoon]

10. ah, yes - the tie conspiracy

*whew* that one's funny

[Joe Turner]

6. He was drunk

[Dr Fate]

8. "Kerry is a master debator, but it was all style, no substance..."

"...sure, The President stumbles on a word every now & then, but his points are stronger than Kerry's..."

Somthing like that.

[molly]

9. I heard this one from a cpsan caller - his bullet proof vest

[stevedeshazer]

11. Bush is a better leader than a debater

They've been pushing that one, too.

He's steadfast and unwavering in the face of liberal assault!

[cheshire]

12. The devil made him do it.

It was not his venue.

[senseandsensibility]

13. Don't forget

Rove bought off JK. I think that's my personal favorite, and very likely as well.;-)

[KayLaw]

14. Kerry frightened him

Kerry came onstage a moment too early, thereby startling Bush and throwing him off for the whole night.

[JimmyJazz]

15. Bush was "over-prepared" - Bill O'Reilly

[Dr Fate]

18. O'Reality vs. O'Really: Bush was over planned, but UNDER prepared.

Over planned in the sense that they thought all their little talking points (Mixed messages" would be all the media rage.

UNDER prepared in that they failed to prepare for the fact that Kerry did SO damned well, it over shadowed everything else.

As Joe Lockhardt said- Bush thought he would be debating his own TV commercial characiture of Kerry-and I call that underprepared!!!

[discopants]

16. Bush was 'brilliant', ignore the Liberal Media & DNC distortions

:)

[Seabiscuit]

17. Kerry sucker-punched him

when he squeezed the hell out *'s hand when they first met onstage. Bush kept slouching and making painful faces because behind the podium he had to massage his right hand with his left one for 90 minutes.