Question: Will Bush* be on his 'Game' Friday Night???

[spanone]

I wonder what bush* has learned in this last week and what his demeanor will be? You know Karl has been drilling him day and night.

[Doctor_J]

1. what game?

the only "game" smirky has is sound bites that generate bursts of applause from carefully-screened crowds. give him mixed audiences, impromptu questions, or someone to rebut his lies, and he sweats, pants, leans, and blinks.

[spanone]

13. I agree he has no game whatsoever. They grade him by grunts and smirks

I hope he doesn't grunt well that night.

[0007]

23. ...your being a bit ruff on the bloke, 'eh?

Cut junior some slack he works hard!

[bagnana]

2. As Bill Maher notes, what is "his game?"

He is always smirking and looking peevish. On the other hand, he was particularly bad last week, and I know will be better this Friday. I expect him to be (1) folksy; (2) jokesy; and (3) annoying as hell. He will go back to their goal of making Kerry "an object of ridicule and derision." This is what he will try, at least. I think if he pulls it off he will be effective. I doubt he will be an aggressive ass like Cheney was -- that is what they want Kerry to expect. No, he will come on as Mr. Charm, who laughs at Kerry and tries to make him look like a gawky snobby wishy washy liberal intellectual. That's their goal.

[Cha]

15. The answer is No!

I don't think he'll be on his best behavior..he's way too smirky to stop smirking and when he gets to smirking ..he shows to the World what he is..a vacuous, smirking chimp with store bought "charm".

[demzilla]

17. We shouldn't get overconfident

And nothing matters if the media spins it pro-Bush. I agree with your analysis, and all it might take is a couple of well-rehearsed jokes (a la Reagan to Mondale, 1984) for the media to start saying that the "popular" guy who everyone likes is back.

My hope is that Bush seems tense, that he is genuinely intimidated by Kerry at this point, and that Kerry is relaxed and engaging. I have growing faith in JK's ability to rise to the occasion.

I expect also expect Bush to try to hit Kerry hard, and vice-versa, both of them smiling all the while.

[napi21]

3. His handlers will try, but I think he'll swing too far the other way.

He will overcompensate. He's incapable of articulate speech, so he's got to got with the don't ya just love me theme. I suspect he'll overdo it. There is one other problem. If someone does manage to get in a question that pisses him off, we'll see the world famous smirk, sneer, pout.

[olddem43]

4. He will be on his game as well as any 10 year old C student in a

chess match with Bobby Fischer.

[spanone]

9. I think you give him too much credit.

[demgrrrll]

5. I am sure Bushturd has been polished to a glossy sheen. I think he

is losing it, I will be surprised if he does well. Tweety was going on and on with girlfriend beater Fund tonight about how the 92 town hall was "stacked" with Clinton supporters. He and Fund were practically finishing each others sentences. Whatever they accuse others of is what they are usually planning on doing... so the only thing that worries me is that Gallup is going easier on the "soft" Bush supporters than they are on the Kerry supporters. Tweety is such an ass. He went on and on about how Democrats were looking for hand outs via social security disability and that Pukes pulled themselves up by their bootstraps. Like Bush? Tweety is a weenie. I think Bush will fail.

[Cha]

16. That's the bestest description of seen of tweety..

"TWEETY IS A WEENIE"


Can we say "Corporate Welfare"??!! I thought so! E-mail that to the tweetyweenie!

[MazeRat7]

6. Well he should be considering

he has been stumping in this format for months. Granted they were friendly crowds, but he should at least have the basics down by now......

Naaaaaa.... what am I thinking... he'll fall flat on his ass.

MZr7

[madaboutharry]

7. Karl can't give Bush a

brain transplant, so whatever they are doing will have limited effect.

[caledesi]

8. I wonder which Bush* will show up..

I mean isn't that what they said about Al Gore??

[sasquatch]

10. OJ's defense team, Ben Franklin, Franklin Delano Roosevelt...

and John F. Kennedy combined couldn't defend Bush's domestic agenda.
So how in the hell can a dry drunk, coked up, moron like GWB defend his domestic agenda.

[opihimoimoi]

11. WE saw Bush at his level Best last Thursday...He cannot get better.

All that polishing...ius too little too late..he shoulda been doing his homework over the pasty 20 years by reading serious books...but NO, we learn from him, no less, that he don't READ. Either he feels he knows more than everyone else, or he is too lazy. Either way, Bush pays the price of being an AIRHEAD PREZ.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

12. Even if Bush turned into Demosthenes over night

and even if he was the world's greatest orator, is there anything even remotely approaching an accomplishment in the Bush domestic record? Even if Bush has the style part down, there's nothing of substance on which he can focus his cornpone, good old boy style.

[bagnana]

18. I hope you are right!

But I almost feel like it is bad luck to go on in this way. I want Kerry to expect Bush at his best and most effective. I want the press to expect Bush at his best and most effective. I don't want anyone (DU included) to think he "just can't pull it off." I think that may have been part of the reason so many people here (other than the trolls) claimed to be disappointed with Edwards. It seems people expected Cheney to be left muttering and clutching at his heart before they would declare Edwards the winner. Bush can pull it off. He pulled it off in other debates with other candidates. As inconceivable as it may be to me, millions of Americans like him and think he is both believable and likeable. To think he will make the exact same mistakes he did last week is foolish and precipitates disappointment the night of the debate.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

22. Very true but

if Bush just comes off as having somewhat more mental stability, doesn't get rattled, and has some semblance of style, he still shouldn't be declared the winner. This debate, like all others, must turn on substance. We can't let the media spin this as a Bush comeback just because he appears more relaxed and glib. If he still can't defend his record on substance and on the facts, he still loses.

[cliss]

14. You know what would be really funny?

If his caretakers decide he's too much of a loose cannon, so they decide to take the conservative route. They decide they can't take any more risks with this clown, so they decide to shut him up for the night.

They decide to give him an earplug, with a battery pack like I saw in the photo here today.

He has this funny looking gizmo taped to his back. Someone listens to Kerry, and then tells him what to say.

Just imagine how funny, with 65 million people watching. As George misses an important message, he taps his ear and says, "what?" or, "say that again". And then he stands there, like a complete fool and the entire country puts 2+2 = Court Jester.

I REALLY do feel sorry for his handlers, tonight!!!

[progressivebydesign]

21. Heck he did it LAST TIME.. "let me finish!".. remember that? n/t

[progressivebydesign]

19. It's physically impossible, unless the format is rigged in his favor.

He simply cannot act normal, and act educated about our Country, because he is neither. The reason ACTORS are offered up as politicians in the GOP is that they can actual say their lines with some conviction, contrived, but they can deliver.

Bush is not an actor. He's not a politician. He's a loser. A big LOSER. He cannot pretend to be commanding, in-the-loop, interested, or normal, because he's a fraud and he's suffering from SOMETHING. If he was healthy, he would have had his physical this past AUgust, as he had in the past 2 years... He's hiding something, and he can't fake it anymore.

[high density]

20. I doubt he'll be completely on his game

I figure we'll basically see a repeat of the robotic talking point performance from Bush during the final two debates. I do expect him to get his facial expressions under control, though.

[ibegurpard]

24. Okay, folks...

As we should have all learned from the 2000 elections and the ensuing years, what it takes for the media to finally admit that Georgie Boy MIGHT not have done his very best is for an unmitigated disaster like we witnessed the other night. If he can keep from drooling and string a few sentences together they'll pronounce it a triumph.

[4_Legs_Good]

25. He'll be ready. He can't afford another blunder. He won't commit one

Unless he stumbles on it. He'll be coached to death. There's a chance, however, that he'll be overstressed and will fumble.

We'll see. But don't expect another gimme

david

[ibegurpard]

26. that's the only thing I can see

is that he'll try to hard to overcomensate for his shortcomings the other night. The press crucified Gore for this but will they do the same to the Chimp?

[4_Legs_Good]

30. Yeah, but I think Gore deserved some of the criticism

He OBVIOUSLY overcomensated. He went from being an attack dog to being a puppy dog. It was silly.

George Jr. will be concentrating on not doing stupid stuff that he never should have done in the first place, like making stupid faces, not having answers ready and leaning on the podium.

He'll be ready for that. The question will really be will he be able to answer real questions about domestic issues. If Kerry is on the ball, he will put Bush WAY on the defensive (because of his shitty record) and then George Jr. may well crack and fall back on his horrible style.

I just wish the debate was 2.5 hours long! :)

david

[Booster]

27. I think he was on his game last week.

[zulchzulu]

28. "On his game" = With a hidden earpiece

I know sci-fi hasn't isn't the reality now. Chimpy can't, and I mean cannot get a brain transplant and be ready by Friday.

It's too freakin' late for El Chimpo.

[0rganism]

29. Bush will do well in the "town hall" debate, room stacked with his cronies

I expect him to be charming, drawling, and shallow as hell, just the way his backers like him. The media whores will declare it a huge victory for shrub, regardless of what is actually said.

[cheezus]

31. he'll just be pissed they're making him miss the baseball game

[seraph]

32. My Take

The psycological advantage is with Kerry. No matter who, or what media spins last Thursday, the two men know who won, and that was John Kerry.

* is under pressure, and does not do well in these cases; I expect * will come out swinging, and wind up fanning the breeze.

Kerry will be expecting this, or should be.

John Kerry with throw some Kung Fu, Sun Tzu, MoJo at * and it will be the meltdown of the century on live TV.

- Just the way I see it.

[RareLubbockDem]

33. I think yes, perhaps

he WILL be, and even if he's not, the expectations are VERY low this time after the ass-kicking he took last week. Also, keep in mind that every one thought he wouldn't have a chance in this format against Gore and he did very well.

I for one expect that he'll at least hold his own this time.