Is it over?

[shereads]

I couldn't watch.

 

[minsue]

Yes, dearie. It ended about an hour ago. Couldn't tell you if the spin is still being spun, but I would assume so.

 

[shereads]

Yes, dearie. It ended about an hour ago. Couldn't tell you if the spin is still being spun, but I would assume so.

I'm just a few miles from the auditorium, and I can feel the spin from here.


I still blame Tim Russert for telling us that we thought Howard Dean was unelectable. I didn't really think he was unelectable, did you? But if Tim Russert said we thought so, I guess we did.

 

[minsue]

I'm just a few miles from the auditorium, and I can feel the spin from here.


I still blame Tim Russert for telling us that we thought Howard Dean was unelectable. I didn't really think he was unelectable, did you? But if Tim Russert said we thought so, I guess we did.

I never caught on to the whole Dean thing. Better than Bush, by a long shot, but I never quite understood the amount of enthusiasm he generated.

 

[shereads]

I never caught on to the whole Dean thing. Better than Bush, by a long shot, but I never quite understood the amount of enthusiasm he generated.

He was the only candidate who had the courage to say, "No, Americans are not safer because Saddam Hussein is out of power." He got blasted out of the water for that.

 

[Somme]

mmm...the truth set him free, to paraphrase...sadly.

 

[minsue]

He was the only candidate who had the courage to say, "No, Americans are not safer because Saddam Hussein is out of power." He got blasted out of the water for that.

True. I'll give him that, no problem. It just wasn't enough for me, I suppose.

 

[Edward Teach]

Dean was the frst Democrat to attack the Republicans since Clinton.

Ralph Reed acted likea whipped puppy in the spin room tonight. LOL. I love it.

Ed

 

[impressive]

And how'd it go? I don't have the stomach for the morning news.

 

[Guest]

hell, it was awesome. the reforms that kerry was offering...seemed almost idealistic and out of reach but damn i was impressed
and then there was bush... hot damn i think he did his finest and offering to make the counrty a more socialistic society... i was stunned!


*grin* i didnt watch...who is bush.. who is kerry?

 

[Guest]

I couldn't watch.

Sher, your PM box is full.

 

[Pure]

I did watch most of it. Bush did not stumble badly anywhere, except when he sort of implied Iraq attacked the US. His enthusiastic talk of transforming Afgn and Iraq into shining beacons of freedom was a little stale. Hard to know if that was believed.

B seemed a little defensive.

Kerry was pretty confident, did acknowledge misspeaking, but compared that to B's colossal misjudgments.

---
Note: K's plan for Iraq is a bit unbelievable, and he avoided setting any pullout dates or timetable. He's on the bandwagon, "We cannot lose in Iraq" (i.e, it would be terrible, and it's avoidable.) "We must win, and will win." In that sense Bush and co. are right that Kerry echoes their stuff.

Here is my plan to avoid complete loss. Seize the three or four of the richest oil-resourced provinces and concentrate forces there; set up a friendly government
Call this the new nation of
Free Republic of Exxon-istan, and let the rest of Iraq go to bloody hell (one year phased withdrawal)--presumably form 3-4 separate entities.

 

[Pure]

sher, your box is full, stuff'd with male.

 

[Guest]

sher, your box is full, stuff'd with male.

I know!

 

[Edward Teach]

hell, it was awesome. the reforms that kerry was offering...seemed almost idealistic and out of reach but damn i was impressed
and then there was bush... hot damn i think he did his finest and offering to make the counrty a more socialistic society... i was stunned!


*grin* i didnt watch...who is bush.. who is kerry?

Vella,

Bush is the one burning. Red faced, twitching, hunched over the podium, squinting, grimacing, saying "It's hard work" every other sentence.

Kerry is the wind surfer.


Ed The Observant

 

[Guest]

Vella,

Bush is the one burning. Red faced, twitching, hunched over the podium, squinting, grimacing, saying "It's hard work" every other sentence.

Kerry is the wind surfer.


Ed The Observant

oh.. thank god! i was so lost there for... well, lets face it, im still lost but less now?
thank you for clearing up that issue for me.

so, i wonder if its hard work to mess with kerry's bush...hrm..perhaps its time to stop, full stop, before i offend... cuz im that kinda sensitive type o' person..

giggle, snort

 

[sweetnpetite]

boring!

I could have predicted the whole thing, even without knowing the questions.

bush mentioned his experience with world leaders, his concern for our troops, his belief in God and his prayer life. Kerry mentioned JFK and his war experience and said 'he had a better plan' (though what that is, I don't know)

Kerry accused the Pres of flip floping "His administration has a word for that"

Bush um..ed and ah..ed a lot. Kerry is a better (more fluent) speaker, but Bush held his own and made good points, pointing out several of Kerry's inconsistancies.

I thought the Prez looked kind of goofy, like a little kid in a suit. He looks better in bluejeans and a cowboy hat.

.....this is what we're talking about right? otherwise

 

[sweetnpetite]

The one 'bad' thing that Bush said was "I see the casualty reports everyday" he seemed to pause for a minute as if he wished he hadn't said it, but realized there was nothing to do but go on.

Perhaps he ment to say, I see the reports ever day and am painfully aware of the casualties. or some such thing.

I felt that he had not meant to, but realize that what it sounded like was 'people are dying every day because of my decision.' Did anyone else notice that brief moment where he looked like he wished he had phrased himelf differently?

Keri did sound flip flopy to me, when he lambasted the president for 'outsourcing' our military duties in Tora Bora and then claimed that he would have other countries step in and pull our troups out of Iraq. Maybe if he had clearly shown why they where different situations, but i dont' think he realized how it sounded.

 

[Edward Teach]

We saw the real George Bush last night. A megalomaniac, acting like a little despot, pissed off that he was being questioned. He even became redfaced for a while.

At the end, he wasn't listening and got asked a question. Surprised, he couldn't answer, stuttered, then had to pull out the obviously prepared catch all that Kerry cannot lead because he flip-flops. It was pitiful.


Ed

 

[Lucifer_Carroll]

I couldn't watch.

Nonsense I thought it was a fine drag queen show.

Oh, you're talking about the political debate. Nevermind.

 

[sweetnpetite]

We saw the real George Bush last night. A megalomaniac, acting like a little despot, pissed off that he was being questioned. He even became redfaced for a while.

At the end, he wasn't listening and got asked a question. Surprised, he couldn't answer, stuttered, then had to pull out the obviously prepared catch all that Kerry cannot lead because he flip-flops. It was pitiful.


Ed

I sort of expected him to start making funny faces.

 

[LadyJeanne]

I sort of expected him to start making funny faces.

Oh, he did...grimaces, frowns, deer in headlights, smirks, brain freeze. He should be embarrassed. Americans should be embarrassed that he is leading our country.

 

[sweetnpetite]

Oh, he did...grimaces, frowns, deer in headlights, smirks, brain freeze. He should be embarrassed. Americans should be embarrassed that he is leading our country.

I meant *other* than his normal face.

Stuff like this

 

[LadyJeanne]

I meant *other* than his normal face.

Stuff like this

LOL. Wonder if Laura ever gets the urge to smack that smirk off his face?

 

[sweetnpetite]

LOL. Wonder if Laura ever gets the urge to smack that smirk off his face?

She just calls his mom and she comes over and says, "young man, one of these days you're face is going to get stuck like that!"

and he says, "I think it already is"

And then she slaps him for being fresh.