# Bush-Kerry Debate: Part Deux

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-part-deux/268302>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [October 9, 2004, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-part-deux/268302 "2004-10-09T00:42:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-part-deux/268302/181 "2004-10-09T01:35:36Z")

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**"I’m worried about our country."**  
So are we, Mr. President!!

(I have a feeling I’m not the only one posting this…)

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**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-part-deux/268302/182 "2004-10-09T01:35:38Z")

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I swear, if he starts bringing up “hard work” constantly…

And now we’re onto domestic policy.

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**Author:** ![katie1341](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/91b2a8/32.png) [@katie1341](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katie1341)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-part-deux/268302/183 "2004-10-09T01:35:46Z")

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Does “working overtime” equal “working hard” or “hard work” for purposes of drinking?

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**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-part-deux/268302/184 "2004-10-09T01:35:50Z")

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He hasn’t blocked the drug imports…yet.

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**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-part-deux/268302/185 "2004-10-09T01:35:57Z")

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> [@TheVincent](#):
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> Where’s all the Bush supporters? I want to hear some thoughts.

I think they’re too busy cowering in the fetal position, beating their heads against the floor in denial.

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**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-part-deux/268302/186 "2004-10-09T01:35:57Z")

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Bush’s high school English teach has climbed out on a ledge and is threatening to jump…developing…

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**Author:** ![TheVincent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@TheVincent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheVincent)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-part-deux/268302/187 "2004-10-09T01:36:01Z")

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> [@jayjay](#):
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> From Bush supporters?

Yeah. Although the Bush bashing sure is fun, I’d like to hear what they’d have to say about his performance, just to get ideas from both perspectives.

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**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-part-deux/268302/188 "2004-10-09T01:36:26Z")

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They’re worried about unsafe drugs from _Canada_?

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**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-part-deux/268302/189 "2004-10-09T01:36:37Z")

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Bushism: “It might be from a third world.”

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**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-part-deux/268302/190 "2004-10-09T01:36:42Z")

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They’re the same fucking drugs as we have here! By the same companies, from the same factories, exported to Canada, and coming back here! Are OUR drugs not safe?

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**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-part-deux/268302/191 "2004-10-09T01:36:28Z")

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Cause Canadian drugs are _sooooo_ dangerous.

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**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-part-deux/268302/192 "2004-10-09T01:36:36Z")

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Blame Canada. Damn them Canooks! They’re trying to poison us all!

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**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-part-deux/268302/193 "2004-10-09T01:36:29Z")

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Charlie Gibson has granny glasses on.

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**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-part-deux/268302/194 "2004-10-09T01:36:37Z")

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This drug question should be fun.

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**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-part-deux/268302/195 "2004-10-09T01:37:13Z")

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Not hot like that you political pervs. 😃 I thought if Kerry got any more vocally hostile, Bush was just going to lay him flat right there.

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With a punch, damn it! Not with hot man love, a punch!

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**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-part-deux/268302/196 "2004-10-09T01:37:32Z")

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Oh, yes… please protect us from the Canadians! They’re trying to kill us with their low-cost drugs!!!

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**Author:** ![Althea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@Althea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Althea)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-part-deux/268302/197 "2004-10-09T01:37:39Z")

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“It might come from a third world.”

Sweet. I didn’t know there was even a second one, much less a third. Does Spaceshipone go there?

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**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-part-deux/268302/198 "2004-10-09T01:37:43Z")

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Bush Flip-Flopped!

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**Author:** ![Monocracy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monocracy/32/4493_2.png) [@Monocracy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monocracy)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-part-deux/268302/199 "2004-10-09T01:37:44Z")

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Bush: “The government must do whatever it can to protect you” (paraphrased, regarding pharmacueticals (sp))

What is he, a commie?

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**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-part-deux/268302/200 "2004-10-09T01:37:51Z")

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Not after they’ve been to Canada.

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