# Bush-Kerry Debate: Part Deux **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 25
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-part-deux/268302/481 "2004-10-09T02:26:25Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong. Okay then, what WAS it about? ---
**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, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-part-deux/268302/482 "2004-10-09T02:26:41Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > That’s a rather startling statement. What have we been talking about when we use this phrase? I believe the medical term is a dilate and extract. ---
**Author:** ![CRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@CRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CRich)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-part-deux/268302/483 "2004-10-09T02:26:53Z")
He just can’t admit that he’s ever made a mistake? Wow. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-part-deux/268302/484 "2004-10-09T02:27:01Z")
She asked “what would you say to a voter who has issues with having taxpayer’s money going towards abortion”, not just the issue of abortion itself. Nice dodge. ---
**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, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-part-deux/268302/485 "2004-10-09T02:27:09Z")
I’m glad Kerry explained his vote on partial-birth. I was tired of the you can’t run away from your record. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-part-deux/268302/486 "2004-10-09T02:27:26Z")
To paraphrase Bush- “Why, no- I’ve made no decisions I regret. Hey! Look at that shiny thing over there!” ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-part-deux/268302/487 "2004-10-09T02:27:36Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > “reasonable ways to help promote a culture of life in America.” > > Well, except for that Texas death penalty thing… No defense there. How can Bush dare talk about the culture of life and be such an ardent death penalty supporter? It infuriates me. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-part-deux/268302/488 "2004-10-09T02:27:45Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > That’s a rather startling statement. What have we been talking about when we use this phrase? Intact dilation and extraction. It’s the safest method of abortion in the second trimester. There is no such medical procedure as a “partial-birth abortion.” That’s a political term invented by anti-abortion activists. ---
**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, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-part-deux/268302/489 "2004-10-09T02:27:51Z")
“I’m fully prepared to admit any mistakes history says that my administration made” I just spewed Mountain Dew all over my keyboard. ---
**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, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-part-deux/268302/490 "2004-10-09T02:27:57Z")
A mistake in nominations but he won’t say who? Somewhere Donald Rumsfeld and Colin Powell are crying, knowing he is talking about them ☹ ---
**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, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-part-deux/268302/491 "2004-10-09T02:27:57Z")
Prepared to accept responsibility? Like, by, not being president anymore? Or are you going to pick one person, Mr President, that you fucked over in the last four years, and apologize in a way that you hope will shore up support for the causes you believe? Accept responsiblity. Shit, Bush, _I dare you._ :mad: ---
**Author:** ![presidebt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c37758/32.png) [@presidebt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/presidebt)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-part-deux/268302/492 "2004-10-09T02:28:17Z")
> [@presidebt](#): > > but that federal money will not be withheld from agencies that provide pregnancy prevention, i.e. birth control. Uh, let me try again. Federal money will not be withheld from agencies that provide pregnancy prevention, i.e. birth control just because those agencies might also provide abortions. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-part-deux/268302/493 "2004-10-09T02:28:17Z")
OK, Kerry is doing terrible here. Answer the question! what are _your_ mistakes? ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-part-deux/268302/494 "2004-10-09T02:28:33Z")
Dude! \Hurt\ their fucking feelings on national TV. Hold them accountable, you dolt! If you appointed them, have the balls to own up to the mistake. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-part-deux/268302/495 "2004-10-09T02:28:40Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > That’s a rather startling statement. What have we been talking about when we use this phrase? From what I gather, there is no medical procedure called “partial birth abortion.” The anti-abortion organizations came up with it, to describe a VERY RARE procedure, to deliberately make it sound even more evil. ---
**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, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-part-deux/268302/496 "2004-10-09T02:28:55Z")
Last question and Kerry didn’t screw the pooch! Thank you, Jesus! (OK, let the damn Yankees win, “sufficient unto the day”, and all that.) ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-part-deux/268302/497 "2004-10-09T02:29:05Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > “I’m fully prepared to admit any mistakes history says that my administration made” > > I just spewed Mountain Dew all over my keyboard. Yep, exactly why I am not voting for him. He must be accountable on Iraq. EOS. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-part-deux/268302/498 "2004-10-09T02:29:27Z")
Is this a rerun? Am I having a flashbacK? ---
**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, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-part-deux/268302/499 "2004-10-09T02:29:50Z")
At last Kerry handles the body armor vote. Bout bloody time. ---
**Author:** ![5que](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/3bc359/32.png) [@5que](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5que)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-part-deux/268302/500 "2004-10-09T02:30:02Z")
And Halliburton comes in at the wire!! Drink!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-part-deux/268302.md?page=24) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-part-deux/268302.md?page=26)