# Bush-Kerry Debate: Watch Along Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [October 1, 2004, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963 "2004-10-01T00:58:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**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 1, 2004, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/221 "2004-10-01T02:13:37Z")
Good stuff about “certainty.” I get it now. Kerry changes his _mind_, Bush just changes his _tactics._ ---
**Author:** ![DadWagonDriver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/222 "2004-10-01T02:13:44Z")
Paraphrasing Bush: “A leader cannot send mext-missages” oh, the irony! ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/223 "2004-10-01T02:13:50Z")
Kerry is talking about wavering and wilting, making a move to be the next viagra spokesman? ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/224 "2004-10-01T02:14:03Z")
> [@Bruce\_Daddy](#): > > Ok, I have a buzz. Only 15 minutes left, man. You can make it! ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/225 "2004-10-01T02:14:11Z")
> [@This Year's Model](#): > > You have a point, Bricker, right? Yes, of course it should be. Will it? We’ll find out. > > Do you wish to make your own comments on how you see the debate, or do you prefer to make jerkish remarks? I’m simply struck, again, by the overwhelming anti-Bush commentary here, and how sharply it contrasts with the poll numbers. There’s a smug attitude here at how badly Bush is being beaten, and no real sense of how the majority of the country is reacting. “How could Bush be winning? None of my friends are planning to vote for him!” ---
**Author:** ![Merkwurdigliebe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/74df32/32.png) [@Merkwurdigliebe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merkwurdigliebe)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/226 "2004-10-01T02:14:27Z")
oh no… here comes nukular again… ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/227 "2004-10-01T02:14:32Z")
Who is the question asker guy and why does he have the honor of asking all the questions? He says they are all his, but did no one help him think of questions to ask? ---
**Author:** ![simply\_cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@simply\_cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simply_cats)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/228 "2004-10-01T02:14:50Z")
Oooh ooooh! I want GW to say “nuclear proliferation” really quickly twice! ---
**Author:** ![Dio2112](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Dio2112](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dio2112)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/229 "2004-10-01T02:14:55Z")
omfg Bush is getting pwned. I see why Kerry is known as a strong finisher in his campaigns. ---
**Author:** ![Padmaraga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@Padmaraga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padmaraga)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/230 "2004-10-01T02:15:39Z")
> [@Bear\_Nenno](#): > > Who is the question asker guy and why does he have the honor of asking all the questions? He says they are all his, but did no one help him think of questions to ask? I’m floored that you’ve never heard of Jim Lehrer! ---
**Author:** ![Merkwurdigliebe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/74df32/32.png) [@Merkwurdigliebe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merkwurdigliebe)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/231 "2004-10-01T02:15:44Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > I’m simply struck, again, by the overwhelming anti-Bush commentary here, and how sharply it contrasts with the poll numbers. There’s a smug attitude here at how badly Bush is being beaten, and no real sense of how the majority of the country is reacting. > > “How could Bush be winning? None of my friends are planning to vote for him!” Bricker I’ll give you that… I want to know… What do the pro bush crowd feel about how he’s doing? What do you think? Honestly I am curious ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/232 "2004-10-01T02:15:52Z")
> [@wmulax93](#): > > Paraphrasing Bush: “A leader cannot send mext-missages” > > oh, the irony! **Canby** and I agreed that that was worth a drink, notwithstanding that it wasn’t in the rules. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/233 "2004-10-01T02:15:56Z")
John Kerry has the biggest thumbs in the world. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/234 "2004-10-01T02:16:15Z")
> [@](#): > > Apparently the audience is asleep or terrified of being thrown out if they make a sound. No laugh. Yes; a lot of the things that could be major gaffes won’t become so because the audience has been disallowed to point them out to the TV Land with their “ooohs” and “ahhhhs”. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/235 "2004-10-01T02:16:24Z")
> [@Mehitabel](#): > > Everybody hear Jim lay down the law to the audience beforehand? I kept yelling, ala “Bruce Dickenson” as played by Christopher Walken, “Yeah Baby! I’m ‘Cock of the Walk’! I got a fever! The only prescription is more Cowbell!” Bush is getting his ass handed to him. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. If Kerry had a big mustache, this election would be a landslide. He could go to the debate and smile, wave, give the “thumbs-up” and say silly catchphrased and win every state. Somebody needs to tell him. But I’m still voting Bush because he will eliminate the “Death Tax”. ---
**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 1, 2004, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/236 "2004-10-01T02:16:44Z")
“Well actually we increased spending for, errr…uhh…ummm…” ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/237 "2004-10-01T02:16:49Z")
> [@Bear\_Nenno](#): > > Who is the question asker guy and why does he have the honor of asking all the questions? He says they are all his, but did no one help him think of questions to ask? Jim Lehrer is the respected host of the best newscast in the US, PBS’s NewsHour. ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/238 "2004-10-01T02:16:56Z")
> [@This Year's Model](#): > > Only 15 minutes left, man. You can make it! No problem. I might switch to liquor. Is it too late to get multi-pronged or proliferation in? :drinks: :drinks: ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/239 "2004-10-01T02:16:59Z")
> [@Sam Stone](#): > > I’m watching MSNBC - when Kerry’s speaking they keep showing Bush reaction shots, but they aren’t showing Kerry’s reaction shots while Bush is speaking. Strange. > > Anyone else seeing that? > > Of course, now that I’ve said it it probably won’t happen again… CBS is showing more Bush reaction than Kerry reaction. ---
**Author:** ![Padmaraga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@Padmaraga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padmaraga)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/240 "2004-10-01T02:17:02Z")
> [@Merkwurdigliebe](#): > > Bricker I’ll give you that… > > I want to know… What do the pro bush crowd feel about how he’s doing? > > What do you think? > > Honestly I am curious I _am_ pro-Bush (though not without reservations), and I think he’s doing _terribly_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963.md?page=13)