# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/81 "2004-10-01T01:37:57Z")
Bush looks like he wishes he could sigh loudly, but he’s controlling himself. ---
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/82 "2004-10-01T01:38:01Z")
> [@Bruce\_Daddy](#): > > Hey, I haven’t seen you around lately! Uhhh, I’ve been uhhh, around here. _hiccup_ 😃 Hey yourself! ---
**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, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/83 "2004-10-01T01:38:03Z")
> [@Bruce\_Daddy](#): > > New rule (drinking game), -\> 90%/90% As long as the drink isn’t 90 proof. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/84 "2004-10-01T01:38:08Z")
> [@Bruce\_Daddy](#): > > New rule (drinking game), -\> 90%/90% Nice knowing ya. :eek: ---
**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, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/85 "2004-10-01T01:38:29Z")
Are patterned ties back in fashion? I gotta go shopping. ---
**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, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/86 "2004-10-01T01:39:45Z")
> [@Mehitabel](#): > > Oooh, Jimmy used the L-word and Kerry parried it. Why not use the Gulliver’s Travels phrase, "said the _thing that was not_. He did say “He misled the American people.” **Bruce\_daddy** , was that worth a drink for you? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/87 "2004-10-01T01:40:14Z")
Is it just me or does Bush seem about 10 seconds away from stomping his foot and yelling, “Mooooooom, Kerry’s not playing fair!” Just me? Okay, never mind. _goes back to counting “Uhhh’s” and podium thumps_ ---
**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, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/88 "2004-10-01T01:40:20Z")
Bush implies waffles -\> :drink: ---
**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, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/89 "2004-10-01T01:40:20Z")
Ok here’s a drinking game… Drink… Everytime Bush says WMD or anything WMD related Anytime Bush talks about Saddam Hussein Any time Kerry talks about OBL. When Kerry says Iraq When Bush says Afghanistan. Any time bush looks mad… Anytime bush insuates Kerry is a flipflopper of any kind Anytime Kerry says tha bush doesn’t know what’s happening. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/90 "2004-10-01T01:41:04Z")
Bush bounced back a bit with the misleading bit. ---
**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, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/91 "2004-10-01T01:41:14Z")
> [@Merkwurdigliebe](#): > > Ok here’s a drinking game… > Drink… > > Everytime Bush says WMD or anything WMD related > > Anytime Bush talks about Saddam Hussein > > Any time Kerry talks about OBL. > > When Kerry says Iraq > > When Bush says Afghanistan. > > Any time bush looks mad… > > Anytime bush insuates Kerry is a flipflopper of any kind > > Anytime Kerry says tha bush doesn’t know what’s happening. Some of us have to have time to breath, y’know? ---
**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, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/92 "2004-10-01T01:41:37Z")
> [@This Year's Model](#): > > He did say “He misled the American people.” **Bruce\_daddy** , was that worth a drink for you? 🙂 Sure. :dranks: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/93 "2004-10-01T01:41:41Z")
i’m telling you, the podium thumps are morse code messages to the Secret Service, you’ll see… ---
**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, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/94 "2004-10-01T01:41:57Z")
> [@Merkwurdigliebe](#): > > Ok here’s a drinking game… Any drinking game that doesn’t have a double shot whenever Kerry mentions the V word is for wimps! ---
**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, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/95 "2004-10-01T01:42:34Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > Bush bounced back a bit with the misleading bit. He did - he suddenly looks better. I think he had to get hold of his temper. ---
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/96 "2004-10-01T01:42:38Z")
Okay, adding a rule to the drinking game: One drink for every dramatic…pause. Wow, he managed to get in an “Uhhh” and a dramatic pause all in the same sentence just now. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/97 "2004-10-01T01:43:00Z")
Bush was loving the soldier’s widow? And he found it hard? ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/98 "2004-10-01T01:43:01Z")
Obvious crocodile tears. Whoops … that was over fast. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/99 "2004-10-01T01:43:25Z")
> [@manhattan](#): > > Any drinking game that doesn’t have a double shot whenever Kerry mentions the V word is for wimps! Vampires? ---
**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, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/100 "2004-10-01T01:43:50Z")
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