# 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:** 6
**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, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/101 "2004-10-01T01:44:03Z")
Why does Bush keep conflating Iraq with the “war On terror?” He really doesn’t know the difference, does he? Nice bit of maudlin exploitation, btw. ---
**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, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/102 "2004-10-01T01:44:12Z")
> [@Bruce\_Daddy](#): > > Sure. > > :dranks: > > 😃 Dranks? What time did you start this game, Bruce\_Daddy? 😛 ---
**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, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/103 "2004-10-01T01:44:14Z")
“I know what it means to lose people in combat.” :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, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/104 "2004-10-01T01:44:23Z")
> [@MacTech](#): > > i’m telling you, the podium thumps are morse code messages to the Secret Service, you’ll see… He didn’t sign the loyalty oath - get the Miami police to arrest him for trespassing! ---
**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, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/105 "2004-10-01T01:44:35Z")
> [@manhattan](#): > > Any drinking game that doesn’t have a double shot whenever Kerry mentions the V word is for wimps! I’ll see your V word bet, and raise you a mid-sentence pause! ---
**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, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/106 "2004-10-01T01:45:14Z")
> [@MacTech](#): > > Vampires? If he finds a way to say vampires, that’s an empty. (Only two shots if Bush said it because of Kerry’s much-discussed pallor difficulties in the past couple days). ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/107 "2004-10-01T01:45:36Z")
Awkward segue into a zinger for Kerry. “More of the Same.” ---
**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, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/108 "2004-10-01T01:45:44Z")
Well, this is the first time I have consciously chosen to listen to the two candidates (All right, all right; I am just waiting for Survivor). My “gut” feeling has been with Kerry for months now, and this debate is solidifying that feeling. GW has lots of the same mannerisms and physical movements of his father. I don’t think Kerry looks smug. I think he looks composed and intelligent. From my perspective, it looks as if Kerry is trying to appeal to a more intellectual group, and GW is trying to appeal a less cerebral crowd. Kudos for promoting your dot com, Kerry! ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/109 "2004-10-01T01:45:58Z")
Bush has finished his water. Uh oh. “Don’t confuse the war with the warriors.” Great line. But although I think A Summit is a good idea, maybe he can hold it in a gumdrop house on Lollipop Lane. Ooooh, impugning the troop’s loyalty, George? Hmmmm. ---
**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, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/110 "2004-10-01T01:46:06Z")
“I, uh … (one missississippi, two mississippi, three mississippi, four mississippi) …” ---
**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, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/111 "2004-10-01T01:46:08Z")
“The wrong war at the wrong time _at the right place._” Huh? ---
**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, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/112 "2004-10-01T01:46:11Z")
Hint for Shrub: Don’t ask for time and then stare blankly into space. ---
**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, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/113 "2004-10-01T01:46:13Z")
Kerry wants to go terrorist huntin’? go out and kill him some terrorists, but Kerry hates guns…??? error—error—does-not-compute… ---
**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, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/114 "2004-10-01T01:46:20Z")
That’s the THIRD time Lehrer has caved in to Bush. I’m really surprised. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/115 "2004-10-01T01:46:24Z")
Gad! Bush is Awful! ---
**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, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/116 "2004-10-01T01:46:30Z")
> [@Greywolf73](#): > > Dranks? What time did you start this game, Bruce\_Daddy? > 😛 9:00p. Bush implies waffling :drinks: I may not make it ---
**Author:** ![Random](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Random)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/117 "2004-10-01T01:46:37Z")
Sheesh, how many times is Kerry going to tell us that he knows what it means to be in combat? BTW, Bush’s did anyone else remember Ford’s debate gaffe when Bush zinged Kerry on his omission of Poland? ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/118 "2004-10-01T01:46:38Z")
Uh, George - I think a guy saying “wrong war, wrong time” wouldn’t _have_ the troops in harm’s way. ---
**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, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/119 "2004-10-01T01:46:39Z")
WTF is with the cameramen??? Why can’t they hold still? The guys aren’t moving, but the cameras keep jiggling up and down. Why haven’t they been locked down from 00:00:00? BTW, Bush is looking pretty weak, IMO. Very defensive, repeating 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, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963/120 "2004-10-01T01:47:05Z")
> [@Gangster Octopus](#): > > “The wrong war at the wrong time _at the right place._” > > Huh? He just wants to make sure you are paying attention. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-watch-along-thread/266963.md?page=7)