# Bush v. Kerry, Round Three **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [October 13, 2004, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-v-kerry-round-three/268997 "2004-10-13T13:53:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 22
**Author:** ![TheVincent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@TheVincent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheVincent)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-v-kerry-round-three/268997/421 "2004-10-14T02:25:16Z")
Nice ending, Kerry. Damn. Bush is bringing up the optimism thing. Please screw up please screw up please screw up please screw up. ---
**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 14, 2004, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-v-kerry-round-three/268997/422 "2004-10-14T02:25:35Z")
Why did Bush feel the need to remind everybody that McCain is a republican? ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Lance_Murdoch)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-v-kerry-round-three/268997/423 "2004-10-14T02:26:13Z")
What Kerry could have said was “Is America better off today than it was four years ago?” Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![chula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@chula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chula)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-v-kerry-round-three/268997/424 "2004-10-14T02:26:44Z")
> [@Harborwolf](#): > > Is Kerry saying “idear?” Yup, I heard that too. And I saw a film of him at Yale when he was young, and he had that pretentious Ivy-League accent big-time. ---
**Author:** ![5que](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/3bc359/32.png) [@5que](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5que)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-v-kerry-round-three/268997/425 "2004-10-14T02:27:01Z")
Hummmmm… Bush didn’t wish God to Bless America. Commie!! ---
**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 14, 2004, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-v-kerry-round-three/268997/426 "2004-10-14T02:27:04Z")
Kerry’s 3 and 0. Hope it helps him in the election. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-v-kerry-round-three/268997/427 "2004-10-14T02:27:14Z")
WTF is an “army of compassion”? Does that mean kill the godless heretics in order to save their foul and hellbound souls? ---
**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 14, 2004, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-v-kerry-round-three/268997/428 "2004-10-14T02:27:18Z")
> [@](#): > > I’m asking for your vote. That sounded desperate. ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-v-kerry-round-three/268997/429 "2004-10-14T02:27:29Z")
Debates are over. Now let’s all go screw around with the polling figures. MOOHOOHAHAHA. Just kidding. Hmm, what a tough call as to who won this one. ---
**Author:** ![DadWagonDriver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-v-kerry-round-three/268997/430 "2004-10-14T02:27:35Z")
Why are Bush’s daughters so hot? It;s not fair!! ---
**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 14, 2004, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-v-kerry-round-three/268997/431 "2004-10-14T02:28:33Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > WTF is an “army of compassion”? Does that mean kill the godless heretics in order to save their foul and hellbound souls? It’s his codeword for faith-based initiatives. ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-v-kerry-round-three/268997/432 "2004-10-14T02:28:39Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > “we each married up.” > > ZING to Bush. You actually saw knives shoot from Georges eyes. I didn’t see that at all. I thought it was a genuinely warm moment (if such a thing exists) between the two. Kerry’s comments about “marrying up” were a classic line, and I’m guessing if you ask many guys, they’ll usually agree that the “married up.” (My dad thought so.) ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-v-kerry-round-three/268997/433 "2004-10-14T02:29:11Z")
I think I’m exhausted and going to watch something with more indepth content than our fearless leader displaying his winning ways with the English language. Anyone know if there’s any Three Stooges marathons going on? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-v-kerry-round-three/268997/434 "2004-10-14T02:29:20Z")
Bush finally found the comfortable middle between Zoned-Out-George of Debate 1, and Furious George of Debate 2. But Kerry hit it out of the frickin’ park. I repeat: wow. ---
**Author:** ![Elysian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c77e96/32.png) [@Elysian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysian)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-v-kerry-round-three/268997/435 "2004-10-14T02:29:21Z")
Kerry mopped the floor with Bush. Not literally. I wish. ---
**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 14, 2004, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-v-kerry-round-three/268997/436 "2004-10-14T02:29:24Z")
Fox is pretending that Bush won again. They won’t point out the lying, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-v-kerry-round-three/268997/437 "2004-10-14T02:29:41Z")
> [@Patty O'Furniture](#): > > Why did Bush feel the need to remind everybody that McCain is a republican? I thought it was more interesting that he brought up how McCain was voting for him. Bush: "McCain is my B\*tch. He’s voting for me. I thought Kerry did what he needed to do. He got into detail on policy. Bush stuck to the speaking points as expected, but IMHO wasn’t as good as he was in the town hall debate. Ah well, it’s been fun, but I need to sober up. Good times ya’ll. ---
**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 14, 2004, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-v-kerry-round-three/268997/438 "2004-10-14T02:29:50Z")
Prediction: Bush’s not remembering that he said he’s not concerned about ObL will become a Kerry Campaign commercial within the next few days, possibly tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![singersargent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/edb3f5/32.png) [@singersargent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singersargent)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-v-kerry-round-three/268997/439 "2004-10-14T02:29:54Z")
I think this is Kerry’s best debate performance so far. Bush has also improved, but in terms of explaining and supporting his policy positions, he’s just outreached. P.S. I’m going to start renaming things I don’t want to argue about freedom, because freedom is _prima facie_ good. You can’t question its value. I don’t want to pick up the sofa I dumped on the curb of my street. Why? It’s all part of freedom. Damn, my insurance benefits have been slashed. But that’s freedom on the march, so I just need to let it go. And I can also start calling things I hate “liberal”. Those gas prices are liberal. They are friends of Kennedy. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-v-kerry-round-three/268997/440 "2004-10-14T02:30:31Z")
Gotta call that one a draw. Both did a really good job. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-v-kerry-round-three/268997.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-v-kerry-round-three/268997.md?page=23)