# 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:** 5
**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, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-v-kerry-round-three/268997/81 "2004-10-14T01:13:18Z")
At least Kerry is getting more details out. Bush has memorized a lot of facts for this one, but Paygo? Isn’t that a soda? ---
**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, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-v-kerry-round-three/268997/82 "2004-10-14T01:13:19Z")
“His rhetoric duddn’t match his record.” Bush is not good at timing these pre-scripted lines. That didn’t really work. ---
**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, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-v-kerry-round-three/268997/83 "2004-10-14T01:13:29Z")
Something obviously told Bush he seemed pissy in the first two debates. Now he’s trying to seem happy and friendly but he just seems like he’s on something. I bet they insisted that he be on the right side because his left side doesn’t look as smirky. “Pay-go, pay-go” Does he mean Pago Pago? ---
**Author:** ![JoeSki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b487fb/32.png) [@JoeSki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeSki)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-v-kerry-round-three/268997/84 "2004-10-14T01:13:53Z")
Both of these candidates are getting on my nerves. ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-v-kerry-round-three/268997/85 "2004-10-14T01:14:12Z")
Jobs of the 21st century: the military and manufacturing burgers. Woo! This century is gonna _rock_! ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-v-kerry-round-three/268997/86 "2004-10-14T01:14:28Z")
I thought that GW had a good point with the flu shots and Kerry’s using it for a springboard to talk about the failures of the health care system was totally stupid. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-v-kerry-round-three/268997/87 "2004-10-14T01:14:37Z")
and what are these jobs? and how much education does it take to say “do you want fries with that?” ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-v-kerry-round-three/268997/88 "2004-10-14T01:14:41Z")
I keep staring at the spittle in the corner of his mouth. ---
**Author:** ![Spree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@Spree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spree)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-v-kerry-round-three/268997/89 "2004-10-14T01:14:46Z")
I hate the way he says “ta” instead of “to”. “We got ta improve our education.” ---
**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, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-v-kerry-round-three/268997/90 "2004-10-14T01:14:52Z")
Is that spittle on Bush’s mouth? ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-v-kerry-round-three/268997/91 "2004-10-14T01:15:00Z")
I can’t believe Kerry just blew past two great opportunities in one shot. In Bush’s response to the flu vaccine question, he mentioned Canada. When Kerry was given an opportunity to respond, he responded with his canned spiel on the health care system. Good spiel, but what he SHOULDA pointed out was the fact that British firm doing our vaccines was the result of the ill-advised trend to privatize elements of health care that essential to the national defense. Then he could have used the Canada opening to segue into the Bush Admin. blocking access to cheap Canadian drugs to keep big drug companies happy. Man, that was a gimme and Kerry missed it! The canned health spiel had little or nothing to do with the topic at hand, so it made Kerry look like a ditherer, too. Bad form. ---
**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, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-v-kerry-round-three/268997/92 "2004-10-14T01:15:05Z")
Bush is foaming at the mouth. Is that a side effect of the drugs? ---
**Author:** ![solasscc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@solasscc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solasscc)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-v-kerry-round-three/268997/93 "2004-10-14T01:15:21Z")
How is it that bush can threaten that Kerry will spend money he can raise when Bush spends money HE DOESN"T HAVE AT ALL??? How is that BETTER? Sheesh… :wally ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-v-kerry-round-three/268997/94 "2004-10-14T01:15:47Z")
Does he not know that people with college diplomas in math and science are the ones losing their jobs to outsourcing? ---
**Author:** ![JoeSki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b487fb/32.png) [@JoeSki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeSki)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-v-kerry-round-three/268997/95 "2004-10-14T01:16:01Z")
Pop culture references from Kerry. Neat 🙂 ---
**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, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-v-kerry-round-three/268997/96 "2004-10-14T01:16:03Z")
Kerry goes for the joke… He shoots with a pop reference… and he misses. ---
**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, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-v-kerry-round-three/268997/97 "2004-10-14T01:16:09Z")
HBO Plug! ---
**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, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-v-kerry-round-three/268997/98 "2004-10-14T01:16:17Z")
Jobs of the 21st century at a community college 😕 Dear sweet lord. Can’t anybody stay on topic. This is as bad as the vice president debate. I will say the Tony Soprano line was a good one. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![sugaree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@sugaree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sugaree)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-v-kerry-round-three/268997/99 "2004-10-14T01:17:21Z")
> [@5que](#): > > What’s with Bush’s smile? It’s up on the right and down on the left. It’s less smerk-like and more stroke-like. There’s something white on the right corner of his mouth. It couldn’t be…slobber, could it? ---
**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 14, 2004, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-v-kerry-round-three/268997/100 "2004-10-14T01:17:42Z")
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