# How could anyone think Bush won the second debate?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [October 10, 2004, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-anyone-think-bush-won-the-second-debate/268471 "2004-10-10T15:09:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![MonkeyMule](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@MonkeyMule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMule)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2004, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-anyone-think-bush-won-the-second-debate/268471/21 "2004-10-10T20:36:41Z")

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[QUOTE=cj My six year old thinks I need to use a smiley here so here goes (these have nothing to do with any posts): 🙂 :rolleyes: 🆒 :smack:

cj[/QUOTE]

Way to cave into lobbest pressure 😃😉🆒

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**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2004, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-anyone-think-bush-won-the-second-debate/268471/22 "2004-10-10T23:45:23Z")

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> [@Frylock](#):
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> How could anyone think Bush won the second debate?

It’s the same suspects who believe Bush has been a strong, determined, and steely-eyed leader for the last four years. :rolleyes:

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**Author:** ![cj\_finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@cj\_finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cj_finn)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-anyone-think-bush-won-the-second-debate/268471/23 "2004-10-11T15:09:29Z")

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Way to cave into lobbest pressure 😃😉🆒  
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Yeah, those “lobbests” are tough. 😉 Six year olds are absolutely expert at repeating their talking points: use a smiley, use a smiley, use a smiley, etc.

cj

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**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-anyone-think-bush-won-the-second-debate/268471/24 "2004-10-11T17:13:27Z")

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I thought Bush lost when he said he wouldn’t _reimport American-made drugs from Canada_ because they might be “from a Third World or somethin’.” :dubious:

Then again, Kerry & the whole Senate should have learned that they jumped the gun & authorized force too soon. Bush is an arrested adolescent, & when he heard “authorized force,” he thought it meant “now”! If he gets re-elected, it’ll be because most of his regional supporters think in the same way.

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**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-anyone-think-bush-won-the-second-debate/268471/25 "2004-10-11T17:16:27Z")

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Kerry made a few more points than Bush, but both were very firm and clear when they spoke. It’s pretty easy to see how they could tie, keeping in mind how dumb a lot of people are (on both sides, to be sure).

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