I'm still shaking my head over so much handwringing around here tonight. I suggest people do what I did, which was to listen to it on the radio. Don't let the glass teat have undue influence.
Some people do seem real down about it. I'm not swayed by Kerry trying to "Christmas-tree" every answer on the test, which is what metaphorically what he did. Bush nailed Kerry on plenty of important points.
Wait for the polls.
The hand wraggling was aggravating me to no end tonight too. Bush did just fine. He's the POTUS. He can't be expected to fire away at the challenger with all guns blazing. He has to look Presidental. His surrogates will come out attacking in the morning.
I personally don't know how Bush kept his cool. If I were Bush, the words liar would have came out of my mouth about 10 times because Kerry was telling some pretty big whoppers out there. That's probably why I couldn't run for President because the F-bomb would have definately been dropped on Pinnochio Kerry a few times and I would have been fined more than Howard Stern could ever dream of.
Bottom line is we need to remain as positive as possible, keep our eyes on the ball and make sure that W gets reelected. This debate just showed me how scary the alternative is.
I like the radio idea, or even better a transcript! I just caved in and watched tonnight cause I hoped Kerry might look really grotesque (he still looked bad enough) and of course I never miss a chance to see my President (YUMMM) - need some brush-clearing, flight-deck-landing, Florida comforting images as an antidote to this artificial nonsense!