ON the day of the most im portant debate in their political lives, President Bush was in shirt sleeves consoling Florida hurricane victims, patting some on the back, hugging others and shaking hands with the tired relief workers. John Kerry had a manicure.
That says volumes about kerry's character.
Last night my 25 y.o. son and I watched the same TV. He was curled up in the Lazy Boy, I was at my desk, FReeping.
Midway thru the debate he said, "These guys obviously had the questions beforehand". I commented there weren't suppose to have them. He countered, "They clearly had the questions ahead of time. I let it pass. Thinking I, with more years of debate watching under my belt, had the advantage in sorting things out.
Now I'm reading others shared his opinion. I don't have time to go back and rewatch the entire 90 minutes. It will be interesting to see if Rush thinks sKerry had the questions ahead of time.
Also in the POST article (as touched upon in your opening summation):
Perhaps the most telling moment was the exchange between the two candidates on the issue of North Korea's nuclear program. Here, Kerry, who harshly criticized Bush for rejecting multilateralism in the leadup to the Iraq war, was equally critical of Bush's insistence on maintaining a multilateral approach in dealing with North Korea today. Consistency is clearly not Kerry's strong suit.