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IMHO, no person either in or seeking the Presidency should subject himself to this nonsensical foolishness. There must be dignity at that level.

Of what possible use are questions like, "boxers or briefs?", except to mark the questioner as hopelessly stupid? The proper response, BTW, would have been to say, "Young lady, you had the chance to pose a question to the President of the United States. You asked THAT? Please, gain some maturity and dignity before trying again."

We're talking here about a crowd of kids that want to ask the candidates what they thinkk of Britney Spears. Such detached-from-the-real-world morons deserve no respect or response. Simply appearing on such a show demeans the man who does.

[weegee]

IMHO, no person either in or seeking the Presidency should subject himself to this nonsensical foolishness. There must be dignity at that level.

"Sock it to me???"

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Can't win either way.

Bush can either walk into a known land mine, or cede the entire audience to the Dems without a fight.

Which is the lesser of the evils? I'd say the President ought to go, but he ought to be ready for trick questions. Imagine and plan for the worst, and hope for the best.