[goldstategop]

Its as good as its going to get for Kerry. He should bask in the glow of a perceived win while it lasts.

[clee1]

SKerry is just a sissy, a girlie-man.

How many men do YOU know that take a manicure? Throw "hissy-fits"?

What a maroon.

[mr_griz]

I just rewatched the debate, and I'm almost convinced this was an orchestrated ambush.

95% of the questions were framed in such a way as to cast W in a bad light, and Kerry never once paused to consider his answer before speaking...almost as if he had prior knowledge of the questions.

At a certain point, Dub seemed to let his frustration get the better of him, then just kind of ran out of steam.

He's had better nights, for sure.

But, considering that this was more of an inquisition than a debate, I believe he did as well as could be expected.

Griz

[what's up]

I thought Bush did terrible when I read the FR thread.

Then I watched the debate.

Wow....FR is wrong. Bush did extremely well. He hit every point and looked outstanding in his convictions about Iraq.

Bush won this debate hands down IMO!

[Mogollon]

walked into the debate with the cockiness of a school dork who'd completed every lick of his homework

It did seem like JF'nK was more familiar than he should have been with each question that Lehrer asked him. Also, someone said that Lehrer winked at Kerry after the debate was over. Hmmmmm.........