PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE III (live thread)

10.13.04 | Joe, and the rest of FR.

[Joe Hadenuf]

45 minutes to go. If there is already a live debate thread go ahead and delete this.

I understand posting a live thread has become a somewhat of a political ordeal here, when it shouldn't be. So to take the pressure off, I'm posting this anyway. Do I dare? LOL!

[mitchbert]

Ann Coulter vs Jesse Jackson on CNN

I'll look for thr required pic...

[nonkultur]

Ooohhh good question. Is Hanging Chad in the doghouse?

[BigSkyFreeper]

I have made many a call to Frist's office. Demanding that he get a backbone!

He's always had one.

[Fledermaus]

I live in Tennessee and call him too. Doesn't seem to work.

[JesseJane]

dICK moRRIS HAS LOST HIS MIND..

kERRY WON?? NO WAY..

[guitfiddlist]

I think that alot of Republicans are backing the Yankess for the first time. Like me.

I'm a PO'd off Sox fan right now - but I think I know what you mean. Let Hillary's Yankees take down Kerry's team - if he even knows how many runs make a field goal.

That said, it's unfortunate that it's mixed up with politics in this way - because the Sox - like my other adopted team - the Giants - are great almost-there teams that are stuck in lunatic leftist asylums.

[practicalmom]

I listened mostly also (headphones while I cleaned house, hubby had baseball playing) and came to many of your same conclusions: Bush sounded energetic and down to earth; Kerry the statistic-spewing robot. I didn't like that Bush appeared to be often on the defense, though he played the position well.

[Liberty Valance]

Jay Leno just had an attack dog win the poll for Bush!
He had two guys dressed up: one wearing a Kerry mask and the other a Bush mask. They let the dog go and he ran straight for Kerry and tore him up. It was hilarious!
Go Bush!

[Soul Seeker]

No, this is good. If Dick says Bush lost, that means he won. LOL

[L.N. Smithee]

That comment is rude and unnecessary here, imo.

I wasn't the one who started down this road. Take it up with those that did.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

These polls are nothing but ( PUFFY DOUGH BALLS WITH AIR ) or ? ( MEAN NASTY DOG WITH NO TEETH ) when us Conservatives get galvanized, we always win. The DEMS are nothing but a bunch of hot air, NO SUBSTANSE. WE STILL HAVE THE MAJORTY, IF WE GET GALVANIZED. WE STILL OUTNUMBER THEM.

[hoosiermama]

Soros/Kerry money influencing it??????

[sweetiepiezer]

Thank you.

Just got some signs made that simply say.

Thank you W.

[Bonaparte]

"He was certainly stressed tonight!"

He did not come across as likeable. He looked dead, he sounded dead. And his slick sales spiel could not make up for it.

[JustaCowgirl]

"Colmes is now taking a licking from Rudy G. Woo Hoo!"

FUN!!

I can't watch. But Rudy will whip Colmes' little candya*s until it's black and blue.

[Fledermaus]

Boy, you ARE the perfect wife! LOL

[A Jovial Cad]

Ann Coulter on CNN now, debating Jesse Jackson.

[ambrose]

The effect will be marginal, and the effect will be the chat folks pick up afterwords about the debate. Debates sometimes have more of an impact from the spin then from the debates themselves, up to a point.

I actually thought Bush looked a tad Reaganesque at times this evening. Rather than do an "ummmm" while looking in the camera, he'd pause and look down briefly while thinking. So much more effective.

I agree that post-debate spin is everything. Bush "lost" debate 1 by a small margin in insta-polls, which later translated to a crushing margin in subsequent polls.

Similarly, Gore "wins" in 2000 later turned into defeats when the dust settled.

[luvie]

Duh!! Because he tried to be FAIR?????

[NetSurfer]

...that's gonna leave a mark.