Posted on 10/13/2004 8:57:00 PM PDT by ETERNAL WARMING
Transcript & Video: Third Debate Wednesday, October 13, 2004
The following is a transcript of the third and final debate between President Bush and Sen. John Kerry on October 13, 2004. Click in the video box to watch the debate.
BOB SCHIEFFER, CBS ANCHOR: Good evening from Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. I'm Bob Schieffer of CBS News. I want to welcome you to the third and last of the 2004 debates between President George Bush and Senator John Kerry.
As Jim Lehrer told you before the first one, these debates are sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates.
Tonight the topic will be domestic affairs, but the format will be the same as that first debate. I'll moderate our discussion under detailed rules agreed to by the candidates, but the questions and the areas to be covered were chosen by me. I have not told the candidates or anyone else what they are.
To refresh your memory on the rules, I will ask a question. The candidate is allowed two minutes to answer. His opponent then has a minute and a half to offer a rebuttal.
At my discretion, I can extend the discussion by offering each candidate an additional 30 seconds.
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The word's out:
Kerry fumbled and dropped the ball tonight, and Bush is running for a touchdown.
These debates will go down like the Reagan-Mondale debates from 1984.
THEY MISUNDERESTIMATED BUSH AGAIN.
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