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Nonsense. Kerry lost the election tonght. Here is why. It is unfortunate when people confuse relentlessly negative critical comments as intellectual sophistication. There is this strange fascination with a certain segment of Freepers. They seem to think if they are playing devils advocate ALL the time and making constantly critical comments about their own side, it makes them seem thoughtful and intelligent. Maybe we should have a term for this? Call it "McCainism" A metal defect that requires the victim to constantly critize their own side while NEVER pointing out where the other side blew it. Mccainism does not make you look smart. See REAL intelligence would be to provide some serious BALANCED review not this hysterical "OH WE LOST! IT IS ALL OVER" chicken little screech time after time, post after post.

Mark my words Boy's and Girls, John Kerry just lost the election tonight. Since most who suffer from McCainism seem to be lawyers, I will put it to you in terms you might understand. John Kerry may, or may not, have won the formal debate but he didn't win the Jury. And you people always forget this one fact. The JURY (i.e. The American people), not the Debate coaches decides the election.

John Kerry lost the election tonight people. You heard it here first.

It is unfortunate when people confuse relentlessly negative critical comments as intellectual sophistication. There is this strange fascination with a certain segment of Freepers. They seem to think if they are playing devils advocate ALL the time and making constantly critical comments about their own side, it makes them seem thoughtful and intelligent. Maybe we should have a term for this? Call it "McCainism" A metal defect that requires the victim to constantly critize their own side while NEVER pointing out where the other side blew it. Mccainism does not make you look smart. See REAL intelligence would be to provide some serious BALANCED review not this hysterical "OH WE LOST! IT IS ALL OVER" chicken little screech time after time, post after post.

THANK YOU! Bush may not have done well but Kerry was NO joy to watch either!

I've quietly believed for a couple of months now that Bush will win in a landslide. Nothing tonight changed my opinion. Even in the course of this debate, Kerry gave about 3 different positions on the war in Iraq, and I think it would be noticable even to people who don't much follow politics that his advocacy that we "go it alone" in diplomacy with North Korea is completely inconsistent with his position that we didn't get enough of the world on our side on Iraq. Huh? This is a man whose only firm political position is that he really, really, really wants to be President.

I think the debate perfectly showed both Kerry's character and Bush's, and I think the American people are going to vote overwhelmingly for Bush. We'll see.

I agree with MNNJonnie. Kerry may have won the debate, but lost the election. This is the same so called contridiction you see in the polls. The polls say %60 think things are going bad in Iraq. Should mean BUsh is in trouble right? Then the same poll shows Bush with a 15 point lead on who better to deal with the problem in Iraq. People just don't trust Kerry to do what needs to be done. What specifics did he give tonight? The only specific I saw was on the the N Korea issue. I may disagree, but at least it was a specific approach. Of course, it had already failed, but.....