Laz, I noticed the tie as well. That, and his tendency to slump over the podium did not create the best of impressions. He also looked more tired than I've ever seen him. I hope his busy schedule isn't wearing him down physically.
But then again, I heard that today in PA he looked well-rested and perky.
Thanks. And to those who did not notice it consciously, I'm sure it was an unconscious factor in the somewhat poor reviews of GW's performance.
Psychology is subtle, and unconscious effects are the most insidious. We must be ever-vigilant.
A caller on Rush today said that the President had spent the morning touring some of the most catastrophic hurricane damage imaginable, and that Bush must have been shell-shocked. What kind of a cyborg could walk away from seeing so many lives devastated, and then several short hours later act as if he'd spent the day being buffed, sanded, manicured and made up as Kerry probably did?
Maybe he was tired, or maybe he like myself was just plain ticked off at the obvious attempt to attack him with the questions, and the pandering, lying, jerk that was his "debate" partner. The thing was a farce, and I think he knew it after the first question.
Yeah -- Ya listening, Karen?