[ProudArmyRetiree]

Screw the MSM, the pundits, et. al.!

These weasels don't actually DO anything, they just report and pass judgement on what other do.

Don't believe the instant polls, either. The vote for Popeye is so out of proportion to be statistically insignificant.

W knocked it out of the park. Period. Full stop.

[Unmarked Package]

Ron Fournier once again displays his prodigious skills as a stenographer for the DNC. I've heard his typing skills are also impressive and his shaved legs are gorgeous.

[arasina]

"I'm tired of listening to the rhetoric and the carping."

And I'm tired of you being an "uncommitted voter", dude. If you haven't figured out which candidate will get your vote by now, you should just wear earplugs for the next few weeks and leave the country November 2nd.

[Enlightiator]

RON FOURNIER just wrote one of the worst hit pieces I have ever read from AP. I know that name though, I need to google him again.

[mack98]

Bush did quite well. Bush did well defending and explaining his position on everything from the environment to homeland security. Certainly an improvement from his performance at the first debate. He did seem, though, to have a uncomfort in his jaw. I realize that's me just being picky. He came across "cool" too. Not that cocky attitude that was on display last week. Good for him. You know what he believes in and he doesn't pander. I think Bush could've done a better job answering the final question about his mistakes. He should've been better prepared for that one.

Kerry, as expected, seemed comfortable (he's done plenty of these townhall meets) some of the time and stiff at other times. Surprisingly (he's been trained well), Kerry actually put some zest behind some of what he talked about. Still on certain questions he insisted that he "respects" a difference in opinion (eg, abortion) to the point that he comes across as pandering in an attempt to attract voters for the sake of doing just that. [Really, really, did you hear Kerry repeatedly say "really"?? Ok, enough, we gotcha Mr. Kerry.] And, that's problematic in that he doesn't seem genuine. Kerry enjoys to hear himself talk, doesn't he?!

Kerry's ongoing problem is that some of his past (eg, votes) doesn't quite gel with some of what he said (and continues to say on the trail). How do you believe someone who says one thing today, but did/said quite different in the past? Votes in the Senate to cut intel funding, while now he's all for mucho spending. (At one point during this debate, Kerry even admitted that he's going to have to cut back on some of his "favorite programs." As scary as it might seem, it begs the question about how many "favorite programs" he really has. Yikes. $$$$)

Yes, different circumstances, and yes things aren't always cut and dry, but it's still not clear who Kerry is and what he stands for. Kerry says things now, portraying himself as a moderate, but his nearly 20 years in the Senate clearly shows a different man. Hysterical how Kerry tries to wiggle out of it by complaining about how we shouldn't "label." Yah, but all your leftist surrogates can label your opponent, Senator? [Senator, in all fairness, you did refer to Bush as the "compassionate conservative" and mocked it.]

Wasn't it the nonpartisan National Journal that, after going through Kerry's voting record, placed the Senator left of the ideological center? If that's who he was for so long, how can it be that he's changed just in time for the presidential elections? Or, should we simply ignore Mr Kerry's voting record and fall for whatever he shovels our way?

Overall, no low blows or gaffes. Bush, 2; Kerry, 1.
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[capitan_refugio]

When AP says the reviews were "mixed," that means Bush won hands down.

[Peach]

Kerry contradicted himself within a few minutes tonight on Iraq:

At one point he said that he's always thought Saddam was a threat and has never changed that position.

A few minutes later he said the president took his eye off the ball and went after Saddam even though he wasn't a threat to us.

[Ken H]

"Fournier's gangrene: A horrendous infection of the genitalia that causes severe pain in the genital area..." http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=19551

[The Iguana]

"They're very argumentative. I'm actually disgusted," said Jennifer Schmitz, 38, a mother of three in Klamath Falls, Ore. "It's the same old back and forth meanness."

Mrs. Schmitz should refrain from operating heavy machinery or ballot booth equipment at all costs.

[AnnaZ]

I'm confused... is this a news article or an op/ed?

[Porterville]

Bush whooped Kerry's ass.... AP amd all those over paid hacks who are too stupid to be able to answer the 200 dollar questions on Jeopardy are as bad of analyst as they are scholars..... Bush crushed Kerry.

At least we are honest enough to know when our guy doesn't perform, and tonight he kicked ass.

[SuziQ]

Several answers brought Bush's emotions to the surface, for better or worse, as he sought to curb Kerry's momentum.

Kerry momentum? Nah, the President was just not content this week to let lies go unchallenged. He was great!!

[MeekOneGOP]

Ron Fornier is a real POW.

Kerry summed up Bush's re-election campaign strategy nicely - "He wants you to believe that I can't be president." Then he accused Bush of waffling on crime and education polices among others before turning the topic back to Iraq .....

Typical. DemocRAT accuses GOP of what the 'RATS are doing!

And LIES. What a crock!:

"Let me tell you this, I have never changed my mind about Iraq," Kerry said, glossing over his history of inconsistency on the topic.

"I have never changed my mind about Iraq" ......

"I have never changed my mind about Iraq" ......

"I have never changed my mind about Iraq" ......

"I have never changed my mind about Iraq" ......

"I have never changed my mind about Iraq" ......

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Kerry lost tonight. Big time!