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  • WILLIAM SAFIRE: BUSH DELIVERED BODY BLOW IN ROUND 2

    10/12/2004 8:04:09 AM PDT · by areafiftyone · 53 replies · 2,951+ views
    Star Tribune ^ | 10/12/04 | William Safire
    WASHINGTON, D.C. -- When pro-Kerry commentators solemnly pronounce Debate Round 2 to have been "a draw" -- you know George Bush won that round.The president won because he went in with a theme spoken by the heavyweight champion Joe Louis, just before his 1946 victory over the lighter, faster Billy Conn: "He can run, but he can't hide." (The Brown Bomber caught up with Conn in the eighth round of that first TV spectacular.)Bush's debate plan was to keep boring in on the Kerry record: flip-flopping this year on the war, but all too consistently liberal for 20 years on...