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You'd normally think that The Today Show would have buried Kerry's lesbian debate jab in the same deep-sixed vault reserved for Swift Boat allegations, Kerry campaign's threats to Sinclair broadcasting and the mystery surrounding Kerry's military discharge. But, surprise! Calling it the issue of "the L-word," the controvery led Today this morning. The opening credit showed Kerry, sotto voce, making his statement during the debate, and after a brief news summary that mentioned the matter, it was on to Katie's interview of Mary Matalin and Kerry rep and former Clinton press sec Dee Dee Myers. As an aside, Katie's megalomania...

(CNSNews.com) - Sen. John Kerry's declaration Wednesday that homosexuals don't have a choice about their sexual orientation has enraged individuals who identify themselves as "ex-gays." In response to a question at the third presidential debate, Kerry made reference to Vice President Dick Cheney's lesbian daughter, Mary. Kerry said she was "being who she was born as." His response angered Lynne Cheney, the vice president's wife, as well as ex-homosexuals. "Senator Kerry, in his answer, basically invalidated me as a person," said Jeralee Smith, a self-proclaimed former lesbian who runs a support group for "ex-gay" educators. "I have experienced significant...

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NEW YORK In assessing the final presidential debate Wednesday night, newspaper editorials gave less space to the performance of John Kerry and George W. Bush than to the overall usefulness of the three one-on-one matches. To the surprise of many editorial writers, they found the triple feature to be a truly valuable tool for voters, with most saying they offered a clear view of where each candidate stands. The Chicago Tribune, for example, asked readers to "cherish" the debates. "Like the first two debates," it said, "Wednesday night's rounder in Arizona showcased rugged but revealing politicking between two men who...

Or was he cheating? :) It looks like President Bush was having a little fun at Kerry's expense last night right before the debate commenced. This three still-shot sequence from my TIVO recording of Fox News Channel's debate coverage, clearly shows President Bush reaching into his suit jacket and pulling out a white pen.

That's my boy. That's my Bush. He a hoss — a debatin' hoss. Last night, he was flat-out marvelous in debate. I said, following the second debate, that he had done well, but not his best. (Who does his best all the time? That's why we call it "best.") Last night, he did his best — and his best is superb. And I say this as an analyst, not a Bush partisan. Regular readers will trust me on this, I believe. The president was relaxed, informed, commanding, thoughtful, forceful, humorous — the whole array. Sometimes people ask me, "What do...

As soon as the THIRD & FINAL DEBATE was over (actually, about five minutes before the T&FD was over) the kids with the signs hit the floor heralding the arrival of the big-time spinners into the aisles and camera positions in the filing center. There was no sign with the word "MULLINGS" on it as I had been spinning my you-know-what off since about 10:30 in the morning dispensing wisdom, wit, and wisecracks to any reporter who sat still long enough for me to make my way to him or her. When the TV sets went off a well-known national...

WASHINGTON -- "It would be an irony of fate," said the governor as he left home and headed to Washington for his presidential inauguration, "if my administration had to deal chiefly with foreign affairs, for all my preparation has been in domestic matters." George W. Bush leaving Austin in January 2001? No, Woodrow Wilson leaving Princeton in March 1913. Wednesday's debate finally focused attention on domestic policy, including such supposedly secondary matters as courts and the Constitution, education and taxation -- the government's claim on the individual's labor. And, most important, the stress that the retirement of 77 million baby...

The presidential candidates and their running mates have argued this month over everything from the budget deficit and flu vaccine shortage to the war in Iraq during their four televised debates. Yet one fact has emerged on which everyone can agree: Vice President Dick Cheney's daughter, Mary, is a lesbian. Ms Cheney's sexual orientation was first raised by John Edwards, the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, during his encounter with Mr Cheney on October 5. Mr Edwards was responding to a question about the Bush administration's support for a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage. A stone-faced vice-president sat quietly as his...

WASHINGTON -- For those of you who read my last column and are Bush supporters, you might have felt a bit discouraged. You might even be bordering on depression if you saw some Chicago Tribune polls showing John Kerry grabbing a lead in Ohio and Wisconsin. Don't be. The fact is Kerry is on the tail end of the bounce he received from the first debate. All elections are like rivers. There are the events that float at the top and eventually sink or get beached on the shore. Then there are the undercurrents, themes that are permanent, flow continually,...

ANNANDALE, Va. -- The immediate consensus on the Fox right was that Bush had hammered the Tall Guy rather decisively -- this from the same hard-to-please folks who had felt Bush hadn't done too well in last Friday's rather successful townhall debate. The ABC left preferred to call last night a draw, though one could detect a lack of confidence on that score. On Nightline George Stephanopoulos conceded Bush was "much more likable and human" than Kerry -- this in reply to a question from Ted Koppel fretting at why Kerry had "failed to ignite" his campaign. Not the sort...

BOSTON -- Last night George W. Bush and John Kerry stood in front of America and professed their faith in God Almighty. And, I have to say, now that I know I don't have to sit through another one of these trite, not-so-vaguely insulting spectacles, I'm a believer, too. Praise Him who has delivered me from tired soundbites and bland platitudes. The only thing more galling than the drivel trickling out of the candidates' mouths was how gleefully serious the media coverage was. A Modesto Bee columnist actually called the debates "enormously informative, even riveting," and on MSNBC Tim Russert...

Commentary on major television and cable-news networks after the three presidential debates portrayed John Kerry in a slightly more positive light than President Bush, according to an independent news media study group.     The Media Tenor Institute for Media Analysis found that post-debate comments on ABC, NBC CBS, FOX and PBS portrayed Mr. Kerry more positively after the first two debates. CNN, which favored Mr. Bush slightly after the first debate, leaned toward Mr. Kerry after the second. ABC and NBC had more moderate ratings of the candidates after the third debate. Fox, CNN and PBS strongly favored Mr. Bush,...

Halfway through the third and final debate last night between John Kerry and George W. Bush, I was ready for a nap. And that's saying something: Not only was I plenty rested -- I'd slept in -- I was watching with the America's Future Foundation gang, a group of twentysomething conservatives and libertarians who watch debates like they're football games: plenty of beer and lots of cheers, boos, and yelling at the screen. But I was yawning as I scribbled in my notepad ("K: health care system ZZZZ..."), and the crowd seemed restless, with lots of attrition away from the...

It hardly seems possible, but the Demo crats stooped even lower yesterday in their contemptible abuse of Vice Pres ident Dick Cheney's daughter. Both the veep and his wife, Lynne, reacted angrily to John Kerry's having pointedly noted in Wednesday's debate that their daughter Mary — who works for the campaign but keeps a low profile — is gay. The suspicion is that Kerry meant to damage the Republican ticket in the eyes of any voters who have a problem with Mary Cheney's sexuality — that is, in the eyes of people that Kerry considers to be bigots. Recall that...

I Noticed Kerry looked up a couple of Bible verses to recite during the debates and I’m not real sure how he was trying to use them in what he was trying to say. The President, however, has not quoted verse in the debates, but a belief that comes from a lot of verses, specifically a belief that freedom is a gift from God. I thought I would post a few of those in hopes that maybe Kerry might read one or two of them. Hopefully he will pay special attention to the Final verse. Sorry for the vanity guys

October 15, 2004 -- TEMPE, Ariz. — Vice President Dick Cheney, calling himself an "angry father," yesterday blasted John Kerry for mentioning that Cheney's daughter is gay during the presidential debate. "You saw a man who will do and say anything to get elected," Cheney said at a rally in Florida. "And I am not just speaking as a father here, although I am a pretty angry father." Cheney told a local TV station, "I thought it was totally inappropriate." The growing controversy began during the presidential debate on Wednesday when Kerry was asked whether homosexuality is a choice. [snip]...

Lynne Cheney, wife of Vice President Dick Cheney, had the final rebuttal in Wednesday's final presidential debate. Speaking to a crowd of supporters in Pittsburgh, Mrs. Cheney said, "[John Kerry] is not a good man." It was a response to Mr. Kerry's unsolicited and gratuitous reference to the Cheneys' lesbian daughter, Mary, during the debate. Somehow the fact that Mr. Cheney has a lesbian daughter means that the president is a hypocrite for supporting the Federal Marriage Amendment— or something like that. It doesn't, and Mrs. Cheney has every right to return Mr. Kerry's insult in kind. Initially, John...

The behavior of candidates for political office often reflects what they are seeing in their private polls. That being so, I suspect that the Kerry-Edwards private polls look pretty grim, unlike the public polls which purport to show them running neck-and-neck with the Bush-Cheney ticket. To put it bluntly, both John Kerry and John Edwards are beginning to look more than a little loony. Take for example Kerry's astonishing comparison of terrorists with prostitutes and gamblers. In an interview with the New York Times Magazine, Kerry said: We have to get back to the place we were, where terrorists are...

Persuadable voters give Kerry high marks By WILL LESTER The Associated Press 10/15/2004, 3:02 a.m. ET WASHINGTON (AP) — Persuadable voters watching the presidential debates tended to give higher marks to Democrat John Kerry than President Bush, but many sound reluctant to make a final decision in the presidential race. "In the debates, Kerry's intelligence came through. He just seemed really thoughtful," said Mindy Kershner of San Francisco, who is still not ready to commit. "I probably won't decide until I actually vote." The three presidential debates, including the final one Wednesday night, have not answered questions some of these...