Oct. 1st, 2004

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One longtime political observer -- among the friends canvassed by this critic -- was more irreverent about the debate and how the two debaters came off: "It was Andy Griffith meets Barney Fife," he said, with Kerry in the Griffith role -- solid, sanguine, sensible -- and Bush as the nervous Fife.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64102-2004Oct1.html

I couldn't have said it better. :-) Bush didn't drop his notes on the floor or turn puce, but he dried up, tripped over words, and made faces that the cameras caught. He failed to come up with effective responses on a number of occasions, often stringing together pat phrases with (as Doreen put it) his own very nebulous and incohernt thoughts. He repeated catchphrases his campaign had trained him in, often when they made little or no sense at all. He didnot look presidential. He looked, as Curtis and Elton put it, like a monkey that's been put in a suit and strategically shaved. And this was the debate on his strongest subjects. If he doesn't improve in later debates, roll on November!
winterbadger: (re-defeat Bush!)
that a massive ground offensive kicked off in Iraq the day after the first presidential debate?

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Oct. 1st, 2004 07:16 pm
winterbadger: (jonas minis)
258 according to the Scale of Doom. :-)

About 8-10 people likely to show for the game day tomorrow. Ranging from "never played games before" to "old college military-historical gaming mentor." Also :-)



Supplies laid in. Dinner in the works. Cleaning planned for the morning (after trip to ophthalmologist) Now, maybe I can actually relax, get to bed early, and get somethng close to eight hours' sleep! ;-)

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