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Sen. Kerry answered every question thoughtfully, displaying a remarkable breadth and depth of knowledge. He looked like a President and acted like a President.

George Bush looked like a buffoon - particularly when he lied about never saying he didn't care about Osama Been Forgotten.

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Jay Carney- "The one place I would not go for advice on vice-presidential running mates is Senator McCain. And added.... "Bazinga!!"

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And that was WITH the <a href="http:\/\/slapnose.com\/archives\/2004\/10\/29\/unsharp_bulge\/" target="_blank">direct line</a> to Rove/Cheney during the debate!

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from Salon (October 2004) - and, remember, the lubrul NYT spiked the story immediately before the election.

"Bloggers are burning up their keyboards with speculation. Check out the president’s peculiar behavior during the debate, they say. On several occasions, the president simply stopped speaking for an uncomfortably long time and stared ahead with an odd expression on his face. Was he listening to someone helping him with his response to a question? Even weirder was the president’s strange outburst. In a peeved rejoinder to Kerry, he said, 'As the politics change, his positions change. And that’s not how a commander in chief acts. I, I, uh — Let me finish — The intelligence I looked at was the same intelligence my opponent looked at.' It must be said that Bush pointed toward Lehrer as he declared 'Let me finish.' The green warning light was lit, signaling he had 30 seconds to, well, finish."

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As President George Bush certainly did in his first debate with Sen. John Kerry, after four years of FoxPAC infomercials. He wasn't ready for someone to actually challenge him.

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Sheer InSannity still maintains Duh Gov' "beat" Joe Biden in their one debate.

But then, InSannity is a world class tool. And turbo. And Dexter. Also.

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"... the dumbest question in American history..."

Well, it's your move, Jeff Gannon!

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It's so cute when boring people fight.

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