Second presidential debate

Busy day here in TBQland so not much time to talk. Did get a chance to watch the debate, though, thanks to the wonders of multi-tasking.
( Some thoughts on how Bush and Kerry handled themselves )

So, you know, EEEEEEEEEE! Can't wait for the next one! I have to admit I'm having so much fun with these I'm going to kind of miss them when they're gone. Then again, maybe four will be just enough to sate the system. Plus if(when) Kerry gets elected, there'll also be the joy of actual press conferences to look forward to. Both in the sense that Kerry will have them, and in the sense that when he talks during them, he won't make me squirm with embarassment on behalf of my country.

Oh! Update on that Republican I talked about the other day? Yesterday he came up to me and said that the VP debate pushed him closer to being on the fence, and that the CIA report about no WMD's actually had him closer to wanting to vote for Kerry. According to him, he doesn't like the idea that Bush apparently flat-out lied to him. It'll be interesting to find out if he watched tonight's debate and what he thought of it (in comparison, he watched the first debate and actually thought that Dubya did well).

So we shall see.

Now I'm off to bed. Night!

Oh well

Talked with that Republican again. As far as he's concerned, Bush did "amazing" in the debate last night. He thought Bush was well-spoken and distinguished. I asked him how interrupting the moderator rated with him in terms of being "distinguished" and as far as he was concerned Bush "did what he had to do".

We then had a talk about the Iraq thing, which was back to this guy parroting the talking points. As far as he's concerned, Bush is right that no countries are going to help us as long as Kerry is saying - this is the guy quoting now - "wrong war, wrong time". I asked if he thought perhaps simply the fact that it wouldn't be Bush, who insulted these countries in the first place, might not help matters and he said he didn't think so at all. I then asked if it didn't bother him that Bush's method of dealing with Iraq was clearly not working, and we're losing what help we have and again he wasn't phased by this.

Considering that this guy thought Edwards did better in the VP debate than I did, I'm really starting to wonder if really what it boils down to is this guy just liking anybody who speaks with a Southern accent.

Sinclair at it again?

Hmm. Anybody got more info on this? Conservative TV Group to air Anti-Kerry film.

( The article, for when it goes down )