It's TEN P.M. Home stretch time. Does anyone in America think Bush's skills, programs, ideology or lets-have-a-beer back-slapping technique have served? I honestly thought Kerry had a week start in the first (last) debate. But tonight? It's not even close. Bush is pissy, fact-deficient, and phumphering at every turn ("...Charlie, am I done yet {I hope!}) Listen to the ecology question. The ecology president?!
My pragmatism: I don't think this debate, another win for Kerry, will change 50/50 polls -- but the Kerry base has good reason to fight, harder than ever, to put a savvy, thinking person in charge. Bush is beneath the office he holds, and love him if you must you fans out there, because he represents some ineffable aspect of your ideology, he's simply an embarrassment.
"I'm a comedian, but in my spare time, things bother me." Garry Shandling
Updated On: 10/8/04 at 10:03 PM