Round 3
While it pangs me to admit it, I think that the President W might have won this debate. Kerry came out the same as he has the past two, he made the hand motions, he ripped on the President, but he said the same shit over and over again. The President actually said some new stuff, like he was �shooting from the hip� to use the Texas term, and he actually managed this time not to fuck it up. But I must say that both of the candidates almost put me to sleep tonight. From watching the first two debates, I had heard the stuff enough that tonight I even knew what statistic they were going to quote before they started. Which brings me to my point about statistics. They are completely dumb. Big numbers sounds good and they scare people. Let me make an analogy. One person can look at a product and say �That is life itself, that will allow the earth to grow and that will lead to the feeding of the people which will recycle into the great circle of life.� And another person can look at the same thing and say �All I see is a bucket of shit.� All night long it was a battle of stats that made no sense to anyone�.�You spent 267 trillion dollars on a tax cut��.�No, that is incorrect, I only spent 5 bucks.� Most likely both are true, it just depends on how you classify it. I do know one thing, I got really tired of hearing John Kerry say �8 billion dollar tax cut to the top 1%� Tonight reminded me why I hate politics and why I usually (and will go back to) ignoring them.
So here they are, my favs from tonight
W is asked a question about the flu vaccine and after making some intelligent recommendations to the American public, he starts talking about..........litigations? How the fuck did we get there?? Oh yah, that's right, you know nothing about medicine.
�I want to remind everyone that a plan is not a litany of complaints� W slips that one in there, nice one!
�His rhetoric doesn�t match his record.� Someone got a new word for round 3!
�Wheh�.let me start���.litany� Another new word, yah! Oh wait, that wasn't new, I just used that one 5 minutes ago.
�His record in the US Senate does not match his rhetoric� His new word, "rhetoric" returns for a second coming.....kind of like Christ.....in the form of W.
�There is a mainstream and you sit on the far left bank�.Ted Kennedy is the conservative of Mass." Nice little analogy there.....I think.....if the word "mainstream" actually was referring to a river.
�Treat people with tolerance, respect, and dignity� Bush's response to the gay marriage question. The biggest oxymoron I have heard out of his mouth....for the 80th time.
�Gosh I sure hope its not the administration� In response to medical care costs. Whoops! I think that might be part of it.
��like the horse and buggy era�..we need to bring technology to health care� ummmm.....hello.....what the fuck are you talking about, name me one industry besides computers where there is more technology. If he thinks that then I would be more than happy to schedule him for a bloodletting at KU Med Center tomorrow.
�I don't think its quite right to quote leading news groups on���.oh nevermind�.� Forget what we were going to say?
One of the best responsed of the night was when the Pres was asked whether he would work to overturn Roe v. Wadeand he proceeds to take 20 seconds to say something about litmus paper. I would love to ask him to explain what exactly litmus paper is and how it works. I know, but I am willing to bet my left testicle that he has no idea.
�Global Test" comes back�..saw that one coming! Get a clue W people, when Kerry said "global test" he did not mean it literally, he ment passing a test of commen sense, as in global relating to the "whole."
My 3rd favorite answer of the night. When asked what have you learned from your strong women �To listen to them.� Bush actually cracks a funny joke where he is not the only one laughing.
My #1 of the evening: About his wife: �She speaks English a lot better than I do�people seem to understand her." I almost laughed hard enough on this one to vote for him......almost.
�Wisconsinites� Nice.
�John Edward and I are committed to fixing them [medical lawsuits]� Sure. Because Edwards already made a killing on those, why let anyone else?
�We�re all God�s children, Bob�..Dick Cheney�s daughter�.who is a lesbian� Hilarious, just hilarious, out of nowhere, and hilarious. The vice-president's daugher is gay America, be afraid, she might come and lick your proverbial cooter.
�I cannot legislate my faith onto someone else� A lovely statement, point Kerry.
�People from the Middle East��coming across the border� Oh no! Not that dreaded race, the "people of the middle east" not at our borders. Those are only for Latinos.
My #2 of the night: �We are both people who married up�..maybe me more than others� Kerry cracks a ketchup-tastic joke.
Closing arguments�did he just say �idear� twice in a row? You just lost that point you gained......twice.
-- Citizen D