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Skriven 2004-10-09 11:26:00 av FRANK SCHEIDT (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av ED CONNELL
Ärende: 2005 FEST
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-=> Quoting Ed Connell to Frank Scheidt <=-

 EC>>> ST>>> I note that you and your buddies haven't been raving about the
 EC>>> ST>>> recent debate.  Hardly a peep.
 
 EC>>> FS>> Peep:  The debate was expected, by the Kerry camp, to knock
 EC>>> FS>> George W. Bush out of the race.  It failed since the debate was
 EC>>> FS>> a tie.
 
 EC>>> JH> They can claim victory all day long and all through the night if
 EC>>> JH> they want to, but it hasn't changed a damn thing in the polls.
 EC>>> JH> Bush is still ahead by an average of 5 points as of this
 EC>>> JH> evening's news.
 
 EC>>> My attitude is "who cares what John Kerry takes as his position at
 EC>>> the  debate, it will be the opposite tomorrow."
 
 JB>> Or, for those paying close attention,  before the debate is even over.
 
 EC>> Exactly.  It's why I didn't even watch the debate.
 
 FS> No need for you to watch any of the debates, Ed.  I'll keep you
 FS> informed:
 
 FS> 1st Debate:  Tie ... Kerry is known as a skilled debater ...
 FS> however, since he clearly did not *beat* George W. Bush,
 FS> in effect he *lost* ... (proper interpretation of political
 FS> debates is not for the amateur) ...
 
 FS> Veep Debate:  Cheney won easily ... don't applaud as I feel a bit
 FS> sorry for Edwards.  He seemed like the political puppy he is,
 FS> yapping at Cheney's heels but never landing a tooth ...
 
 FS> Saturday, Ed, I'll summarize Friday's up-coming debate.  I could
 FS> predict the outcome but that would be pointless ... patience ...

 EC> Okay.  My wife is visiting Washington, DC for 10 days and we talk two
 EC> or  three times a day.  Just today I told her that I was relying on
 EC> your report  in order to gain the best understanding possible.  I'll be
 EC> waiting for your  take.

Very briefly here's how it went Friday night:

How shall I put this so there can be no mistake?   OK ... here it 
is ... George W. Bush, a.k.a. Dubya cleaned Kerry's clock.  Dubya 
ate his lunch.  Bush turned Kerry every way but loose ... that 
should explain it in the argot of the streets.

As for you, Ed, Dubya beat Kerry handily.  At no time was the 
debate ever close, neglecting the fine handshake Kerry gave 
Bush at the beginning of the debate.  Kerry did an excellent 
job at that task.  Kerry's handshake was neither too firm nor 
too limp.  From that point on, however, Kerry seemed to sink 
deeper and deeper into mental quicksand.

During the debate itself Kerry seemed to be thinking of something 
else -- perhaps longing to return to his home on the Planet Mars 
(Or is it Jupiter?).  In any event, as Kerry stumbled for words 
the camera showed George W. Bush, with a confident smile while he 
watched Kerry's futile attempts to paint him (Dubya) as anything 
but heroic.  GWB, of course, answered all questions with both 
grace as well as a command of the English language which would 
have made Winston Churchill green with envy (to coin a cliche).  

The camera panned the faces of his questioners as Dubya spoke.  
One could almost *sense* the admiration on the face of each 
supplicant.

This was quite a contrast to the puzzlement on the faces of 
Kerry's questioners as they struggled to understand what, if 
anything, was his point.  One questioner -- caught only for a 
microsecond by the camera -- actually resumed reading his 
newspaper as Kerry tried first to *understand* the question 
then to answer it.

The *real* puzzle is this:  How did the audience manage to hold 
back its applause after each of Dubya's well-thought-out 
responses?  They showed *amazing* self-control.  Also why didn't 
Kerry take his final summary to acknowledge defeat and drop out 
of the presidential race at that time?  Those are real conundrums 
(or is that "conundra"?)

So that's it, Ed.  I suppose by now you've seen the equivalent of 
what I've written on the front page of the New York Times.  I 
don't expect there to *be* a *third* debate so this should end 
it.

BRIEF SUMMARY:  George W. Bush won the debate.  John Kerry lost 
the debate.

... Don't make the same mistake *I* did ÄÄ make new ones

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