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Well RWR8189, Mr. Barnes is a little late with the analysis but please thank him for agreeing with me. This happened because Bush went to Yale too and knows how to set up guys like Kerry.

Posted by LZ_Bayonet to Conservative til I die On News/Activism 10/01/2004 1:17:19 PM PDT · 87 of 153

"Bush stunk up the joint last night. Stop drinking the Kool-Aid. He was awful and at times, looked like he wasn't sure what he was going to say next."

He looked like he wasn't sure what he was going to say next because Bush's plan was that the debate wasn't about Bush (why give the Dems anything new, everybody knows Bush), or Kerry's record (who could possible remember and cite all the past flip-flops). Bush's plan centered on making Kerry comfortable enough to say NEW stupid stuff and flip-flops and lies that could be, researched by others, cited now, discussed by the media, and used until the election. Your man Kerry got hustled. Bush just stuck to his same solid talking points and kept it low key and only challenged on solid points. And Kerry got a big head, like the arrogant do, and Kerry got comfortable and shot off his mouth about "the global test" and "cutting" as part of his Iraq plan and assorted other flip-flops. Now, post debate, your boy Kerry is getting cut to pieces over his new flip-flops, and the "global" thing (the only time Bush just HAD to depart from the plan and attack, as it was just too illustrative of Kerry's "America Last" stance to pass up).

Good analysis. I've read some of the threads from the first Bush/Gore debate in 2000. Bush had nearly the same performance and Gore was widely believed to have won the first debate. Gore subsequently was determined to be the loser in the wake of his own slickness based on the post-debate parsing.

Also, expectations were high for the President and much lower for Kerry in this debate. Next round, the expectations should be somewhat reversed.