I'm usually not given to conspiratorial thinking but, dammit, after the CBS document brouhaha, I'm becoming ready to believe almost anything.
I'm beginning to believe the debate was rigged. Someone from the inside had Kerry prepped on all the questions, he had his talking points ready on a cheat sheet, and he was coached to use Jim Lehrer's already sympathetic attitude to his best advantage. I'm also inclined to believe that the people who framed the questions and ran the debate did their best to give Kerry an edge.
Yeah, Bush should have been better prepared. But he was justifiably angry. The poor schmuck, even his understandable disgust is being used against him.
I think Bush saw him pull out the notes, and then when he realized that Kerry had the answers to the questions already, well George is not stupid.