I'll bet the Bush camp would love to be debating foreign policy Wednesday

[rocktivity]

But it was their bright idea to go against the debate commission and make it the subject of the first debate. Now it looks like they've made a fatal error.

If the Bush camp believed that foreign policy was the subject on which Bush had at least had a chance of besting Kerry, they should have kept it for last. Bush would have been more used to Kerry’s debating style by then, and had he managed even a tie, it would have ended the debating "season" on a positive note in his favor. But I guess they figured they could take the air out Kerry with an out-of-the-gate loss on his "weakest" subject, which would be reinforced by oversampled poll numbers and glowing praise from the media hacks.

Put another way, if the subject of Wednesday's debate WAS foreign policy, I'd be feeling a lot more nervous. I don't want to be overconfident, but of the three debate subjects, the economy has the fewest shades of gray, and Kerry has the facts on his side. Maybe that's why my attitude has shifted from a whiny "Please let him do okay," to a roaring "HE'D BETTER NOT SCREW THIS UP!"

:headbang:
rocknation

[aden_nak]

1. Bush can't blame terrorists for ALL our domestic problems.

And that's the only thing that he's good at, really. That's why he gets lost on domestic issues. He can't find a group of swarthy people with difficult names to pin the blame on.

[jmowreader]

17. Terrorists and Clinton

After the fiftieth "It's Clinton's Fault," I am certain Kerry will slightly violate the rules of this debate to ask, "okay, George, since President Clinton has been out of office for 46 months now, exactly what besides blaming all your failures on him have you done to fix all the things you say he broke?" Or words to that effect.

[aden_nak]

19. It's always a Democrat's fault.

It's Clinton's fault that the economy is bad, and it's Kerry's fault that Bush didn't build a proper alliance. Republicans must not make very good Presidents if Democrats who aren't even currently in the White House can affect the nation that much.

[cheshire]

2. Did you ever think these debates would be this big source of amusement.

I swear I laugh so hard I have to watch twice. I find myself repeating :wtf: way to often.

[RubyDuby in GA]

5. I swear

Me too. I'll pull at my hair and yell at the tv, WTF?!?!?!?!
It'a almost like The State of the Union addresses.

[cheshire]

12. It would be sad if it wasn't so damn funny.

[King Coal]

3. When is the next debate?

[rocktivity]

8. The next debate is this Wednesday the 13th

But I think that for Bush, it will feel like a Friday the 13th!

:headbang:
rocknation

[HuckleB]

4. You think he won't try to repeat his usual mantras, rather than answer...

the actual questions? Hmm. Now that WOULD be something new.

[Pegleg Thd]

6. Hopefully, Kerry will say something

in the next meeting that will make the monkey so mad that he will go completely psycho and have to be led off in a straight jacket.:nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :scared:

[PROGRESSIVE1]

7. If we can have a repeat of the First Debate then Bush looses!

[flordehinojos]

9. Just Wait & See

How the Screeching Chimp will turn Wednesday's Answers into foreign policy ...and how Bob Schieffer will just sit there dumbfounded not able to say anything... just like charles gibson did when bushie boy broke the rules!

[cthrumatrix]

10. sometimes they are linked when it comes to funding decisions...

AWOL is screwed with the domestic issues.

[rocktivity]

14. By George, I think you've got it, Flordehinojos

He'll try to drag up 9/11, our poor brave troops, Saddam's caputure, and bringing democracy to Iraq and Afghanistan as often as possible. And it that doesn't get him, abortion and gay marriage will. It will be up to Kerry and the moderator to keep him on subject.

:headbang:
rocknation

[leftynyc]

11. I think the pub thinking was that

* would clean up in the first debate and then they would try to get out of the others. Probably using "Kerry broke the rules" nonsense.

[LuminousX]

13. Bush wants the debate to be about whether or not he helped rich people

no other questions allowed.

He botched foreign policy, he was an angy chimp in the town hall, and he is going to be 'out of touch' in the domestic debate.

[neomonkey]

15. I think they might have been considering

the fact that the 1st debate is usually the most-widely watched debate.

In this case, the 1st debate was such a train-wreck that it's actually increased the curiosity factor for the ensuing two debates.

[BlueNomad]

16. Yup..a perfect example

of arrogance coming back to slit your own throat. After it's all said and done, let the Kennedy School at harvard teach the case on it...

[GiovanniC]

18. And More Ammunition Domestically Has Come Out Since Two Weeks Ago

The new jobs report, for one, being 25% of what they anticipated.

Stem cells will probably become a big deal after Chris Reeves's untimely death.

Et cetera.