Wednesday, October 13, 2004
A Kiss for your Sister
Round #3 is over and, well, spray a little Binaca and give your little sis a peck. I'd say the presidential debate tonight was a draw. Both Bush and Kerry came out in identically dark suits, red ties, and American flags on their left lepals. And they left, looking the same.
Mr. B. tried some lame joke about the "leading newspapers" that never got anywhere. But the experience of the previous two debates let you know that he was almost obliged to do something in the "Words & Phrases" dept., so his "What'd he say?" escapade tonight barely registered. Dubya poked fun at himself at the end of the debate, when he answered the last question of the night, one regarding the importance of his wife to his life and career. He was self-deprecating, funny, and obviously gaga about Laura Bush. The audience, understandably, reacted positively. It was odd that he would seemingly allow his guard down, thus coming off as a vulnerable, regular, married with kids kind of guy. At the previous debate, when queried about the possibility he had ever made a mistake during his tenure as president, he ignored that issue and then proceded to act like the horse-blindered born-again Christian never-at-fault kind of guy we are more familiar with. Laura B. must have given him a talking to after the second round.
Kerry came off well. His usual polished self. Trying to show the passion that IS SOMEWHERE inside of him, he answered the wife question with almost equal emotion, though not as funny. He did bring in his late mother into his response, thus one-upping Dubya on that count.
I'm sure Barbara Bush will take George out to the woodshed on that one. She'll be taking and telling him who's the wife, who's the woman, and who's the Mama.
Now, 21 more days of flying horse dung. And then the jury will file back into the voting booth.
Round #3 is over and, well, spray a little Binaca and give your little sis a peck. I'd say the presidential debate tonight was a draw. Both Bush and Kerry came out in identically dark suits, red ties, and American flags on their left lepals. And they left, looking the same.
Mr. B. tried some lame joke about the "leading newspapers" that never got anywhere. But the experience of the previous two debates let you know that he was almost obliged to do something in the "Words & Phrases" dept., so his "What'd he say?" escapade tonight barely registered. Dubya poked fun at himself at the end of the debate, when he answered the last question of the night, one regarding the importance of his wife to his life and career. He was self-deprecating, funny, and obviously gaga about Laura Bush. The audience, understandably, reacted positively. It was odd that he would seemingly allow his guard down, thus coming off as a vulnerable, regular, married with kids kind of guy. At the previous debate, when queried about the possibility he had ever made a mistake during his tenure as president, he ignored that issue and then proceded to act like the horse-blindered born-again Christian never-at-fault kind of guy we are more familiar with. Laura B. must have given him a talking to after the second round.
Kerry came off well. His usual polished self. Trying to show the passion that IS SOMEWHERE inside of him, he answered the wife question with almost equal emotion, though not as funny. He did bring in his late mother into his response, thus one-upping Dubya on that count.
I'm sure Barbara Bush will take George out to the woodshed on that one. She'll be taking and telling him who's the wife, who's the woman, and who's the Mama.
Now, 21 more days of flying horse dung. And then the jury will file back into the voting booth.
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