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Kerry in 04 Donating Member (232 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-04 12:21 PM
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Bush LIKELY to miss one debate.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5926845/



Is that better?:eyes:
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madmax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-04 12:24 PM
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1. This is just sooooo bushie
Wussssss
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glitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-04 12:27 PM
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4. It can't be cuz he's too busy fighting terror, must be busy campaigning nt
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Emboldened Chimp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-04 12:25 PM
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2. Sorry, PC DUers, but Bush is a big, fat...
Pussy.
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Scooter24 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-04 12:25 PM
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3. That one debate
Edited on Wed Sep-08-04 12:25 PM by Scooter24
probably falls during another one of his 30-day vacation periods. He didn't want something as "trivial" as a presidential debate to interfere with his "working" vacation.

:puke: :eyes:
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krkaufman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-04 12:30 PM
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6. Bush is simply afraid of the public
From the article...

    The audience for the second debate, to be at Washington University in St. Louis, was to be picked by the Gallup Organization. The commission said participants should be undecided voters from the St. Louis area.

    A presidential adviser said campaign officials were concerned that people could pose as undecided when they actually are partisans.

Bush's handlers don't want him to face questions from unhappy citizens, since the handlers realize that the woes of the citizenry are a reflection on the current administration.
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Virginian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-04 12:50 PM
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20. Next Paragraph...Spokesman doesn't want to annoy Bush?
A presidential adviser said campaign officials were concerned that people could pose as undecided when they actually are partisans.

"It's not a fear of the format," said the adviser, who refused to be identified to avoid annoying Bush. "They want two debates that are focused on clear differences on foreign and domestic policy. We benefit from the differences."


The adviser refused to be identified...
Is Bush that rattled right now that he even strikes out at his own advisers for defending him?
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Just Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-04 12:28 PM
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5. Chickensh*t!!! n/t
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Ganja Ninja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-04 12:31 PM
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7. Kerry should hold a mock debate.
Against a cardboard cutout of Bush with another cutout of Cheney behind it. When Bush answers Cheney's lips will move. Maybe they could get John Stewart to act as the moderator.
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Demeter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-04 12:34 PM
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11. I LIKE It!
Since it would be the most accurate depiction of current events, let's go with the cardboard cutout debate.

After all, Bush would much rather debate the chimerical, totally imaginary Kerry that his handlers created than a real live human being (of any sex and political persuasion), and he does so at every opportunity. Turnabout is fair play!
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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-04 12:31 PM
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8. So He's Gonna Be A ChickenHawk ChickenShit, And Bail Out On...
the "Show Me" State???

"W"... stands for Wuss, Wimp, Warmonger...

Treasonous is bad enough, but treasonous coward is by far the worst.
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MO_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-04 12:49 PM
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19. He can't come to a debate in MO
'cause he knows he's got nothin' to show us!
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mistertrickster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-04 12:32 PM
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9. The should have the debate without him . . .
Long story short, problem solved!
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Lerkfish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-04 12:33 PM
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10. New meme: to Bush: be there or empty chair! be there or emtpy chair!
the debate should go on with Kerry alone because of the format is an opportunity for the PEOPLE to query the candidates. Just because one candidate is a wimp, should not infringe on the people's right to ask questions of the other candidate.

Kerry camp: attend anyways.
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Demeter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-04 12:35 PM
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14. ABSOLUTELY!
Lots of chances to talk about people not showing up for things that way.
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yellowcanine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-04 01:04 PM
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26. An empty chair for the empty suit! I like it. But you know the Pres
Debate Commission will never go for it. Maybe Kerry could debate Nader?
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napi21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-04 12:34 PM
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12. Since Kerry accepted all 3 debates, can he attend and answer
all the questions? Just let the dias or chair at the table be EMPTY?

OHHHHH, I surely hope so!!!
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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-04 12:50 PM
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21. Call the Commission on Presidential Debates
I can't afford to make LD calls right now, but whoever can, please call the Commission on Presidential Debates (CDP) at (202) 872-1020. Find out what is the proposed second debate topic, and should Bush not attend, will Kerry and the (Bush) empty chair be there, or will the debate be cancelled completely.

Thanks O8)

CDP website:
http://www.debates.org/index.html
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HarveyBriggs Donating Member (324 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-04 01:06 PM
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29. Wouldn't be the first time Bush was a no show!
Nice point to make, and let Kerry do all the talking.

Maybe start saying this.

"Apparently President Bush is afraid to answer these questions. I've never been afraid to face fire."

Harvey Briggs
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JuniorPlankton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-04 12:34 PM
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13. As much as I hate Bush
skipping the third debate is what Clinton did in 1996, so I am going to treat this as an acceptable campaigning tactic and concentrate on his real fuck-ups.
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Ganja Ninja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-04 01:05 PM
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27. I just hate him a lot more than you I guess.
Because I would use anything and everything against him.
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Bridget Burke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-04 01:08 PM
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32. Refresh my memory on 1996
I can find links to two Clinton-Dole debates in 1996.

Do you have further information on Clinton "skipping" the third debate? What reason was given?
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ChrisK Donating Member (216 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-04 12:36 PM
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15. I think he knows what he is in for
Edited on Wed Sep-08-04 12:40 PM by ChrisK
And thats allot of negative press when it comes to issues he would rather not see spoken while he is on stage or in the medias eye.

He is the type of person that will talk about something till it goes bad...Then he puts as much distance from it and himself as he can...a debate will just bring all these negative things back into focus and he will be taken to task for them and if he isn't ready it will look far worse for him.

He really doesn't have all that much to debate on his end..He sees the world in a different light and that light seems to be getting dimmer and dimmer in his world.
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radfringe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-04 12:36 PM
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16. send him this t-shirt

http://www.cafepress.com/radicalfringe

The Order of the Chicken emblem
Honor the Chicken-Hawks who fled when their country called.
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proud patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-04 12:36 PM
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17. Since he chooses to miss the townhall style one , Kerry still should go
IMO ...Kerry showing up to the townhall meeting
debate even if bush doesn't would be a good thing .
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Moderator DU Moderator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-04 12:38 PM
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18. The rules of this forum are
that the headline must match exactly.

Your headline should read

"Bush likely to bow out of one debate"

This is done to hake clear what the story is about, and to avoid duplicates. Please read the rules pinned at the top of the forum.
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Kolesar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-04 12:51 PM
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22. One debate and eleven months in the Air National Guard ... eom
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RedEarth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-04 12:51 PM
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23. Chickenshit Chickenhawk......I see why he likes mustard...he's a coward
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xxqqqzme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-04 12:59 PM
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24. so the other 2 debates R focused
and his earpiece will come in handy 3 remind him of keep domestic or foreign policy points. But QUESTIONS from VOTERS that haven't signed the loyalty oath, we can't have that. It would underscore what an MT hat the rat bastard really is. The Kerry camp should nail his ass for wimping out - Girlie man - and not stop.
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JETS Donating Member (109 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-04 01:01 PM
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25. Yeah, W has no time for debates, he is trying to win
the "War on Terror" after all. <sarcasm>
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goodboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-04 01:05 PM
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28. flip flop,....eom
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-04 01:07 PM
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30. I hope Kerry still goes to Missouri and wins the state to boot
:bounce:
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BJ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-04 01:07 PM
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31. What a surprise.
:eyes:
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bookman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-04 01:09 PM
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33. I got a better idea...
...forget the format. Make it one on one, man to man, Kerry vs. Bush. I'd love to see the chicken response to that.
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Moderator DU Moderator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-04 01:09 PM
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34. Duplicate topic, please add your link here, thanks
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=808954
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