Regarding the first question asked at the debate, about baseball

The first question of the debate went to John Kerry. A college student asked Kerry if he would have replace the Red Sox pitcher in the 7th inning (or some late inning, I'm not a baseball fan). Kerry answered the question literally and I ended up thinking the whole question was a waste of time that was already in short supply in this format.

Here's what I'm wondering. Did any of the rest of you think that the student was just using a cute metaphor, but in reality trying to ask whether, as President, John Kerry would fire a Donald Rumsfeld, given that Rumsfeld wasn't performing well, in the "seventh inning"? That was the immediate connection I made. Was I...off-base? (sorry, had to be done)

Your thoughts, please?

with that question. If not, I am mystified as to why he asked that. He may have been a little too opaque, there.

But then when the candidates started getting probing questions about who they wanted to party with, what sort of computer they used, and the like, I considered that I may have read WAY too much into the first question. And that's why I thought I'd run the question by the Democratic Underground think tank.

it was just a stupid waste of time.

I think some people in the audience, even Kerry, had a sort of dumb grin on their faces which suggested that they, too, were half-expecting a cute metaphor -- but not really finding it.

why didn't he clap. If anything, Kerry's got a great sense of humor and I think he did pretty good answering that question on the fly.

So, why did they guy look like a stone statue while everyone around him was clapping?

A plant?:shrug: Maybe? :tinfoilhat:

People are still really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really,

REALLY REALLY REALLY pissed off about losing that game.

I still overhear people talking about it in supermarket. Today was the FIRST DAY since it happened that it did not dominate local sports radio, and it took a huge, entertaining win by the Pats on MNF to change the subject.

The college I teach at ("Rock the Vote") was rocked by riots. College kids for some reason were especially and intensely involved in the Red Sox, and not just during the playoffs. All during Sept. they packed Kenmore during the games.

If Grady Little had pulled Pedro out, we might have made it to da series! you have to live in MA to really understand. :P