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Sparkly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 09:42 AM
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Haha -- Kerry says Chimp wanted debate "life lines"
Edited on Tue Sep-21-04 09:43 AM by Sparkly
Kerry: Bush Wanted Debate 'Life Lines'

3 minutes ago

NEW YORK - Why did it take so long for the Bush and Kerry campaigns to agree on a debate schedule? Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites) had the answer for television's Regis Philbin, who has hosted the quiz show "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?"

"The big hang-up was George Bush (news - web sites) wanted to get life lines, you know, so he could call somebody," the Democratic candidate for president quipped Tuesday while appearing on "Live With Regis and Kelly."

Sorry if you all already knew this -- I didn't see the show.

Hit the story with a "5," please!

(Or is this lowering *'s expectations?)

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040921/ap_on_el_pr/kerry_regis
edited to add the link
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 09:44 AM
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1.  Done and kick
The public needs to get it through its collective fucking head that Bush is a supreme idiot.
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LuminousX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 09:46 AM
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3. Bush is a skilled and masterful debater, I hope Kerry can hold his own
Don't lower the expectations for Bush. Demand he meet a standard, raise the bar.

If Bush fumbles, mumbles, and dissembles during the debates - he isn't fit to be President.
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DrFunkenstein Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 09:49 AM
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5. He's Not Stupid, He's Incompetent And Ideological
It's not his failures of syntax that bother me, it's his failures of policy.
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StopTheMorans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 09:45 AM
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2. Kerry's tearing it up lately!
maybe he's trying to reach over the "mainstream news media"'s presentation of him as "stiff and senatorial" and show people who he really is.
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Arkana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 10:55 AM
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19. Well, he had fun on Letterman
It was real easy to tell how much fun he had while reading that Top Ten List... :evilgrin:
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DrFunkenstein Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 09:48 AM
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4. Well, Originally, Bush Wanted 9/11 Commission Style Debates
With Cheney covering the microphone while he told Bush the answers.
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Killarney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 09:51 AM
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6. Kerry is doing a fantastic job of making a joke out of Bush.
That's what he needs to do.

Bush is a fucking joke. He's an idiot. Push that meme!
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BootinUp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 09:53 AM
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7. yep, that definitely seems to be part o' the plan
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unfrigginreal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 10:00 AM
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10. Big mistake
This is not a funny election. The only people that will appreciate *the campaign* making a joke of Bush are already Kerry supporters. Let the comics handle that.
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BootinUp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 10:01 AM
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12. The repukes smirk and chuckle all the time
It does work, dopey Americans interpret it as confidence or something.
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unfrigginreal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 10:10 AM
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13. Sorry, but frontal assaults on Bush's intelligence are not going to work
they will only generate sympathy for the idiot. Don't let our inherent smugness cloud the truth about Bush being a liar.
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Toucano Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 10:16 AM
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15. I think you're mistaken
Good-natured jokes are endearing. As long as they aren't mean or ugly, it's okay.

It helps people see John as an approachable and real person.

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unfrigginreal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 10:26 AM
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18. Good natured joking and "making a joke out of Bush"
are two different things. I agree with you that *ribbing* is useful. Two big mistakes that we Democrats as a whole tend to make:
1) To think that we're smarter than everyone else
2) To have the gall to actually say it

The 2nd tends to prove that the 1st isn't true.
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Toucano Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 11:03 AM
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21. That's an excellent point.
There is a danger in going to far and comedy from candidates has to be used sparingly.

At this point, after a month of being attacked with the Swiftboat liars, I think it's a good strategy.

The beauty of this "lifeline" quip is that it isn't really Bush specific. It could be said of any floundering campaign.
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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 09:54 AM
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8. that is funny. he was so funny last nite. it feels like he is having
fun with this. that is such a good thing. do all this in laughter, so much to laugh at. oh i like. wow and a huh. thanks
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Media_Lies_Daily Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 10:00 AM
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11. When the pressure is turned up Kerry seems like one of those people....
...capable of responding with his very best efforts. Look back through his biography and you see it happening time after time.

The thing that I admire the most is that he makes it appear so effortless.
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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 10:17 AM
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16. maybe this is the fun for him
to have all this around him. maybe it is his high in life. and he shines and is comfortable with. interesting. you look at his ability to take on responsibility of others lives to train for commander of swift boat, high action, adn then saying fuck this shit, i have to go back to u.s. and challenge their decisions

interesting. and fun. bush created the perfect world for him to shine. wasnt that sweet of bush. knew htere had to be something good to come of bush
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molly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 09:55 AM
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9. This is priceless - it is rated 4.21 with 42 votes
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dogtag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 10:15 AM
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14. done (n/t)
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Joe Turner Donating Member (374 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 10:19 AM
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17. heh heh
That wouldn't help the Shrub much. He'd burn through his 3 life lines in the first 5 minutes of the debate!
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Guaranteed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 11:00 AM
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20. Hey...what happened to sandbagging? nt
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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 11:08 AM
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22. i dont know the sittin on cheney lap
that is funny. we all say it here. but has anyone out there heard it. it is just funny. can you image bushie sittin on bed with laura and hearing kerry saying bush needs to sit on cheneys lap. sittin there. hearing that. lol lo lo lol

goes exactly at the manly man
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