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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-01-04 12:46 PM
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Poll question: Did you like or dislike the debate format.
This includes all of the rules including the timing, lights, podiums, rules of engagement, etc.. I have an opinion that I will post below.
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phantom power Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-01-04 12:50 PM
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1. What saved it was Lehrer's good questions, and that he allowed
the candidates to follow each other up more than strictly necessary.

I really loved the questions. Cut through all the campaign dancing, and sent Kerry and Bush to the mat.
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-01-04 12:52 PM
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2. I have to thank him
He is a real pro and ddeserves credit.
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BOSSHOG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-01-04 12:53 PM
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3. I did like the orderliness of the debates however
I would have liked to have seen the candidates get an opportunity to ask questions of each other directly. If that had occurred we would be chatting about *'s nervous breakdown and being taken to Bethesda instead of just how miserable he did last night.

Isn't it quite sad that the world saw this man as our President last night. A man whose handlers had to juggle debate rules to ensure he didn't look too bad. A man who had to meet very low expectations. Very sad, since he is the most powerful man on earth.
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cheshire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-01-04 12:59 PM
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4. If *co had the most say in it they f**ked up bad. He looked small. His
flag lapel pin was small. Pubs said it looked bad, body language expert said it was a big mistake. The split screen was a great suprise that I don't think he expected and that really screwed him. I also was worried about the LCD timers but something made * look orange. I liked the fact that for whatever reason the was no roaming. It let me focus on the words. The podiums on the split screen showed how the adjusted the camera for *. * went over time more than Kerry and that was a suprise.
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