Debateblogging: On Message

It's becoming clear that Lehrer will save himself time and trouble if he limits his questions to: "Are terrorists bad?" and "People tell me something important happened in September of 2001; can you remind me what that might've been?"

Comments

[J]

Great - Bush just pulled out the ol' "if you criticize what we've done in Iraq you're a lousy leader" line.
Oh - and I don't know if folks had heard about this, but it turns out John Kerry was once in Vietnam.

[Dan Rather]

I'd ask relevant questions about real issues.

[rst]

if you criticize what we've done in Iraq you're a lousy leader

Well, he was pointing out that Kerry had said that.

[J]

"Well, he was pointing out that Kerry had said that."

At least the part of the debate I was referring to it seemed clear that he was responding to Kerry's comments about how Iraq was getting worse and the planning was all wrong; and he was concluding that these comments made Kerry unfit to lead.

[Senescent]

I haven't seen that many softball questions since the bar at the last Melissa Etheridge afterparty.

[Paul]

I'd stick to 'Sex and the City' trivia.

[joe]

"I haven't seen that many softball questions since the bar at the last Melissa Etheridge afterparty."

I haven't heard someone say repeat "it's hard" for that long since that girl I dated in college.