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> Bush Blows Debate: Talks to Rove in Earpiece!

3 October 2004, 04:23

In all of the years I have been witness to presidential debating, I have never seen the thorough, complete destruction of one candidate by the other. That the recipient of the pouding was the incumbent president speaks volumes as to what is transpiring in this country. After watching the debate, all I could wonder was:

who in their right mind could vote for George Bush? His behavior in this arena called to mind the portrayal of Captain Queeg by Humphrey Bogart.

As for the earpiece theory, there’s only one possible explanation that we do not have an answer for: was Lehrer or Kerry making some gesture at the point at which Bush made his gaffe? If so, it was done off camera and would explain the comment, which I wondered about at the time.

No matter, the question remains, after watching that performance, could you vote for incompetence?