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Wynne · Lieutenant Joined: 19 Sep 2004 Posts: 228

(I thought I was going to sleep tonight -- hah!)

Here is something that made the antennae of both my husband and me go up big time tonight when we heard it. I am now reading through the debate transcript and it is more than ever apparent to me -- am I too suspicious? Or does anybody else wonder about this...

In his answer to the 1st question, 'Do you believe you could do a better job than President Bush in preventing another 9/11-type terrorist attack on the United States? " John Kerry ended his answer by saying, "All of these, and especially homeland security, which we'll talk about a little bit later."

HOW DID HE KNOW THEY WERE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT LATER?

Later....

The 5th question was posed to Kerry first and Lehrer said, "We'll come back to Iraq in a moment. But I want to come back to where I began, on homeland security. This is a two-minute new question, Senator Kerry."

After the debate, Lehrer and Kerry had a short conversation. I believe they shook hands. I did not see Lehrer speak to the President at all. But I may have missed it.

Am I nuts? Paranoid at 2 in the a.m.? The above exchange in the debate sure looks fishy to me. Anybody else think so?
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Kimmymac · Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2004 6:21 am Post subject:

Well, he could have just been saying that because he knew Homeland Security was on the agenda.

I felt that Kerry had an advance notice on the questions. Did you notice how he began to answer before Lehrer finished asking the question? Too ready.

Think of the scandal that would be! Make MemoGate look like a Girl Scout jamboree.

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jim_nyc · Seaman Joined: 13 Sep 2004 Posts: 198

Stevie

GenrXr · Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2004 7:30 am Post subject:

It does not matter honor and truth prevailed and Bush kicked Kerrys ass tonigh,. That is all that matters.
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Wynne · Lieutenant Joined: 19 Sep 2004 Posts: 228

I want to correct something I said in my initial post. I said I did not see Lehrer speak to President Bush at the end of the debate. There was a replay of this just now and he definitely did go over and speak to President Bush.
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Wynne · Lieutenant Joined: 19 Sep 2004 Posts: 228

LewWaters · Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2004 7:38 am Post subject:

Collusion is the least of it, according to Newsmax. Watching the "debates," I have to agree, Lehrer stacked the deck in Kerry's favor;

Stacked Deck
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wpage · Lieutenant Joined: 03 Aug 2004 Posts: 213

Thought I smelled that rat also, but thought I was being a little paranoid.
Glad to know others noticed all this.
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BuffaloJack · Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2004 11:33 am Post subject:

Are you Kiddin'. Lehrer is a flaming liberal through and through. Of course he'd select questions to make John Boy look good. Did he supply Kerry with a pre-release of the questions. Probably not. He'd be especially careful to avoid getting lumped in with Dan Rather. Did someone on his staff slip a copy to someone on Kerry's staff. What do you think?

NYCnative · Seaman Joined: 15 Jun 2004 Posts: 151 Location: SI, NY

I was listening to 77.WABC AM, and I heard that the guy winked at Kerry after the debate.. I'm going to see if I can find it in print somewhere.. A wink may be just that, a cassual wink, but....................... some of the way things went down, did seem pointed in Kerry favor.

Of the 1971 testimony the quote he used was, How do you ask a man to die for a mistake.(I don't have the exact quote, sorry if I didn't get it right). Of all the things he said they pick that one. In many peoples mind it directly relates to Iraq today.. I'm wondering WHY didn't the President jump on the references Kerry made to his anti-war antics after returning from Vietnam? He could have made a great point about that. How can the troops trust you now? Pres Bush was trying to take tooooo much of the high road....
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ATACKM · Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2004 12:33 pm Post subject:

deserturtle · Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2004 12:42 pm Post subject: Questions given ahead of time

I thought Kerry and Bush received the questions ahead of time and will in all debates. It is scripted and more like a news conference some pundit had said before the debate.
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BuffaloJack · Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2004 12:56 pm Post subject:

Lehrer made a point at the intro to the debate of stating that neither candidate knew what questions were to be asked.