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I had some friends over last night to watch the second presidential debate. If we were drinking men -- and were playing one of those drinking games where you downed a shot of tequila every time John Kerry said "I have a plan" -- well, I might be dead of alcohol poisoning, T would be passed out on the lawn, and M would be in a coma at Bethesda Hospital.

John Kerry said, "I have a plan" (or equivalent) seventeen times during last night's debate, including six times in one answer. That's a lot of plans, especially for a twenty year senator with a track record of non-accomplishment. A lot of plans for a Senator who ended upon on the wrong side of history during the Cold War, the battles with the Sandanistas, Libya, the first Gulf War, and the rise of global terrorism.

In spite of the fact that Hugh Hewitt retired his most recent symposium question (rating the moderators of the first three debates), I plowed ahead just out of casual interest. How did the questions stack up?

I rate each question from 1 to 9, with 1 being skewed towards the challenger and 9 being biased towards the president. An average score of around 5 would indicate a centrist agenda on the part of the moderator. Here are the debates with the most recent one listed first:

http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2004/10/rating-moderators-i-had-some-friends.html