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[Tom Poole]

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If he pays attention to himself tonite it may help him in his debate with

himself.
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[Tom Poole]

[Tom Poole]

Here's the LA Times take on the debates. It reveals one way the OIM (Old Irrelevant Media, pka MSM) would stack the question deck. Lehrer might deflect attention from Kerry's record, which as we know is a zero. In turn questions might be focused on the "iffy" parts of the Bush record, such as the stepped up violence by insurgents as free elections in Iraq grow near. We should watch closely for this bias which is sure to be there.

[GiveMeFreedom]

[Tom Poole]

Thanks Admin, no apology necessary. I believe tonight's debate, along with the next two, is an important milestone to the Swiftee goal. All of us need to be alert to one of our common complaints: media bias. Sometimes it's subtle and here's an example of what to watch for.

[Steve Z]

Sometimes, the debates allow each candidate to ask the other candidate a question. If he gets the chance, President Bush should ask Senator Kerry the following question:

"If you were elected, would your exit strategy from Iraq be different from the strategy you used from Vietnam in 1971?"

If Kerry says yes, he loses the Deaniac vote (to Nader or abstention). If Kerry says no, he loses the patriotic Democrats to Bush, and either way he loses the election.

It remains to be seen whether the President will have the opportunity and the guts to ask Kerry this question.
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[kmudd]

Kerry campaingn is now complaining about the debate timing lights. Even though they agree to them before.

[Navy_Navy_Navy]

Kerry Kampf taking their cues from the endless negotiations that preceded the Paris Peace Talks?

Sorry, Traitor John - the talks start tonight.

On time.
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[kimberly]

[kmudd]

[jack white]

The lights flap shows exactly how low Kerry will go and why we can never take anything for granted, whatever the polls show. Let's turn up the pressure even more, because if Kerry doesn't rebound after tonight the Democrats will turn away from him towards the congressional races. But this still shows the depths the Kerry SOBs will plumb, as anyone who dealt with Kerry in 1971 or 1986 or any time before, in between, or since knows.

[gia_lin_fo]

[GiveMeFreedom]

Full story:

Bizarre Pre-debate story - ROFLMBO!!!!!!!!

BIZARRE PRE-DEBATE STORY - GRIPING OVER THE LIGHTS? [09/30 02:00 PM]
From AP:

CORAL GABLES, Fla. - Sen. John Kerry to debate organizers: Let's go light on the lights.
Advisers for the Democratic presidential candidate demanded Thursday that the lights signaling when a speaker's time has expired during debates with President Bush (news - web sites) be removed from the lecterns because they are distracting. The commission hosting the debates refused.

Bush's campaign accused Kerry, known for favoring long sentences and statements, of trying to violate debate rules against windy answers.

An angry exchange between representatives of the Kerry campaign and the Commission on Presidential Debates took place just hours before the candidates were to meet at the University of Miami for the first of three debates, according to several officials familiar with the meeting. Kerry's team threatened to remove the lights when they visit the debate site with the candidate later in the day.

"We'll do what we have to," Kerry strategist Tad Devine said after his meeting with the commission. But he also suggested the dispute will pass once Kerry's team makes its point. "We'll beat them over the head a little bit, then we'll see what happens."

The commission's executive director, Janet Brown, did not return a call from the AP seeking comment.

It's not unusual for the campaigns to haggle over the smallest debate details, but not so close to the event.

The commission placed the lights on the lecterns in clear view of the television audience and those in the auditorium.

An agreement between the Kerry and Bush campaigns required camera-mounted timing lights for each candidate "positioned in his line of sight." It also specified that timing lights "shall be placed such that they are visible to the debate audiences and television viewers."

Mark Wallace, deputy campaign manager for Bush, said Democrats sought the change "because they don't want the American people to know that Sen. Kerry can't follow the rules."

Kerry's team contended that the agreement doesn't specifically say where the lights should be placed, and it said putting them on the lecterns creates a distraction. Devine said the agreement includes a picture of the lectern that doesn't include the lights.

The Bush team pushed for the lights in negotiations with Kerry advisers. "The Bush teams wants to debate about things like this to distract from the real issues," Devine said.


Search the Kerry team for screwdrivers!

What the heck is this about? I guess the fear is that Kerry will speak... a bit longer than he needs to, and that viewers could see the time-expired light and would be turned off by Kerry's speaking longer than he's supposed to.

Still, very, very odd to have this fight this close to the actual debate.

UPDATE: Kerry Spot reader Steve takes the first shot: "If Kerry can't handle a few little light bulbs in his face when he answers questions how does he expect to sell the world on his ability to stand tall in the face of the bright lights that will shine on him in the world stage?"

UPDATE, AGAIN: Many, many Kerry Spot readers are asking whether the fear in the Kerry camp is that the lights might make their candidate look... orange. (giggle, snicker)

great website by the way: http://www.nationalreview.com/kerry/kerryspot.asp
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