debates

  • Bush Bugged?

    [UPDATE Sunday, October 10 – Please check the Comments on this post for another point of view] Hmmm. Perhaps this explains what I saw in the first presidential debate.   This article speculates that President Bush was "having cues and lines fed to him through a hidden high-tech earpiece."  On one of the cable news networks… Continue reading

  • Third Thoughts

    Well, I’m not alone.  From Snarkmarket: My immediate impressions, pre-media spin: Before this debate, I was highly skeptical of the theories James Fallows cited in the Atlantic that President Bush has actually developed some neurological handicap that increasingly prevents him from speaking with articulation. Now, I could almost be convinced. Snarkmarket goes on to "rewind… Continue reading

  • Relenting to the urge to blog politics

    If one spends time on the web, or watches television, it’s easy to forget that many (perhaps even most) Americans did not watch the debate, and aren’t particularly interested.  I’m not going to review it; I’ll leave that to those with more credentials.  But my take, for what it’s worth:  Senator Kerry seemed surprisingly presidential… Continue reading