[modem went down again — I’m recording the debate, so went to start it again — hope I haven’t missed too much] Health care.  Bush wants to allow young people to take money out of social security and put it into private accounts.  Kerry counters with funding gap, deficits, pay-as-you-go.  Boasts about "breaking with my… Continue reading

The President is being civilized this evening.  Polite, restrained, and coherent.  So far nothing new — seems a repeat of content from the previous debates. Bush says education is how you help people who have lost their jobs, which sounds good — but aren’t most of the ‘new’ jobs in the service industry, which doesn’t… Continue reading

I got the modem hooked up just in time.  Ok, I have no business doing this, but here I go anyway. Oh dear, Senator Kerry looks a little orange.  President Bush again claims that 3/4 of Al Queda leaders have been "brought to justice."  I think factcheck.org said last time that this is not true. Continue reading

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

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