no, I did not watch the debate.

[lagilman]

Although I regret the missed opportunity to play the Dubbya Drinking Game (every time he stammers, do a shot).

I rarely watch debates. Especially when they're oh so scripted. Now, if the candidates would agree to an unscripted debate, THAT might get me to watch. Especially if the networks agree not to bleep anything out.

I'd have been front row and center with popcorn for the Lincoln-Douglas debates, you know it.



And in other more important political news...

Majority Leader DeLay (R) gets his hand slapped by the House ethics panel for "improperly trying to win the vote of a Michigan lawmaker last year during a heated floor fight over a health bill." http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/01/politics/01ethics.html?oref=login&hp


A New York Federal judge struck down an important surveillance provision of the antiterrorism legislation known as the USA Patriot Act yesterday, ruling that it broadly violated the Constitution by giving the federal authorities unchecked powers to obtain private information... http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/30/national/30patriot.html


The Republican-controlled House emphatically defeated a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage Thursday, the latest in a string of conservative pet causes pushed to a vote by GOP leaders in the run-up to Election Day.

The vote was 227-186, 49 votes shy of the two-thirds needed for approval of an amendment that President Bush backed but the Senate had previously scuttled. (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6144351/)

Comments

[kradical.livejournal.com]

It wasn't scripted. Jim Lehrer came up with the questions and did not reveal them ahead of time. Which, I believe, is why Bush was floundering so much, and why both candidates repeated themselves so much (though Kerry was smart enough to alter his phraseology). We all know what a wretched extermporaneous speaker he is. The only time he didn't sound like an idiot was his closing statement, which was the only part that was scripted.

[lagilman]

Anything that has that many pages of Thou Shalt Nots going in is scripted. I wasn't referring to the questions specifically, but the entire debate, from the camera angles used to (probably) determining what aftershave could not be used so's not to distract anyone.

(and don't think Bush didn't have his answers scripted out ahead of time. His handlers are good at their job, even if he's not, and everyone knew what the topic of debate was going to be -- hell, Tahitans without television or 'net access knew what the topic was going to be.)

[caryabend.livejournal.com]

But the Tahitians only matter when it comes time for reparations after we invade.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Apparently we both missed a hell of a debate, from what I'm seeing online and from the headlines. Although I'm also hearing the rumor that Bush's lines weren't scripted, but his pauses were because he was being fed his answers from an earbud.

I wish I couldn't believe that.

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

"Although I regret the missed opportunity to play the Dubbya Drinking Game (every time he stammers, do a shot)."

It's not nice to make fun of handicapped people.

[chibiaingeal.livejournal.com]

Although I regret the missed opportunity to play the Dubbya Drinking Game (every time he stammers, do a shot).

I actually did watch. First time I ever watched presidential debates.

You'd been a heckofalot drunk if you watched and played the game! ;)

[isamom.livejournal.com]

LOVE the icon!! It's perfect.

[deire.livejournal.com]

Hmm, missing the debate makes me almost sorry I don't have cable or bunny ears for the TV. But then I've also missed the ad campaigns, so it evens out.

Yay for the NY federal judge! Our local independent bookstore has a T shirt I need to get. One side says, "Got due process?", and the other side says, "Amend the Patriot Act".