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Posted 11:52pm, Friday, October 8, 2004

Bush is 0-for-2.

Kerry opened strong, staying calm and sounding very Presidential. Bush sounded whiny and annoyed. He also repeated his Blinky McBlinky performance from last week. And what was up with his lower jaw and odd winking?

Bush had trouble keeping his voice modulated for about the first 45 minutes. By that, I mean he couldn't stop SHOUTING HIS ANSWERS. It was as if he was mad at the audience members for even asking them.

To be fair, Bush did recover and calm down a bit. It might have even been a draw except for the flip-out.

The defining moment of the second debate is about 35 minutes in when Bush flips out on moderator Charlie Gibson.

Kerry: We're going to build alliances, we're not going to go unilaterally, we're not going to go it alone like this President did.

Gibson: President Bush, let's extend for a minute...

Bush (interrupting): No, I gotta answer this.

Gibson: But, exactly and with reservists being held on duty.

Bush (interrupting): No, let me answer this, what he just said about going alone.

Gibson: Well, I wanted to get into the issue...

Bush (interrupting): You tell Tony Blair we're going alone. Tell Tony Blair we're going alone....

Gibson is about to allow Bush to reply on a remark Kerry just made when suddenly Bush interrupts and INSISTS on replying. Well, if old W would just relax and listen, he'd find out that Gibson was about to do just that. Instead, he goes ballistic and drowns out Charlie with his angry answer.

Is this the man you want with his finger on the button?


And all new Bushisms from tonight's debate:

"I heard there's rumors on the Internets!"

"Liberty can change habits."

"When a drug comes in from Canada, I wanna make sure it cures ya, not kill ya. When it comes from Canada, it looks like it may be from a Third World country."

"We've got battling green eye shades."


KERRY: Ladies and gentlemen, that's just not true what he said. The Wall Street Journal said 96 percent of small businesses are not affected at all by my plan.

And you know why he gets that count? The president got $84 from a timber company that owns, and he's counted as a small business. Dick Cheney's counted as a small business. That's how they do things. That's just not right.

BUSH: I own a timber company?

(LAUGHTER)

That's news to me.

(LAUGHTER)

Need some wood?

(LAUGHTER)

Well, factcheck.org is on the case:

President Bush himself would have qualified as a 'small business owner' under the Republican definition, based on his 2001 federal income tax returns. He reported $84 of business income from his part ownership of a timber-growing enterprise.

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