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Thursday, September 30, 2004I'm only halfway following the debate tonight, and am no pundit. I have no eye for this sort of thing, which I realized four years ago when I thought Al Gore tore up GWB in the first debate. (Meatwad: where's mah whiskey? I'm gonna git tore up!) Instead, the common folks loved Bush's plain-talking as a contrast to the Clinton administration's debate team slickness. A few observations, for what they're worth (100% wrong or your money back). Bush seems a bit shakey and keeps repeating himself. It's a fine line between sticking to your guns and not being able to elaborate. By contrast, Kerrey is working the "Eloquent Democrat with Presidential Hair" thing. Like a snide David Carridine in Kill Bill: Vol 2, I have this to say on John Kerrey: The Bride : So what do you think about my Tommy? Bill : I ... I like his hair. The Bride : You promised you'd be nice. Bill : No, I said I'd do my best. That's hardly a promise. Bush keeps pounding the same themes over and over. Meanwhile, I am getting pounded; I'm taking a drink every time Kerrey mentions his service to his country. Wait a minute, he served in Vietnam? I had no idea. I came across this site while reading some debate commentary-- the Swanky Conservative. This guy is not related to swankypimp.com, though he is certainly cool. Smoking jacket-wearing prognosticators of the world, unite! BTW, all commentary I've seen puts Bush doing better than I've thought. I don't understand this repeated Kerrey theme about "outsourcing" killing bin Laden to the Afgans. "Americans, the best-trained troops in the world were not sent on this critical mission..." Wait, I thought we were supposed to embrace coalitions. Maybe we should let the French hunt bin Laden; after all, they've done such a great job against insurgents in Vietnam and Algeria. UPDATE: What the hell? Lehrer just asked Bush what he likes about John Kerrey. The question was something like, "Is there something about John Kerrey that you feel would disqualify him from being president?" Like Bush is going to say, "John Kerrey has nightly sex with Osama bin Laden and Sacrifices Cuddly Puppies to the Dark Lord." Bush ran off a list of things that make Kerrey a decent human being, then blasted him on the issues. Well played, Phoebe Bouffet, well played. UPDATE: Discussing Putin, now... I love Bush's Texas twang when he says the name "Vladimir," off-cadence and fast. Sorta like LBJ disussing "ant-merkn" war protestors (of whom John Kerrey was one, I suppose). New Bush campaign slogan-- Innis war on terr'r, me an' Vladmer gonna git 'er done. UPDATE: The pundits seem to think Bush's less than stellar performance kept Kerrey in the race, as opposed to critically wounding the president's reelection effort. And at least one analyst has said that Bush "lost on style but won on substance, just like 2000." I think the Dems might have been better in nominating Howard Dean, who is not the well-coiffed orator that John Kerrey is, but plainly talks about his convictions in the same way Bush does. That might make it a real red state blue state battle that causes America to reexamine its values and would ultimately mean something, as opposed to the current "who can put on the best advertisements in Ohio, Pennsylvaia, and Florida" campaigns. By the way-- and apologies to Dave Barry, Miami resident--, The Well-Coiffed Orators would be an excellent name for a rock band. posted by Nate on 9:56 PM link Sunday, September 26, 2004I got The Sims 2 last week, but didn't have a chance to play it until this weekend. It's pretty decent, with good graphics and less "one hour to go the bathroom" annoying gameplay features. Zack from SomethingAwful offers a Week in the Life of the Sims 2. He has a writeup which includes creating psycho killer Marduk the Flayer and murdering darn near everybody in the Sim neighborhood. Really, it's a good representation of what happens when you get bored with The Sims. posted by Nate on 8:31 PM link
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