Now that “the best debater since Cicero”(1<\/B>) and the White House dolt who’s “won Will there really be any “naked moments,” instead of stock phrases and mini-stump speeches? (1<\/STRONG>) Top Bush strategist Matthew Dowd’s description of John Now that “the best debater since Cicero”(1) and the White House dolt who’s “won every debate he’s ever had”(2) have finished their warmups for tonight’s face-off, are we ready for the “naked moments”(3) live from Miami? Will there really be any “naked moments,” instead of stock phrases and mini-stump speeches? Doubtful. But please remember, “We’re […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-836","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main","7":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbvgEs-du","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nevery debate he’s ever had”(2<\/B>) have finished their warmups<\/FONT><\/B><\/A>
\nfor tonight’s face-off, are we ready for the “naked moments”(3<\/B>) live from Miami? <\/P>
\n
\nDoubtful. But please remember, “We’re not electing a class president or head
\ncheerleader.”(4<\/B>) Don’t forget, “Too many wrongs do not make
\nhim right.”(5<\/STRONG>) And watch out for the spinmeisters, who
\nwill crown the victor according to raised or lowered expectations.<\/P>
\n
\nKerry.
(2<\/STRONG>) Kerry’s characterization of the prevaricating
\nninny.
(3<\/STRONG>) American Enterprise Institute polling expert Karlyn
\nBowman’s characterization of presidential debates.
(4<\/STRONG>) Senior
\nKerry adviser Michael McCurry’s reminder<\/FONT><\/B><\/A> to the American
\nelectorate.
(5<\/STRONG>) Straight Up’s worst nightmare<\/FONT><\/B><\/A>.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"