{"id":945,"date":"2004-11-07T11:56:08","date_gmt":"2004-11-07T19:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/2004\/11\/the_debates_what_debates\/"},"modified":"2004-11-07T11:56:08","modified_gmt":"2004-11-07T19:56:08","slug":"the_debates_what_debates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2004\/11\/the_debates_what_debates.html","title":{"rendered":"THE DEBATES? WHAT DEBATES?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Bless\u00e8d Reverend Repulski writes: “Dropped into the Albany town library and there
\nnoticed Hunter Thompson’s name on the current Rolling Stone cover. Guess what? He fell for the
\nshoe-in Kerry jive<\/FONT><\/B><\/A> too. Some
\nforecasts are too painful to consider. He mistook the citizens of Aspen for the folks.
\nUnwise.”<\/P>
\n

Famous last words from the good
\ndoctor:<\/FONT><\/B><\/A><\/P>
\n


\n

Did you see Bush on TV, trying to debate? Jesus, he talked like a donkey with
\nno brains at all. The tide turned early, in Coral Gables, when Bush went belly up less than halfway
\nthrough his first bout with Kerry, who hammered poor George into jelly. It was pitiful. …
\n

<\/P>
\n

Bush signed his own death warrant in the opening round, when he finally had to speak
\nwithout a TelePrompTer. …<\/P>
\n

This year’s first presidential debate was such a disaster for George Bush that his handlers had
\nto be crazy to let him get in the ring with John Kerry again. Yet Karl Rove let it happen, and we
\ncan only wonder why. But there is no doubt that the president has lost his nerve, and his career in
\nthe White House is finished. NO MAS. …<\/P><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
\n

H\u00e9las<\/I>, as zee froggies would say. Quelle m\u00e9prise!<\/I><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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