Remember Bush's debate meltdown in 2004?

[NYC Liberal]

I think that's going to look tame compared to the meltdown the Orange Con Man is going to have when he debates Hillary.

He's already losing it. Look at his tweet storm after Hillary's speech. Just wait until she is standing feet from him getting under his skin.

[oberliner]

1. Scary that Trump makes Bush look like a grown up

Relatively speaking.

[NYC Liberal]

2. Somehow they keep getting worse.

Remember how terrible McCain was -- and he defended Obama from that woman who called him "an Arab" as an insult/slur.

[oberliner]

3. Yes indeed

What is crazy is that Hannity and his ilk hated McCain. They thought he was too liberal. And they love Trump.

Whereas Glenn Beck thinks Trump is too liberal and supported Ted Cruz.

And the Bush family is sitting it out entirely.

Something very strange is going on within their party.

[Cha]

5. And, mitt has his moments.. he's not endorsing trumpence. lol

[democrattotheend]

19. I was thinking about that the other day

As bad as Bush was, he wasn't overtly racist, he actually tried to win some Hispanic votes instead of using them as a punching bag, and he at least paid lip service to the fact that not all Muslims are terrorists. I hated him when he was president but compared to Trump he doesn't seem so bad. And that is pretty scary.

[fleabiscuit]

4. I hope secret service puts a taser gun on her lectern in case she has to light him up if needed. nt

[NCTraveler]

7. .

Even in the case he is on his best behavior.

[Get.Real.Now]

12. Didn't think of the taser - but my first thought was that he might lose it and get physical /nt

[NCTraveler]

6. That wasn't a meltdown.

That was word for word what you would expect to hear from a Democrat and with the exact same passion. That was Kerry getting it briefly handed to him. I absolutely love Kerry but more often than not he speaks to the American people as if they can keep up with his mind. Watch that clip. The simpleton did well for himself with that one.

[grossproffit]

8. +! I can't stand Bush but that wasn't a meltdown, that was passion.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

11. Kerry's retort was correct however....

....the problem was he didn't fire back with the same spunk Bush showed.

[Grown2Hate]

18. I kind of had that same thought watching that again (12 yrs later).

I think that played well for Shrub. He was impassioned, clear, and reasoned (albeit completely wrong).

I miss the days when I just couldn't stand the opposition and saw them as absolutely horrible at their job and bad for America. I'd take that over being terrified that this is the end of the country.

[Jamaal510]

9. With Dumb Donald

on stage, the debates will turn into the Jerry Springer Show. It's a farce how he's the nominee of a major party.

[redStateBlueHeart]

10. Sheesh. Remind me again, how exactly did Kerry lose to Shrub

I remember watching the 2004 debates in high school and thinking there was no way Bush would get reelected...

[SticksnStones]

13. Ohio

Kerry's loss was about Ohio

An interesting read from Chris Hitchens, he was no fan of the left...which makes the read even more compelling.

http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2005/03/hitchens200503

[mylye2222]

15. Thank you for this.

[SticksnStones]

17. It's one of those pieces

Of reporting that just stayed with me.

I was very surprised back then how little consequence was had with all the anomalies in Ohio's results. Although I remember it up'd the visibility of the election watchdog group, blackboxvoting.org.

[democrattotheend]

20. I love your signature graphic

Did you make that? It's really cool.

[SticksnStones]

22. Thanks....

Yeah, made it myself ~

[mylye2222]

14. He lost on various unfair reason.

He is one of the smartest pols I know.
The all unfair reason were
Ohio stolen
SBVT heinous campaign
And, lack of Dem Party supports.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

16. He remembered Poland. Kerry forgot Poland.

I remembered watching those debates and thinking for sure the tide would turn in favor of Kerry.

I don't understand why Bush didn't collapse in the polls after the debate, other than we were still shellshocked by 9-11.

[YvonneCa]

21. Fear. GWB played on people's ...

...fears. Just like Trump. 😳

[mylye2222]

23. +1