I have a feeling...

[michigandem2]

that bush will be runing the same old tired lines..we are safer, saddam was an evil dictator and he needed to be dealt with, the Iraqi people are marching for freedom..democracy is headed their way...

come on he will do his stump speech..repeating the lines he has said for months...he wont' give answers that people should hear...he will chuckle and he will smirk...when he talks...stopping awkwardly pausing as if to make a valid point...

does anyone think it will be any different than what we have seen from him? he can't speak..he has to stick to the lines he was given and he will repeat them ..if he feels pressured he will repeat them and repeat them and repeat them...

bush will lose...I dont' think he can sound smart...or even well rehearsed on the real problems the american people have with his foreign policy decisions...especially IRaq

[liberal N proud]

1. Will anyone actually be watching that needs to be watching?

I fear that the only ones watching will be the faithful of each candidate.
Others will not watch and then tell you they don't know anything about the candidates. Or they will spout some catch phrase they heard on FAUX or CNN

[Parche]

2. bush lines

Its better to fight them over there then here
were safer now (what about sept 11th)
kill the killers

[JohnnyRingo]

3. Buxh's tired old lines will make it easier to prepare against him

It will be like discrediting a book.....GeeDub won't be ready with spontaneous lines to back up his sound bites.

That's when the new "Bushisms" will come out.......I can't wait.

[tech3149]

4. Don't misunderestimate

the giggling murder monkey and the machine behind him. Rove and Hughs created this plague and they are not stupid. Watch some of the video of his early campaigns. He was well-spoken and obviously not stupid. His persona was a FABRICATION OF HUGHS and Rove leveraged the political muscle.

[Bandit]

5. One thing about Bush* is he always stays on topic

No matter what you throw at him he always stays on topic. His topic will be exactly as you outlined. Better off with Saddam gone and will continue to fight war on terror to keep America safe. He will not budge from his pre-scripted answers. This first debate is designed to use Bush*'s strength and Kerry's weakness. I doubt very seriouslyif there will be any other debates than this first one. Rove feels overall they will do better without debating than having them. We must start the chicken cackles early as possible. Americans do understand a taunt. Bush* is a Chicken and needs to be taunted as such. Remember how upset Bush 1 was when that guy in the Chicken costume followed him around to every campaign stop? Bush* is far more insecure than his dad.