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WIRE you looking at me like that, Mr. President?
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Agrajag wrote:As I said, I want to know who he was talking to when he said, "Let me finish."
we could see that he was nervous as hell. he might have simply really have thought that his time is over.
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Hey, the next debate is 0100 GMT isn't it? I think I'll catch it and see if he's going to be as predictable as ever.
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CaptainChewbacca wrote:Would a bulletproof vest cause 'corners' in the middle of his back if it fastened from behind?
His whole back would've appeared squarish, in that case.
StormtrooperOfDeath wrote:I can't belive they'd hide it that poorly.
And people couldn't believe that someone would fake memos from Col. Killian so poorly either.
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Does anyone have, you know, an actual video clip of this? And I don't mean the one form the CannonFire blog. That's not the live footage. An actual clip of the live footage with the overlayed voice.
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Maybe we can arrange for the next debate to take place at an airport. I can just imagine Bush trying to work through the interference:

BUSH: Well you see, the war in Iraq was ... flight seven niner ... weapons of mass ... mayday ...
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Darth Wong wrote:Maybe we can arrange for the next debate to take place at an airport. I can just imagine Bush trying to work through the interference:

BUSH: Well you see, the war in Iraq was ... flight seven niner ... weapons of mass ... mayday ...
As if we could see the difference from his normal banter.
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Darth Wong wrote:Maybe we can arrange for the next debate to take place at an airport. I can just imagine Bush trying to work through the interference:

BUSH: Well you see, the war in Iraq was ... flight seven niner ... weapons of mass ... mayday ...
What would really be funny is if you could override the signal and cross it with Howard Stern's radio show. Imagine the hilarity that would ensue.
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One would think that if Bush had been cheating, he would have, you know, not sucked so much as debating. I mean, damn, that's as bad as when people at my high school would cheat and STILL fail assignments and tests. I don't mean "The teacher caught them and failed them." I mean cheating and still getting a horrible grade.

Actually this would be worse, since Bush's masters wouldn't have the excuse of being stupid high school students.
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Admiral Valdemar wrote:Hey, the next debate is 0100 GMT isn't it? I think I'll catch it and see if he's going to be as predictable as ever.
Is it on UK TV or is there somewhere on the internet i can watch it?
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2000AD wrote:
Is it on UK TV or is there somewhere on the internet i can watch it?
I was hoping Sky or the BBC might have it on their 24 hour channels, but I don't see it.
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