The Debate
Thanks to Taggart, Liz and their "tele-vision", Todd and I were able to watch tonight's debate- and the subsequent Daily Show coverage. I must say that I was mightily entertained. The debate turned out to be far less scripted than I had feared. I thought both interlocutors did well, each scoring minor victories here and there...This was my favorite part:
LEHRER: New question, Mr. President, two minutes. You have said there was a, quote, "miscalculation," of what the conditions would be in post-war Iraq. What was the miscalculation, and how did it happen?
BUSH: No, what I said was that, because we achieved such a rapid victory, more of the Saddam loyalists were around. I mean, we thought we'd whip more of them going in.Â
BUSH: But because Tommy Franks did such a great job in planning the operation, we moved rapidly, and a lot of the Baathists and Saddam loyalists laid down their arms and disappeared. I thought they would stay and fight, but they didn't.
Most certainly the most jackass answer of the entire debate. I mean, the miscalculation was that we won the war too fast?
Anyhow, did anyone else catch the debate? What did you think?
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