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Debate and Switch

October 3, 2004 on 6:12 am | In Uncategorized

For the record, this post’s title could be perhaps the awesomest debate article title ever.

I know who won the first debate, and so do all of you. I was, in fact, amazed by the surprisingly poor performance from the debate’s loser.

That doesn’t make this any less funny:

Laugh out loud moment. When Lehrer points out that Kerry has repeatedly accused bush of “lying to the American people,” the Senator replied, “well, I�ve never, ever used the harshest word. ” You could practically smell the gears in Kerry’s head turning:

I better not say “I’ve never used the word ‘lied.’” Because if I do, and it turns out I have used the word ‘lied’ — and I probably have — the Republicans will nail me for it. So instead I’ll say “I’ve never used the harshest word.” That way, if they uncover a instance where I said “lied,” I can say “no, no — the harshest word is ‘hamsterfucker.’” — Defective Yeti