Category: Cowboy Pete’s TV Roundup

Haven’t had a chance to watch “Charmed” yet, but I don’t want to double up on the other shows, so here we go…(SPOILERS INCLUDED)

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Just got back from synagogue. So let’s see what’s going on.

9:45 Good fast defense of John Edwards and he’s talking about health care. Seems to be doing a good job.

9:47 Has Bush been sounding this whiney the whole time?

9:49 So Bush is blaming the recession on Clinton? Gee. There’s a surprise.

9:50 Thus far, Bush seems more comfortable in this format than he was last week. On the other hand, he had all the questions ahead of time. I’m not sure if he answered the question though.

9:52 Kerry’s doing a good presentation. On the other hand, I’m not sure if he’s answering the question either. For that matter, I’ve forgotten what it was.

9:53 Okay, the moderator just said, “How?” Bush is not answering it. Let’s see if Kerry presents how.

9:54 Nope. He didn’t either.

9:55 Well, if Kerry gets elected and winds up raising taxes, this answer’ll come back to bite him on the ášš.

9:57 Wait…”Either he’s going to break all these promises he made, or he’s going to raise taxes.” Bush just said the same thing twice. He should be writing Daily Bugle headlines. “Spider-Man: Threat or Menace.”

9:59 “Look at the record.” Mr. President, you really, REALLY don’t want your record looked at too closely.

10:00 I’ll be interested to see the fact checkers on Bush’s response about environmental initiatives.

10:02 Well, Kerry just lost Boston.

10:03 Good riposte on Kyoto by Kerry.

10:06 Good answer from Kerry about being competitive.

10:08 Bush continues to hammer the “didn’t show up” thing. I really think someone whose military history is criticized for his not showing up shouldn’t be going down that path.

10:09 Okay, DOES Bush own a timber company? Because if he does and it really is news to him, boy, that’s going to be all over the papers tomorrow.

10:11 “I don’t think the Patriot Act abridges your rights at all.” Oooooh, that may not have been the smartest thing to say.

10:12 “Whole bunch of folks.” Kerry’s starting to talk like Bush.

10:14 Kerry seems reaaaally uncomfortable in handling the stem cell question. Which is odd, because he’s been extremely firm on his opinion about it. He probably doesn’t want to risk offending the extreme religious folks any more than Bush does. Silly. They’re gonna vote for Bush either way. Might as well just go for it.

10:16 Never seen Kerry so tongue-tied.

10:17 Bush is doing better on this question than Kerry, which is interesting since so many people support stem cell research.

10:21 Kerry is absolutely knocking the judge question out of the park while Bush was muddy over it.

10:23 Kerry is doing only so-so with the question about tax dollars. I get the whole “respecting” thing, but it’s really all over the place.

10:27 “It’s never quite as simple as the president wants you to believe.” And Bush is not getting it.

10:28 Ohhhhh,Bush is going right down the chute on ths question, I have a feeling.

10:28 Wow. Bush’s rebuttal was really quite awful.

10:29 Those last two should have been switched. Bush’s rebuttal on partial birth was awful. The down the chute is on the question about making mistakes, and yeah, I was right. Awful.

10:30 “Gut check time?”” I like that. “IT’S GUT CHECK TIME!”

10:31 “Saddam would be in power and the world would be a lot better off.”

10:33 You know waht would be interesting? If Kerry said, “If you guys want, I’ll hang out and answer more of your questions, unprepared. Just toss ’em out.”

10:35 Kerry’s closing was basic stump speech.

10:36 Same with Bush. “Weapons of Mass Destruction.” “9/11.” Typical buzz scare talk.

9:10 Got back late from bowling but am going to take another whack at a blog. This has been perceived as Darth Vader vs. Luke. Let’s remember that the first toe-to-toe in that battle went to Vader.

9:13 Nice that Cheney says that Osama is such a priority, considering Bush said that Osama is no longer a priority.

9:17 Edwards should really be emphasing that the “global test” is a philosophy dating back thousands of years, rather than acting defensively against Cheney’s charges of Kerry being weak on defense.

9:21 The hope was that Cheney would come across as cranky, irritable and old. Not happening so far. Thus far it’s still terrorism 24/7. But now Cheney is trying to back off and avoid repeating the more incendiary things he’s said, such as that we’re more likely to be attacked if Kerry’s in charge. Let’s see if Edwards nails him on that.

9:23 Edwards is still spending too much time defending Kerry rather than attacking Cheney. Ah, okay, now he’s talking about Cheney cutting weapons systems. Still, I wish that Edwards would make a mention comparing Cheney’s draft dodging versus Kerry’s service if we’re going to talk about track records.

9:28 Edwards is answering the question of how we’re going to get other countries to join in the reconstruction.

9:33 Thus far Edwards and Cheney are spending most of their time calling each other liars, which gets kind of tiresome. They’re both flinging around facts and figures that, I strongly suspect, are both wrong. It’d be nice if one of them could present an absolute slam dunk lie that would leave the other sputtering.

9:38 Cheney’s continuing to present himself carefully and well. Clearly he’s trying to avoid the gaffes, the impatience and profanity that’s gotten him press before.

9:39 Edwards should be doing this more and more: Hit on Cheney’s background with Halliburton.

9:41 This is in Edwards wheelhouse. The attorney slamming at an overinflated and dubious corporation.

9:43 It’ll be interesting to see if Cheney defends the Saudis.

9:45 Let’s see if Edwards has a comeback for the “Senator Gone” thing.

9:46 No, not really. He spent his time attacking Cheney’s voting record. On the one hand it was smart to be aggressive; on the other hand, it leaves Cheney’s charges unanswered.

9:49 Nice way that Edwards very offhandedly pointed out that Cheney hadn’t really answered the question about Cleveland.

9:50 Unfortunately Edwards isn’t really answering the question vis a vis Cleveland. Impressively, he actaully did a worse job answering it than Cheney.

9:57 No, freedom for everyone is not unrelated to the subject of gay marriage. Freedom means freedom.

9:58 This is the most bloodless political debate I’ve ever seen. It’s almost as if everyone’s TOO calm. The talk comes across as sharp, but there’s no passion.

10:00 Edwards is trying to walk an extremely fine line. I’m willing to bet that both Kerry and Edwards do believe in a right to gay marriage, but if they come out and say that, they risk offending…what? Seventy percent of the people? Still, I wish they had the guts to come out and say, Yeah, we support it, that’s one of the reasons we’re different from the GOP, we really believe government shouldn’t be telling people what they can’t do if they’re not hurting anybody.

10:02 This one is right in Edward’s wheelhouse as he answers the question about medical liability suits. His idea about holding lawyers responsible for frivilous lawsuits is extremely good. Definitely an Edwards win on this one.

10:08 Cheney turned the charge about increasing medicare back on Edwards with the comment about the 1997 law causing it (presuming that’s accurate…and since Edwards didn’t really have a comeback for it, I’m going to have to assume it was.)

10:11 Watching Cheney thus far compared to watching Bush during his debate should pretty much verify, once and for all, who is actually running the country.

10:15 I think it’d be cool if Edwards said, “I don’t have a long resume like Cheney’s. On the other hand, at least my resume doesn’t have me shaking hands with Saddam.”

10:22 Anyone notice that Edwards looks like he’s holding the buzzer to answer a “Jeopardy!” question?

10:18 I still have trouble not giggling considering George Bush as “commander in chief.” I keep thinking of him leaping into action on 9/11 in the Florida classroom. Watching Cheney, I can again see why Bush was able to sit around while Cheney leaped into action.

10:21 “The best defense is a good offensive.” Wow! I’ve never heard that before! What an original thought!

10:25 Cheney is making no effort to defend Bush’s flipflops. Let’s see if he does or if he just keeps attacking Kerry.

10:27 Cheney pretty much blew that question.

10:29 I suspect Texas democrats would have something to say about Bush allegedly having “reached across the aisle” in Texas to Democrats. I susp

10:30 Yes, exactly. Cheney saying he has no idea why America is so divided is just being disingenuous. Bush has consisted appealed to the most extreme factions of this country; how can he possibly wonder why such catering to right wing extremism and neocon philosophies could possibly splinter him from the rest of the electorate?

10:35 Good closing speech by Edwards.

10:36 Cheney plays the fear card. Naturally. Edwards speaks of hope; Cheney speaks of fear.

This one is much tougher to call. Edwards more often than not held his own, but Cheney simply came across as the more experienced statesman, even though I wouldn’t trust him further than I can throw him. Those who were hoping to see youthful exuberance triumph cleanly over a cranky elder were disappointed. As before, “winner” vs. “Loser” is still a fool’s game to call, but I think Cheney is going to benefit far more from this go-around than Edwards.

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Spoilers abound…

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So Kathleen says, “Why don’t you keep a running blog commenting on the debate, since we’ll be watching it anyway.”

Well yeeha, campers, that sounds like a nifty idea. So I’m going to keep this blog ongoing during the debate. Check in as little or often as you wish.

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So we finally got around to watching “Lost,” which we taped while watching another program last Wednesday. (I have to say, I’m not sure how Wednesday every year is this frickin’ clusterbomb of all the shows I want to watch while other nights there’s not a dámņëd thing on I want to see.)

In any event, I’m wishing that “Lost” was on cable so it could have a more appropriate title…

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