Friday night debate?

Who decided that debate #2 would be on a Friday night? The only people who are going to watch are those who think channel surfing is a night. College students could conceivable turn it into a drinking game, drinking every time a candidate says "9/11" or any variation thereof. Verbal Jazz will hopefully be in transit at during the debate and will thus miss that, as well as the hopeful clincher of the ALDS against the Anaheim Angels (Headline to read: "Rally Monkey: Spanked!"). A Friday night debate may have the opposite effect of what the Bushies had hoped: that their man would win foreign policy and no one would watch on a Friday night giving him a 2-0 lead. Now that it is widely accepted that Bush lost debate #1, their man is facing an 0-2 deficit that somehow will be couched as a victory ("I may not use fancy words or sound reasonably intelligent, but I stand with conviction.").

For added excitement, try watching the debate from sports bar by asking the bartender to switch from the Twins/Yankees game. You can score the contestants based on facial expressions alone. If George W. Bush is bobbing his head, you know he is lying or trying to convince himself of some great untruth. Also look to see if John KErry actually draws a breath.

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