noteworthy wrote:
] Although every Bush slip gets delighted examination -- he
] called Kerry "Kennedy" and he said, "Internets"; can you
] imagine? -- Kerry's minor gaffes attract little notice.
]
] When citing his overseas travel in the first debate, Kerry
] talked of visiting the old KGB headquarters "in Treblinka
] square." He meant Lubyanka Square; Treblinka was the Nazi
] death camp.
]
] We all make mistakes.

Man, Saffire is really reaching on this one. If I had to give the debate to someone, I'd give it to Kerry, though marginally. The Democrats didn't declare a draw, the analysts did.

And to score for Bush the arguement over abortion is laughable. Bush weakly professed a stupid, black and white view of an issue which Kerry clearly demonstrated was far more complex. Its a standard political ploy: Propose law A which no one could oppose, attach fine text B which is totally unacceptable, claim opponents are against A, refuse to discuss B. People pull that kind of crap all the time in Washington and its disgusting. Bush tried here, and fell on his face, in front of the entire country. Did Saffire fall for it? I doubt it. I've argued that yokels might have fallen for it. Saffire isn't a yokel and neither are his readers.