Bush already blinked - the "debates" issue

[zbdent]

Wasn't there a lot of flak when Gore said he would debate W anytime, anywhere, and then W tried to frame the debates his way, and the Repukes tried to say that he backed down?

Yes, to an extent, Gore did not immediately debate.

But now, Bush is shirking from the challenge by saying "Kerry needs to get it straight where he stands before he debates me."

Bush is afraid to debate Kerry. If he had any of the balls that his sycophants claim he has (for invading Iraq), then he would act like the candidate in 2000 that he tried to pretend he was.

If he truly believed that he could trip Kerry up in the debates with the "flip-flopping" and the "Bush Logic", then he would be gunning for a debate. Kerry should be saying "Anybody who has plenty of time to go all over the country attending fundraisers, and when not doing that, taking a long weekend off, should have time to debate!"

Along the same lines, if Clinton and Gore were truly to blame for the errors leading up to 9/11, then they would be afraid to face the inquisition. Yet they have said "You will have all the time you want from us."

Bush has said:

"Nope. Not gonna do it."

"Okay, I'll do it, but I'll only give you an hour, and I get a potty break and get to wear my earpiece."

"Okay, I'll do it for more than an hour."

[mopinko]

1. incumbants hate debates

they have little to win and everything to lose. it is always the challenger that wants all debates all the time. i think this is pretty well understood conventional wisdom. * won't be hurt by reluctance to debate.

[kodi]

2. he's gonna' spend more time at a rodeo than with the 911 commision

the bushevik adminstration is beginning to self implode

[emulatorloo]

3. Please -- write this as a Letter to the Editor in yr local paper

I think you make some terrific points; I would love to see you write a LTTE.

[grannylib]

4. Kerry needs to figure out where he stands????What arrogance by the

little Chimpy imposter...what a putrid slimy excuse for a human...the little chickenshit!
He has such fear of debating Kerry...if they really thought that Kerry was VULNERABLE on the charge of flip-flopping, they would want to EXPLOIT it, not give him the opportunity to think about it and alter his approach or whatever before the debates...
Chimpy is just stalling and running scared.

[emulatorloo]

5. It is the statement of a schoolyard bully who is scared of the fight

EOM

[mac56]

6. If Bush really believes that Kerry

"needs to get it straight where he stands before" the debate, you would assume he'd be champing at the bit to debate Kerry! Any debater would be eager to make hay in that situation. Hmmm...unless that's not really what Bush believes...

[qb]

7. Bush has way more to fear from debates now than in 2000.

Gore held back so he wouldn't look like a bully beating up on the "new guy".

Now, after 3 years of *'s bluster, the Repugs can no longer use the "soft bigotry of low expectations" and Kerry will have nothing to lose by turning him into mincemeat.

I'll bet there will be no more than 3 debates, and they'll be loaded with conditions.