Bush plans to Bow Out of One Debate.....

[The Duke]

Lying conniving Democrats.

We all know what would happen at a town hall debate.  Some poor schmuck who got laid off at the washing machine factory because it was cheaper to make whirlpools in Mexico will stand up and ask, "Mr. Bush, why am I out of work so your friends at Enron can make money?"

What is Bush supposed to say?

He could say "But the unemployment rate i only 5.4%, a relatively low number by historic standards."  He'd be right, but it would appear out of touch with poor Joe Blow.

He could say, "I'm sorry, I feel your pain."  And no matter how genuine it seemed, the media would pillory him for not being poor himself.

The townhall debate is the place where ignorant and uninformed people who are too weak to make up their minds before mid-October ask stupid questions to people like Bush and Kerry (both of whom, quite frankly, are above such indignity).

[The Duke]

Nym,

go to the C-SPAN site and wathc the debate tape from 1992.  I especially enjoyed the ignorant woman who asked George Bush "How has the national debt personally affected you?"