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dave123williams Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-01-04 03:03 PM
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37. Nope. No way.

Nobody takes a beating like that on purpose; particularly when they could have ENDED Kerry last night.

TKO, IMHO.
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  -Could Bush and Rove be using the "rope a dope" ploy? rfranklin  Oct-01-04 02:06 PM   #0 
  - I had the same thought.  acudoc   Oct-01-04 02:07 PM   #1 
  - Are you suggesting that Bush threw the debate?  Chichiri   Oct-01-04 02:07 PM   #2 
  - Implant a radio receiver in Bush's ear, feed him answers from backstage  kokomo   Oct-01-04 02:10 PM   #9 
  - And what would that be... I can't think of one domestic issue he  movonne   Oct-01-04 02:07 PM   #3 
  - dont think so  RT Atlanta   Oct-01-04 02:08 PM   #4 
  - But their entire campaign has been about Bush strong on war  JI7   Oct-01-04 02:08 PM   #5 
  - Half right  Rambis   Oct-01-04 02:09 PM   #8 
  - The election is too close  mzpip   Oct-01-04 02:09 PM   #6 
  - Does that mean fewer rounds of golf???  kokomo   Oct-01-04 02:11 PM   #12 
     - No golf  mzpip   Oct-01-04 03:41 PM   #43 
  - A legendary performance on the 2nd debate would be a miracle.  mgdecombe   Oct-01-04 02:09 PM   #7 
  - Trust me. George Bush is no Muhammed Ali!!!  Dawgs   Oct-01-04 02:10 PM   #10 
  - Don't think so  RoyalWickedness   Oct-01-04 02:11 PM   #11 
  - I agree. Kerry creamed Smirk in his strong point.  mourningdove92   Oct-01-04 02:13 PM   #15 
  - I doubt it, really  Technowitch   Oct-01-04 02:11 PM   #13 
  - Hmmm  HFishbine   Oct-01-04 02:12 PM   #14 
  - Kerry will clock him on that  nothingshocksmeanymore   Oct-01-04 02:15 PM   #17 
  - You mean did he pretend to  calico1   Oct-01-04 02:14 PM   #16 
  - Thirty minutes could be taken up with all the broken treaties and  higher class   Oct-01-04 02:15 PM   #18 
  - you gotta be kidding...Bush domestic polcies are a shambles  EndElectoral   Oct-01-04 02:16 PM   #19 
  - The answer is  Anaxamander   Oct-01-04 02:16 PM   #20 
  - Naw.  John Q. Citizen   Oct-01-04 02:18 PM   #21 
  - The brilliant Rope-A-Dope strategery caper.  Calico_Janitor   Oct-01-04 02:21 PM   #22 
  - Ha-ha-ha! that's a good one!  rfranklin   Oct-01-04 02:25 PM   #24 
  - I think the opposite  zoeybug   Oct-01-04 02:23 PM   #23 
  - No, they tried to sink Kerry with Bush's "strong point"  killbotfactory   Oct-01-04 02:25 PM   #25 
  - they've got the DOPE.. now if someone could find a ROPE...  Rosco T.   Oct-01-04 02:26 PM   #26 
  - I wondered to but it will backfire as did all his bullying about the  dieharderdem   Oct-01-04 02:27 PM   #27 
  - This Might Be a Worry  RobinA   Oct-01-04 02:29 PM   #28 
  - this assumes that shrub has got it in him...  rndmprsn   Oct-01-04 02:32 PM   #29 
  - Bush is the dope, but who's the rope?  guntherconcept   Oct-01-04 02:37 PM   #30 
  - Not a chance.  sofa king   Oct-01-04 02:46 PM   #31 
  - Excellent post!  pdxdem   Oct-01-04 03:00 PM   #34 
  - Looks like I might have spoke too soon on the poll juggling, though.  sofa king   Oct-01-04 03:46 PM   #44 
  - Agreed on all points!  Calico_Janitor   Oct-01-04 03:02 PM   #36 
  - Except the only other thing bush has screwed up more than foreign  goodboy   Oct-01-04 02:55 PM   #32 
  - I doubt it  Jack Rabbit   Oct-01-04 02:57 PM   #33 
  - "rope a dope" was my first thought after the debate  Argumentus   Oct-01-04 03:02 PM   #35 
  - Nope. No way.  dave123williams   Oct-01-04 03:03 PM   #37 
  - As long as Kerry doesn't become overconfident  elsiesummers   Oct-01-04 03:06 PM   #38 
  - Too risky  SiouxJ   Oct-01-04 03:09 PM   #39 
  - that's absurd  enki23   Oct-01-04 03:12 PM   #40 
  - No.. absolutely NO ONE could have faked that..  Caliphoto   Oct-01-04 03:17 PM   #41 
  - Bush would NEVER purposely humiliate himself like that.  donco6   Oct-01-04 03:18 PM   #42 
  - The opposite is more likely. Kerry is finally coming off the ropes...  dubyaD40web   Oct-01-04 04:00 PM   #45 
  - No, but don't forget, Bush is a vicious competitor  bain_sidhe   Oct-01-04 04:01 PM   #46 
  - Kerry is also a vicious competitor  dubyaD40web   Oct-01-04 04:12 PM   #47 
     - No, Kerry is ruthless, not vicious  bain_sidhe   Oct-01-04 04:18 PM   #53 
  - Rope a Dope? What they gonna do? Give * the dope a lasso? N/T  doni_georgia   Oct-01-04 04:14 PM   #48 
  - Of course Rove uses a "rope a dope" ploy  sangh0   Oct-01-04 04:14 PM   #49 
  - no, * was obviously rattled  freeplessinseattle   Oct-01-04 04:14 PM   #50 
  - The dope (shrub) has already been roped n/t  liberal N proud   Oct-01-04 04:16 PM   #51 
  - They wanted a KO last night  bringbackfdr   Oct-01-04 04:17 PM   #52 
 

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