WOW! Bush was SO angry!!!!

[newsguyatl]

I've never seen him look so angry and ready to pounce.


Why the anger?


Kerry was so calm, relaxed and put together.



Bush slouched, rolled his eyes, and looked exceedingly mad.



I believe this ANGER will be the talk tomorrow.


Americans don't like anger.

[Swamp Rat]

1. Howard Dean should go on TV and say this.

"Gee, Bush is such an angry person!"

[Beetwasher]

2. He Said He Wanted To Put His Daughters On A Leash!!!!

He should be on a leash. I thought he was going to leap over the podium and strangle Lehrer for DARING to question him.

Very revealing.

[vetwife]

8. Leash ?..Aba garub.. Prison Scandal DUH ! Bush wants to Leash daughters

[Politicub]

16. Sick! He's just like Lyddie Englad

Wanting to put someone on a leash. That was a huge Freudian slip for Bush. What other stuff is bouncing around in his subconscious.

And why is one who says he's so "optimistic" appear to be so angry?

[hippiechick]

21. I missed that one, Beet - what was the question ?

Thanks

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

29. He sure did - the fucking imbecile!

[gardenista]

3. He's never been challenged.

He's not used to being called on his shit.

Of course he was angry.

Looked unbalanced to me.

[kestrel91316]

22. He looked like a spoiled rotten pre-teen.................

ready to have a major temper tantrum, and all that grimacing, jaw-clenching, and eye-rolling was MOST unbecoming! Did somebody forget to tell him they were going to have a split screen??

[bloom]

46. absolutely - like why they keep protestors away.

He can't deal with dissent.

[Clinton Crusader]

4. What was that thing over his eye?

Did he fall down again??

[question everything]

5. More agitated and anxious

and whinny, said my spouse who, at some point was not watching, only listening.

[leftchick]

6. ABC guy mentioned it TWICE!

then georgie repeated it at the close but he changed the word to "agitated"...

[Stephanie]

7. He was FURIOUS.

He couldn't believe he was being CHALLENGED. They have kept him so isolated in his loyalty oath receptions that he was just astonished that there was a human on earth who refused to kiss his ASS. HAH!

[newsguyatl]

9. that anger is such a turnoff

it shows an unbalanced state, a uncertainity, and a fear in his opponent.

and i think the independants will see this.

[NightOwwl]

10. Man was he pissed at the end or what?

Did he refuse to shake Kerry's hand after the debate?

[Peanut Gallery]

He shook Kerry's hand

But when the families came up on the stage, he shook Teresa's hand as quickly as possible and turned and walked away from her.

[DoYouEverWonder]

11. He sure looks like shit

Angry or not, he's such a lovely shade of orange tonight.

[theshadow]

14. I Know!

What the heck was that all about?

[skordane]

12. Bush Broke The Rules

Why did Bush get to rebut everytime Kerry made his 90 sec response.

[LittleClarkie]

13. Sounds like Bush was Gore tonight

The rolling eyes and the sighing didn't work for Gore, Bush. Why would you think they'd work for you.

[geek tragedy]

15. Not very presidential.

John Kerry was the epitome of class, grace, and leadership.

[Tsiyu]

19. Amen

As Jon Stewart said tonight on Fresh Air (methinks) "John Kerry was born to be president. He got his first 'White House Kit' when he was only three."

John Kerry stood tall. Chimpy appeared to be no more than an ignorant adolescent with a chip on his shoulder and a poor debate coach.

[Virginian]

35. A poor debate coach?

Oddly, I heard they both had the same debate professor at Yale.

Guess who paid attention and who got "Gentlemans C"s. Hey, they passed him because they really didn't expect him to ever work for a living. No one was supposed to know that he wasted his educational opportunities.

[Malva Zebrina]

17. Bush looked like a scared amateur

kept sloshing down a glass of water as if it were gin . He was trying to portray a "strong" man--you know a macho man but it came off as quite stupid. He leaned on the lecturn and smirked and went with the stump speech and platitudes

Kerry was not drawn in--he simply came back with the facts.

I love Kerry now. His references to his Vietnam duty were exquisite. He is a real man.

[newsguyatl]

18. LOL!

>kept sloshing down a glass of water as if it were gin .<

that's the funniest shit i've read in a month!!! LMAO

[meow2u3]

31. He also sounded like a freakin' PARROT!!!

Every time he repeated, "It's hard work", aaarrrkkkk!...it's hard work...aaarrrrkkk!....it pissed me off!!

[SammyWinstonJack]

32. I'll bet he was wishing it WAS gin.

Bet he hit the bottle bigtime afterwards. I wasn't going to watch the debate but I am soooo glad I did.

[mountainvue]

39. One time

he tried to drink from an empty glass. I'm sure it's not the first time that's happened.

[hippiechick]

20. NPR mentioned it a couple times in their post-game ...

'Angry'. New buzzword. Pass it on.
Mr. Bush is angry and hostile.
Too hot-tempered to make sound judgements.

[Stephanie]

24. Bush is EMOTIONALLY UNSTABLE (eom)

.

[PA Democrat]

42. I wrote to CBS

and asked how John Roberts could POSSIBLY call the debate a tie. I commented on Bush's failure to put forth anything NEW as to how he would clean up the catastrophic mess he's created in Iraq. I enumerated Kerry's positives.

I closed mentioning Bush's angry grimace and eye-rolling. I said i found his demeanor most UN-presidential.

[TankLV]

23. "Petulant" - not "anger" - like a little kid caught in lie after lie.

He was not even at the level of a teenager to reach "anger".

Like a little child.

[Sparkly]

25. Yes -- purse-lipped and hissy

and with nothing to say except the same tired platitudes -- hoping for that red light to come on.

[DeepModem Mom]

26. Spread it: ANGRY, ANGRY, ANGRY, ANGRY, ANGRY --

[Cocoa]

27. "the American people won't like Bush's anger"

he came off as UNHINGED.

[deadparrot]

28. It was Gore's debate downfall in 2000.

If there's any justice in the world, * will be slammed on it too. Is this how * is going to win friends and influence people?

[Xipe Totec]

30. Kerry looked like a man being mugged by a hamster

More amused than annoyed by the experience. Heard Faux news putting their spin on the event. Even used the lame botox line. But their heart just wasn't in it. Their attacks on Kerry seemed mechanical.

Big John really looked like a President tonight. Bush looked more like Quasimodo.

[fishwax]

40. Beautiful headline!

like a man being mugged by a hamster ...

[DeepModem Mom]

33. kick -- ANGRY

[jsw_81]

34. Not to mention inarticulate

How the HELL did this idiot ever get in the White House?!? If we lose to this guy, we've got serious problems. I am, however, very confident that the tide started to turn in our favor this evening; Kerry was fantastic!

[gollygee]

36. What, wild-eyed? LOL - yeah and what *was* that thing over his eye?

that was a freaky eye issue he had going on

[bushwakker]

37. He looked like someone farted near his podium

when jk was speaking awol had this pinched and pained pussy-ass look on his face.

[newsguyatl]

38. kick

[SoCalDem]

41. Angry because this is the first time in over THREE YEARS

that someone has asked him hard questions....Questions that he HAD to answer..

[newsguyatl]

43. i'm watching the debate again now on cspan

and bush is coming across even angrier and peeved than he did the first time.

it's really quite unbelievable.


if kerry had made even HALF the looks or sounds dimson made tonight, that would've been all you heard about tonight and tomorrow.

[RevCheesehead]

44. * nearly exploded when JK said GHWB handled Iraq better

Obviously, GHWB is a hot-button topic for the shrub, but golly...you'd think they would have been prepared for that, huh?

[bklyncowgirl]

45. Watched it on the CSPAN split screen. It was brutal

He looked like a little boy being dressed down by the teacher.

[Kilroy003]

47. -The Spin - Bush looked mad because

"Bush looked mad because he WAS mad. He really thinks John Kerry would make a terrible president!"

I've heard this on the Charlie Rose show from a correspondent (from ABC) right after he left the Spin Room.

This one is almost believable, any idea's for counter-spin?