The Debates         I don't get Bush.So many wasted opportunities. So many chances to pick Kerry up anduse him like a mop.         At the beginningof the first debate Kerry sounded like he was doing nothing butquoting his TV ads. There wasn't an originally phrased thought comingout of his mouth. I swear, after two answers worth of it I'd havebeen squinting into the distance, then said, "Oh sorry -- SenatorKerry...

        So you thinkjournalists are scum, eh? We have no standards? There's nothing wrongwith Michael Moore because he is just doing what we do? (You mightlike to ask Michael Finkel, Jason Blair, Stephen Glass, et al aboutthat one.)         I'd just like todisinvite those of you holding such views from ever reading my blogagain. I wouldn't want the scum to sully your perfect little, rosepetal smelling fingers. &n...