Kerry Hits Home Run

Bush Out With Three Strikes

Those who watched the baseball game instead of the third and final presidential debate missed seeing John Kerry hit a homer that sailed over the fence and out of the park with a vision and a plan for the future. George Bush fouled a couple of times and struck out.

Bush took a wild swing and a miss when countering Kerry's claim that the president said he wasn't concerned about Osama bin Laden. Bush said he didn't recall ever saying that, calling it an "egg-za-geration". The fact check umpires called the out recalling Bush's unforgettable March 13, 2002 statement, "I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don't care. It's not that important. It's not our priority." Maybe Bush couldn't recall it but it was etched in the minds of many Americans who focused our collective anger on bin Laden, the man Bush told us was responsible for the attacks on 9-11.

It was a definite foul when Bush spat out "liberal" and "Massachusetts" like they were dirty words. While this gets cheered when addressing his home park supporters in his stump speeches, it brought boos from the national bleachers by alienating the northeast and half the electorate.

Bush took a another swing at Kerry's record in the Senate to a question on health care saying only five of the Senator's bills were passed. It was caught when Kerry countered with the fact that 56 of his bills were passed and he "was one of the original authors of early childhood health care and the expansion of health care." The president looked shocked and probably berated his coach afterwards for leaving him open to that out.

Bush hit another foul that went wide off the topic of jobs and landed on education instead.

The final out came when the president failed to present any reasonable plan to change the problems we face. He tried to bunt, saying we still have more work to do and he wanted to finish it. Kerry easily fielded it with explanations of his plans and the ways intended to achieve them.

The highpoint of the debate came in the last question when Kerry told of his mother's words to him from a hospital bed. When he told her of his plans to run for president, she told him to remember three things: "Integrity, integrity, integrity."

Kerry was the winner of the MVP after this match, (More Votes [for] President)

Final score in the Debate World Series: Kerry 3 Bush 0

10-14-04