DON'T LET THE G.O.P. STEAL THIS DEBATE!

I know that everyone here saw the same debate that I did, and came to the same conclusion:  JOHN KERRY WON DECISIVELY.  Kerry was better than ever, while Bush was loud and repetitive.  KERRY WON.

We're not the only ones who see how well Kerry did.  The panelists on Fox News, of all places, said that Kerry won.  Mort Kondrake said it was a decisive win for Kerry.  Bill Kristol said Kerry won.  Fred Barnes said it was at best a draw for Bush.

The first post-debate poll said that Kerry won by a 44-41 margin.  Keith Olbermann scored the debate and said Kerry won.  Kerry DID WIN.

But the Republicans are doing what they've been doing for the past four years--lying and hoping that no one calls them on it.  On georgewbush.com the headline is "DECISIVE VICTORY" In the debate.  On TV the GOP is saying "decisive victory" over and over, and they're spreading lies about how Kerry looked "haughty" and that Bush's winking to the audience showed that he won.

Right now, they're on the verge of convincing the media--and some of the folks on this site--that Bush actually won.  We know that's not true, and we NEED TO FIGHT BACK.  Here's what we can do:

1. Email the Kerry campaign and post comments on their blog, telling them to get up a headline on their website that says that they decisively won.  Tell them to proclaim, as they did in the first debate, that Kerry won.  They should be trumpeting those Fox News panel quotes and the poll results, and they're not doing it--their debate page is full of fact-checking that buries the news that Kerry won.

2. Email and call the media and tell them that Kerry won this debate.  The MEDIA control the post-debate spin and we can't let the G.O.P. convince them to call this one for Bush to "let him back in the race."

3. On this blog, let's talk victory.  Don't get your head down, don't talk defeat.  Let's be upbeat about our candidate and his performance.  Because if you're like me, you saw a winner tonight.  A lot of Americans saw a winner tonight.

And John Kerry will be a winner on November 2.  KEEP THE FAITH!

UPDATE: The CNN/USA Today poll just said that Kerry won the debate by a 47-45 margin. BOTH POLLS SHOWED THAT KERRY WON! Make sure that the Kerry campaign and the media report the TRUTH!

•  The GOP owns the media.

  That's why the media, and that loser Olbermann, are now so pro-Bush in their analysis.

  by JamesB3 on Sat Oct 09, 2004 at 12:48:52 AM PDT

  •  He insulted blacks

    By saying the Dred Scott case was about property rights - it was about racism! I have a diary on this. Sorry - Bush is totally insensitive to blacks in this country and it was borderline racist!

    by chicagoprogressive on Sat Oct 09, 2004 at 12:58:51 AM PDT