I tuned in a half hour late tonight and now I'm listening on the radio.

John Kerry voted for the war in Iraq - he's just against actually prosecuting it.

He voted for the Patriot Act - he's just against enforcing it.

I wish George Bush would point out that many of the people who's opinions Kerry is using to bolster himself (like John McCain, for instance) are voting for *him* (Bush).

This is a frustrating experience. I'm listening on the radio. Kerry is simply better at throwing out figures.

Kerry is on the big-time attack, and Bush is at his best defense remaining poised and calm. He's disarming on stem-cells and the Supreme Court - he's calm. That's the best defense against a shrill opponent - especially when you are the President and your opponent only wants to be. I don't think brow-beating a poised President sells well.

Anyway, I've come to the conclusion that these things are utterly meaningless to a well-informed voter. We know what the candidates are about already.

Say, I wonder how the press will be telling us to interpret it.

Oh, one more thing: Kerry's vote to deny our troops the support of the 87 Billion wasn't just "talk." That's what he doesn't get. When you're a leader, you have to make decisions and be accountable for them. You can't sit around and say, "Well I wanted different funding, and I wanted this, and I wanted that..." OK, we all want things, but in the end, get them or no, you have to make a decision and stick to it. John Kerry voted to deny our efforts the funding. Be a man. Own your vote. That's the theme that runs through Kerry that repels me from him - his lack of personal responsibility and thus his horrible quality as a leader.

Good news: The Sox Won!

Update: This is tangentially related, but I did find it in the comments of Roger L. Simon's debate post. Jonah Goldberg: