Democrats Debate and Look Dorky for Photo

Shades of class picture day from elementary school, when you were photographed with all your classmates...some on the floor, some standing on chairs, that black felty sign with "Miss Kaufman, Third Grade, 1984-1985" in white letters, Sean Muellers wearing the same plaid shirt three years in a row, someone picking his nose, and you smiling too big and the camera catching a glare off your glasses. Even then, we looked cooler than some of the Democratic presidential candidates.

The Times' Adam Nagourney on the debate; Howard Dean got dumped on, Wesley Clark was ignored. The Washington Post's James VandeHei says John Kerrey is trying to position himself as a centrist alternative. A transcript of the debate.

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By Jen Chung in News on September 26, 2003 7:35 AM

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ryan

Clark, please!

king crimson

thank you, thank you, i'm here all week. try the veal, it's fantastic.

king crimson

thank you, than you, i'm here all week. try the veal, it's fantasic.

king crimson

oh, you're right, the governemnt is full of black women. sorry.

Karru

Carol Moseley Braun might be a smart woman but the fact is that once in office she turned out to be a lousy politician and made horrendous, career ending, choices.

jerome

king crimson -- any chance you are white and a michael moore fan? that sure would explain your guilty, inflamatory, reductionist statement about carol moseley braun. only college-educated liberal white people talk like that.

king crimson

oh, sorry, almost forgot john edwards. yep.

king crimson

dean, bro, is a manhattanite. kerry looks like an undertaker. graham's ocd journals are fun in a circus midway sort of way. lieberman doesn't drive a car. clark is a republican dressing up this halloween as a democrat. carol moseley braun won't get elected because she is a smart, black woman. when kucinich isn't asleep, he's vegan. gephardt may get the labor endorsement but that will not help when the other 95% doesn't vote for you. and al sharpton, well al is the class clown.

so a clark/kerry ticket, what do you say?

tien

what's up with dennis kucinich's hair? it looks like someone drew it in with a marker.

RIO

Naw, that let's "really" roll the dice and re-elect Bush! YEE HAW!

(Dean 'does' kinda always look like he's ready to pop a blood vessel in his neck. dude, I thought vermont was a mellow state, guess not.)

Jim

Cripes, is Dean full-blown loony pants or what? I am SO looking forward to seeing him blow a gasket when the real debates get underway.

Karru

With such a weak field, only thinning will enhance their appeal to the party stalwarts who are "undecided" -- often so that they can keep getting interviewed on telvision about how they can't make up their mind.

Anonymous

sharpton always looks like he's having a root canal hanging around with these guys (and gal). even in this photo, NO smile, looking out at the exits. he provides great laughs, but BOY does this guy ever have fun?

i can't wait until this field gets thinned a bit. some rough and tumble with kerry, dean, clark, and... hmm...well, those three, will be good.