WTF Is It Now?!?

He forgot Poland, Jim Bob!
The Bush/Kerry debate in translation, from Salon:

JIM LEHRER OF PBS: Good evening from the University of Miami. I am not Dan Rather. We interrupt our usual pledge drive to welcome you to the 2004 "He said/He said" between pResident George W. Bush and Sen. John Kerry.

For each question there is a two-minute response, a 90-second rebuttal, a 10-second eye roll, and a split-second expletive under the breath. There is an audience here, but they will remain absolutely silent, just as if they were attending a rally for the Bush/Cheney campaign.

The first question goes to you, Senator Kerry. Do you believe you could do a better job than President Bush in preventing another 9/11-type terrorist attack on the United States?

KERRY: Duh.

LEHRER: Mr. pResident, you have a rebuttal.

BUSH: We got lots to be proud of. We pursue al-Qaida wherever al-Qaida hides. Could be anywhere. We caught Cat Stevens. Ten million people registered to vote in Afghanistan in the upcoming presidential election. That's more voters than Jeb's gonna let cast a ballot in Florida.

In Iraq, we didn't just see a threat, we were the threat, and we took the threat of ourselves seriously. Because that's what you've got to do, otherwise you're just an idle threat and nothing's going to come of it, see. Saddam Hussein and Martha Stewart now sit in a prison cell. It's a good thing. I think the American people can see that I stand for something.

We're pursuing freedom around the world. We'll find it, hunt it down.

- Lots more here!