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Ron wrote:<BR>
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"According to the transcript, the phrase "stay the course" was never uttered."<BR>
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I noticed this also. But this phrase was uttered by Kerry:<BR>
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"More of the same."<BR>
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And before the debate that day I posted to V2020, including in my description of what the debates might bring this very phrase Kerry used which is in caps below:<BR>
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"I would also choose this divine meditation on greenery over the Bush V. Kerry question and answer session (it is a mockery of meaning in language to call this media scripted event a "debate"), but I am hoping to witness live a major blunder or two that can really change things. Otherwise, we will just get MORE OF THE SAME sound bite attacks and sloganeering we have been hearing. Or will either candidate go off script? Not likely."<BR>
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Ted Moffett<BR>
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