<HTML><BODY STYLE="font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>From Salon.com:</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4>Big debate comeback for Bush<BR><BR></FONT></STRONG><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Breaking news, courtesy of </FONT><A href="http://www.borowitzreport.com/archive_rpt.asp?rec=986" target=_blank lid="Andy Borowitz"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Andy Borowitz</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman">: </FONT></DIV> <P></P> <P><FONT face="Times New Roman">BUSH WINS SECRET FOURTH DEBATE </FONT></P> <P><FONT face="Times New Roman">Kerry Not Notified of Time, Place </FONT></P> <P><FONT face="Times New Roman">President George W. Bush notched his first debate victory early Sunday morning, winning handily in a fourth presidential debate that was kept secret from his Democratic rival, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass). </FONT></P> <P><FONT face="Times New Roman">The debate, which was held at 2 AM Sunday morning in the basement of the White House and moderated by Fox News personality Bill O'Reilly, was a must-win affair in the eyes of the Bush campaign strategists who planned it. </FONT></P> <P><FONT face="Times New Roman">"We knew that we needed to win at least one debate going into November," said Bush strategist Karl Rove. "Mission accomplished." </FONT></P> <P><FONT face="Times New Roman">While aides to Sen. Kerry complained that the debate did not count since Mr. Kerry was kept totally in the dark about its time and place, Mr. Rove said, "They can spin this any way they want, but a win is a win." </FONT></P> <P><FONT face="Times New Roman">The White House today released a videotape of the president's triumphal fourth debate, showing Mr. Bush gesturing towards an empty podium with Mr. Kerry nowhere in sight. </FONT></P> <P><FONT face="Times New Roman">"Looks like my opponent didn't make it today," a smirking Mr. Bush says on the tape. "I guess he must be back in Massachusetts, busy being a liberal and such." </FONT></P> <P><FONT face="Times New Roman">Four minutes into the debate, Mr. O'Reilly declares Mr. Bush the winner and abruptly excuses himself, saying, "I've got a few phone calls to make." </FONT></P> <P><FONT face="Times New Roman">Elsewhere, television station owner Sinclair Broadcasting found itself at the center of yet another controversy today after it ordered all of its affiliates to broadcast a film entitled "John Kerry: Portrait of a Serial Killer." </FONT></P></FONT> <P align=right><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#666666 size=1><B>-- Mark Follman </P> <P align=right><A href="http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/archive.html?blog=/politics/war_room/2004/10/20/debate4/index.html" lid="[14:26 PDT, Oct. 20, 2004]">[14:26 PDT, Oct. 20, 2004</B>]</A></FONT><BR></P></BODY></HTML><br clear=all><hr>Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : <a href='http://explorer.msn.com'>http://explorer.msn.com</a><br></p>