New "Zany" Bush: Ready for Center Square?

This Times commentator makes a good point. The sum of Bush's three debate performances is worse than any of the parts individually, as a different Bush showed up each time, as if his doctor is playing around with his meds. First debate: Bush up past his bedtime, having a triple-biorythm low, serotonin deficit, low blood sugar, and behaving like someone who can't believe he's losing a game of Monopoly. Second debate: Bush the rage-aholic that sends the children scurrying to hide in their rooms while he dishes out heapin' helpin's of belligerence. Third debate: the meds kick in, resulting not in a "Happy Bush", but a "Slaphappy Bush".

Act 3, Wherein Bush Turns That Frown Upside Down: "[T]he surprise of this debating season is that viewers now know what to expect from Mr. Kerry, and they expect consistency. He stands ramrod straight. He often presses one big hand to his chest in a gesture of sincerity. He has command of lots of facts, at least those that support his position. He says 'with respect to' with respect to just about everything, ladies and gentlemen.

Mr. Bush, who prides himself on saying what he thinks and knowing who he is, has proved to be the unpredictable one."