THE DEBATE SCORECARD

Stockdale  Quayle  Gore Violations  Why were you there?  Over time: 6. Reprimands: 5.  Over time:3. Reprimands: 1. Hand Motions  Nervously gripped pen with both hands, put glasses on and off, paced offstage and turned off hearing aid.  Stiff-arm point, straight-arm point, half-point, finger point, half-arm with finger point, pen point.  Fist, open hand, motion right, motion left with both hands, and repeat. Clothes  Navy suit, blue tie with pointy designs in white/red.  Navy suit, red tie with big paisleys.  Blue suit with maroon based tie with moderate sized blue/green stripes. Personal References  ."A new baby granddaughter was born in my family last week...."Was that before or after his full frontal lobotomy?  .Didn't mention anyone in his family, but he talked about a lot of people he met, personally, on the campaign trail.  ."A factory...very close to my home town...was closed." .I'm taught in my religious tradition" ."Let me tell you about a friend of mine,[whose son shared a hospital room with Gore's son]..." Gaffes  .Showed up for the debate. .For a time, he ran "his own little civilization" where he was "soveriegn."  .Promised the press "letters" that will prove his points after the debate. .Admits Bush only has "commitment" from Yeltsin on ICBM missiles.  .Can you say coaching? He may have overcome stiffness on the campaign trail, but last night was worse than anything from 1988. Stock Phrases  .Quoted Ross Perot. .Otherwise, he managed to make Quayle sound eloquent. Did they put a metal plate in his skull in Vietnam?  ."Raise your taxes..."--18 times. "Truth" or "trust--15 times ."Experience"--Four times. Family--7 times (including 2 references to gang families}  .The word "change"--12 times ."Trickle-down"-- five times ."Bill Clinton and I..."--10 times ."Y'all"--Only once ."Our people right here"--Three times Humor Attempts  .After about three minutes of bitter arguing between Gore and Quayle: "I can see right now the reason this nation's in gridlock."  ."Don't always believe what you see on television." ."Has anyone been reading my press clippings for the past four years?" ."Take a breath Al, inhale."  ."If you don't try to compare Bush to Harry Truman, I won't compare you to Jack Kennedy." A Few of our Favorite Quotes  "Who am I? Why am I here?" ."I didn't have my hearing aid on; tell me again ."You can overdue environmental cleaning up." ."I'm out of ammunition on that."  ."It's in your book, on page 304." .Quayle was "talking to a welfare mother..." ."I've been there, Hal [or pal]." .Doesn't say, "I support a woman's right to choose."  .Bush's taking credit for the Berlin Wall is like a "rooster taking credit for the sun rise" (his standard line). .Repeat after me, "I support the right for a woman to choose." .Limit congressional terms? "We're fixin' to limit one" right now....