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Partially in thanks to the new wrap-up from Tom’s Hardware, I’m ditching my VisionTek GeForce4 Ti 4600 in favor of a new eVGA GeForce 6800 GT.

I told myself 3 years ago that I’d never again spend $1,400 on video cards in a year. I haven’t upgraded since the day BestBuy had the GeForce4 Ti 4600 in stock, so now I’m giving myself an early Christmas present for being a good boy.

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I was hoping that both candidates would decide to break the rules and would have a real debate, but that didn’t happen. We saw pre-rehearsed line after pre-rehearsed line come out of both of their mouthes, and some attempts at pre-canned soundbites from Kerry. I knew Kerry’s focus going in was going to be Iraq, and Bush’s plan was to repeat what he’s been saying the whole campaign. No surprises were brought out, and neither candidate really pushed the other.

I think Bush was slightly off his game, but Kerry couldn’t capitalize on it. I’m amazed how Kerry can continually take non-stances on every single issue. His four points that were outlined for winning in Iraq are really what the current administration already has underway, so I didn’t really understand why that was supposed to convince people to support Kerry over Bush. This is the time where they are supposed to distinguish themselves, and these debates were no more interesting than the Bush/Gore debates in 2000. Instead of people mocking the “lock box”, we’ll no doubt hear about the “global test” we need to pass before we can use our military.

Allah has a good wrap-up of what many bloggers thought of the debates. Many people are giving Bush points for substance, and Kerry for style, but I thought Kerry just came off as a schmuck. He speaks in very carefully crafted sentences, seemingly always in CYA mode for when he changes positions in the future. I have absolutely no respect for the guy. I think his most recent position jump was expected, since Iraq seems to be Bush’s weakness with a month left until elections.

I really hope the upcoming veep debates are more interesting — I believe Cheney is capable of ripping Edwards to pieces, but we’ll see if they also play nice with each other.

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