Looking ahead to the next Kerry/Bush debate

I wonder if Kerry could get away with saying something like this in the next debate:

"This President keeps using the term 'flip-flop' out on the campaign trail to describe positions I have taken which are perfectly consistent. I'm beginning to believe that 'flip-flop' is simply this President's way of describing any issue which is too difficult for him to understand."

This might be considered a bit too rude for the debate format. I'm sure Kerry could get away with this saying this at one of his own rallies, but I'm wondering if pushing the envelope just a little during a debate might pay off.

After seeing the first debate, I'm beginning to think that Bush could easily snap and lose his temper, revealing the weak man I think he his. I'm sure his handlers will be coaching him very hard to stay cool and poised after his last performance, but prep can only go so far if the man himself doesn't have it in himself to keep a lid on it.

Bush only seems to be able to perform well these days when surrounded by carefully-screened adoring crowds. He's been so protected and isolated, I begin to doubt that Bush has much capacity for dealing with adversarial, confrontational situations. I suspect that Bush didn't expect for the election to be so close and so hard, that the stress is getting to him, and his handlers are working overtime to carefully insulate Bush from a meltdown.

When Kerry brought up Bush senior in the first debate I think he might have been on to something he can use again. I don't think Dubya likes being put in the shadow of his father, especially when this is done to make a comparison which is unfavorable to Junior.

If what I suspect is true, using these kinds of attacks won't be a mere debate trick to rattle Bush's cage and score some points for Kerry. If Kerry can get Bush's goat the way I think he can with just a little of the right pressure, I think he'll reveal that Bush does not have the right temperament, composure, or strength in the face of personal adversity to be President, and that in fact he's dangerously weak in this regard for someone wielding so much power.

I really think it's true that Bush is woefully short of having the kind of intellect and mature emotional self-control needed to be President, that his self-control has been in decline over the past few years for some reason, kept in check only by careful handling and protection, and that it'll be much better for America if this is revealed sooner rather than later, in a second Bush term.