Mark Spittle has a really funny piece up at Liberal Oasis that gives a little preview of how the 2004 Bush/Dean debates might go :

LEHRER: Well, let?s keep moving on then. Mr. Bush, your question. If re-elected, what would you do to repair the deficit?

BUSH: Well, Jim, I .. um… sorry, still can?t figure out what he said there before.

Anyway, I have a different view about the deficit.

I think deficits have been misrepresented. Deficits are known to stimulate economies in some cases, and I think we are seeing that right now.

The stimulus packages I put into place during my first term will be directly responsible for both short-term and long-term economic growth.

LEHRER: Dr. Dean?

DEAN: My opponent is a fuckbrained moron who went AWOL in the military, snorted coke, drive drunk, and almost ruined the Texas Rangers.

To expect him to understand the delicacies of economics is like asking a mule to conduct an orchestra, except the mule has a better chance of coming up with Mahler than Bush has of creating any economic growth.

His policies are designed to benefit the rich, shift the tax burden onto the poor, and permanently bankrupt social programs that have benefited millions of poor and middle class Americans.

LEHRER: Well, I …

DEAN: … Hold on, I?m not done.

LEHRER: Go ahead, sir.

DEAN: He is also an incompetent jackass, a repugnant blowhard, a flatulent bag of pus, and an insult to every pissfaced, dildoheaded bunghole on the planet.

LEHRER: Mr. Bush, would you care to rebut?

BUSH: … I … I can?t feel my legs ….

Dean has done a really good job at the debates so far. Assuming he gets the nomination (which seems more and more likely every day), I’m sure his debates with Bush would be great. While I think they’d probably be a little more civil than Mark does, considering the short fuses of both men, I’m sure there would be some pretty good fireworks. That is, assuming that Bush doesn’t try to pull this bullshit again.