Buffy (to Giles): Uh-oh, you have but-face.
(Giles looks confused.)
Buffy: You look like you’re gonna say “but.”
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Life: Here’s John Kerry from the debate last night (transcript by The New York Times, registration required):
? “I can do a better job of waging a smarter, more effective war on terror and guarantee that we go after the terrorists. I will hunt them down and will kill them, will capture them, will do whatever’s necessary to be safe. But …”
? “This president has turned his back on the wellness of America. And there is no system. In fact, it’s starting to fall apart not because of lawsuits, though they are a problem and John Edwards and I are committed to fixing them, but …”
? “The president and I share the belief that marriage is between a man and a woman. I believe that, I believe marriage is between a man and a woman. But …”
? “I respect their views. I completely respect their views. I am a Catholic. And I grew up learning how to respect those views, but …”
? “There’s a great passage of the Bible that says, What does it mean my brother to say you have faith if there are no deeds? Faith without works is dead. And I think that everything you do in public life has to be guided by your faith, affected by your faith, but …”
? “And what I would like to do is see the National Guard and Reserve be deployed differently here in our own country. There’s much we can do with them with respect to homeland security. We ought to be doing that. And that would relieve an enormous amount of pressure. But …”
? “I have never suggested a test where we turn over our security to any nation. In fact I’ve said the opposite, I will never turn the security of the United States over to any nation. No nation will ever have a veto over us. But …”
? “I am a hunter. I’m a gun owner. I’ve been a hunter since I was a kid – 12, 13 years old. And I respect the Second Amendment, and I will not tamper with the Second Amendment. But …”
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In Kerry’s defense, Buffy was chosen to have a strong “homeland defense” policy.
