Here's some unsolicited advice about prepping President Bush for Friday's debate: Don't let him listen to any more of Kerry's attacks on him. This item in The Washington Times notes that there was a "trick to pump Bush up: Aides cut a highlight tape of Kerry's personal attacks on the president."

If I had been President Bush, and had listened to lies and distortions being told about me over and over again -- well, I'd be irritable, too. On an "on" day and well-rested, the memories of the slurs in the personal attacks might just add a shot of adrenaline. But on an "off," tired day like the President had last Friday, they might just make someone downright irritable -- like "here we go again with this garbage."

Hearing a little can inure one to the attacks that are coming; hearing it repeatedly can just make someone angry. And it's important that the President doesn't give the mistaken impression that he's personalizing the race. It needs to be about the American people, and who will keep them safe - not a grudge match between two men who clearly don't like each other.

President Bush knows what John Kerry has said about him. It's time for him to get ready to bring the fight to John Kerry and his record of appeasement in the Senate.