The 2004 Presidential Debates, If My Wife Were President

MODERATOR: Senator Kerry, if elected, how would you decrease the chances of the U.S. being hit by another 9/11-type terrorist attack?

KERRY: I would not take my eye off of the goal: Osama bin Laden. Unfortunately, he escaped in the mountains of Tora Bora. We had him surrounded. But we didn't use American forces, the best trained in the world, to go kill him. The president relied on Afghan warlords and he outsourced that job too. That's wrong.

MODERATOR: You have 90 seconds for your response, Mrs. President.

PENELOPE: Your MOM outsourced the job to Afghan warlords!

[deafening applause]