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October 06, 2004

VP Debate

I thought the VP debate was mostly a draw, but then again I wasn't expecting that much out of it. The questions weren't very good, I thought Cheney did better than Edwards for the first half and Edwards did better than Cheney in the second half.

One thing that did bother me was what some pundits called Cheney's most effective line -- that despite presiding over the Senate he'd never met Edwards. Now, this line is demonstrably false. For one thing, there is this picture:

On the other hand, I seem to remember back in the pre-9/11 days when tax cuts were the order of the day there were a number of votes that were exactly 50-50 that Cheney had to tie-break. The point Cheney was trying to make was that Edwards has missed a lot of days in the Senate, but the point he specifically made was that he's never seen him in the Senate. Cheney may not have chatted him up like he does with Patrick Leahy, but when the vote is 50-50 that means every single senator (including Edwards) votes and Cheney is also in the chamber to break the tie.

The problem with this kind of embellishment of the truth is that if a Democrat did it, Drudge and the Bush campaign would be all over it. When Cheney, or Bush (who lied in Philly about the type of cheese he prefers on his cheesesteak sandwiches) or Arnold or Rudy Giuliani does it, nobody seems to care. Hmm.

Posted by Chris at October 6, 2004 01:47 AM

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Maybe it's not an embellishment but that Edwards is not memorable at all. Maybe he did meet him in passing once but doesn't remember.

All you liberals jump on this point but have nothing to say about the fact (undisputable) that Edwards just didn't show up. in fact, Kerry isn't much better. Got elected and treated it like a club, show up when you want.

Posted by: davenfl [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 11, 2004 01:21 PM

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