LA Times: Cheney and Edwards Have Met Before

[question everything]

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/2004/la-na-meet6oct06,1,7026204.story?coll=la-home-headlines

Cheney and Edwards Have Met Before

A photo shows the vice president next to the senator at a prayer breakfast in 2001.
By Peter Wallsten
Times Staff Writer

October 6, 2004

WASHINGTON — It was perhaps the most surprising tidbit of new information during the debate — that Vice President Dick Cheney had never met Sen. John Edwards until Tuesday night.

Except it wasn't true.

(snip)

Less than two hours after the debate ended, aides to Edwards and Sen. John F. Kerry distributed a photograph from the Feb. 1, 2001, National Prayer Breakfast showing Edwards and Cheney standing side by side.

"Congressman Watts, Sen. Edwards, friends from across America and distinguished visitors to our country from all over the world, Lynne and I are honored to be with you all this morning," Cheney said, according to a transcript.

Bush campaign spokesman Steve Schmidt described the prayer breakfast photo as evidence of an "inconsequential meeting."

Kerry-Edwards aides also pointed to news articles from January 2003, when Edwards escorted the newly elected senator from North Carolina, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, onto the Senate floor for her swearing-in by Cheney.

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[krkaufman]

1. Yeah, I thought Edwards missed an opportunity after Cheney's comment...

... to highlight that it is Cheney's manner and character that may be why he hasn't met Sen. Edwards. Cheney doesn't try to work w/ Dems, so Edwards can hardly be faulted for Cheney's unilateral approach to politics.

[Squeegee]

2. Lies, damn lies!

Oh wait, you mean you got proof?

Doh!

[TXDemGal]

3. Big surprise (NOT)...more lies from BushCo.

These fuckers couldn't tell the truth to save their sorry lives. :thumbsdown:

[henslee]

4. DUPE.

[hippywife]

5. If one stoops to lie

about the stupid, inconsequnetial things, they can hardly be trusted to tell the truth when it matters.

[Moderator]

6. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x886855