The Veep Debate: We Won .. (bus. week)

[henslee]

That's what both parties claim after the rhetorical arrows flew between Dick Cheney and John Edwards. The upshot: The race stays close

The parallel worlds of American politics were clearly on display at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland on the evening of Oct. 5. Vice-President Dick Cheney hammered his Democratic opponent John Edwards as a legislative lightweight and flaky flip-flopper who can't get his facts straight. His partisans ate it up. At the same time, Edwards whacked Cheney for forging failed economic and foreign policies after finishing a lucrative term as CEO of a reviled multinational corporation. His partisans cheered.

http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/oct2004/nf2004106_3483_db038.htm

[pinniped]

1. Did VP-elect Edwards bring up the 400k eBay jobs?

Creep's response would've been good for a few laughs..

[HysteryDiagnosis]

2. Edwards did great, considering all the experience he was up against

He burned dick on several issues, good job revealing to the "average" American what went down whilst he was at Hallibacon... and that the investigations continue.

I cannot believe dick had the nerve to say all the allegations were baseless. That is going to haunt him rather severely.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

3. By saying the allegations are baseless, doesn't that make

him guilty, ala M. Stewart?

[HysteryDiagnosis]

8. They will be having a truth test on all of these "answers" that he gave..

he is in deep shit for lying directly to the American public on TV last night.

[JM]

4. I wish Edwards had responded regarding...

...Dick's comment "Tonight is the first time we met"

Well Mr. Vice President, I have been in the Senate plenty while you were busy either in your secret, undisclosed location or out hunting with Supreme Court Justice Scalia, who is scheduled to hear Halliburton's court case...

JM

[PROUDNWLIBERAL]

5. Notice This

Has anybody noticed that Cheney sits were ever he is giving a speach. Maybe the Evil One has to with only 2/3 of a functioning heart! What a totally evil person this man is! I just hope that we take control of the House and the Senate so that the Bush Administration is thourghly investigated al Ken Star style!

[truthisfreedom]

7. this worked to Edwards' advantage... cheney screwed up his microphone

placement (lapel-style clip-on) by hunching over the table, making his voice get terribly muffled... although he didn't speak that clearly even when the mic was pointed at him.

that kind of thing is extremely important to an aging populus with (naturally) increasing hearing problems.

[amandabeech]

6. I actually know the author of the Bus. Wk. piece a little.

Despite BW's conservative outlook, Dunham is a fair person and can see both sides. It is to BW's credit that they recently promoted him to Editor of the Washington Outlook feature. I recommend his pieces to anyone here at DU.

[PATRICK]

9. The Bush partisans

will quickly lose fervor when the polls show the real slide to come. Closeness can't hold this long nor did it in 2000. The shallow backers of Bush fantasyland will find better ways to waste their time.

The attrition from the decent conservatives(?) and moderates continues meanwhile. This will be much worse and more honestly solid than when Reagan whipped Carter.