Cheney accuses Kerry of polling before response to bin Laden tape

[Champ]

FORT DODGE, Iowa - Vice President Dick Cheney charged Sunday that Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry took a poll after Osama bin Laden's videotape was broadcast in order to figure out how he should respond.


The Kerry campaign hotly denied it. In fact, Kerry responded to the videotape publicly on Friday less than two hours after the bin Laden tape aired, and one day before the poll in question was taken.


But the vice president's attack underscored how hard-fought the presidential campaign is in its final hours, as both he and Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina - his Democratic counterpart - campaigned feverishly through a series of battleground states across the country.


"The thing I find most amazing about it is John Kerry's first response was to go conduct a poll," Cheney told volunteers at a GOP phone bank here. "It's as though he didn't know what he believed until he took a poll. George Bush doesn't need a poll to know what he believes, especially about Osama bin Laden ... I feel strongly about it. Ever since I heard about the poll, I've been agitated about it."

http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/10065155.htm

[Dickie Flatt]

1. Uh, yeah

First, as the article notes, Kerry commented well before the poll even began. Second, the poll question wasn't about what Kerry would say, it was about people's reaction to the tape.

I smell desperation.

[Daisey Mae]

3. did he not like Kerrys response because it was too smart ?

[Heddi]

2. dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x948533

[RoyGBiv]

4. I wish Freud were around ...

He'd have fun analyzing these kinds of statements.

Me'thinks he doth protest too much.

[sundancekid]

8. forsooth, and his pants are STILL on fire (diagnosis? pathological liar)

[RoyGBiv]

11. LOL!!!

:kick:

[Sugarbleus]

20. LOL!! too funny n/t

[JDPriestly]

5. So what.

Bush only responds to things after listening to the transmissions from the box on his back.

[goforit]

6. Cheney is pathetically desparate!!!.........LOL!!!...It's the issues Dick!

What a schmuck!!

[fearnobush]

7. A yeh, did he tell them to go to factcheck.com too?

[krkaufman]

9. Can someone tell me why the headline wasn't...

... "Cheney lies regarding Kerry bin Laden response" or something similar... instead of the headline implying Kerry's guilt.

You expect the right-wing demons to spew this nonsense, but it's only effective due to our compliant/complicit media.

[AngryLizard]

10. FUCK. HIM.

Fuck Him! I am so tired of Cheney and his evil-minded, smoke-infested bullshit.

Is it November 2, already? Can we vote these assholes out of office, yet?

I CANNOT STAND THESE PEOPLE!!!!!!

[truthisfreedom]

12. unka dick is AGITATED? does that make Kerry an AGITATOR? unka dick?

go f^*# yourself. i hope you're agitated right into the hospital. very soon, you'll be out of your hidey-hole and back in the dangerous world of terror you love to talk about, that you, your sidekick howdy-doody and your neo-con freakazoid friends created. good luck, and don't forget the plastic sheeting and duct tape.

[leQ]

13. never did understand the evil behind pols watching the polls

other than the republicons have a way of making evil out of anything

[neuvocat]

14. Someone take Cheney's random insult generator away.

The one he has just isn't working at all.

[Devils Advocate NZ]

15. More proof of the current and historical bias of the press to the right...

Gore was painted as a "liar" for over a year for statements that were INTENTIONALLY misconstrued by the press. Now Cheney and Bush obviously and blatantly LIE over and over again, and not only is the word LIE never used, but the pattern of lies is never pointed out.

Bush and Cheney have lied more in the last WEEK than Gore lied during the whole lead up to the 2000 election, yet by media coverage of the two events you would be lead to believe the opposite.

[hnsez]

16. I'd punch that fat bastard in the nose

[Democat]

17. dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=948533&mesg_id=948533

[JohnOneillsMemory]

18. Intentionally lying up an outrage to stoke the base into voting. Simple.

The tactic is as transparent as the 'gee, what a surprise'-defense used for escaping blame for 9/11.

But the media needs to find the word 'lie' in their thesaurus.

I recommend that every Democrat and honorable citizen (not the same thing) get the word LIE into the public arena before THE LIES KILL US.

[LynnTheDem]

19. Cheney; 1. GROW UP. 2. Go cheney yourself.

What an idiot.

[Moderator]

21. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=948533