Cheney Lied About His Senate Attendance

[chuckhoward]

http://www.mydd.com/story/2004/10/6/132551/259#readmore

Looks like the US Senate has not been Vice President Cheney's "undisclosed location."

For those of you interested in confirming this research, here is a link to the Congressional Record. http://www.gpoaccess.gov/crecord/browse.html

[goclark]

1. Kick,kick, kick

Bravo!

I watch CSPAN a lot and I don't recall Cheney ever being on during ordinary times.

He was always there for the SOTU speech.

[huskerlaw]

2. Let me get this straight...

Part of Cheney's job description is to preside over the Senate. He has fulfilled this obligation a whopping twice.

As a Senator, Edwards is sometimes called upon to preside over the Senate in the Vice President's absence. He has done this twice.

So Edwards and Cheney have fulfilled that Vice Presidential duty the same number of times...and Cheney says Edwards is inexperienced! :eyes:

[nyhuskyfan]

9. And don't forget...

Hillary Clinton has presided over the Senate four times (see post below).

That'll really get their blood boiling. Hillary Clinton!

[struggle4progress]

17. Standard Bushista Operating Procedure: Vulnernable on an issue?

Quick! Accuse your opponent!

[plcdude]

3. saw Lynne Cheney

joking about Edwards at the prayer breakfast and really he should be in the Senate what a bunch of crap.

[Spiffarino]

21. Did you notice the fangs?

n/t

[robbedvoter]

4. This I like! talking only to GOP-ers - another good rebuttal.

Prayer breakfast - lay that one off.

[OneTwentyoNine]

5. Cheney has been in his "undisclosed location" like since Sept 2001

And he has the GUTS to claim that Edwards never shows up to vote?? Sorry Dick...but some of the media is already calling you out on many,many issues...

David

[Egalitariat]

6. This is great. I'm trying to debunk my freeper co-worker...

who's been comparing Kerry's and Edwards's Senate attendance to the Chimp's vacation days.

This is what I'll need to get after her.

Thanks!

[9119495]

7. Also, campaigning for office is about serving your

country in the highest way. Clearing brush at your ranch when you should be looking out for terrorists does the nation a disservice.

[Toucano]

11. That's great, but don't forget

A senator is 1 of 100. The president is the one and only.


The president's vacation days are much more significant.

[nyhuskyfan]

8. We could REALLY get under their skin...

And say, "Gee, Dick Cheney has only presided over the senate twice. That's just as often as John Edwards, and only half as often as Hillary Clinton."

[jilln]

10. questions

1. Is there a link to Cheney's exact words about his senate attendance?

2. This link above isn't working for me, I get lots of internal server errors, but the pages I can see don't say who presided over the senate.

3. I recall Cheney saying he was there most TUESDAYS, but the pages I can see have more dates than just Tuesdays... what's up with that? I can't believe they only meet once a week.

[nyhuskyfan]

12. Randi Rhodes said...

That Republicans usually have a weekly meeting every Tuesday (in session) to go over their agenda, and that Democrats do the same thing on Thursdays.

[StrongbadTehAwesome]

16. from the debate transcript

http://www.boston.com/news/politics/debates/articles/2004/10/05/transcript_of_the_vice_presidential_debate/

"Now, in my capacity as vice president, I am the president of Senate, the presiding officer. I'm up in the Senate most Tuesdays when they're in session. The first time I ever met you was when you walked on the stage tonight."

[porphyrian]

13. Why single that lie out?

There are so many, not to mention the other varieties of deception in which he regularly engages.

[w4rma]

22. Because folks understand this type of lie and it's unrefutable. (nt)

[Obamatastic]

24. And there's more...

Here's an interesting link about Cheney's "Senator Gone" comment... http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1708887p-7965044c.html

[indepat]

14. A good case could be made that Cheney only lies about what he speaks

about.

[JanMichael]

15. Or as a good rule of thumb whatever he says is bullcrap.

Even if he admits a lie you can bet another one was created for the addmission.

[Mindful Monk]

18. This is stunning

Another case of repugs accusing their opponent of the very offense of which they are most guilty.

I think this is worth spreading around, people will understand this. And we can truthfully say that Cheney brought this on himself by bringing up his presiding over the senate.

[Spiffarino]

19. Keep this kicked

This is very important as it goes to the core of Cheney's "zinger" against Edwards. Of course, all his zingers were lies, but this one is the second biggest, Iraq/9-11 conflation being first.

[2Design]

20. Gosh I love DU - found this on the home page - I need to go there

more often - it is so nice to be well informed - so many know how to dig up the facts and put them out there - a bunch of slueths -

too bad the american public won't get all of these messages. But I am glad I am reading them

[LincolnMcGrath]

23. kick