Brand New Research on Cheney's Lies - Daily Kos

[JPZenger]

The good people on www.dailykos.com are doing a great job researching Cheney's lies on Edwards. Here's some excerpts:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/10/6/11163/2940

"Before 2004, Edwards missed just seven votes out of 1,307 in his first four years in office, Briggs said. During his five years in the Senate, Edwards voted 1,551 times out of 1,626 roll-call votes, Briggs said, or 95.4 percent."
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"Cheney and Edwards met on several occasions already, and there is photographic evidence.

Cheney presided over the Senate on only 2 out of 126 Tuesdays

Cheney usually only meets with the Senate Republican caucus when he does show up on Tuesdays.

Edwards was present at each vote at which Cheney was asked to cast the tie-breaking vote."
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Presiding officers of the Senate on Tuesdays - Other persons are appointed when the Vice-President doesn't show up:

"2004: (none by Cheney)
1/20 - Stevens
1/27 - Enzi
2/3 - Stevens
2/10 - Stevens
3/2 - Stevens
3/9 - Hagel
3/16 - Sununu
3/23 - Stevens
3/30 - Ensign
4/6 - Cornyn
4/20 - Stevens
4/27 - Chambliss
5/4 - Stevens
5/11 - Stevens
5/18 - Stevens
6/1 - Stevens
6/8 - Hutchinson
6/15 - Stevens
6/22 - Allard
7/6 - Burns
7/13 - Stevens
7/20 - Enzi
9/7 - Stevens
9/14 - Chafee
9/21 - Enzi
9/28 - Stevens
10/05 - Stevens

2003:

Jan 7 *Cheney*
Jan 14 Stevens
Jan 22 Stevens
Jan 28 Stevens
Feb 4 Stevens
Feb 11 Stevens
Feb 25 Stevens
Mar 4 Stevens
Mar 11 Stevens
Mar 18 Stevens
Mar 25 Stevens
Apr 1 Stevens
Apr 8 Stevens
Apr 29 Stevens
May 6 Talent
May 13 Ensign
May 20 Alexander
June 3 Stevens
June 10 Stevens
June 18 Murkowski
June 24 Coleman
July 8 Stevens
July 15 Stevens
July 22 Chaffee
July 29 Stevens
Sept 2 Stevens
Sept 9 Stevens
Sept 16 Stevens
Sept 23 Stevens
Sept 30 Sununu
Oct 21 Stevens
Oct 28 Stevens
Nov 4 Stevens
Nov 11 Warner
Nov 18 Stevens

all of 2002:

Tue 1/29 - Nelson
Tue 2/5 - Kohl
Tue 2/12 - Stabenow
Tue 2/26 - Landrieu
Tue 3/5 - Edwards
Tue 3/12 - Landrieu
Tue 3/19 - Miller
Tue 4/9 - Cleland
Tue 4/16 - Reed
Tue 4/23 - Wellstone
Tue 4/30 - Nelson
Tue 5/7 - Miller
Tue 5/14 - Cleland
Tue 5/21 - Nelson
Tue 6/4 - Durbin
Tue 6/11 - Corzine
Tue 6/18 - Dayton
Tue 6/25 - Landrieu
Tue 7/9 - Reed
Tue 7/16 - Corzine
Tue 7/23 - Reed
Tue 7/30 - Clinton
Tue 9/3 - Reed
Tue 9/10 - Corzine
Tue 9/17 - Reid
Tue 9/24 - Stabenow
Tue 10/1 - Miller
Tue 10/8 - Miller
Tue 10/15 - Reid
Tue 11/12 - CHENEY! -- WE HAVE A WINNER!
Tue 11/19 - Barkley"

[democrat_patriot]

1. KIIIIIIIICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[liberal N proud]

2. We have a winner, Tue 11/12 - Cheney

[JuniorPlankton]

3. Nice!

[bloom]

4. sheesh!!!

I knew Cheney would be way worse that I imagined - if we were to know even half of all that he lies about.

[Phx_Dem]

5. Pat Leahy on Cheney's Senate Attendance

Pat Leahy was on Hardball last night following. Tweety asked him how could a senator have never met him if Cheney is there every Tuesday????? Leahy said Cheney does come to the hill on Tuesday's but DOESN'T MEET WITH ANY DEMOCRATS! He said Cheney arrives in a caravan of cars and then goes directly into a closed door meeting with Republicans. No Democrats are allowed.

[onenote]

9. here's a link

http://www.hillnews.com/issues/100202/cheney.shtm

As Cheney takes on high profile, Democrats can’t seem to find him
By Noelle Straub and Mary Lynn F. Jones

As the Senate prepares to act on a resolution authorizing the use of force against Iraq, Republicans say Dick Cheney has assumed an increasingly visible role on Capitol Hill.

(snip)
However, Assistant Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said he hasn’t seen Cheney “in months.” Other Democrats, including Sens. Dianne Feinstein (Calif.), Patty Murray (Wash.), Bill Nelson (Fla.) and Jean Carnahan (D-Mo.) also said they haven’t had much contact with Cheney since the Iraq issue began heating up earlier this year.

Asked why Cheney hasn’t reached out to Democrats, Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.), a member of the Armed Services Committee, replied, “You’d have to ask him – if you can find him.”

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[newyawker99]

11. Hi Phx_Dem!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[underpants]

6. So Edwards had a 95.4% attendance rate and Cheney--1.587301587%

Whoooooooops

You realize that (2) is one more appearance than meetings he chaired on terrorism pre-9/11

[A_Possum]

7. it's the usual mirror projection

Whatever the Republicans do that's bad, they claim their opponents do instead.

So, if Cheney blew off his job in the senate, then naturally he would accuse Edwards of doing it.

I'd love to see the photographic evidence of them meeting published all over the front pages. That would be sweet.

[bloom]

8. kick

[BlueNomad]

10. forget the lie abouyt meeting Edwards

this is much worse. How can we get the media to gover it. The height of hypocrisy.

[Jane Austin]

12. Kick.

n/t