Cheney error sends Net users off track

[Jon8503]

By Mark Memmott, USA TODAY
Vice President Cheney learned soon after Tuesday's debate that the three letters at the end of an Internet address are very important.

A mistake he made in giving a Web address sent tens of thousands of computer users to an anti-Bush site when they searched the Internet late Tuesday and into Wednesday.

The drama started nearly halfway into the debate, when Cheney referred to a Web site he said had information that would rebut charges leveled at him by Sen. John Edwards. The charges involved Halliburton, the company Cheney ran before becoming vice president.

Cheney said Edwards was "trying to throw up a smokescreen" by raising questions about Halliburton's past dealings with Iran and Libya and its current contracts with the U.S. government in Iraq.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-10-06-cheney-error_x.htm

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. That is too funny!

That the company would redirect people to the Soros anti-Bush site is hilarious!

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2. Even funnier

is that the actual site he was referring to: http://www.factcheck.org quickly posted that their site did NOT debunk the Halliburton story. What kills me is that this was obviously a rehearsed line, much like the "we've never met" line. No wonder we went to war...the people writing his speeches are probably the same bunch checking facts on the intel.