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I haven't seen anyone make comment on this as yet. I think this brief excerpt of Senator Edward's remarks spoke volumes FOR Vice-President Cheney.

Let's see here. The Department of Education is a complete failure in educating and has only been successful in creating more bureaucracy. Meals on Wheels is best left to the individual states and communities to decide how best to care for their aging populations. Martin Luther King didn't discover human rights. There were thousands before him that paved his way. The resolution calling for the release of Nelson Mandella in South Africa did not procure his release.

1 posted on 10/07/2004 1:48:48 PM PDT by backtothestreets
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To: backtothestreets

Well, I was going to add a comment, but you said everything I was going to except this: I wasn't aware of these things about Cheney before this article was posted. I like him better as a result.


2 posted on 10/07/2004 1:52:26 PM PDT by DustyMoment (Repeal CFR NOW!!)
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To: backtothestreets
He voted against the Department of Education. He voted against funding for Meals on Wheels for seniors. He voted against a holiday for Martin Luther King. He voted against a resolution calling for the release of Nelson Mandela in South Africa
 
Makes him 4-4 in my book!  MLK was a nothing by the time he was assasinated and Nelson Mandela is a commie who led South Africa down the path to AIDS and third worldism.
 
Good for you Cheney!
Owl_Eagle

Well, I just got into town about an hour ago
Took a look around, see which way the wind blow

-John Kerry


 


3 posted on 10/07/2004 1:53:18 PM PDT by End Times Sentinel (I came, I saw, I FReeped.)
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To: backtothestreets
"constervative"

I like it...a combination between consternation and conservatism!

4 posted on 10/07/2004 1:53:26 PM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: Saint Athanasius

Ping!

Hmmm... What's your opinion of Cheney's record?


5 posted on 10/07/2004 1:54:20 PM PDT by rhinohunter (Burr for Senate!!!)
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To: backtothestreets

Yep. My wife and I grinned and went, "Yayyy!" "Yayyy!" "Yayyy!"

Dan


6 posted on 10/07/2004 1:56:48 PM PDT by BibChr ("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
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To: backtothestreets

Right on Cheney!


7 posted on 10/07/2004 1:56:50 PM PDT by ThisLittleLightofMine
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To: backtothestreets

The only one that hurts him at all is the King holiday. I am not sure why he voted against it, perhaps costs? Anyway, liberals who cry states' rights now that state courts are set to order legislatures to legalize gay marriage sure forget about it quickly when the issue is federalizing every other detail of our lives. Healthy mother/father marriages HELPS education -- A GREAT DEAL! And Meals on Wheels? Why is that a federal issue? Heck, liberals think saying a prayer or displaying art positive towards God is a federal issue. Everything that could buy votes is a federal issue UNLESS it is an issue of morality. Liberals take a principled stand against morality even if it's unpopular (unless that can twist their language into sounding for it while voting against it).


8 posted on 10/07/2004 1:58:00 PM PDT by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Legislatures are so outdated. If you want real political victory, take your issue to court.)
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The Mandela part was kinda, well, stoopid. He wasn't imprisoned as a "political prisoner". He wasn't imprisoned in America.

It reminded me of Jean-Fraude telling us he would disarm Russia.

M'kay.


9 posted on 10/07/2004 2:00:09 PM PDT by Jaded ((Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. - Mark Twain))
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To: backtothestreets
If you read the 10th Amendment in the Bill of Rights you will see that the Department of Education is an unconstitutional creation that should not be part of the federal government. Same for Meals on Wheels. These programs belong to the States not to the Federal Government.

Cheney deserves PRAISE for backing the US Constitution. Edwards is a democrat and hates the Constitution.

10 posted on 10/07/2004 2:02:10 PM PDT by NetValue (They're not Americans, they're democrats. They hate the US Constitution.)
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I had to chuckle when Edwards made the shocking allegation during the debate that Cheney voted against "Smart Start".


14 posted on 10/07/2004 2:05:01 PM PDT by dr_who_2
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Not much of a history buff is Mr.Edwards. Our president #40 destroyed #39 by promising to abolish the US Department of Education, which was created by #39 upon being elected as a favor to the teachers unions. Amazingly, most people don't understand that the Department of Education has absolutely nothing to do with education. It's just a clearing house for monies.

#40 never followed thru with that promise and while I admire him greatly, I'll take it up with him one day in the hopefully distant future when I see him.

The funny thing about the Edwards argument over having met VP#43 is that every time he offers proof he met him, it's not in the senate! Brilliant setup! The more Edwards illustrates that he met the VP many times, not once was it in the senate, where Edwards is supposed to be! Adults in charge!

15 posted on 10/07/2004 2:07:49 PM PDT by blackdog (Can we possibly have just one more "Kidz-Bop"?)
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To: backtothestreets

Let's not forget he also voted against that massive boondoggle called "HeadStart."

These are all good votes in my book, and I'd much rather our President were Dick Cheney!


16 posted on 10/07/2004 2:08:56 PM PDT by Redbob
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To: backtothestreets

This speaks volumes about Cheney. Looks to me like he was very involved in his job.

Do ya spose Edwards is jealous? Didn't Cheney bring up his voting record?

Did I hear he missed 33 of 36 national security meetings?

I see now why Edwards is pissed. Cheney actually did his job and Edwards was about the worst slacker I've ever heard of!


17 posted on 10/07/2004 2:09:43 PM PDT by Allosaurs_r_us (CBS is sending a trial balloon.)
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To: backtothestreets
There are three wings to the dim party.

far left wacko Communists
centrist wacko Communists
conservative wacko Communist

It's good to know that deadwards has sealed up the conservative wacko Communist vote.

For the rest of us there is freedom and sanity.
21 posted on 10/07/2004 2:12:39 PM PDT by snooker (French Fried Flip Flopper still Flouncing, be careful out there.)
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To: backtothestreets

At that point in the debate, I turned to my wife and remarked, "I wonder if Edwards realized how many votes he just gained for the Bush/Cheney ticket?" It certainly solidified my support.


26 posted on 10/07/2004 2:28:06 PM PDT by Agrarian
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29 posted on 10/07/2004 2:38:03 PM PDT by petercooper (Everything I ever needed to know about Islam, I learned on 9-11-01.)
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To: backtothestreets

And let's not forget that MLK was associating with KNOWN Communists and jackasses like Jesse Jackson...and that Mandela WAS and IS a Communist!


31 posted on 10/07/2004 3:21:58 PM PDT by LibertarianInExile (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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To: backtothestreets

Nelson Mandela took it upon himself about two years ago, to visit the Libyan terrorist convicted of killing hundres of Americans in the PanAm 103 bombing. During the visit, at a Scottish prison, Nelson hugged the terrorist, who already lives under very posh UN-mandated conditions, and then later demanded the terrorist be moved to a muslim country.


37 posted on 10/07/2004 6:03:04 PM PDT by dagnabbit (Prevent the next 9-11. Stop Islamic immigration and deport Muslim aliens.)
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