Misleading Assertions Cover Iraq War and Voting Records

Washington Post ^ | October 6, 2004

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Sen. John Edwards and Vice President Cheney clashed repeatedly in their debate last night, making impressive-sounding but misleading statements on issues including the war in Iraq, tax cuts and each other's records, often omitting key facts along the way.

Early in the debate, Cheney snapped at Edwards, "The senator has got his facts wrong. I have not suggested there's a connection between Iraq and 9/11." But in numerous interviews, Cheney has skated close to the line in ways that may have certainly left that impression on viewers, usually when he cited the possibility that Mohamed Atta, one of the hijackers on Sept. 11, 2001, met with an Iraqi official -- even after that theory was largely

On Dec. 9, 2001, Cheney said on NBC's "Meet The Press" that "it's been pretty well confirmed that [Atta] did go to Prague and he did meet with a senior official of the Iraqi intelligence service in Czechoslovakia last April, several months before the attack." On March 24, 2002, Cheney again told NBC, "We discovered . . . the allegation that one of the lead hijackers, Mohamed Atta, had, in fact, met with Iraqi intelligence in Prague."

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Article rips Cheney a lot, but shows some of Edwards' distortions as well.

[jnarcus]

Like I care what the Post's editorial blather is....what a waste of bandwidth

[garylmoore]

what a waste of bandwidth

I agree

[coffee260]

Now you know it is much more important to point out alies pleged 13 billion instead of 14 billion. Rather than point out that John Kerry is a Jimmy Carter appeaser who would divide all our weapons amongst tyrrants so they dont feel threatened. Hey heres a thought, lets ask Kerry to sign DD 180 and release his medical records or better yet ask Mr Kerry "What war crimes did you commit" in which you alluded to in 1971. Ya, real important issues, but that would mean the American people would find out we are harboring a pathological wimp.