Posted on 10/06/2004 11:02:17 AM PDT by traumer
THE COUNTRY doesn't need Dick Cheney any more. After his 90 minutes on the stage last night, it is clear he is no longer an essential person in politics and government. What he brings to the table are liabilities.
In debate against an opponent with the dangerously attractive attribute of freshness, Cheney paled -- literally. He's not special, it turns out. He doesn't know anything special, he hasn't done anything special, and for the future he doesn't offer anything special.
Cheney is now just another vice president who has had his hour on the stage without really mattering or making a difference. Four years ago, he had a glow of the Wizard of Oz about him, filling an obvious hole in his running mate's background; last night, Cheney was just the grumpy old man behind the curtain.
In presidential campaigns, that is the key to the veeps. They matter if they add something major, help solve a big problem, or provide the second element of a coalition. They are usually more important on the way into office than after they've been there, and last night was no exception.
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
Sounds like Oliphant has sand in his vagina again.
Oliphant's wrong - it's his relevance which is subject to extinction in four weeks, when stories propping up Hanoi John French Kerry & Silky Pony are no longer necessary and, in fact, only a sad rememberance of this truly pathetic campaign that was.
There is no one in the entire world who is more irrelevant than that little bow-tied freak, Thomas Oliphant.
Uh...are the Dems giving away free crack this morning? Talk about spin cycle...fact is people know what they saw and it ain't what these nasty papers are trying to push...
You almost killed me.
The sand is in his butt.
Sorry but I had to post it - it is SO PATHETIC.....
??!! First they tell people that Cheney's the one running the show, now they call him irrelevant?
I agree with the last post: free crack at the DNC.
HAHAHAHAHHAHA
Oliphant certainly sees the world through his own special glasses, doesn't he? What a sap.
AHAHAAHAHAGAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! (snort)
The Boston Globe strikes a blow for "relevancy"?
PS: Preposterous opinion, BTW. Cheney is a great American. We're lucky to have him serving.
Tommy's bow tie is WAY too tight!
My, my, he sure is trying hard. Silly Oliphant.
Man. What a complete crock. Talk about writing what you desperately want everyone to believe!
I'd correct the very first line of the column....the contry doesn't need Oliphant any more.
Oh man, your comment was the last comment I was expecting to read .... way to funny.
"In debate against an opponent with the dangerously attractive attribute of freshness..."
Is this a pick-up line? Does Oliphant want to vote for Edwards, or date him?
HUH?
What debate did this writer watch?
Surely it wasn't last nights debate. Cheney cream boy Edwards.
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