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 ...
Whose next.....
When is the Boston Glib going to be closed down by the EPA for extreme cultural polution and blatant misuse of timber?
vaudine
Oliphant thinks that the presentation of B.S. with a quasi-southern accent constitutes "the dangerously attractive attribute of freshness?"
One thing that is known about B.S.-ers, they are the ones who are the most susceptible to B.S. from others.
This guy is stupid! Cheney has been one of the most involved and has had the most active vice presidency's of all the vice presidents. He did a superb job last night in the debates. Last night we watched the debates on C-Span and afterwards one of the DNC goons was being interviewed and he looked like he was going to blow a gasket. His face was red and he appeared to be screaming his answers. He said if Edwards had been allowed to walk around instead of sitting at a table (which is Cheney's preferred debate setting) he would have done an even better job. That interview let me know the Dems are nervous.
My, Oliphant sounds nasty here. How come he's not euphoric?
Hmmmmmmmmm?
One day its gonna come out that Oliphant and Kerry were roomates at St. Paul's back in the day. Seriously, the same partisan hacks were writing this about Churchill in 1937 in the London Times. What a jerk.
I see white, they say "black."
There are two Americas. One of them is in a parallel universe.
Obviously Thomas Oliphant swallows...big time!
Petronski!!!!!!!(echo Pertronki!!!!! 8 times)
You forgot the echos. Hrpmh.
I left off the echoes so I could get a harumph. Thanks.
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