Posted on 10/07/2004 8:41:51 AM PDT by Lance Romance
THE BIG moment, like so many Dick Cheney moments in recent years, turned out to be a flat-out falsehood.
From the audience, I could sense that after a poor, defensive start, the once-steady and reassuring vice president, who threw his credibility into the trash can during the run-up to the invasion of Iraq, was building to a memorized zinger from his Wyoming practice sessions because he was using uncharacteristically political language and completely dodging the issue presented in the debate's ninth question - about the endless Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
After John Edwards had demonstrated his command of the issue in his own response, Cheney responded by attacking, of all things, Edwards's attendance record in the Senate, reciting his handlers' catchy name for him, Senator Gone, and then, after a dramatic pause, concluding: ''The first time I ever met you was when you walked on the stage tonight.''
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
I agree, there are a lot of people I meet and don't remember. But if I meet them (in a business context) AND their wife, I usually remember. Don't really want to think about what that means.
That's funny, my recollection of Edwards' answer to the Palestinian thing was that it was so rambling as to be evading answering.
And furthermore - why didn't the Great Debater, Edwards, shove it back in Cheney's face when he had the chance? Is it because Edwards is a pretty face, a memorized line, and a blank brain? The Demmies might want to stay away from the answer to Edwards' strikeout on this question...
I thought that Cheney's line was the best of the night but someone didn't do their job by not checking the facts. The picture of the VP sitting next to Edwards just doesn't help the cause. I understand that the VP was really pointing out that Edwards is a no-show in the Senate but somebody blew it.
It is not like Johnny boy is some staffer from HHS. He is a Senator - one of a hundred that the Veep presides over. I would think he wouldn't make such a statement unless he was pretty darned sure he hadn't encountered the guy, and I would think he would have a pretty good idea which of the 100 he'd never met - it can't be many.
As for your question, I answered it above.
The fact remains, Cheney lied. It does bother me even if everyone here is willing to make excuses for him or blame the reporter.
And Ned Nederlander has more credibility than Cheney?
I wouldn't say Cheney lied, that has to show intent, he merely misspoke.
Thank you Bill Clinton.
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