[jeffc]

The Republican said the discussion had become too politically charged with Cheney making a televised speech on Thursday immediately after an address by the sitting president.

Ridge is an idiot if he believes this. BO is the one who scheduled a speech after he saw that Cheney had an ALREADY SCHEDULED speech. If discussion is "too politically charged", than BO did it.

Now the question is, did Ridge say this, or did Agence France-Presse add the part about "making a speech after the prez"?

[NormsRevenge]

That was a cheap shot, for sure.

Cheney wasn’t the organizer for that event.

[cpanter]

I’m no Ridge fan, but the author doesn’t explicitly say that Ridge said it was too politically charged “because” of the speech. The author used the word “with” to attach the sentence about the timing of Cheney’s speech to Ridge’s comment.

This author actually gets two “bias” points in one sentence if you think about it:
1. Cheney scheduled his tv attack to follow the sitting president’s speech.
2. Ridge believes that this action by Cheney has caused the discussion to become too politically charged.

What a crock.