LIVE THREAD: The 2004 Vice Presidential Debate: Cheney v. Edwards

Free Republic ^ | October 5, 2004

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Cheney scored a KO on pretty boy Jane Edwards Fonda!

[Yaelle]

I have left the TV and come to see the FReepers. DH and I were cheering at some points; Cheney definitely hit some HOME RUNS there. Great debate. He really did ride that little pony!

[JCEccles]

Whhooo hooooo..!!!

Leaky Leahy had no effect at all.

The DNC's beeber is fully stuned.

[tuckrdout]

LOL! And Cheney hit it!

Was that his daughter's "partner" up on the stage?...

[ADemocratNoMore]

> Somebody needs to check on that 800 teachers laid off in Cleveland stat ...

Don't know about that but allow me to rant for a second.
I live in an inner ring suburb of Cleveland.
For the last ten years, the city's budget has hovered around 500 million dollars per year. This covers Police, Fire, EMS, Inspectors, Garbage disposal and all the other assorted city services.
For the last ten years, the budget for the Cleveland school system has averaged around 550 million dollars!. Thats 5 BILLION dollars in the last ten years, plus another 100 million because the schools are falling apart (quite literally) and the school system wants another 100 million tax increase this year.
What's wrong with this picture?.

[Cooltouch]

You might be surprised to see what ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, the Washington Post, NY Times, Boston Globe, et al can do with this. They will echo the DNC talking points, i.e. Edwards won hands down.

WHO CARES? Everybody watches Fox News now. Or so the ratings say :)

[chris1]

We need to send Gwen an email for doing a great job.

[Bahbah]

"I think she's a beautiful woman."

Yes, she is. And if tonight is any example, she is someone who, although maybe on the left, has values and is someone you could have a discussion with.

[GWfan]

but did they have math courses on TV when he was growing up, that his dad used to learn math?

My hubsand and I both yelled at the TV, Sesame Street!!

[M Kehoe]

Good evening.

Let the "spin games" begin.

Methinks the spin will be a rerun of "Dick Cheney is the brains, not Bush."

I'm not an impartial observer, but the Vice President body slammed Edwards. He had little Johnny boy stuttering, unfocused, and off message.

I'll enjoy watching the MSM spin on this one.

5.56mm

[Samwise]

I thought the moderator was great. She asked tough, uncomforatable questions of both men.

Cheney could handle them. Edwards couldn't.

[gaba]

chris matthews and ronnie (ballet dancer reagan) are all saying it was a knock out by cheney!!! Ronnie looks sooooooooo sad!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Britt just replayed Cheney's comments about Edwards Senate record, Ceci thought it was really odd....Geez....

[kabar]

I thought Gwen was good and very fair.

You must be kidding. Read the transcript and you will see by the questions selected, the phrasing, etc. were aimed at putting Cheney on the defensive.

[infoguy]

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[txradioguy]

LOL! Yuppers....Cheney just laid the SMACKDOWN on poor little Pony Boy....it was a blinding barrage of The People's Elbow for 90 minutes tonite. I LOVE IT!

[markman46]

you got that right.. rockem sockem

[JustaCowgirl]

I hope W was watching and taking notes tonight, because Cheney just schooled the Pony's little ass.

[za_claws]

she did do a good job, I wished she had done it last week, She questioned kerry and edwards......I wonder why Jim didn't think of that.

[nmh]

"What a low rent tactic to mention Cheney's family when his family had not been a subject of the debate."

Clearly it was hitting below the belt.

The Cheney's SHOULD love their daughter and love her enough to help her overcome this confused emotional deficit. Cheney took the high road. He spoke HIS mind but yielded to Bush as it should be. Bush is HIS boss.