I watched the whole vice-presidents’ debate tonight from my Tivo, listening to every word and watching every facial expression. If I missed a phrase, I backspaced and listened to it again. This sets me apart from a legion of commentators who’ve written things like: “I saw about 30 minutes of the debate while changing the cat box with a crowd of screaming mental patients and therefore feel qualified to tell you who won.” So write this down, I don’t want to repeat myself: Cheney took Edwards to the woodpile and spanked him like he was his daddy.
The high point of the debate was a remark Cheney made after recounting several examples of the ineffible Kerry/Edwards flip-flopping on Iraq, which he explained as a reaction to Howard Dean’s pre-scream lead in the Democratic primaries: “If they couldn’t stand up to the pressures that Howard Dean represented, how can we expect them to stand up to al Qaeda?” Edwards lost the color from his face, nervously turned away from the camera and shuddered as if he was about to vomit.
This is all you need to know about this debate, this election, and the world we live in.
We can put it another way: If Cheney does not have the honor and dignity to be honest with the American people, and if he has to cower lower than a mangy dog to suck up to the administration and put the ideology of the Republican administration over his own family, how can he (or that other “hard working” guy Bush) stand up to al Qaeda?
Edwards and Kerry are both opposed to gay marriage, but not principled enough to support an amendment that embodies their supposed principles.
That’s their whole problem – hypocrisy.
Nope. Read the proposed ammendment.
I already did. Kerry opposes gay marriage, and so does his cute but insubtantial running mate.