\t\t\t\tI 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. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
This is all you need to know about this debate, this election, and the world we live in.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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