Some random thoughts on tonight's VP debate -
*One area in which I'm willing to give Cheney a clear advantage: slouching. He was so hunched over that he was muffling his microphone.
*His comment about never having met Edwards was not only low but was most likely only true because neither has ever made the effort. Certainly they've both been in the same sessions. That's just stupid.
*Edwards did a great job keeping the focus on the no Iraq-9/11 connection and I think it's finally sinking in with the voters.
*The rule on the one question about not mentioning W. or Kerry was stupid but Edwards looked like a retard when he couldn't stick to it.
*Cheney surprised me a couple of times when he flat-out didn't want to answer questions or continue Haliburton talk and basically passed on his follow-up. I think he thought that made it look like Edwards was being petty but it really made him look like he was avoiding subjects.
*I remain convinced that Cheney's a stark-raving asshole when the camera's turned off. Seriously. He's certainly intellegent but I have to believe he's completely intolerable. What cemented it? Well, for starters, the fact that he didn't thank Edwards in his closing remarks. Don't think for a second that was unintentional.
Posted by mikewolf at October 06, 2004 12:01 AMOne one of the debate post-game shows (because everything is a sports analogy with me) that Cheney had met Mr (and Mrs) Edwards on at least two occasions... Once at a prayer breakfast and once at a ceremony honoring Elizabeth Dole.
Whether or not they ever met on the Senate floor, well, that still remains in question.
Was that debate a smack-down or what? They were both so bitchy. It was great.
Posted by: Kirsten on October 6, 2004 01:04 AMI noticed the muffled mic, too, and the fact that Cheney didn't thank Edwards at the end. What a bad sport!
See my site for a photo of them together in February 2001.
Edwards held serve. It's going to come down to whether Bush can keep from blowing it in the next two debates, and whether Rove has one last dirty trick in his satchel. The first debate's foreign policy emphasis was supposedly Bush's strong suit; just wait to see him fumfer over domestic issues.
Posted by: Vernam on October 6, 2004 11:12 AM