Vice Presidential Debate

Edwards scored some good points on increased opium production in Afghanistan, the Bush-Cheney hypocrisy on our troops’ body armor, and on the "global test," which was not about permission, but about our nation’s credibility around the world. We attacked Iraq without provocation, which is a sin in both Islam and Christianity, and there were no WMD’s. If the world can’t take the U.S. at its word, we will become more isolated and weak.

Cheney had some unanswered technical points on the cost of the war to-date, $120 vs. $200 billion, and on new jobs, 1.7 million vs. Edwards’ 2003 data. Cheney said Edwards missed 33/36 of his judiciary meetings. Edwards didn’t defend that so I assume it’s true. Instead, Edwards counterattacked that Cheney voted for plastic weapons and against Head Start, etc., which I can believe.

Edwards brought up Haliburton, Cheney’s company, which is involved in oil, war, and drugs. Apparently Cheney messed up on the name of the web site he mentioned and on whether he had met Edwards before. http://www.factcheck.org/article.aspx?docID=272

Now here are some suggestions for the next presidential debate. Kerry should say, "Let’s be CLEAR about nuCLEAR power," and if Bush whines again about all the hard work, Kerry should say "Mr. President, this Bud’s for you." The debate sponsors (Anhueser Busch) would like that.

http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/100604_cheney_lies.shtml