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October 05, 2004
VP debate -- Cheney takes it
Dick Cheney reminded me of some of my best professors -- engaging, thorough, talks to you (even during lectures) not at you. Has information at his fingertips, shares it as one human to another without lording it over you and actually expects you to "get it." Basic respect.
Edwards is the class snot, who figures his good looks, passing intelligence, and an ability to memorize reams of material (even if he doesn't understand it or it's out of date) gives him the upper hand over "the old fart behind the lecturn". He's the guy who thinks he's hot stuff in class, enjoys keeping up a running commentary under his breath and thinks those around him find him admirable and amusing. [Not]
Edwards spent most of the debate doing a stump speech. He chopped off little bits of it here and there and wedged it into questions whether they fit or not. He hit the drinking points, Haliburton and Vietnam, several times. At times the treacly trial lawyer came to the fore, with typical courtroom shameless tactics. He couldn't help but try and talk over Cheney several times, many times never dealing with the question at hand to go back and reiterating his points regardless of how they had already been discredited. Edwards had a tough time when restricted to not mentioning John Kerry. I guess he had his script points so well memorized that going off script threw him.
Best line: "I met you for the first time tonight."
Classiest moment: When Cheney refused to take the bait as Edwards tried to drag Cheney's daughter into the debate.
Most laughable line: "John Kerry has been completely consistent about Iraq."
Don't miss Hugh Hewitt's scorecard. Allah again takes on the task of link roundup.
And another thing that may bite back, looks like the barking moonbats at the usual Angry Left blogs have taken to swarming the online "polls." Just like the DNC boilerplate "letters to the editor" this is a hoot about lengths the Desperation Gang will go to.
Posted by Darleen at October 5, 2004 09:45 PM