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Campaign Journal Last night’s debate was pure “B” Team. Everyone was flubbing their lines, why even moderator Gwyn Ifill got caught up in the confusion, mangling her words and at one point telling Mr. Sexy Edwards that he had a 30 second rebuttal when he clearly didn’t. I guess she just got lost in his eyes... or his hair... or his teeth... Dickster Cheney, who was eerily calm and in a reprimanding mood all night, seemed to be at him most comfortable when he continually uttered the lines, ”It’s hard to know where to start...” or “Where do I begin?” Hmm, maybe you should start at the beginning, Dick. Cheney was immediately asked about statements by the former U.S. administrator in Iraq, L. Paul Bremer, that the United States had “ paid a big price ” for insufficient troop levels after the war. But the Dickster’s comments were hard to make out due to the fact that he kept clasping his hands over his chin and thus muffling the microphone attached to his shirt collar – somebody send that Gargoyle back to media training! Mr. Cheney’s best line of the night was that he doesn’t want to be President of the United States... Um, excuse me, but doesn’t everybody know that he already is? Edwards, for his part, decided to get lots of mileage out of the words “distorted,” “misleading” and “wrong,” whereas Cheney kept hammering away at 911 and how Iraq was better off without Saddam. And it was all delivered in a low-key manner with a distinctly hostile and contentious tone. “There’s no indication at all that John Kerry intends to carry through on the war on terror.” Cheney said. “What Dick Cheney just said was a complete distortion,” Edwards replied, “he is misleading us and wrong, and I’d like to know why he is lying.” “It’s hard to know where to start,” an exasperated Cheney retorted, and then added, “Let us never forget 911. Oh, and you’ve got one of the worst attendance records in the United States Senate.” Edwards responded by saying, “That’s a complete distortion of my record.” “No,” snapped the VEEP, “and ever since September 11 th everything has changed!” “Stop distorting the issues,” Edwards said. And on and on, ad nausieum...
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