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The VP Debate

I think that it’s a draw — with the slight possibility of Cheney winning. He’s a much better speaker than Bush, even when he’s sneering. Edwards is much better looking and smiles more, but Cheney held his own. Had this been a walking around and talking kind of debate, I think Edwards would have mopped the floor with Cheney.

No real stand-out moments that I noticed, though I didn’t watch the whole thing. It pretty much went the way I expected, and I don’t think this is going to change any minds.

Although it sucked that Edwards thanked Cheney for coming, but Cheney didn’t thank Edwards. Also, Bush was hardly ever mentioned — certainly far less than Kerry was. Is that because Cheney actually runs things?


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After the first Presidential debate and the only Vice Presidential debate of 2004 I can tell you who is Gepetto and who is Pinocchio. Clearly, after tonight

Posted by George on 5 October 2004 @ 7pm

No real stand-out moments‽

I found it pretty hilarious (and embarassing (…for him)) when Gepetto directed a large percentage of US voters to factcheck.com, a redirect to George Soros’ site, the soapbox of a wealthy and vociferously anti-Bush philanthropist. Adding to the hilarity is a clarification on factcheck.org, the site Gepetto meant to reference, stating that what Edwards said was mostly right-on and that they only rebutted accusations that Gepetto made personal, monetary gains from Halliburton while in office (and not prior to election, as Edwards was discussing).

Overall, I say “tie.” Obviously Gepetto looked much better out there than Pinocchio did (or will Friday), but Edwards held his own. It’s not like the VP debate even counts anyway, right?

Posted by Brandon on 6 October 2004 @ 3am

Brandon: You’re right, his mentioning .com instead of .org was pretty funny, and highly embarrassing, but I chalked it up to inexperience with the internet. Right after he said it, I tried to go to factcheck.com and it was one of those “this domain is parked” pages. So sometime between that and the end of the debate, Soros and his minions bought the domain and/or made a deal with the owner to setup a redirect. Talk about capitalizing on a mistake.

Posted by Myles on 6 October 2004 @ 5am

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