I supposed the best thing you can say about Dick Cheney’s performance last night was that he did a surprisingly good job trying to defend the indefensible.<\/p>\n
The worst thing you can say is that his defense was based on the same litany of distortion —
\nabout the reasons for going to war, the conduct of the war, the current situation in Iraq, and distortions about Kerry’s record on defense.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, John Edwards succeeded in bringing to the debate the abysmal record of the Administration on domestic issues — jobs, health care and the deficit. His self control was evidenced by his ability not to guffaw when Cheney spoke of “putting the U.S. economy on an upward path.”<\/p>\n
Sad for the country when the Vice-President is more qualified than the President — and yet shows no
\nbetter judgment on matters foreign and domestic.<\/p>\n
The most telling aspect of the vice-presidential candidates debate was Cheney’s inconsistency regarding Iran and Iraq. He was perfectly willing to attack Iraq virtually unilaterally — let’s
\nnot kid ourselves — but when there was money to be made he was against unilateral sanctions against Iran. In both cases, Cheney seems to have had his company’s interests before his country’s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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