The Vice President Election Debate

The debate was extremely one-sided. People keep telling me that the vice-presidential debate is not significant. They seem to be forgetting that if Kerry were to be elected, which would be bad enough, he would be succeeded by Edwards if he were unable to serve his full term. I love the way the dems seem to conveniently be able to forget about such important issues. Edwards is obviously not as experienced, or as knowlegable as Cheney on issues such as national security, intelligence and foreign policy. Cheney knows his stuff and showed it while Edwards appears to be barely able to think for himself. Cheney did a great job of bringing Kerry's record out into the open. After the first debate, it seemed to have been temporarily forgotten. He called Edwards on the refusal to count Iraqi casualties, and also brought out the reality of the war and why Bush is obviously suited to be the Commander-in-Chief. While Edwards fumbled for words and showed an extreme lack of confidence, Cheney remained calm, confident and showed once again what a competent vice president he is. Edwards definitely failed in this debate.
Vice President Cheney won the debate last night. He showed confidence and didn't back down. He forced Edwards to explain Kerry's postitions and he was forceful yet subtle at the same time. Here are two quotes that I was really impressed with from the debate:“Senator, frankly, you have a record in the Senate that's not very distinguished. You missed 33 out of 36 meetings in the Judiciary Committee. Almost 70% of the meetings of the Intelligence Committee. You've missed a lot of key votes on tax policy, on energy, on Medicare reform. Your hometown newspaper has taken to calling you Senator Gone. You've got one of the worst attendance records in the United States Senate. Now, in my capacity as Vice President I am the President of the Senate, the presiding officer. I'm up in the Senate most Tuesdays when they're in session. The first time I ever met you was when you walked on the stage tonight.” -- Vice President Dick Cheney“So they, in effect, decided they would cast an anti-war vote, and they voted against the troops. Now, if they couldn't stand up to the pressures that Howard Dean represented, how can we expect them to standup to Al Qaeda?” -- Vice President Dick Cheney