The Vice-Presidential Debate, or...
"It's Like the WWE, only Real!"
Seriously, the verbal battle between Dick Cheney and John Edwards was... very messy, even for the (latter) half that I saw. From what the commentators described, the first section (focusing primarily on foreign affairs,) was an "old-fashioned slobber-knocker," as the famed color commentator would put it.
The best part is that Cheney corrected Bush's mistakes, both emphasizing the facts (the actual state of Iraq, Bush's Medicare plan, and suchlike) and attacking (there's no other word for it,) both Johns' credibility. The best clip of the entire exchange had to be when Cheney mentioned, "As Vice-president, I'm in charge of the Senate. Every Tuesday, when the Senate's in session, I'm there. The first time I met you, Senator Edwards, is when you stepped on this stage." Obviously, Cheney's rendition was much better than my paraphrase, but the same truth's there: how can Kerry and Edwards try to pass themselves off as credible when their entire Senate record (or lack thereof,) is taken into account?
However, I would most like to emphasize the result in "Spin Alley." The Republican side was noticeably triumphant, with one spinmeister even going so far as to state, (paraphrased) "You won't see another Senator drubbed like that again for awhile." The Democratic side, on the other hand, "doesn't want to focus on any particular exchange," and instead touted Edwards' "verbal skill."
Substance vs. style, perhaps?
Seriously, the verbal battle between Dick Cheney and John Edwards was... very messy, even for the (latter) half that I saw. From what the commentators described, the first section (focusing primarily on foreign affairs,) was an "old-fashioned slobber-knocker," as the famed color commentator would put it.
The best part is that Cheney corrected Bush's mistakes, both emphasizing the facts (the actual state of Iraq, Bush's Medicare plan, and suchlike) and attacking (there's no other word for it,) both Johns' credibility. The best clip of the entire exchange had to be when Cheney mentioned, "As Vice-president, I'm in charge of the Senate. Every Tuesday, when the Senate's in session, I'm there. The first time I met you, Senator Edwards, is when you stepped on this stage." Obviously, Cheney's rendition was much better than my paraphrase, but the same truth's there: how can Kerry and Edwards try to pass themselves off as credible when their entire Senate record (or lack thereof,) is taken into account?
However, I would most like to emphasize the result in "Spin Alley." The Republican side was noticeably triumphant, with one spinmeister even going so far as to state, (paraphrased) "You won't see another Senator drubbed like that again for awhile." The Democratic side, on the other hand, "doesn't want to focus on any particular exchange," and instead touted Edwards' "verbal skill."
Substance vs. style, perhaps?