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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (35956)	7/17/2004 12:25:42 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 81568

Completely-lacking American Spirit, Kerry's bosom buddy, John McCain, recently introduced Cheney with high praise including the comment that he's "not just another pretty face.": McCain Praises Cheney As Rumors Swirl 16-Jul-2004 2:10PM LANSING, Mich.(AP) - The Republican rumored to be Dick Cheney's replacement effusively praised the vice president Friday, introducing him to Michigan voters as "indispensable, very debonair" and "not just another pretty face." Sen. John McCain, the maverick Republican who often has been at odds with his GOP brethren joined Cheney to stump for the presidential ticket in the swing state that narrowly went for Democrat Al Gore in 2000. As the buzz in Washington continued about Cheney's future and the chance McCain might fill his spot, the Arizona lawmaker offered a testimonial to Bush's No. 2, tracing his career in public service from previous Republican administrations to the U.S. House to defense secretary during the 1991 Persian Gulf War to the post-9/11 era. "We are very fortunate the president relies on the counsel of this man," McCain added, praising Cheney's "resolve, experience, patriotism," and calling him "indispensable and very debonair." While some smiled at those comments, the line that drew laughs from the crowd of some 1,000 was McCain's allusion to the other vice presidential candidate, Democratic Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina. Said McCain of Cheney: "He is not just another pretty face." Playing off that riff, Cheney poked fun at his looks, balding with a bit of paunch. "Everybody said Sen. Edwards got picked because he's sexy, good-looking and charming. I said, 'How do you think I got this job?'" Humor aside, the Bush-Cheney campaign has taken seriously the stories speculating about whether Bush would drop Cheney. The National Annenberg Election Survey conducted recently found that 66 percent of Republicans questioned say Cheney should stay while 24 percent said choose someone new. Cheney used the campaign stop in Michigan, where polls show Bush and rival John Kerry locked in a tight race, to criticize the Democrat, giving a slight variation on the campaign stump speech he's delivered in the past. "These are not times for leaders who shift with the political winds, who say one thing on one day and something else the next. And that brings to mind our opponents," Cheney said. Cheney's visit Friday was his third to Michigan in six weeks. McCain was returning to the scene of one of his 2000 presidential campaign triumphs; he won Michigan's primary and remains popular with voters across the political spectrum.