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To: puborectalis who wrote (639445)	10/6/2004 12:04:04 PM
From: puborectalis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Obermann: The only way Cheney could have avoided meeting Edwards was if he'd had an attack of tunnel vision, or cauliflower ear. "The first time I ever met you" was the cornerstone of post-fight analysis and Cheney's goal of making viewers dismiss Edwards. It's now been turned around on the Vice President and accompanying spin doctors. The prospect of this outcome was forecast in last night's original scoring of this bout. This reporter expects a day of heavy piling on by Democratic spinners, with great success.

To: puborectalis who wrote (639445)	10/6/2004 12:11:33 PM
From: JeffA	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Mondo Washington by James Ridgeway The Real President Stands Up Even sitting at a desk, Cheney walks all over beta-male Edwards October 5th, 2004 11:37 PM A trapped John Edwards shifts into P.R. mode. (photo: Holly Northrop/hnorthrop.com) WASHINGTON—Dick Cheney was every inch the president so many accuse him of being in Tuesday night's debate. Unlike the stumbling George Bush of last week's contest, the vice president turned aside John Edwards's attacks by simply saying the senator didn't know what he was talking about. Cheney hammered the Kerry-Edwards ticket as having a record of being inconsistent and duplicitous. He painted Edwards and John Kerry as having been AWOL for Senate votes, and as two insignificant con men not worth talking to or about. In doing so, Cheney may well have rescued Bush from losing any further support in the polls. He gave no ground to Edwards and successfully stuck to the tried-and-true politician's answer to any and all accusations: Stonewall and repeat your position over and over, no matter how ridicuous. Most amazing was that Edwards got nowhere with Halliburton's performance in Iraq. A former Halliburton boss, Cheney just said Edwards had the facts wrong. And Edwards dropped the subject. Domestic policy was treated as an afterthought. Neither candidate even mentioned inflation and the spiraling cost of oil, which are badly hurting ordinary people. Time after time, Cheney trapped Edwards into explaining Kerry's positions, forcing him to waste time and transform himself into an often embarrassing P.R. guy.