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Politics : Proof that John Kerry is Unfit for Command -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (16185)	10/6/2004 4:27:17 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27181

Cheney lied about that and much more: see this "Now, in my capacity as vice president, I am the president of Senate, the presiding officer. I'm up in the Senate most Tuesdays when they're in session," Cheney said last night. Over at Daily Kos, someone actually checked the Congressional Record (fancy that) and found that Cheney presided over the Senate "a grand total of two times the past four years -- just as many times as Edwards, who also did so twice." And the Los Angeles Times points out that Cheney rarely sits in the chamber, and usually only to break a tie vote or swear in new senators -- and he also attends the GOP senators' weekly luncheons to discuss party strategy. It turns out that when Cheney visits the Senate, he seems to avoid Democrats. "But only Republicans attend [the luncheons]," the Times says, "and Cheney usually breezes into the building, goes to the meeting, then leaves without hobnobbing with Democrats. In fact, Cheney was teased by Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) for only associating with Republicans when, in an encounter on the Senate floor, Cheney cursed at Leahy." And Cheney had another good line about Edwards' supposed absenteeism from the Senate. "Your hometown newspaper has taken to calling you Senator Gone," Cheney said. Again -- if only. This morning, Edwards' hometown newspaper, the News & Observer, asked of Cheney's reference: "Which paper is that?" The paper could find no mention of "Senator Gone" in its own archives. Atrios found the paper in question, a weekly paper 20 miles away from Edwards' hometown. Not his "hometown newspaper," and certainly not nearly as influential as the daily News & Observer. As Atrios points out, the Philadelphia Weekly recently said that people who vote for Bush would burn in hell, but it would be a stretch for Kerry to use that against Bush in a debate, citing a "Philadelphia newspaper."