Vice Presidential Debate - Quick Verdict

I would give it to John Edwards. He didn't slap Cheney around like a bitch, but he kept on pressing on the issues driving them home. He didn't let Cheney get away with his habitual falsehoods. He kept chiseling away, and sometimes he was funny - which works. Cheney, the troll not funny.

Actually Cheney was somewhat subdued. The vitriol was tempered. Actually he was mostly well-behaved. Although both of them engaged in some personal attacks about service-records, voting records etc. i was impressed with Edwards pointing out that Cheney voting record in Congress and as Defense Secretary was effectively no different than Kerry's. This is something of a pet peeve for me - nobody ever points this out when this lot criticize Kerry on his "he voted against the same systems used to fight the war on terror." Hogwash - so did Cheney.

This wasn't exactly a mauling, Cheney is a smart, Luciferish and sometimes disinterested during the debate, but smart nevertheless.

Verdict:
Bush-Cheney = Buy-two-get-just-one
Kerry-Edwards = Buy two, get two.

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