Year: 2004

From ABC News “Noted Now”…

ELIZABETH EDWARDS ACCUSES LYNNE CHENEY OF “SHAME” OF HER DAUGHTER, QUESTIONS HER CRITICISM OF KERRY’S MARY CHENEY REFERENCE.

ELIZABETH EDWARDS ON ABC RADIO: “She’s overreacted to this and treated it as if it’s shameful to have this discussion. I think that’s a very sad state of affairs… I think that it indicates a certain degree of shame with respect to her daughter’s sexual preferences… It makes me really sad that that’s Lynne’s response.”

Cheney’s daughter is not running for the presidency. There was no reason to bring her name into the debate last night, or during the V.P. debate last week.

LYNNE CHENEY AT POST-DEBATE RALLY: “The only thing I could conclude is that this is not a good man. This is not a good man. And, of course, I’m speaking as a mom. And a pretty indignant one. This is not a good man. What a cheap and tawdry political trick.”

Absolutely. It was obvious that Kerry was being disingenuous. Moreover, his comment violated Mary Cheney’s privacy.

DICK CHENEY TO NBC AFFILIATE WHO: “I would have said Sen. Kerry was out of line to bring my daughter into it. I thought it was totally inappropriate.”

You know that Dick Cheney would have pulled out his can ‘o whupass if he would have been on that stage.

WHAT KERRY SAID: “And I think if you were to talk to Dick Cheney’s daughter, who is a lesbian, she would tell you that she’s being who she was, she’s being who she was born as.”

What a jerk.

MORE: INDC has further comment on “daughtergate”.

STILL MORE: MyWay news has a full story on Dick Cheney’s remarks today in Florida.

In the first of what will probably be many denials, the French claim they had nothing to do with the Oil-for-Food scandal.

In case you missed it, read the debate.

One can always count on Hewitt to give a good round-up of debate night comments. Tonight, he doesn’t disappoint.

I think Bush did a great job. He did better than John Kerry tonight. But, my question is, who signed up Bob Schieffer to moderate this thing? His questions were mostly worthless. He threw softballs to John Kerry. Flu vaccine? Bush handled the answer effectively, but come on! What’s with the cackle at the end of the debate? Schieffer asks John Kerry to “explain his tax plan again.” What in the world is that? He gets another chance to explain? Unreal.

Do we need 3 debates? Nothing changed tonight…the same answers we’ve heard in the past two debates, just less smirk.

UPDATE: From the views of many in the blogosphere, lots of other contributors also thought Schieffer sucked big time tonight.

Coming soon to homes served by Sinclair Broadcasting. Clips of the documentary are found here.

Bubbie vs. The GOP. This is totally outrageous. (wait for the video to start)

From the BBC – “Moscow schoolchildren will soon have to wear military-style dog tags and carry special “passports” as part of a security drive in the wake of Beslan.” So, this is where we are now. The war symbolism is scary – kids wearing dog tags. Each day, parents will have to send their children to school knowing that they might not come home.

Finally, Allawi flexes his muscle and slams down an ultimatum. This should have come months ago.

Neophyte Pundit has a few “morning must reads” that I will ditto as required.