Cheney’s Gaffe
October 6th, 2004 | Published in Stuff
In a rather strange childlike moment, Cheney told John Edwards that the two of them had never met before last night’s debate, despite the fact Edwards is a serving senator and Cheney’s the body’s presiding officer. But asAtrios pointed out, one can easily discover a citation of a prayer breakfast the two men attended together in February 2001. This might be funny if Cheney wasn’t the VP.
UPDATE: This is just too easy. Since this isn’t supposed to be a political blog, this is my last thoughts on the VP debate or the election in general. Other blogs have a ton more info. In the intro to the above Cheney said, "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."
In four years Cheney has been "up in the Senate most Tuesdays" two times. In fact, Edwards has served as the president of the Senate twice during the same time period (because Cheney wasn’t there).
