And that's the way it was... 3am Critic-style live blogging of the VP debate!!

Tue Oct 05 17:57:28 2004
[10/05 - 17:57]: Let the mudslinging begin!
[10/05 - 17:58]: wow, it's kinda early. What're they doing?
[10/05 - 17:58]: they're writing stuff down.
[10/05 - 17:58]: writey, writey, writey.
[10/05 - 17:58]: This is real exciting.
[10/05 - 17:59]: OH! Did Edwards just peek at Cheney's paper?!
[10/05 - 17:59]: There's the first issue the ultra-right folks are going to torture for a few days.
[10/05 - 18:00]: la la la
[10/05 - 18:00]: Watching Fox News...getting bored...I think the moderator is too.
[10/05 - 18:01]: Cleeeeeveland
[10/05 - 18:02]: there's a trial lawyer if I ever saw one.
[10/05 - 18:03]: Let's see if there'll be some protestors here..
[10/05 - 18:03]: Hmmm...she hits recent events.
[10/05 - 18:03]: Eh, it'll be easy for Cheney to answer...
[10/05 - 18:04]: Cheney is very logical in his set-up of answering.
[10/05 - 18:05]: I guess we all know where the brains of the operation are.
[10/05 - 18:05]: hmmm...he didn't quite answer the question.
[10/05 - 18:06]: So, he's using the deaths as a political tool? That's disgusting, Edwards.
[10/05 - 18:07]: Huh? Kerry has no credibility!
[10/05 - 18:07]: Look at him! The troops don't LIKE him!
[10/05 - 18:08]: C'mon Dick...hit him back.
[10/05 - 18:08]: damn...times up.
[10/05 - 18:08]: He was being confronted for almost 15 years!
[10/05 - 18:10]: Just like there was no connection between Pearl Harbor and Hitler.
[10/05 - 18:11]: Oooho! Cheney's doing what Bush didn't! Attacking Kerry's record BIG time!
[10/05 - 18:11]: Cheney is NOT on the defensive here.
[10/05 - 18:13]: Oh, man...if only Bush had argued his case like Dick.
[10/05 - 18:14]: He spoke of himself in the 3rd person.
[10/05 - 18:14]: Clear as day?
[10/05 - 18:14]: WTF?
[10/05 - 18:15]: But then he said "but"! WTF!? You can read the (*$@#& transcript!!!!
[10/05 - 18:15]: Oh, you little sh*t, Edwards.
[10/05 - 18:16]: hah, Edwards interrupted Cheney.
[10/05 - 18:16]: Now he lost that argument, he moves to NK and Iran.
[10/05 - 18:16]: Hah.
[10/05 - 18:17]: We do have sanctions against Iran, dork. Talk to your ally France about supporting Iran, you dolt.
[10/05 - 18:17]: HE SAID GLOBAL TEST!
[10/05 - 18:17]: BUT IT MUST PASS A GLOBAL TEST!
[10/05 - 18:17]: THAT"S WHAT HE SAID!!!!!!!
[10/05 - 18:17]: oh for Pete's SAKE!
[10/05 - 18:18]: TELL ME THE TRUTH!?
[10/05 - 18:18]: YOU'RE NOT TELLING ME THE TRUTH RIGHT NOW!
[10/05 - 18:18]: And you get great credibility from the trial lawyer.
[10/05 - 18:19]: Umm...he don't make sense.
[10/05 - 18:19]: HAHAHQ
[10/05 - 18:20]: Zing!
[10/05 - 18:20]: "you weren't there to vote for that"
[10/05 - 18:21]: hahah, this is funny. You're lying...no you're lying.
[10/05 - 18:22]: right! Attack his defense record!
[10/05 - 18:23]: Very nice clarification.
[10/05 - 18:23]: YES! He's attacking it!
[10/05 - 18:24]: ooo...the Dean factor.
[10/05 - 18:25]: Yeah, but John Kerry voted against the weapons systems DURING the cold war.
[10/05 - 18:25]: AHAHA, Haliburton is mentioned...there's a mistake.
[10/05 - 18:26]: How can you say he's been consistent from the beginning and keep a straight face?
[10/05 - 18:27]: Hmm...nice question from the moderator.
[10/05 - 18:27]: he's going to the credibility.
[10/05 - 18:27]: I bet...
[10/05 - 18:28]: But they are seeing tangible benefits.
[10/05 - 18:28]: you just don't have them reported.
[10/05 - 18:28]: Christ, man...it's not like there are land mines everywhere. You can train Iraqis in Iraq.
[10/05 - 18:29]: "It's so dangerous" Gimme a break. Moving the training OUT of Iraq? right...
[10/05 - 18:29]: heheh
[10/05 - 18:29]: Cheney's funny.
[10/05 - 18:31]: Very nice. Cheney is re-attacking to keep Edwards on the defensive.
[10/05 - 18:31]: So, Iraqis aren't people, Edwards?
[10/05 - 18:31]: HAH! Good job Cheney!
[10/05 - 18:31]: Just what I said!
[10/05 - 18:32]: whoa...no buzzer.
[10/05 - 18:32]: probably because Edwards interrupted.
[10/05 - 18:33]: Yeah, everything we "see" on the Mainstream Media.
[10/05 - 18:33]: what a little #*# (
[10/05 - 18:33]: Okay, let's not answer the question, John.
[10/05 - 18:33]: Ummm...your time is almost up.
[10/05 - 18:36]: Tio Jaime just called and told me to put into the blog "Cheney is a f*cking bulldog"
[10/05 - 18:36]: :)
[10/05 - 18:37]: Okay, so it was 12, not 15...sue me.
[10/05 - 18:38]: Nice mentioning the Libya changes.
[10/05 - 18:38]: Something that NEVER would've happened with Kerry.
[10/05 - 18:38]: And this guy has killed Americans.
[10/05 - 18:39]: Yeah, THIS country has members of Al Qaeda in them.
[10/05 - 18:39]: You dumb #$%@.
[10/05 - 18:39]: Strengthen the sanctions on Iraq? ooops...Freudian slip for Edwards.
[10/05 - 18:39]: I think he's getting shaken.
[10/05 - 18:40]: He sounds like Michael Moore.
[10/05 - 18:40]: hahha
[10/05 - 18:40]: crap...it's factcheck.org, dick...
[10/05 - 18:41]: oops.
[10/05 - 18:42]: someone needs to buy that site name pronto.
[10/05 - 18:42]: what are you blabbering about, John?
[10/05 - 18:43]: 35 children were killed in Iraq two days ago, you whore!
[10/05 - 18:43]: BY TERRORISTS!
[10/05 - 18:44]: Wow, was there no attack on the administration in that argument?
[10/05 - 18:44]: yeah, you better write sh*t down, Edwards.
[10/05 - 18:44]: OHAHAH!@HH@H@H@H
[10/05 - 18:45]: Great one from Dick!
[10/05 - 18:45]: Nice for mentioning Saddam Hussein's support of the suicide bombers
[10/05 - 18:45]: Yasser must go, Yessir.
[10/05 - 18:45]: Distortion of your record?
[10/05 - 18:46]: Yeah, the Dept. of Education should never have been formed.
[10/05 - 18:46]: Even teachers I know say that.
[10/05 - 18:49]: He did talk about jobs...
[10/05 - 18:50]: We have a plan.
[10/05 - 18:52]: *yawn*
[10/05 - 18:53]: That don't mean squat because of tax law.
[10/05 - 18:53]: if 90% of your income is dividends, you pay minimal taxes on it.
[10/05 - 18:53]: and then S-corporations will be destroyed.
[10/05 - 18:53]: so small businesses can't get ahead.
[10/05 - 18:55]: Exactly.
[10/05 - 18:55]: anything in your programs?!
[10/05 - 18:56]: ohahah
[10/05 - 18:56]: there's another zing he planned.
[10/05 - 18:58]: so are you, John.
[10/05 - 18:58]: SO DO YOU JOHN!
[10/05 - 18:58]: YOU DO THE SAME DAMN THING!
[10/05 - 18:58]: Oh, that's SO blatantly.... that little turd.
[10/05 - 19:00]: oh, jeez. gimme a friggin' break.
[10/05 - 19:00]: That's why civil unions are okay.
[10/05 - 19:01]: it already didn't pass....what's the concern?
[10/05 - 19:02]: hmm...interesting...no response.
[10/05 - 19:02]: that was really interesting.
[10/05 - 19:02]: hehe
[10/05 - 19:02]: There you go! TORT REFORM!
[10/05 - 19:02]: Excellent!
[10/05 - 19:03]: There's something John won't be able to go against.
[10/05 - 19:04]: OH GOD, again with this magic plan.
[10/05 - 19:04]: I have a plan this.
[10/05 - 19:04]: I have a plan that.
[10/05 - 19:05]: I have a plan for going to take a piss.
[10/05 - 19:06]: That's not a hard-hitting question.
[10/05 - 19:07]: Edwards would've been a much stronger candidate for President, that's for sure....still not sure why dems chose Kerry.
[10/05 - 19:07]: His hair looks like it comes from the groomed tail of a show pony.
[10/05 - 19:07]: :)
[10/05 - 19:08]: ahahah, so the reason behind the Medicare increase is OUT!
[10/05 - 19:09]: HAHAHAHA, he mentioned the s-corp thing!
[10/05 - 19:09]: hmmm...there's a way to encourage business....NOT
[10/05 - 19:11]: hmmm...he isn't focusing on the domestic question.
[10/05 - 19:11]: okay, there he goes.
[10/05 - 19:12]: uh oh...
[10/05 - 19:12]: the dems are going to zing him on that one....at least he shows his honesty.
[10/05 - 19:12]: doubled?
[10/05 - 19:12]: another 15 billion?!
[10/05 - 19:12]: Like we have that money to throw around.
[10/05 - 19:14]: but you need the tort reform first.
[10/05 - 19:14]: that's a weak question.
[10/05 - 19:14]: Bush was the same thing in 2000
[10/05 - 19:14]: and he was up for the real spot.
[10/05 - 19:14]: Yeah, we'll take both sides!
[10/05 - 19:14]: phbbt.
[10/05 - 19:15]: weak, Edwards.
[10/05 - 19:16]: I think they want to bring the draft back.
[10/05 - 19:16]: hehe, Wyoming
[10/05 - 19:17]: that's a great point.
[10/05 - 19:18]: I know him MUCH better...ifyaknowwhatimean. wink wink.
[10/05 - 19:18]: heheh
[10/05 - 19:18]: yeah, backbone. That's why he came back from Vietnam and lambasted the troops.
[10/05 - 19:19]: lots of backbone.
[10/05 - 19:21]: good answer.
[10/05 - 19:21]: there's the big problem.
[10/05 - 19:21]: uhh...that's doublespeak.
[10/05 - 19:22]: HE SAID HIS NAME AGAIN!
[10/05 - 19:22]: HAHAAHAHHA dumbass!
[10/05 - 19:22]: he's in love with him.
[10/05 - 19:22]: ;)
[10/05 - 19:23]: It's interesting how Cheney doesn't elect to take some rebuttals.
[10/05 - 19:23]: ugh.
[10/05 - 19:23]: consistent my foot.
[10/05 - 19:23]: HE IS LYING
[10/05 - 19:23]: THERE! I said it!
[10/05 - 19:24]: yeah, from YOU!
[10/05 - 19:24]: yeah, but that's the difference between 'ideas' and 'actuality'.
[10/05 - 19:24]: you flip flop on IDEAS
[10/05 - 19:27]: BLAME THE PARENTS!
[10/05 - 19:27]: YOU CAN'T BLAME THE GOVERNMENT!
[10/05 - 19:28]: you're not funny, john...maybe funny looking.
[10/05 - 19:30]: hmmm...Dick is leaving himself open to an attack here.
[10/05 - 19:32]: hah,
[10/05 - 19:33]: he didn't take the opening like I thought he would.
[10/05 - 19:33]: I think Edwards won this particular topic. Nobody likes the drug ads on TV.
[10/05 - 19:33]: he told a story.
[10/05 - 19:35]: he's going to say 'help is on the way' isn't he...
[10/05 - 19:37]: guess not.
[10/05 - 19:38]: well, that was fun.
[10/05 - 19:38]: "and that's the way it is"