LA Times - Cheney and Edwards Have Met Before

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

Cheney and Edwards Have Met Before
A photo shows the vice president next to the senator at a prayer breakfast in 2001.



By Peter Wallsten, Times Staff Writer


WASHINGTON — It was perhaps the most surprising tidbit of new information during the debate — that Vice President Dick Cheney had never met Sen. John Edwards until Tuesday night.

Except it wasn't true.

"I'm up in the Senate most Tuesdays when they're in session," Cheney said to Edwards. "The first time I ever met you was when you walked on the stage tonight."

It seems, however, the vice president's memory was a little off. Or maybe Edwards didn't leave much of an impression.

Less than two hours after the debate ended, aides to Edwards and Sen. John F. Kerry distributed a photograph from the Feb. 1, 2001, National Prayer Breakfast showing Edwards and Cheney standing side by side.


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Although Cheney is the Senate's presiding officer, he actually sits in the chamber only on rare occasions, such as to break a tie vote and to swear in new senators.

He does attend the GOP senators' weekly luncheons to discuss party strategy. But only Republicans attend, and Cheney usually breezes into the building, goes to the meeting, then leaves without hobnobbing with Democrats.

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/2004/la-na-meet6oct06,1,7026204.story?coll=la-home-headlines

[speedoo]

1. This is great.

He lied not once, but twice in the same sentence!!!

Looks like the story line of this debate is going to be multiple lies by Cheney.

I swear, we could not have wished for a better outcome.

[unfrigginreal]

2. I love it! At least one freeper is a little worried about it too

Freeper - Yaelle

"This is not good. That was a line that made me suck in my breath with shock, during the debate. It was such a zinger that I can't believe it wasn't vetted before he used it. It makes me sad that the #1 sound bite was wrong. I wouldn't count the swearing in of Liddy because it doesn't sound like they really "met," but the Prayer breakfast photo really doesn't look good."

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

3. hahaha

[Tight_rope]

4. Cheney lies so much that he forgets it will caught up with him everytime!

[Moderator]

5. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x886855