Check Out Cheney's Web Reference

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Check Out Cheney's Web Reference
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Wed, 10-06-2004 - 12:48pm
One of my favourite parts of last night's debate is the little exchange below:

>>>EDWARDS: While he was CEO of Halliburton, they paid millions of dollars in fines for providing false information on their company, just like Enron and Ken Lay.

They did business with Libya and Iran, two sworn enemies of the United States.

They're now under investigation for having bribed foreign officials during that period of time.

Not only that, they've gotten a $7.5 billion no-bid contract in Iraq, and instead of part of their money being withheld, which is the way it's normally done, because they're under investigation, they've continued to get their money.

IFILL: Mr. Vice President?

CHENEY: I can respond, Gwen, but it's going to take more than 30 seconds.

IFILL: Well, that's all you've got.

(LAUGHTER)

CHENEY: Well, the reason they keep mentioning Halliburton is because they're trying to throw up a smokescreen. They know the charges are false.

They know that if you go, for example, to factcheck.com, an independent Web site sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania, you can get the specific details with respect to Halliburton. <<<

Some people criticized John Kerry after his debate with Bush for mentioning a website to elaborate a point.

Dick took a page from Kerry and followed suit last night.

Take Dick's advice and visit www.factcheck.com

Is Dick secretly campaigning for John Kerry?

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Registered: 09-24-2003
Wed, 10-06-2004 - 12:58pm
Oh my gosh, that is classic!!!!!! The greatest slip in a debate ever- go Cheney!

I particularly liked the part in the debate where the moderator asked Cheney about the economy and Cheney proceeded to answer her question instead about education-then Edwards commented to the moderator, making a nice subtle jab at Cheney's avoidance of a damning topic where he and Bush are concerned-Was your question not about the economy? (I paraphrase here obviously.)
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Registered: 03-25-2003
Wed, 10-06-2004 - 1:04pm
Oh my goodness, that IS funny! How did that happen? What website did he ACTUALLY mean?
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Registered: 09-24-2003
Wed, 10-06-2004 - 1:06pm
he meant factcheck.org i believe.
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Registered: 08-05-2004
Wed, 10-06-2004 - 1:08pm
I went there last night and saw the website and was like "hahaha." Do you think Cheney knows about this site or just the name and he's heard about it? There is a .org site with the same name but not even that is too Bush friendly. http://www.factcheck.org I think maybe he meant the .org site but said the .com site since most website's are .com and people are so used to saying .com instead of .org or .gov etc. But still, neither site is that heavy on Bush.
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Registered: 11-05-2003
Wed, 10-06-2004 - 1:08pm
Hilarious!
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Registered: 08-05-2004
Wed, 10-06-2004 - 1:10pm
I loved that too! Haha. Great on Edwards part and also wanted to probably make sure he had the right question. Heh heh.
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Registered: 03-25-2003
Wed, 10-06-2004 - 1:11pm
Yes, that probably is what he meant, but it's still funny! By the way, has anyone else been able to access factcheck.ORG??? I can't access it, maybe it crashed from too many people trying to see it?
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Registered: 08-05-2004
Wed, 10-06-2004 - 1:14pm
I just tried it and it wasn't working for me. I thought maybe it was just me and my server. Maybe too many people are going there. I went last night to the .org and it worked okay then.
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Registered: 03-25-2003
Wed, 10-06-2004 - 1:18pm
Oh okay, good. I was also thinking it was just MY computer!!
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Registered: 09-24-2003
Wed, 10-06-2004 - 1:22pm
it is beyond a doubt too funny, but also, dangerous for him- suppose an undecided voter who's heard a lot about Halliburton corruption wanted to follow up on Cheney's claims by visiting the site he recommended- and stumbled upon the .com site... It's like a message from the heavens, "DON'T VOTE FOR BUSH/CHENEY!" Passed down from Cheney himself! Beautiful.

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