Vice Presidential Debate-KE04 Rapid Response
Case Western Reserve University - Cleveland, OH - October 5, 2004

 
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Kerry-Edwards 2004, Inc. CHENEY VS. REALITY
Note: Someone neglected to change the date from the last debate; these were all dated September 30.

1. CHENEY VS. REALITY
The Economy is 7 million jobs Short of Bush Administration Prediction.


2. 2004: National Respected Tax Group "Set the Record Straight For Edwards," Said It Was "Not [An] Abusive Tax Shelter"


3. CHENEY VS. REALITY
CHENEY: Kerry's record is one of a high number of tax increases.
REALITY: KERRY VOTED FOR 600 TAX CUTS WHILE CHENEY VOTED FOR OVER 140 TAX & FEE INCREASES

3b. GRAND TOTAL=642 TIMES JOHN KERRY WENT ON THE LEGISLATIVE RECORD FOR LOWER TAXES


4. CHENEY VS. REALITY
Cheney Tonight:  We should NOT lift sanctions on Iran.
REALITY: Cheney pushed to have sanctions lifted.


5. CHENEY TONIGHT: "I have not suggested there's a connection between iraq and 9/11." 
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6. CHENEY Said we had to go after Hussein because Iraq was a state sponsor of terrorism
REALITY: Cheneys Halliburton did business with Iraq, Iran; both were state sponsors of terrorism


7. REVIEWS ARE IN
CBS News tracked the reactions to tonight's vice presidential debate of a nationwide panel of 169 uncommitted voters - voters who could change their minds before Election Day.  Here are the initial results.  This scientific poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 7 percentage points:

            By 41% to 29%, uncommitted debate watchers say Edwards won the debate tonight.

ABC
Peter Jennings: "Anybody who thought that Senator Edwards was going to be rolled by the experienced Vice President I think will have a second thought." [10:40, ABC]

CBS
Bob Schieffer: "This was a very testy debate.  The vice-president tonight had the unfortunate task of defending a war that does not appear to be going very well these days.  On the very day that the former top civilian official in Iraq was making a speech saying that we went about it in the wrong way.  That was a tall hill for the vice-president to climb tonight." (CBS, 10:40pm)

PBS
David Brooks: "Edwards came right out from the git go and said you're not being straight with the American people." (PBS, 10:40pm)