Well, I didn't think much of the debate last night. I wasn't sure if it was because the performance(s) were dull or I was just tired, but I found myself wandering off a lot during it-- getting a bowl of ice cream, finishing off another dessert, grabbing my guitar, etc. Cheney still creeps me out, and I thought Edwards was a little nervous. The moderator I thought was a bit of a twit. Most of what I've read so far today had a different take, so I was glad to see that at least one writer came away with the same impression I did:
Posted by Jason at October 6, 2004 02:27 PMHere's how bad it was Tuesday night. Fifteen minutes before the end of the vice-presidential debate -- with Dick Cheney still talking about the terrorists who want to kill us, with John Edwards still trying to circle back to some prior question -- the spinners for the two candidates came barging into the press room like rodeo clowns trying to save a fallen cowboy.
They were too late.
Dick Cheney and John Edwards debated for a little more than 90 minutes Tuesday, but the snippy, sordid and yet somehow sleepy affair seemed to stretch on for days. It was a dispiriting debate, and it left both men diminished. Edwards repeatedly missed chances to defend his ticket; in a moment that was at least a little Dukakis-esque, he let Cheney get away with claiming that he had dishonored Iraqis killed in George W. Bush's war. Cheney simply declined to answer questions he didn't like.