blogging the veep debate (left handed)

9.04 yikes! who told gwen she looks good in that blue mr. rogers sweater?

9.06 snap! aside from calling the vp a liar, edwards just gave the same opening line as kerry did the other night. good job on the talking points boys.

9.08 "we need to be straight with the american people." is this some sort of sneaky jab at the pres/veep split on gay marriage?

9.09 is it me or is john edwards the only person who has ever called dick cheney incompetent?

9.14 cheney is really really good at pronouncing those foreign names.

9.18 edwards is sincerely trying to tell us that cheney is not competent. cheney's "i'm pissed now" meter is at about 8.6.

9.20 cheney corrects edward's math. 90% + 50% = 140%?

9.22 "Talk Tough" is now a proper noun.

9.25 wait, i'm confused. is john kerry resolute and steadfast, or unstable and insecure?

9.29 edwards has four pieces of scratch paper. cheney, one. what does this tell us?

9.32 gwen just said she had a question about american intelligence. me too.

9.36 gwen asks better questions than her boss. "mr. cheney, do you think u.s. companies should be able to do business within the 'axis of evil?"

9.39 oops, not good to confuse iran and iraq johnny boy.

9.40 she's good . . . denying cheney extra time. you go girl.

9.41 correction mr. cheney, it's factcheck.org, not .com. mr. jackson would be sad to lose such traffic to a clerical error

9.43 uh, oh! edwards is telling stories like a southern laweyer. hold on to your wallet.

9.44 oh my jingles. cheney's pulling senate rank!

9.46 it's getting sooooo crazy. cheney hates mandela, mlk jr., headstart and meals on wheels!

9.51 "mr vice president, i don't think america can take four more years." cheese factor 6.7.

9.54 i like the edwards plan. i get to keep my tax cut for a few more years.

9.55 john kerry voted for tax cuts 600 times! sign me up.

9.58 cheney on gay marriage: if it weren't for those MA justices.

10.00 nobody wants gay marriage in this election. watch the edwards dance. dance johnny dance.

10.02 gwen is funny too. (initial sweater offense overlooked)

10.04 another bc04 obgyn reference. somebody check those contributions.

10.05 democrats have a plan for tort reform. this just in: hell froze over.

10.07 everything is so nice since they talked about mary cheney. once again, gay marriage brings folks together across party lines.

10.08 vp exposes tax loop-hole for trial lawyers. trial lawyers = offshore tax havenistas.

10.13 i'll give aids more money than you will.

10.17 cheney really shouldn't be joking about winning by three electoral votes. that said . . . funny factor 5.9.

10.18 "john kerry put criminals behind crime," edwards. and here i thought it was bad parents.

10.19 is anyone else tired of cheney repeating the questions.

10.21 why is edwards ripping paper into the microphone? does this mean something?

10.23 so how is cheney different from edwards?

10.23 they're lulling each other to sleep. cheney is passing on rebuttal options.

10.26 everybody's out of juice, including my left hand.

10.27 those are crazy numbers on latino andafrican american drop-outs. anybody know where those are from?

10.28 edwards took gwen to the bank for 15 seconds.

10.30 bc04 responsible for division in america. simple as that says johnny e.

10.32 again, cheney confused about where to start.

10.33 edwards closing: more southern stories. this man is hucklebury finn. kerry/edwards will make you happy, bush/cheney will make you have to work harder for less.

10.36 cheney closing: vote bush or there'll be nukes in a city near you.