The Cheney Shuffle

[Liberal in Ohio]

http://nftunderground.blogspot.com/2004/09/cheney-shuffle.html

basically what Cheney said on 9/7/04 was if we elect John Kerry on Nov 2nd, we are in danger of getting hit in a way that will be devastating. One would have to assume then, that if we make the right choice and elect Bush, we avoid that danger altogether. If not, then what is the point of this statement? If we will be in danger of an attack no matter what choice we make in November, then how can either choice be deemed right or wrong?


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He said if we elect Kerry we are in danger of a devastating attack but what he meant was that we might get attacked either way and if we did we needed to act pre-emptively???

Let me point out an important fact to the Vice President. If we are attacked, any reaction to that attack is re-active. For us to act pre-emptively we would have to attack the attackers before they attack us, effectively foiling the attack and... oh... I get it... Because Bush is willing to pre-emptively attack other nations before they attack us, he will inevitably foil the pending devastating attack. So in his clarification today, Cheney is really saying that if we elect John Kerry in November we will be in danger of being attacked and if we elect Bush, we will not be in danger because we can count on him to pre-emptively attack anyone who might even be thinking about attacking us.
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