The Skinny On Dick Cheney

[JI7]

<WASHINGTON (AP) Vice President Dick Cheney, enormously popular with conservatives, will be key to turning out the Republican base this November. But campaign officials say they will use Cheney to persuade undecided voters as well.

Democrats delight in the prospect, saying the vice president is so divisive that they hope swing voters hear his name again and again. Even some delegates to the GOP convention fear that Cheney's personal style and his reputation as a resolute conservative will turn these voters off.

The Bush campaign replies that Cheney has the stature and experience to discuss national security, a central issue in this campaign, and that voters know he could step seamlessly into the Oval Office if needed.

But unlike Kerry's running mate, John Edwards, Cheney has yet to appear in any of Bush's television ads, which reach the largest numbers of potential voters, and there are no plans to put him in one.

Dowd says it's a sign of Kerry's weakness that the Democrats are showcasing Edwards in their ads, but the fact remains: Edwards is much more popular than Cheney. Clear majorities say they would vote for Edwards if the election was for vice president alone — which, Republicans note, it is not.>

http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/politicsnational_story_249140159.html

[liberal N proud]

1. Skinny and Dick Cheney in the same sentence that is tough to do!

Dick Cheney is a looser!

[ScrewyRabbit]

2. The skinny on Dick Cheney is draped in layers of fat

He has the charisma of a wart toad. Go ahead and parade him around, Georgie -- show who's really controlling foreign policy!

[Hippo_Tron]

3. They need to pull out Dick Cheney's voting record

And refer to him as most fascist man in congress at the time, the same way they call Kerry the most liberal senator.

[BeatleBoot]

4. Deferment Dick?

You can count 'em on your hand.

One, two, three, four, five.

Five Deferments!

:D

[GOPAgainstGW]

5. Edwards #1 New Responsibility is Dragging Cheney Down!!!

Should be interesting!

[AP]

6. It's an intersting situation: lots of conservatives vote Bush cause they

like Cheney.

Can Edwards get them to vote Kerry because they like Edwards.

Very interesting.

[WI_DEM]

7. For a guy who's had four heart attacks Dick Cheney is not skinny

but should be.

[belle]

8. At least Kerry doesn't need Edwards to hold his hand every time

he has to go to the bathroom.

seriously, that is another front Kerry should seriously start hammering Bush on. How few press conferences has he held again? Why is it so hard for him to take unscripted questions? Why is Cheney sent to do so many jobs the President normally does? Could it be that Mr. Macho President *hides* behind his veep like a scared little boy? Why YESSS, it can!

[Old and In the Way]

9. Dick Cheney? The guy whose company traded with the enemy,

Sadaam Hussein, in 1998? The guy who was making big profits circumventing the US embargo to sell Iraq oil services and equipment?