Cheney lied about having never met Edwards

[12th Doctor]

Wait....AL invented the internet!!!!!!  Remember!!!

No I don't, because he never actually said that he invented the internet.

Ummmm.  Eric, yes he did.  He said it on Meet the Press in 1999, exactly as it was quoted. 

Russert asked him, "What have your accomplishments been as Vice-President and a U.S. Senator?"

Al Gore responded, "I invented the internet".  He went on to explain what he meant, but that doesn't change the fact that he said it.

[12th Doctor]

Wait....AL invented the internet!!!!!!  Remember!!!

No I don't, because he never actually said that he invented the internet.

Ummmm.  Eric, yes he did.  He said it on Meet the Press in 1999, exactly as it was quoted. 

Russert asked him, "What have your accomplishments been as Vice-President and a U.S. Senator?"

Al Gore responded, "I invented the internet".  He went on to explain what he meant, but that doesn't change the fact that he said it.

Have you ever even noticed some of the malapropisms and misspeakings of our current president.  I'm not saying that Bush should be voted out because sometimes the words don't come out right, but you have to admit that Gore's slight slip has gotten HUGE mileage given the significance of the misstatement.

By your logic, we should take Bush to task regularly about his support of OB/GYN's "loving" their patients.  this is silly.

By the way, I really couldn't give a crap about whether Edwards & Cheney ever met before; it was a good line by Cheney that won't benefit the dems to argue about, regardless of the merit.

"There you go again".

It is the Libs who are constantly pointing out the misspeaks of Bush, using them as "evidence" of his "stupidity".

All I am saying is that the no ones misspeaks should matter, so long as what they meant to say is obvious.

Everyone knows what Bush was trying to say when he said:

"Rarely is the question being asked 'Is our children learning'".

But still this line and others get repeated with total lack of regard for the missteps of the Dems.

All I ask is for some fairness.

[12th Doctor]

If you want fairness, start out by treating liberals fairly by not painting us all with the same brush. You seem quite fond of these generalizations of liberals, which then become de facto ad hominem attacks to discredit us when we have a good point.

Point taken.  I do over generalize too much, but must of my generalizations are 70%-80% accurate, so nit picking them doesn't mean much.

And the hypocricy argument goes both ways. It's hypocritical to say Cheney and Bush's missteps are ok but not Gore's, too. I never said Gore's missteps were ok, and I don't think this is a big deal either, I understand Cheney may have forgotten meeting Edwards, that's fine. But still, the public deserves to know the truth. I wouldn't want people to go around actually thinking Gore invented the internet, I'm glad it was cleared up that he didn't. But to belabor the point and ignore the greater message is stupid. I'm not ignoring Cheney's point or discrediting it at all, I'm just playing fair by pointing out that he was wrong.

Eric, you lead the thread by saying "Cheney Lied...." That is more than just informing the public, that is an accusation.

Another thing I could go on about is all this "Bush Lied...." BS.  Clearly, a lot (there happy?) of Democrats have forgotten that there is a difference between a lie and mistake.  But, no, Bush gets no benefit of the doubt what-so-ever.