My Take on the Debate
I wasn't able to watch the Vice Presidential debate live last night, but I taped it and watched it later.

There's no question that Dick Cheney won the debate handily. John Edwards did a competent job, but on the major questions, especially with respect to his qualifications to be President, he just didn't have an answer.

Cheney got pretty hot when the Breck Girl continued with the idiotic Kerry line of attack on our allies ---and that includes the Iraqi military and security forces. If people haven't been thinking of those men as being part of the Coalition, maybe it's time they do so. They're fighting for their country with our help, and they deserve our respect. The Kerrion aren't willing to do this. Indeed, they aren't willing ---unless shamed into it--- to acknowledge the sacrifices made by other countries, such as Great Britain, Italy, and Poland.

Cheney's command of the facts, his gravitas, and his long experience are a living argument against Edwards' facile, lawyerly rhetoric. You know who's better able to step into the Oval Office and guide this country. You know which of these two men is the greater resource and counsel to the President.

In Edwards' candidacy, Kerry's judgement has been discredited once again.