The Art of Politics

Mouth Runneth Over

Cheney draws too fine a point, puts out an eye...

The Vice President today made some off-the-cuff remarks that probably didn't end up the way he would have liked.

Cheney's remarks, which appeared to be totally extemporaneous, discussed the history of foreign policy decisions that helped win the Cold War, and managed to chew shoe leather by coming to a conclusion and then leaping from it. Several choice points to conclude his comments passed, making an avalanche out of a rolling stone:

"It's absolutely essential that eight weeks from today, on Nov. 2, we make the right choice, [Stop here Dick, point made] because if we make the wrong choice [Uh oh, Danger Will Robinson!] then the danger is that we'll get hit again [STOP! Code Red!] and we'll be hit in a way that will be devastating from the standpoint of the United States [AIGGH! Run for it!]"

This is a classic case of a politician with diarrhea of the mouth. The Kerry campaign unboxed little Johnny Edwards (there's just something so Quayle-like about him) who rightly nailed Cheney on this.

Cheney can make his case that his ticket will be better in the war on terror than his opponents than by making a vote for Kerry the breaking of the seventh seal...

Posted by MEC2 at September 7, 2004 07:01 PM