VPs kaffeeklatsch #5

I was surprised Cheney didn’t catch Edwards in a rhetorical bind. Read the following and see if you can find it:

> EDWARDS: Mr. Vice President, we were attacked. But we
> weren't attacked by Saddam Hussein. And one thing that
> John Kerry and I would agree with you about is that it
> is...
>
> ...One thing that we agree about is the need to be
> offensive in going after terrorists.
>
> The reality is that the best defense is a good offense...

I expected Cheney to reply by saying something to the effect that, to have a good offense means snuffing out terrorist threats before they become a reality. Using Cheney’s logic (as flawed as it is) that Saddam did qualify as a terrorist and legitimate target in the W.O.T., there is an obvious contradiction in Edwards’ statement. Cheney’s reply is baffling:

> IFILL: Would you like to respond? Thirty seconds.
>
> CHENEY: No.

All I can say is “phew”. We dodged a bullet there.

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