Just as an exersize, I'm writing this as the Cheney/Edwards debate gets underway.  If you're reading this, I actually got through it without too many interruptions.

1st question:  On Iraq, for Cheney, not enough troops, link between Saddam and Zarquari?  Ennhhhh..Wrong answer, there are no freaking links.

Broken record time? "Wrong war, wrong place wrong time" twice, $87 Billion four times in first 15 minutes.

Wow, they're both excellent, Cheney twists Edwards' words without effort, Edwards objects like a Defense attorney smelling hearsay evidence.

Even today they don't know the "extent" (or even existence) of an Iraq/al Queda connection, but it was good enough for a war, unbelievable, we went to war to get Zarquari?  Wasn't the military stopped from getting this guy at his camps before the invasion......draw that connection because for me it doesn't grok.

"Haliburton", I lost count ho many shots I owed for each time it was mentioned and have decided just to keep drinking steadily.  "No bid," has me buying a couple rounds. . .

OH NO, Cheney took the bait!! Actually went back to Hali (burp) ton!  The old man couldn't resists, really made no defense but just used it as a platform for a nasty crack about Johnny being absent from the senate, then agreed essentially with Edwards on Israel/Palestine (which was what the question was about.  Edwards came back swinging and just plain nailed Cheney on his congressional votes:  Plastic gins, head start, meals on wheels, MLK and Nelson Mandella.  Nice Job Johnny.

Domestic issues: Cheney non responsive on jobs and poverty, Edwards points it out slickly and lays our the numbers.  Cheney has numbers too and counters effectively with a zinger about not being able to take four more years of this kind of experience-- again they're both good. 

Qwen couldn't resist the gay marriage question.  Good for her.  Cheney outright deceived on what the Massachusetts Supreme Court did, but otherwise swallowed the hypocrisy well.  Edwards also misleads on the recognition of marriage from state to state under the Full Faith and Credit Clause.  Tort lawyers, feh!  Us family lawyers don't get rich but we sure help people get on with their lives.  Why Edwards is wrong is because the issue has come up in the context of "common law" marriages going back to the establishment of this nation.

Can't speak on Edwards "fix" for malpractice cases.  Ohio has been doing that right along and even adds a step, mandatory arbitration.  Hasn't helped the rise in medical cost or malpractice premiums.

The personal questions were so revealing in distinguishing the two men, not in what they said but how they said it.  Edwards was charming and laughing, Cheney hunched over and grumbled.

Flip Flopping:  The administration being "Back and forth" was a nice reference by Edwards, Ack! "$87 Billion" and "Wrong war, Wrong place, wrong time" again.  What else ya got Dick??  Edwards again has Cleveland numbers on top of national numbers.  The boy (yeah I know he's 50, but look at him) does do his homework.  Cheney gave a broken record of his stump speech on flip flopping, a soft ball for him which he had a chance to swing for the fences and bunted instead.

Uniter not a divider, "Biggest disappointment?" says Cheney but we'll keep working at it,  By getting ZELL involved more!!??  WTF. Gimme a break.  Softball for Edwards, who swings well but changes the subject, goes back to health care, fine, but he didn't run out the play when he could have at least got a double.  Ennhhhh!

Cheney's summation was far better than Edwards' tale of his dad, but then again while Edwards was in college, Dick was running this nation or multinational corporations.

Final thoughts, once again, as it was in 2000, the GOP must wish their ticket were switched.  Cheney did fine next to Edwards, who also did well.  Both in glaring contrast to Bush's performance (or lack thereof) Thursday night.