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Are you experiencing, Mr. and Ms. Swing Voter, a sneaking suspicion that Vice-President Halliburton wasn't being entirely forthright with us during last night's debate?
Well, it's never a bad idea to trust your gut. But if you'd like to have your hunch confirmed, check out this from the Daily Reality Check.
...Debate moderator Gwen Ifill kicked off last night's proceedings by asking the vice president about former administrator of Iraq L. Paul Bremer's recent assertions that we simply didn't have enough troops on the ground in Iraq to secure the region. Cheney "answered" the question without ever using the word "troops" – in other words, he ducked it.It was a sign of things to come: When asked about Afghanistan, Cheney talked about El Salvador; when asked about jobs, he tried to bring up education; when he was pressed on Halliburton, he directed people to a (wrong) website that doesn't answer any of the questions raised.
When he wasn't deflecting attention away from the administration's awful policy record (an arduous task, mind you), Cheney distorted the records of his opponents, distorted the Bush administration's records, and even distorted his own record. It was a busy night....
There's much more here. They break it down for you, misstatement by misstatement, lie by lie.
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