"Gould 0738" wrote in message
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Edwards was really classy when he took a shot at Cheney about his
daughter.



A "shot"?

Do you mean the shot that Cheney followed with the sincere remark, "Thank
you
for the kind words about my daughter"?

?????????????????


Yea, a shot. Sure, the actual words were not harsh. But as I watched I
certainly
*felt* this as a "shot."

It's usually uncouth for one candidate to bring his opponents
family into a discussion. There may be some circumstances where this would
be
appropriate, say if the Moderator asked a direct question about it. Even
then
the classy answer would be to say something like, "It's not really my place
to comment on that." ~ Just because Cheney recovered well / was graceful
by taking it as a compliement doesn't mean Edwards was right. ~~ In fact
it's similar to when the moderator asked Edwards the question of why/how
he (Edwards) was fit to be VP. When the time turned to Cheney for his 60
seconds "rebuttal" Cheney was hesitant to comment on Edwards fitness.

Let me put it in a slightly different way. Say the question was about
services
for mentally handicapped people. And say Cheney had a mentally handicapped
daughter. Edwards would be considered (I think) very calous to move the
discussion from the abstract to Cheney's child. These should not be
personal
issues but policical ones. (Note: I'm *not* trying to say being gay or
lesbian
is like being mentally handicapped. I'm only saying that bringing the other
guy's
family into the discussion is, in most circumstances, uncool.)



The only shot turns out to be Cheney's implied lie that Edwards has never
been
in the Senate on the day each week that Cheny presides there, (Tuesday).
To be

Fair enough. I do believe this was a misleading statement by Cheney.


Again, I feel compelled to note: I'm routing for Kerry/Edwards and think
they
will be much better for this country than Bush/Cheney. But I also think
Cheney
was much calmer, more direct, and more "professional" then Edwards tonight.