Well, at least unlike 2000, Bush is showing his true colors this time around. If he says he's a uniter not a divider, or talks about reaching across the aisle, anyone who watched Cheney's performance last night would simply laugh in his face:
CHENEY: People tell me that Senator Edwards got picked for his good looks, his sex appeal and his great hair....Senator Kerry began his political career by saying he would like to see our troops deployed "only at the directive of the United Nations." ....
CHENEY: Even in this post-9/11 period, Senator Kerry doesn't appear to understand how the world has changed. He talks about leading a "more sensitive war on terror" as though Al Qaida will be impressed with our softer side....
Senator Kerry denounces American action when other countries don't approve, as if the whole object of our foreign policy were to please a few persistent critics....
George W. Bush will never seek a permission slip to defend the American people....
And then Cheney's version of a climax:
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CHENEY: He voted against body armor, ammunition, fuel, spare parts, armored vehicles, extra pay for hardship duty and support for military families.AUDIENCE: Booo.
CHENEY: Senator Kerry is campaigning for the position of commander in chief.
AUDIENCE: Booo.
CHENEY: Yet he does not seem to understand the first obligation of a commander in chief, and that is to support American troops in combat.
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CHENEY: In his years in Washington, John Kerry has been one of a 100 votes in the United States Senate. And fortunately on matters of national security, his views rarely prevailed.
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But the presidency is an entirely different proposition. A senator can be wrong for 20 years, without consequence to the nation.
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But a president -- a president -- always casts the deciding vote.
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And in this time of challenge, America needs and America has a president we can count on to get it right.
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AUDIENCE: Four more years. Four more years. Four more years.
CHENEY: On Iraq, Senator Kerry has disagreed with many of his fellow Democrats. But Senator Kerry's liveliest disagreement is with himself.
(LAUGHTER)
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His back-and-forth reflects a habit of indecision and sends a message of confusion. And it's all part of a pattern. He has, in the last several years, been for the No Child Left Behind Act and against it. He has spoken in favor of the North American Free Trade Agreement and against it. He is for the Patriot Act and against it.
Senator Kerry says he sees two Americas. It makes the whole thing mutual.
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America sees two John Kerrys....