Talking points I missed

Events caused me to miss about 20% of the debate, but I’m glad to see Paul Begala recorded two biggies I missed:

Posted: 10:27 p.m.

Gwen Ifill just asked Cheney to talk about AIDS in America.

She specifically asked Cheney not to talk about AIDS overseas. But all Cheney’s talking about is AIDS overseas. He hasn’t been programmed on it, and candidly told Gwen he didn’t know about how African-American women have been hurt by the disease.

Posted: 10:20 p.m.

Edwards is going into the details of his own med mal reform. He’s now telling the story of the little girl who was disemboweled because a dirtbag corporation could’ve prevented it with a two-cent screw.

But why didn’t Edwards point out that it takes a lot of nerve for Bush and Cheney to want to limit anyone’s right to sue, when the only reason they’re in office is because they won a lawsuit.

They lost the vote but won the lawsuit. Now they want to keep consumers from defending their rights. You can bet they don’t want to limit the rights of politicians to sue to block recounts in Florida.

Jessi Klein’s take was funnier.

And Tucker Carlson? He blogs like, well, like it hurts to touch the keyboard, never revealing if somewhere beyond the hairspray, he ever met a personality that he could acquire.

But Begala’s points deserve to be noted by the Kerry campaign.

Also, I note that Elizabeth Edwards confronted Cheney onstage to point out two previous times they’d met, including one where they’d sat together for two hours. That spells trouble for Cheney in the afterspin. And people were worried about what Theresa might say!

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