I have the great misfortune of having to look at

[KC21304]

Dick Morris in my local paper about once a week. Today he is spinning the VP debate for Cheney.

I want to send him and my paper a letter debunking the Edwards attendance lie. Does anyone , Skinner possibly, have the link for the numbers that were on the home page on Wednesday ?

Thanks for any help.

[rusty charly]

1. here

In Tuesday night's debate, Cheney said Edwards has "one of the worst attendance records in the United States Senate."

In truth, Edwards has an 84.8% voting record in the Senate. In each of his first four years, he had a perfect or near perfect record:

1999: Cast 371 out of 274 votes for a 99.2% voting record
2000: Cast 298 out of 298 votes for a 100% voting record
2001: Cast 377 out of 380 votes for a 99.2% voting record
2002: Cast 253 out of 253 votes for a 100% voting record
2003: Cast 281 out of 459 votes for a 61.2% voting record
2004: Cast 84 out of 198 votes for a 42.4% voting record

Overall, Edwards has cast 1664 out of 1962 votes for a 84.8% voting record, Dick.


http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/legislative/a_three_sections_with_teasers/votes.htm

[rusty charly]

2. just for fun: throw in

In the debate, Snarly McCrashcart said the following:

Now, in my capacity as vice president, I am the president of Senate, the presiding officer. I'm up in the Senate most Tuesdays when they're in session. The first time I ever met you was when you walked on the stage tonight.

Cheney's lie about never meeting Edwards has been exposed repeatedly and by many sources. However, the first part is actually a much bigger lie. As Senate attendance records show, in the 126 Tuesdays the Senate has been in session during Cheney's tenure as Vice-President, he has actually only presided over the Senate as President on two occasions. During the same stretch, to fill in for Cheney's repeated absence, Edwards has served as acting President of the Senate on two occasions.


http://www.mydd.com/story/2004/10/6/132551/259#readmore

[MissB]

3. For 1999,

that figure should be 371 out of 374.

[KC21304]

4. Much appreciated Rusty Charly.

[Elidor]

5. Will Pitt: Cheney's Avalanche of Lies

http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/100704Z.shtml

Good reference. MMFA probably has more.