Piece Comment

Review of The Essence of Dick Cheney's RNC Speech


To some listeners, this piece may seem like an attack on the vice president. To others, it might appear to be a missive about the dangers of a post-9/11 world and, of course, the relative safety of Bush/Cheney v. Kerry/Edwards. The producer does a fine job of taking the essence of Cheney's apocalyptic warnings and knitting them into a tidy, and at 2:02, a very tight package. The words come so fast, I found myself chuckling: "Danger ... 19 men armed with knives ... Fanatics ... Terrorists ... Nuclear weapons ... Technology ... Communism." I only wish the producer had come up with a similar piece on Edward's optimism or Kerry's unending use of the phrase "I have a plan ... I have a plan ... I have a plan."