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author: Eric Wagoner
date: '2000-10-06T02:42:05'
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title: Jacob Weisberg at Slate was
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Jacob Weisberg at Slate was wowed by the same moment as I in last night's Vice Presidential debates. Until last night, I didn't have a single nice thing to say about Dick Cheney. But what he said [about gay marriage floored me](http://slate.msn.com/code/BallotBox/BallotBox.asp?Show=10/6/2000&idMessage=6219). He's still not getting my vote, but I was truly impressed. I wonder what the fallout will be.   
  
"_What the vice-presidential debate did was confirm the wisdom of both choices. In selecting their running mates, both candidates found what they lacked, Wizard of Oz-style. By picking Lieberman, Gore got a heart. In choosing Cheney, Bush got a brain._ "