The rhetoric in general on both sides often had little connection to the facts.

There has been a lot of hyperventilated rhetoric.

Facts are not liberals' strong suit. Rhetoric is.

A mass of Latin words falls upon the facts like soft snow, blurring the outlines and covering up the details...

Vice President Dick Cheney won tonight because he countered rhetoric with the facts -- calling into question not just the deficiencies of Kerry's record, but calling into question Kerry and Edwards' credibility as candidates and as U.S. senators,

We're always confident that we're going to win. But Monroe-Woodbury has a big advantage with home ice and I hear they are a better team than last year. We're going to have our hands full. We will feel good if we can get a win.