Edwards slams Bush campaign ad's "lies"

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A54596-2004Sep27?language=printer

MANCHESTER, N.H. - John Edwards accused President Bush's re-election campaign of lying in television ads about John Kerry's Vietnam War service and his plan to reform health care.

"They will absolutely lie about anything," the Democratic vice presidential candidate said Monday at a rally in Victory Park attended by hundreds of well-wishers.

A Bush health care ad claims that Kerry would put health care decisions in the hands of government "bureaucrats" at a cost of $1.5 trillion. Independent analysts estimate the cost at $895 billion over 10 years, which Kerry says he would pay for by repealing Bush's tax cuts for the wealthiest 2 percent of Americans.

"There's not a single new government program in our health care plan," which calls for strengthening existing government programs such as Medicare and Medicaid, giving tax breaks to employers that provide health insurance, and allowing Americans to buy prescription drugs from Canada, Edwards said.

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[DoYouEverWonder]

1. Time to call a spade, a spade

Way to go Edwards.

We can no longer let Team Bush get away with their lies and false allegations.

[AnIndependentTexan]

2. can we say living in a fantasy of spin. I bet he's stubborn about this too

[spooky3]

3. please rate it at Yahoo!

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040927/ap_on_el_pr/edwards&cid=694&ncid=2043

[spooky3]

4. kicking

[doni_georgia]

5. Done! eom

[Lex]

6. Pics of John Edwards in Manchester NH today.

Pics of John Edwards picking up votes in Manchester N.H. today.

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7. "They will absolutely lie about anything"

Good. And hit all the variations you can on that theme:

They will lie about absolutely anything.

They will say anything.

They will say anything they can think of. And for Bush, a few things he clearly doesn't think of.

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8. Genuine gratuitous

Bump. One to a customer.

[Beaverhausen]

9. John Edwards handsome face would win the election

...if it was in the news more.

I hate to sound shallow but really...we need to get his face out there!

[VOX]

10. Last week on Lou Dobbs, JRE said he was going to start calling GOP "lies"

when he heard them, from that point forward. He's sticking to his word.

I really like this guy! :thumbsup: