Edwards: 'Iraq's a mess'

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John Edwards, the Democratic vice presidential candidate, gets a standing ovation from the hometown crowd at the Raleigh Civic and Convention Center.
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By LYNN BONNER, Staff Writer

RALEIGH -- Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards told a hometown crowd Monday that President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney were incompetent in their handling of Iraq. And he came close to calling them liars.

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"Iraq's a mess," he told a friendly crowd of more than 1,000 at the Raleigh Civic and Convention Center. "And it's a mess because of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney. It is that simple."