He could have said, Edwards may be prettier than Cheney but he doesn't sit in secret meetings with big energy either. So he beats Cheney just about every way you want to slice it.
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Beloit, Wis. - Democrat John Kerry, in a veiled swipe at Vice President Dick Cheney, said that he won't dole out special favors to corporations if elected president.
"My vice president of the United States will never meet secretly with polluters who want to rewrite the environmental laws," the presidential nominee told a cheering crowd packed into a hockey arena Tuesday.
The barb referred to Cheney, who met with industry officials while drafting proposals for new energy laws. Democrats want more information about those meetings and have argued that Cheney, the former head of the Halliburton Co., had allowed the loosening of clean air and water rules at the behest of corporations.
The town hall meeting was billed as an opportunity for Kerry to talk about the economy and his plan to balance the budget. Kerry wants to roll back President Bush's tax cuts for families making more than $200,000 annually and rid the tax code of narrow breaks that help powerful companies who contribute to political campaigns.
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