Edwards slams Bush's record in Tucson visit

[papau]

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0914edwards14.html

Edwards slams Bush's record in Tucson visit

Francisco Medina/The Tucson Citizen

TUCSON - Focusing on President Bush's record will help John Kerry erase the edge Republicans have built since their convention, Democratic vice presidential nominee John Edwards told Tucson residents Monday.

"He said one thing at his convention that I agree with. He says he's going to be judged on his record. We want George Bush to be judged on his record," the North Carolina senator said.

Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney will have a hard time selling themselves after four years marked by lost jobs, lower income levels and elusive health care coverage, he said.

"While George Bush has been president of the United States, 5 million Americans have lost their health care coverage. There are almost a million people in the state of Arizona who have no health care coverage," Edwards said. "Four million Americans have fallen into poverty under this presidency, under this administration. One and a half million private-sector jobs have been lost. Is it enough?"

Bush's foreign policy has made the world a more dangerous place, he added.

"Because of this president and this vice president, Iraq is a mess. By any measure, it's a mess. They have not done the job in Afghanistan and not only that, Iran and North Korea have re-formed their nuclear weapons development programs while George W. Bush and Dick Cheney have been in office."<snip>

[Richardson08]

1. What record?

[spooky3]

2. Good article. And notice the subtle difference between "slams *'s record"

vs. "bashes Bush". When the mediawhores say someone's "bashing", it dismisses legitimate criticism, and listeners are sympathetic to the "bash-ee" as being unfairly beaten up on.

[readmylips]

3. Media makes it 'personal' instead of saying...

challenging, disputing, slamming the record. The media makes it into a cheap personal wrestling match. Wed hate bush's destructive record, at the same time we hate him for his stupidity. I don't know him personally to hate him, but if something bad happened, good ridden.