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Wednesday, July 07, 2004
"Dick Cheney Can Be President"
The LA Times and everyone else today reports the White House response to John Edwards' flashing smile:
BUSH FINDS EDWARDS LACKING
Asked to contrast the running mates, Bush replies, "Dick Cheney can be president."
What a crock. Edwards-vs.-Cheney isn't even the right parallel. When Bush ran in 2000 he was such a Washington greenhorn he needed someone with a lot of experience to balance the ticket. (In fact Edwards has one more year of Washington experience than Bush does, even now.) George W. Bush, in that sense, was Dick Cheney's John Edwards — southernish, with a common touch, to balance the more experienced man's torpor. But George W. Bush has been president for almost four years. Sure, "Dick Cheney Can Be President." But he's not! That's part of the problem! It's no defense of your ticket to emphasize that it's upside-down.
posted by Michael Scott Moore |
7:31 PM
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