WP: Bush Questions Edwards's Qualifications

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MORRISVILLE, N.C., July 7 -- President Bush on Wednesday questioned the fitness of Sen. John Edwards to assume the presidency, lashing out at the North Carolinian on his home turf just 25 hours after he joined Sen. John F. Kerry's ticket.

Bush had cordially welcomed the freshman senator to the race hours after Kerry announced his choice of running mate, but when asked here how Edwards would stack up against Vice President Cheney, he snapped: "Dick Cheney can be president. Next?" Then Bush pivoted away from his questioner and toward the next one.

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Still, Bush's remarks surprised officials in both parties, especially as Bush had no national experience when he was elected to the top job in 2000. Edwards has served nearly six years in the Senate, including membership in the intelligence committee. But Kerry himself had questioned Edwards's preparedness during the primaries, and the Bush-Cheney campaign is reprising those remarks as a marquee part of its case against Edwards.

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"Edwards is a real problem for the Bush campaign," said Merle Black, an authority on Southern politics at Emory University, in Atlanta. "They're going to have to work for states they carried rather easily four years ago, and they already had no margin for error."

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1. violation of very basic presidential campaign rules

the top of the ticket never picks a fight with anything less than the top of the other ticket. you can't possibly gain by that particular quarrel.

[PartyPooper]

2. Edwards has a brain and experience. Junior has neither.

'Nuff said.

:dem:

[Trajan]

3. DU: Trajan Questions The Sanity Of The Faker-in-Chief ...

[skjpm]

6. Has Edwards been out of the country in his life?

Could he point to say, Europe, on a map? Then he's got Bush beat.

[Trajan]

10. You mean ....

Yurp ? ...

I suppose even Bush knows where 'Yurp' is ... right ? ...

Right ??? ....

Ehem ....

[truthisfreedom]

4. why would rove make such a serious error?

and have chimpy stoop so low?

[silverlib]

5. pResident Bush must be terribly afraid...

Already in North Carolina? He must be terribly, terribly afraid.

[Old and In the Way]

Cheney could be indicted for his conflicts of interest and

international bribery. If Dimson can be pResident, it anyone can.

[Dover]

7. Yeah...I mean Edwards doesn't even have a sugar daddy to pave

his way or pick up after his failures, to bump off some competitors and buy off others.

He can't possibly be qualified.

[kanrok]

8. I saw the soundbite. Chimpy looked like the absolute dick he is

[2Design]

9. it is interesting the only people bush will speak to have lots of money

yet he and laura try to say they understand the base... he is afraid to get out and talk to people...

flew into a state...and only met with the richest people who are willing to buy the wh....

And they want to just use slam ads and bs....

well hopefully people are awake... but I don't think so...
the rethugs make it seem like liberals is a 4 letter word... instead of something good for the whole country....

hotel owner here didn't seem to get it ....that the soft market was people don't have money to spend on hotel rooms...and that comes from rethugs....

he votes rethug he....said...

[Moderator]

11. duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=670353