Candidates trade barbs over running mates

[leftchick]

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-07-08-vp-barbs_x.htm

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In Edwards' home state, a reporter told President Bush on Wednesday that the new vice-presidential candidate is described as "charming, engaging, a nimble campaigner, a populist and even sexy." How does Edwards stack up against Vice President Cheney, the reporter asked.

"Dick Cheney can be president," Bush said tersely before soliciting another question with an abrupt "Next."

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Later, Sen. John Kerry responded at a rally in Dayton, Ohio. Edwards, Kerry said, "has more experience and better judgment than George Bush when he became president" after six years as Texas governor.

Bush "was right that Dick Cheney was ready to take over on day one, and he did," Kerry said. "That is what we have got to change."

[rfranklin]

1. Kerry hit the nail on the pinhead....

Cheney has been de facto pResident since day one.

[KansDem]

2. That would explain Bush's blank expression on his face...

after being informed by Andy Card that the US was under attack. Bush was no doubt thinking "I wonder what 'President' Cheney is doing about this...?"