Edwards says Bush has failed to protect American workers

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<GREEN BAY, WIS. - Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards on Friday blamed President Bush for failing American workers and trying to hide a dismal record on job creation.

"The truth is not enough jobs are being created to even take care of the new people going into the work force, much less the hundreds of thousands of people who have lost their jobs over the last several years," Edwards said at the start of a two-day bus tour of Wisconsin.

"The one thing you can count on, this administration — President Bush and Vice President Cheney — they are going to try every way they know to put lipstick on this pig," Edwards said. "But you know, when you put lipstick on a pig, at the end of the day it's still a pig, isn't it?"

Edwards said the GOP convention featured "lots of anger, lots of negative personal attacks. What about a plan for America?"

He said he agreed with one thing Bush said — that the president should be judged on his record. Edwards said that includes 1.5 million private jobs lost, including 65,000 manufacturing jobs in Wisconsin.>

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