Wm. Saletan in Slate: Edwards Kicked Darth Vader's BUTT

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RUNNERS ADVANCE
Edwards keeps the Democrats' rally going.
By William Saletan
Updated Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2004, at 9:50 AM PT


Edwards 1, Cheney 0

Now are you sorry you didn't nominate this guy for president?

That's what I wanted to ask Democrats as I watched John Edwards knock Dick Cheney around the ring tonight. If the Iowa caucuses had been held two days later, Edwards might have beaten John Kerry there and won the nomination. Democrats might have been spared months of caveat-riddled circumlocutions that helped sour swing voters on their presidential nominee. We might have heard a clear Democratic message.

Well, at least we heard it tonight.



As the debate turned to domestic policy, you heard that we've lost 1.6 million net jobs and 2.7 million net manufacturing jobs under Bush. You heard that he's the first president in 70 years to lose jobs. You heard that 4 million more people live in poverty, and 5 million have lost their health insurance. You heard that the average annual premium has risen by $3,500. You heard that we've gone from a $5 trillion surplus to a $3 trillion debt. You heard that a multimillionaire sitting by his swimming pool pays a lower tax rate than a soldier in Iraq. You heard that Bush has underfunded No Child Left Behind by $27 billion. You heard that Kerry, unlike Bush, would let the government negotiate "to get discounts for seniors" and would let "prescription drugs into this country from Canada." You heard that at home and abroad, Bush offers "four more years of the same."


http://www.slate.com/id/2107808/

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1. bu$h doesn't offer "four more years of the same"

He offers "four more years of even worse"

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2. Kudos to Will Saletan for reporting the truth

And major kudos to John Edwards for speaking it. I can think of no one I'd rather have "a heartbeat away".

DEFEAT BUSH!!