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08/22/2004: "Can't win for losin'"

Anybody else see the irony (not to mention nerve) in the following:

With Kerry taking a break from campaigning, running mate John Edwards said Bush needs to tell the group [Swift Boat Veterans for Truth] to pull its ads, a step the White House and the Bush campaign refuse to take. The White House and Bush's campaign note that Kerry has benefited from more than $62 million worth of similar advertising against the president.

"This is the moment of truth for President Bush," Edwards said in North Carolina. "The American people have to hear directly that these ads need to come off the air."

Let's say the Bush campaign did exactly what Kerry and Edwards want it to. What would be the response? 1) "Look, they're coordinating! That's against the law!" and 2) "See, we told you they were in cohoots all along!" In the meantime, over $60 million is being spent by various 527 committees like MoveOn.org to attack Bush on, among other things, his military service (which John Edwards isn't attacked on because he hasn't got any, while Dick Cheney gets plastered by the likes of Michael Moore for, yes, not having any military service).

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