Edwards challenges Clintonstance on war, more ("You won't have to guess where I stand")

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Edwards challenges Clintonstance on war, more
by Rick Pearson

DES MOINES—Democratic presidential contender John Edwards criticized Sen. Hillary Clinton for failing to give voters solid answers to their questions and said on some issues he can't tell where she stands.

"I mean, she says she's for ending the war but she'll continue combat missions in Iraq. She says she's for standing up to (President) Bush on Iraq and she votes with Bush on the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. She stood beside me at a debate in Davenport, Iowa, and said she was not for doing anything with the taxes for Social Security and then apparently she told somebody in private that she was," Edwards said.

"I mean, I don't know."

The former North Carolina senator also alluded to the controversy surrounding planted questions at Clinton campaign events by saying voters in Iowa and New Hampshire deserve an answer to "hard questions and they expect it to be an honest process."

Earlier, in commemorating Veterans Day with a speech urging voters to deliver change to a corrupt, special-interest driven government in Washington, Edwards said "I'm not afraid to stand here and answer your tough questions and tell you where I stand." He followed that up in releasing an 80-page booklet detailing his positions on issues.

"You won't have to guess where I stand," Edwards said, alluding to the New York senator but not by name in his speech. "You will know very specifically what I would do as president of the United States."

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[Lucinda]

1. I've noticed he spends a lot of time in "I heard" attacks against candidates

Not a good thing, in my book.

[Hieronymus]

2. Would you suggest that everyone just drop out besides Hillary? That

there should be no criticism?

[Lucinda]

3. Nope. I was a firm Edwards supporter

for a long time, and just recently switched. I also like Biden a lot. The problem, for me, is when a candidate, ANY candidate, uses innuendo and rumor to try and advance their criticism. If he can't point to direct comments he doesn't have any leg to stand on with the "I heard" stuff. It's shoddy politics IMO. Plus he knows its shady. He'd never get away with it in court, but he uses it in his campaign.