Cuomo Warns Dems: Don't Call Bush a Liar [View All]

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Former Gov. Mario Cuomo advised Democratic presidential candidates who voted in favor of the war in Iraq to refrain from accusing President Bush of lying about the circumstances that led to military action.

"If you start calling him a liar then what he has to do is go to that microphone and say, 'It breaks my heart. I made a mistake, there's no question about it. I did not lie, and I want you to believe me, and I'm your president,"' Cuomo said Tuesday. "I wouldn't risk it."

Speaking at an event sponsored by the Eleanor Roosevelt Legacy Committee, a group of Democratic women involved in New York politics, Cuomo said the candidates should opt for a more conciliatory approach.

According to Cuomo, candidates who supported the war should tell the public: "We looked at the same intelligence (President Bush) did, and it fooled us the way it fooled (him). Shame on us. We should have looked harder. We're sorry. We'll get rid of the old intelligence team and put in a new one and do what we have to do."

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