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Bush's term full of excuses, Kerry tells Detroit audience.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

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By Jeffrey McCracken, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Sep. 16--In some of his harshest economic attacks of the campaign, Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry told a Detroit audience Wednesday that President George W. Bush has overseen an "excuse presidency" that accepts no blame for decisions Kerry said have led to a loss of nearly 1 million jobs, higher health care costs and a record government budget deficit.

"This president has created more excuses than jobs," Kerry said in a speech to the Detroit Economic Club. "His is the excuse presidency -- never wrong, never responsible, never to blame. He's blamed just about everyone else for his problems.

"President Bush's desk isn't where the buck stops. It's where the blame begins. The president would have us believe that his record is the result of bad luck, not bad decisions."

Bush campaign officials responded strongly to Kerry's …

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