Reply #86: Who is John Edwards? [View All]

A man who co-sponsored the IWR Blank check that Lieberman sponsored.

(find another Dino on that list that you would vote for as President. I dare ya!)


A War that has cost America 1/2 trillion.

A Vote that at the time he voted for it, he stated that America should go in for "Geopolitical" reasons.
http://www.usembassy.it/file2002_09/alia/a2091910.htm

A Vote that he didn't apologize for until more than 3 years after he voted for it....after the polls turned against the war and he and John Kerry were no longer bidding for the White House. In his apology, he stated that he had been "Misled"......and so, it took him 3 years to get un-misled, I guess. A vote that all other Democrats sitting on in the same intelligence committee voted against.

Our foreign policy affect our domestic policies directly. John Edwards' Poverty Center must be helping those that his participation on our foreign policy made even poorer through the budget cuts required for us to pay for this war.

John Edwards didn't understand principle while in the senate then....and so, I don't put much stock that he'll do what's right in the White House to clean up the shit that's piling up.

I don't care if he's got 3 thumbs up, that he's cute and young looking, that his wife is nice, that his children are adorable, and that his father was a Mill Worker and that he's got a really, really good memorized speech.

To be honest with you, I'm not even sure how he helped Kerry being on the ticket.....but his defenders will say that he had to be at the top of the ticket for his "charm" to work. Further, his "new" speech (after being touted as being able to talk owls out of their tree by the msm) at the Democratic convention was stale and totally non-inpiring.

His populist routine is effective, and I'm sure that's all that most will ever remember, since many don't even know how much John Edwards supported this war and why.

I'm sorry, but I can't reward someone with such poor judgement on War and Peace with the Presidency; the most important decision that a President has to make.

But I do find it ironic how his "apology" made everything honkey dorey again.
The guy has a great PR team....and he has been to Iowa 8 times this year...

With John Edwards as our nominee, we will be repeating the same mistake we made in 2004; having a nominee who didn't have the presence of mind to stand up for what was right when it counted. With Foreign policy and National Security the only topic of news 24/7 in 5 years (and the WH being able to manipulate that issue the most easily), John Edwards will just lose it for us again.

PS. Sorry if I'm not being "politically correct" and won't jump on this Iowa bandwagon. My BS meter is set really high even if John Edwards is good at pulling the wool over some eyes. My choices include a long list before I get to John Edwards. Clark, Gore, Fiengold, Kerry, Warner, and even Hillary (cause at least she's up front about her calculations).

I'll be waiting for the Edwards calvary to come to the rescue. No problem!