Edwards ran hard, and he leaves a lasting mark on his party.
Comment: I guess we'll never know about how far John could have gone. Some seem to think very far op, some seem to think very far down. I personally have no opinion. All I see is a pathological lier. Someone who thinks he has told "99% of the truth and that is not good enough", The Biggest problem I see with that state,ment is John: You have not even told 10 % of the truth!
Comment: i miss john ewards. but then i had a large bowel movement and all the memories came back . john is gone but never forgotten. remeber vote edwards ,official turd sniffer.
Comment: john edwards,aproduct ofthe mills in south carolina. more of the end product of bad bowel movement. remember vote edwards!
Comment: the wormy trial attorney looses again. get a hint john, the american public knows you are an A one slime.if you need work my toe slime is building up and needs cleaning. call me johnny.
Comment: GFinch, re that "class warfare" garbage: Are you one of those rich Republicans who like to spout it, or are you one of the sadly dupable less fortunate ones who parrot what they say?
The absurdity--not to mention the Rove-Hannity-Limbaugh quality--of the "class warfare" accusation has been covered elsewhere, for anybody who cares to read it. But most won't. Most will choose a president because he's a guy you'd have a beer with, or he's a guy who's never changed his mind about anything, ever, never learned anything at any point in his life. Sure has worked out so far.
Also, to clarify a previous comment: John Kerry has turned out to be right about just about everything. But too many voters in '04 were too lazy to check out the hideous falsehood of the Swift Boater charges, and they were too willfully ignorant to see through the "flip-flopper" nonsense, when it was perfectly reasonable to have the position that you'd vote for funding under one set of conditions and then--when the President of the United States reneged on those conditions--you'd change your vote to "no deal, then." Rove, Cheney, and the others had no power that a lazy and ignorant electorate weren't willing to give them. The "confusion" from those two campaign-killing "issues" ought to have been cleared up in about seven minutes of reading time. And Kerry didn't "relate to us" the way Bush had. And so on.
So, Kerry lost--at least by voting machine count--and now we've been in Iraq another four years, with at least tens of thousands of dead people to show for it. The press blamed Kerry for not being "inspiring" enough, not hooking into the right demographics, etc., as if it were all some weird combination of religion and the marketing of Wheaties.
Therefore, the question is: If we hadn't needed so much "inspiration" to get off our butts and go vote for the guy who would stop this madness four years ago, how many people would be alive today because of it?
Comment: HOW CAN PEOPLE BE SO SMALL AS TO WRITE SUCH CREEPY COMMENTS ABOUT A MAN THAT VERY WELL MAY HAVE CHANGED HISTORY...FOR THE BETTER! SHAME ON ALL OF YOU SMALL MINDED THINKERS!
Comment: change history? the only thing john could change is 200 # gorillas diaper full of *** and urine and he would probably screw that up and sue someone or blame it on da man!
Comment: What a loser. We in NC know that well. He was a broken record. That damn mill worker, class warfare, populist, cause of my life crap stump speech, and answer to every question caused every one to stop listening. Are you reading this Johnny and Liz? For a focus group tested, concocted, rehearsed, jury trial kind of campaign you sevrely underestimated the intelligene of the American people. Of course the constatntly, passionately, changed positions over the years confused all but the most Kool Aid drunken disciples. Thinking people could not suppor Johnny. I sincerely hope he goes away. He poisend American discourse. His divisive, win ro lose, class warfare crap has no place on this planet, much less in the US. Good riddance Johnny!
Comment: John was such a good canidate. his story is so touching. he evan made a movie about himself, were he is a kid living on a small farm and grows up to be a slimy, dirty, liying , abulance chaser. I cried. he called it "John Edwards: an american hero" I ranked it above even "No country for old men" and "Atonment" but his movie was defintly no "Rambo".
Comment: john is gone but not forgotten.whenever i clean the junk between my 4th and 5th toe i will think of him. good riddens to the slime of slime the lowest of the low john edwards trial attorney at law.
Comment: I'm surprised you can count that high. Let me guess, you have opposable big toes too. You comment about he being an attorney makes one thing you were on the losing end of a law suit. Let's see, an irresponsible business owner whose employee was hurt on the job or a drunk driver who caused a wreck and killed someone?
Comment: wow you really know me. you seem very bright. bright enough to clean my toe jam build up .once again johnny looses. your hired ,p.s. vote edwards for supreme turd sniffer
Comment: According to the writer as long as you are the candidate in the primary race, you can produce a substantial legacy. That's totally an overstatement.
Legacy requires real hard work and substantial results, not just eloquent public speeches. Also Edwards is too young to be summarized yet and his political life is too short to warrant any legacy yet.
Comment: Edwards legacy - lost as VP candidate, lost as Pres. candidate. Just about says it all...
Comment: The only legacy Edwards leaves is the that of a Breck-girl thinking he can shmooze us like jurists out to "get the man." His populist message of the two America's rung particularly hollow and hypocritical coming from an ambulance chaser whose great wealth depended on the screwing others with a smile. Bye, bye, Johnny-boy -- won't miss your $400 haircuts, and your "chicken-in-every-pot" crap.
Comment: OK, big shot: Name three cases where Edwards "screwed others with a smile."
There's a reason why Republicans stayed away from Edwards' litigation record in the '04 elections. Did you notice the virtually complete absence of any comments on it? The reason is simple: The details would have revealed that tort reform is a farce; that people get screwed by corporations all the time and that their only recourse is through the courts, preferably with a good attorney, because corporations aren't going to be nice guys and make everything better; and that Edwards was responsible, as are many trial lawyers (and no, I'm not one) for doing a lot of good in the world. Talking about the details would have put the lie to their false characterization of torts litigation, because voters would have seen the kind of people Edwards helped and what kind of situations they were in. You think Republicans wouldn't have been all over the airwaves with this if they'd had any solid info to the contrary?
As if any of this would change anything. You just trot out the same old tired "Breck girl" epithet.
And incidentally, are you under the impression that any candidates who make a serious run at the presidency aren't wealthy and well-connected? What planet are you from? Do you think a president has to be poor at the time he runs to be able to represent the poor?
Comment: Comment: With US military presence in the Middle East for our freedoms, the US Presidential primary's are ensuring that the US American electorate is held hostage in Iraq for years to come. Hostage to war, oil, Israel..you name it.
The American electorate is held hostage in Iraq because of the same bipartisanship in Congress we are seeing now in the bipartisan front runners of presidential campaigns.
Comment: The comments on this site make me skeptical about the state of America and our collective intelligence. No wonder the rest of the world is starting to kick our butt. Note to Lauralinken: if you are going to rail against a candidate, at least spell his name right - it's "Obama", not "Abama". Clearly your negative posts are coming from a soundly researched and thought out position...
Comment: Well, the ultra liberals of Iowa and New Hampshire (as well as the Press) have just sealed the Presidency for the Republicans. Eveyone knew the Blacks would go for Obama in S.C. But these other peolpe just don't get it!
There is no way McCain loses to either Clinton or Obama.
There are conservatives out there who would vot for Osama bin Laden before they'd vote for Hillery Clinton.
And there are other conservatives who'd vote for Bill Clinton for a third term befor they'd vote for a black man for President. I'm not saying it's right but it's the truth! Either one will bring the hard core conservative base out in force to defeat them. While Edwards on the other hand, would not have energized the the conservative base against him. Some would even have voted for him. He'd have gotten all the democrats, most of the independents and even some of the moderate conservatives. We needed someone who could win in a landslide, not someone who will divide the country like Bush did. The Democratic Party needs to wake up! We have taken an easy win and blown it. When was the last time a New England or Northern Liberal won the White House? Over the last 60+ years the only Democrats to win were from Missouri - Truman, Texas - Johnson, Georga - Carter, Arkansas - Clinton. The one exception was Kennedy and he just barely squeaked by. Sad, just plain sad.
Comment: It was a huge disappointment to me when John's number started going down, and he was not making as good a showing as I always thought he should have. He really represents what I believe our candidate should represent, and I believe that he would make the changes he promised to make. Even though he has dropped out, he still has an enormous contribution to make to the future of this country, and the working class american's that deserve a voice. I'll keep watching for him. He still has my support, and I truly admire both he and Elizabeth.
Comment: We've lost the best candidate, and it tells us what we need to know about the sorry state of American politics: We're lazy. We're ignorant. We need somebody to "inspire" us to get our thumbsucking selves off the couch, somebody with a great voice like Obama. We need a "narrrative" like Obama v. Clinton, first African American versus first woman, and them getting nasty with each other ("you will not beLIEVE what she said about him today!"), like the Paris Hilton story of the day. This nomination was never about experience versus change at all. The candidates of the greatest change were Kucinich and Edwards; of the greatest experience, Biden, Dodd, and Richardson. For too many people, it's about identity politics, not policy, and it's about "inspiration" and "making history." Where were all these voters when John Kerry ran under similar ideas about how the government should operate? How many people would be alive today if we didn't need a "leader" who "inspires" us? It really is pathetic. John Edwards had the substance, but not the identity; and the press, whose job it is to sell ad space and commercial time rather than to ensure the right result for the nation, barely covered him at all. It's a miracle he pulled as many delegates as he did, with so little money and so little coverage. Now it's over, and the press--and the mass of voters--has the "narrative" it wants. But the country is worse off for it.
Comment: I truly appreciate everything that John brought to the campaign trail. That sense of urgency, fire and fight for his cause is very admirable. While I did not vote for him in the primary, I can certainly see how others did. I sincerely hoped that he would have strong showings after Iowa (even wished he won South Carolina) so that he could be the buffer between Obama and Hillary that the Democratic party so desperately needed. He embodied what both Obama and Hillary wish to represent, although due to their ties are unable to speak so unfiltered. I wish John and his family every blessing that I can offer for he added vitality to the race that otherwise would have just been a series of negative campaign ads. It's about time the American public recognizes his contributions.
Comment: EDWARDS: "I don't know how it started," he said. "I don't know when our party began to turn away from the cause of working people???" It started when we were forced to choose between Hillary and Obama! Edwards epitomizes the democratic party and yet we are forced to address an obstruction of unification. Dam Hillary - Dam Bill! Edwards suspends his campaign... I apologize for not walking precincts all over the nation for this guy! I am forced to address the immediate ill, the Clinton ILL, a divisive polarization within the democratic party. Although I love Edwards, I am thankful for Obama. He personifies unification and eloquence, and a sound mind! If we ever get past the primitive BS of polarization, perhaps we can progress towards issues like Universal Health Care and services for the poor. Obama, please bring on board Edwards. Please, please, please! We are ONE.
Comment: Come on people. Look at the facts, not opinions. He decided to "suspend" not withdraw his campaign. Isn't it clear that he is only after the money?? You believe he really champion the poor and middle income against lobbists and business muscles that'll throw heaps of cash at him. Go Republicians.
Comment: you should be ashamed for referring to the good-hearted people as "old ladies"
Comment: I think you should remove the comment, "old ladies." How shameful of you.
Comment: good bye and good riddens to the slimey ,trial attorney john edwards . he loves the poor and littleman as long as he gets 40% of the settlement. health care sky rockets due to the practice of defensive medicine by doctors havingto order test to cover thier backs against creeps like edwards. he finished 3rd in his own birth state for good reasons because they truely knew him.go home now john to your 40,000 sqft home and lie your 400 dollar haircut slimey head and rest well. you will need your to chase more ambulances.
Comment: john edwards is a typical slimey ,greedy trial attorney who takes his 40% and drives the cost of medicine up . 80% of test are ordered for prevention of being sued by the likes of bottom dwellers like john edwards.good riddens he be back on the streets chasing ambulances,for at least 40% of the cut!
Comment: I was so disappointed to hear of John Edwards' withdrawl. He was the best of all the candidates. A Democrat will receive my vote, but I am not pleased with either of the two front runners.
Comment: Edwards has my vote and respect. I've always been behind him, both in spirit and with campaign money. He really understands what is important in this country. It was truly a disappoinment to learn of Edwards' withdrawl today. The media has done a disservice to the campaigns of all candidates. I am appalled, as a Journalism major, with the way the news is reported in this day and age. Coverage appears to be determined by the almighty dollar rather than what is fact. Johnn already rec'd. my vote in CA because I have a mail in ballot, and it was sent in last week. It will be interesting to see what happens now. I'm not really pleased with either of the front running Democratic candidates. One of them will get my vote, but my vote would have meant much more had John Edwards been the candidate!
Comment: I'm a Republican, who really could appreciate John Edwards. The Democrates would have had my vote, would have had it years ago if Edwards was chosen instead of Carey. There was finally a Democrate that earned my confidence, and the confidence of many Republicans, too bad he wasn't chosen by his own party! Guess I can stay true to my party now, cause no self respecting Republican would ever vote for Clinton and Obama has lost my respect the last few weeks in this never ending media fight with Hillary. Once Ted Kennedy jumped on the bandwagon, I knew that it's a bad idea to give up my vote to the Democrat's! Democrat's could have had the Whitehouse this next election, too bad they're not picking the right person to represent them. I guess we'll have to have another Republican president!!
Comment: I love Edwards!He is an amazing person as well as a politician and family person yet down to earth.Obama has too much publicity with Oprah,the Kennedy family and such and Hillary is the one who is being scrutinized.Edwards had really good ideas yet I believe that will all the media,all the fuss, about who will win:an African American or woman they lost track of what was important.Even though he did not get all the respect or attention he deserved he invested so much time as well as personal experiences and what would make him a good president.He has had his head on his shoulders the whole entire time and I admire him for not bickering nor doing what Obama is doing since he seems too nice of a gentleman to do that.I would like to say that in the end,even though he did not make it in the top 2 for his party he has brought new ideas on the table,some which other candidates should take as an example:he focuses more on poverty than any other candidate because he knows how it is out there and even if he has an expensive house or fancy haircut that is not what matters.It is the person as a whole yet the media never gave him as much coverage or attention as the rest of the candidates but even so he proved to be a man of his word!
Comment: The person quitted the president campaign shouldn't be John Edwards, should be Abama.
He made his explicit effort to get republicans vote for him in Democrat caucus, created a ???famous dishonest??? and ridicule model in US president vote history, and established his particularly terrible reputation, finally he???ll permanently loose the honest voters??? support, as well as loose any chance in next president election, forever!!!
Comment: Please wake up and watch up: actually, you know and we all know that any media support to Abama is obviously working for Republic Party, because Obama has zero plus super-zero stupid chance to bit any Republic president candidate. The time he wins democrat nomination is the time any Republic candidate defeats him in this election, and definitely Republicans win this president election by easily defeating Abama, a politician trash!!! So, this is the reason why republicans' media support Abama, temporarily, t-e-m-p-o-r-a-r-i-l-y only.
Comment: Please people, learn how to spell! It just makes you look ignorant. Or maybe you just are ignorant and that's the end of that.
Comment: John Edwards set his own tone and stuck with it. He railed against special interest groups and reached out to the middle class. He was the voice of reason. He did not rely on hatred and was not a race baiter. I think he would have made a great president. The Republicans can heave a sigh of relief. They can see it on the horizon; the Democrats will be snatching defeat from the jaws of victory yet again.
Comment: Abama, a drug taker, a Tony Rezko's intimate and beneficial, a race-card player, a dishonest politician/talker, to vote for such a "playing color but cheating in color-doesn???t matter" trash, is shame to United States, is shams to democrats!!!
Comment: The person quitted the president campaign shouldn't be John Edwards, should be Abama.
Let's dump the trash politician, a drug taker and color-card player, because now we are NOT voting for a group-leader of race-card player and drug-taker. We are voting a US president with an excellent capability and enriched experiences in whole national and international affairs and tough cases.
If we issue or look for a black US president, Mr. Colin Powell is an appropriate and ideal person, absolutely not this race/color player Barack Abama who is too t-o-o far away from Whitehouse.
Look, the case will become worse and worse for Abama. He made his explicit effort to get republicans vote for him in Democrat caucus, created a ???famous-dishonest??? and ridicule model in US president vote history, and established his particularly terrible reputation, finally he???ll permanently loose the honest voters??? support, as well as loose any chance in next president election, forever!!!
Comment: The person quitted the president campaign shouldn't be John Edwards, should be Abama.
Let's dump the trash politician, a drug taker and race-card player, because now we are NOT voting for a group-leader of race-card player and drug-taker. We are voting a US president with an excellent capability and enriched experiences in whole national and international affairs and tough cases.
If we issue or look for a black US president, Mr. Colin Powell (former Secretary of State) is an appropriate and ideal person, absolutely not this race/color player Barack Abama who is too t-o-o far away from Whitehouse.
Look, the case will become worse and worse for Abama. He made his explicit effort to get republicans vote for him in Democrat caucus, created a ???famous-dishonest??? and ridicule model in US president vote history, and established his particularly terrible reputation, finally he???ll permanently loose the honest voters??? support, as well as loose any chance in next president election, forever!!!
Comment: It's to bad about John Edwards dropping out before Super Tuesday. He might have been surprised. I was waiting to vote for him as well as everyone I know in California. We can only hope that the Democratic nominee will stay on point for the American poor, sick, un-insured. We really needed someone who was determined as much as Edwards to go up against the lobbists. Until we break away from bisiness as usual we will never have anything better than we have right now.
Jackson
Comment: Too bad that John Edwards dropped out befor Feb. 5. I was all set to vote for him as was all the people I know. He would have had a lot of support in California. I can only hope that the Democratic nominee will stay on point for the American poor, sick, under insured.
Jackson
Comment: John Edwards was the best hope for the middle class and the poor. He was a nightmare for the lobbyists and corporate giants. I have a feeling that John Edwards will be heard again this year. He is the logical choice for Osama's Vice President. Both would bring a refreshing change from the pawns of the big business and the military industrial complex.. These are times of change with leaders ready to step up. I belief that the times, they are a changin. At least Ihope they are.
Comment: John Edwards is dishonorable, self serving politician that deserves to loose. He chose to "suspend" his campaign rather than announce his drop-out and who he supports just so he can continue to collect federal fundings towards his campaign contributions. Besides Obama who stills has his integrity intack, the rest of the candidates are a joke. The Democrats should learn from the Republican and retreat with honor. Go Republicans!!
Comment: Sorry about the repeat. Something went wrong with my website andi I didn't realze the first post went thru.
Comment: The press was definitely not "fair and balanced" when it came to Edwards. He was shut out by biased media conglomerations from the start. He is a truly complete candidate-full of honesty, integrity and compassion. I am saddened and disappointed to again have to choose between two lesser candidates. Given the overall quality of Democrats who began in this race, it is frustrating to have it come down to two of the weakest of them. I can only hope that they honor their pledge to Edwards. Oh well... they're still better than McCain.
Comment: The press was definitely not "fair and balanced" when it came to Edwards. He is truly a complete candidate-full integrity and honesty. I am saddened and disappointed to again have to choose between two lesser candidates. Considering the overall quality of the candidates we started out with, it is frustrating to have it come down to two of the weakest of the group. Oh well...I guess they're still better than McCain.
Comment: It's a suspended campaign. Write him in. I will.
Here's what Obama needs to address:
http://www.suntimes.com/news/marin/766215,CST-EDT-carol30.article
Comment: you are to blame for this... and i quote... " A white guy in a race for president against a woman and an African-American: it was hard to compete for the story. " had the story been about issues instead of media driven hype he might have had a better chance. now people are shoving down my throat that hillary is going to pick up edwards's votes... nobody that i know is voting for her and we're all liberal democrats... you guys are pathetic....
Comment: Stop talking trash. You don't know what you're talking about. You sound like a typical "macho man" You probably don't know how to recognize any intelligent and capable women around you, much less in the political arena. The women in your family are probably more prepared and smart than you.
Comment: Losing the hope of John Edwards as the Democratic nominee is a tragic irony for everyone who considers themselves a progressive. It looks like Mac is a lock for the Republicans, and the sad reality is that it is likely he would take Hillary apart on her
best hyper-ambitious day. Obama shows the potential to be one of our nation's great Presidents, but there is an ugly reality about the persistence of racism in our society. While Bill Clinton (the executioner of a retarded criminal and bullier of the sincere,
albeit young and inexperienced, Sister Souljoh -- remember those charming acts to show the electorate he was no bleeding heart during the campaign for the '92 nomination? -- you can bet the Republicans (even straight talking Mac) will make the most of Obama's race, and there will be a tragically large audience who will not only be receptive but will also get out and vote even if it is for the first time in their lives, to make sure toast in the oval office will continue to be made with good old white bread. Leaving our future in the hands of Mac the Knife. And let's get real, being honest (for the most part) and a decent guy (or so it seems), only seem like sufficient qualifications for the Presidency when contrasted to our current Commander in Chief. Now more than ever we need a President like Obama -- a visionary whose landscape, unlike the Cllinton's-- includes more than pathological self-regard and ambition.
Comment: boy thats impressive being an ACLU card carrier. ranks up there with offcial turd sniffer of the stars.i have another thing you can carry an official john edwards turd thats a big load since he is a walking turd. vote edwards.
Comment: We will miss John Edwards...
http://www.theweeklydonut.com/index.php/category/oprahma/
Comment: you do not need to miss him when ever you take a dump look done in the toilet and there he is. vote edwards and to keep flushing.
Comment: The press never gave Edwards equal time. I hope he gets a shot at VP .......I doubt Hillary and Obama would pick each other for that post.
PS It was nice to see Hillary and Obama at the State of the Union Address the other night. They did look out of place .....like they hadn't been around the senate for quite some time , ya know the job they get paid to do.
Both are getting really good at campaigning and the negative replies just wish that they would focus on the issues and put a lid on their egoes.
Comment: I love John Edwards. His wife and he have clearly made peace upon his campaign and now he will have time to keep her life in his heart the way I am sure he wanyed to. Being the last traditional "New Deal" Democrat left to view he was my last and fondest hope. He earned my deepest gratitude and respect for his brilliant performance against all the adds and media sayso, always coming off as a complete and effective candidate who looks good, speaks well and represents the "real" Democrats, who ,like Al Gore, are stepping out for this one, the two truly great men of their party who cannot abide not avoid the Clinton turn-takers.May he and Al be not forgotten. Thank you, John!
John!
Comment: The thought that a man would actually run for President while his wife has terminal cancer is insane-he has to be the most narcissistic individual ever created, due to the fact that , if he really cared for her and the children, his energy, especially since he does have money could be focused on being with them. The few times I've seen her the past few months, she definitely has gone downhill. Additionally, what if he'd been elected, she dies and he all of the sudden realizes he lost his wife-what would true grief, if he is capable of it, do to him-many grieving individuals with the loss of a spouse experience a massive loss of energy-could the USA afford to wait for our president to recover from the loss-the Fundamental Islamists would love it-talk about having your guard down. i pray that this man will focus his energy on his family now and, hopefully, she will have the care she deserves. Its hard to believe she could really even love this guy but to each his own.
Comment: I had no idea that the prognosis of a cancer patient could be made by a lay person via a television transmission. Elizabeth Edwards wants to live, not be a defeated victim to this sometimes curable disease. She has an abundance of love and good wishes from family and friends, not to mention the best care that can be purchased in America. I admire her immensley, but I don't pity her. Elizabeth wouldn't want it anyway. She's too busy living her life to the fullest. What a magnificient president she would make
Gary Paquin
Comment: In much the same way as you have to wonder what sort of woman would stay married to a man like Bill Clintoon who was unfaithful to her in front of the entire nation.
Comment: Obama or Clinton would be smart to make him their running mate. They are both going to have trouble getting the white male vote. Especially in the south.
Comment: There went the last voice of reason, intelligence and real experience. Yeah, I'll vote for the Democratic candidate.
But I will do so holding my nose and well-dose on Dramamine.
Comment: We lost a GREAT candidate and are left with the REAL ego maniacs...I have felt since '04 Edwards was the "new JFK" with hopes and the plans for real change. This is a very sad day for me and for all Americans. I am sad some people are / were unable to "get it"! A NY State Democrat at a loss for what to pin hopes on now :(
Comment: Well, Riverdale - you sure are clear on the subject. How about the fact that he and his wife lost a child years ago and part of the way they managed their grief was to "soldier on." And what convinces you that his wife doesn't support him in this effort? She has been with him on the bus, apparently supporting him the whole way.
As per $400.00 haircuts - why shouldn't he? He's rich and he wants to look good - what's wrong with that? Being telegenic is critical in campaigns and it is hard to discern exactly what comprises that quality in the first place. Kennedy looking good versus sweaty Nixon certainly worked for him after their debates long ago. Other people in the public eye do the same - not just Hollywood; I guess the problem is that he is handsome. He said more substantial things than anyone else in the campaign and he didn't accept money from scummy lobbyists.
Comment: How many poor people could Edwards help with each of those $400 haircuts? Practice what you preach...
Comment: Scummy lobbyists exist because the federal government has so much pork. That's a different issue. He can SAY anything to get elected just like he could SAY anything to win a case. It's what PI lawyers do. It's what they get paid a lot of money to do. As for his wife, she would back him up - or appear to. She shouldn't BE on a bus! She should be at home spending her last couple of years with her very small children giving them memories of their mother. Edwards is young and can run again- though he would lose again. If people liked him, he'd have won. But lots of people don't like him- telegenic or not. Evidently you supported Edwards - but at least you are very civil in your reply and I appreciate it.
Comment: This has been a fascinating primary! I saw Edwards in NH, and was impressed. But what Mr. Philips said (it always struck me as just a bit off to watch Edwards, the handsome millionaire in a suit, with the sparkling teeth and the perfect hair, run as the champion of the working poor)up above was the same thing I came away with: he was very persuasive, smooth, charming, with a good backstory, but there was a disconnect with how he appeared, and how he lives, and his speil. The crowd was mildly enthusiastic, but no real passion- watching them, I knew he was doomed. He couldn't climb above his artificialty, even for his devoted followers. And there must have been, in their hearts, the realization that this guy has been running for President for much of his working life. HMM...
Oh well, we voted for him anyway, 'cause we want Hil and Barry to take it to heart.
Comment: Comment to Trav; I am so tired of hearing the cynical conservative rejoinder questioning the motives and ideals of those who see fit to help others. As if a lack of financial success or duress is seen as a reflection on an individual's or families' character. Some people do act in ways that reflect their beliefs. Some folks actually are able to rise above their own sef centeredness in order to be of service to others. The "Christain Conservatives" often sneer at any indivudual performing a "Christian" act as if they were interlopers of their faith. What these bitter folks want others to think is that they have a corner on Christian ideals. What I have read in these comments today sends a chill through my bones. Do these people actually think that low wages are a result of a lack of hard work? Maybe they should get out of their drawing rooms and work a shift at Wallmart, or in a mine, or in a shipyard. Entitlement is a word thrown like a mud pie at folks that work hard and may be a minority, or may not have had access to a college education. It sounds to me like the "entitled Class" needs to look at their own selves for a change. "trav" represents to me the warped image of rushbaugh - with the same snner, the same bitterness and condesention. The reason that folks are recoiling from the "right" is because of statements like these. I don't have to know you to "crap on you". You have revieled yourself for what you are; a bitter, self righteous hateful individual who has lost his sense of Christian ideals. Shame on you.
Comment: Comment to Trav; I am so tired of hearing the cynical conservative rejoinder questioning the motives and ideals of those who see fit to help others. As if a lack of financial success or duress is seen as a reflection on an individual's or families' character. Some people do act in ways that reflect their beliefs. Some folks actually are able to rise above their own sef centeredness in order to be of service to others. The "Christain Conservatives" often sneer at any indivudual performing a "Christian" act as if they were interlopers of their faith. What these bitter folks want others to think is that they have a corner on Christian ideals. What I have read in these comments today sends a chill through my bones. Do these people actually think that low wages are a result of a lack of hard work? Maybe they should get out of their drawing rooms and work a shift at Wallmart, or in a mine, or in a shipyard. Entitlement is a word thrown like a mud pie at folks that work hard and may be a minority, or may not have had access to a college education. It sounds to me like the "entitled Class" needs to look at their own selves for a change. "trav" represents to me the warped image of rushbaugh - with the same snner, the same bitterness and condesention. The reason that folks are recoiling from the "right" is because of statements like these. I don't have to know you to "crap on you". You have revieled yourself for what you are; a bitter, self righteous hateful individual who has lost his sense of Christian ideals. Shame on you.
Comment: Edwards never wanted to help anyone. If he did, he had the money to do it privetly. No, Edwards wants to keep his cash - He wants the rest of us to help others.
Comment: Edwards was seen by alot of us as an incredibly selfish man who owned a huge house with complete gymnasium, who left a dying wife and two small children to fulfill his egotistic dreams, who talked about the poor while having $400 haircuts and spray tans, and who seemed like a facile, well trained, say what it takes to win, lying lawyer. THAT is why he lost. As for corporations, no one wants to make their own toilet paper, soap, cars, medicines, etc. And those corporations won't exist if they can't pay their shareholders (that would be you and me) by making a profit. He should have been running for Commisar.
Comment: Look for Obama and Clinton to modify their speeches to try to maximize the benefit of John quiting. The torch will be allowed to die after the elections.
Comment: Look for Obama and Clinton to modify their speeches to try to maximize the benefit of John quiting. The torch will be allowed to die after the elections.
Comment: John Edwards probably talks more about the poor than any other candidate. Yet, as an attorney who specializes in suing doctors and companies, he has indirectly hurt the poor more than any other candidate has. He has done so because his actions have increased their costs and they have passed those costs on to the poor and the middle class in this country.
By the way, saying that John Edwards got rich by working hard is like saying an unethical used car salesman or a drug lord gets rich by working hard. Maybe they do put an effort in and have long work weeks. But the primary reason they get rich is because they can fool gullible people. The same is true for Edwards. An otherwise good doctor makes a mistake and the patient is harmed. Enter John Edwards. If he can get an award for so much that the doctor has to go out of business, he will, and the main beneficiary will be himself. The doctor leaves his practice, and medical malpractice costs go up for everybody, including the poor and the middle class.
It takes a very active imagination to think that personal injury attorneys benefit the poor and the middle class.
Comment: A successful trial attorney advocates for his/her client in a tort action that has the doctors and companies very well represented by their own lawyers. Judge and jury weigh the arguments and render a decision. Senator Edwards did his job and was apparently very good at it. He is not the reason that the defendents must make restitution. It is because of their own illegial behavior. Stop viewing jurors and judges as morons. The defendents are just being held accountable for their own behavior and performance as viewed by a jury of their peers. Adversarial traditions in law are not pretty or particularly entertaining. That is left for script writers and actors to portray in excruciating simplistic ways. The real attorneys-at-law get their money the old fashioned way. They earn it.
Comment: You are a really stupid person, who went on about lawyers sueing doctors. Doctors can get good lawyers of their own and have a very powerful organization and good insurance. They need the insurance whether they make a mistake or not. There's a trial and the jury makes the award, so it is people like you that are serving on a jury that is who is awarding the money to the victim and his lawyer. You really are a jerk.
Comment: Actually, Edwards made his millions blaiming OBGYNS for cerebral palsey. Science doesn't even support these claims. Edwards was the only candidate to channel the spirit of a dead little girl in closing arguments. One point for him!
Comment: Look for Obama and Clinton to modify their speeches to try to maximize the benefit of John quiting. The torch will be allowed to die after the elections.
Comment: I liked Edwards. I wish he would have stayed in the fray a little longer. The closest candidate to him, as far as philosophy, is Barrack Obama. Hillary loves corporate money and her husband's invention, NAFTA, she even wants to bring in foreign workers (implants from India)) to this country to work in jobs "we American's so not want" She is NUTS! Edwards railed against these types of things. Obama has too. I hope Barrack choses Edward's as his Vice Presidentail running mate. This country does not need Hillary. If the country choses her, NOTHING WILL CHANGE in this country except for the addition of Higher Taxes, and the evaporation of the "Bush" tax cuts, which helped us all.
Comment: Your NUTS. The Country is in the RED due to the Wars that this Government got us into. It will take 30 years if not more to balance the Country again. Get your $200 refund and get drunk claiming that we have right now the best president ever!!
Comment: Actually, we are in the RED because these fine Senators (on both sides) keep adding more and more failed programs and policies to the budget (NEA, NPR, HUD, etc.). Look at the list of pork projects. Abolish the IRS and these worthless programs that everyone complains about and you can balance the budget tomorrow. But for the love of pete, don't add failed universal healthcare to list of government pork!
Comment: Edwards may have done more to hurt the poor and the middle class than any other candidate. Edwards has enriched himself by suing doctors and corporations, and in the process has driven up the cost of doing business for doctors and corporations. They respond by raising prices to the poor and middle class that Edwards claims to help. Doctors are forced to order many extra, unneeded tests because they know that they will get sued if they don't, and it raises the price of health care for everybody.
Comment: To PeteGio;
I would bet dollars to donuts that you just made that comment about Edwards never doing any pro bono work without ever really doing any research into work for the poor that he rdid do. Also, heaven forbid should someone work hard in America and become successful, apparently it's a crime or sin. Apparently also you have to stop saying that you care about the poor and working class if you no longer belong to them because of your effort and hard work. I thought that's what America was about, the land of opportunity. I guess we can be thankful that someone with yellow teeth, ugly and pasty white (and probably financially struggling since he sounds bitter) is out there doing tons of volunteer work for the poor and middle class. Good for you, PeteGio, because I know your life and actions are perfect otherwise why would you crap on other people that you don't even personally know.
Comment: john isnt handsome ,he is an ugly smelly turd sniffer. who would lie and kiss but for 40% take. remeber vote edwards the ultimate turd sniffer.
Comment: PeteGio undoubtedly only supports candidates who are dirt poor or live like monks. Why would he support someone who was ever successful?
Comment: "He was the first candidate out with a universal health care plan and the first to rail against trade agreements like NAFTA that, he says, have cost America a million jobs. He also brought a sense of morality and social justice to the race.."
Presidential candidate Congressman Dennis Kucinich has the rights to all those "firsts".
Just because NBC and Newsweek were successful at silencing him, it doesn't give you the right to rewrite history. You may have "meant" something even more dismissive like "first tier candidates" but it doesn't change the fact that you misrepresented the facts and the candidates. Or perhaps you were having a Gonzales moment.
Comment: Of course PeteGio will be undoubtedly supporting one of the candidates who is dirt poor. Oh geez, there aren't any. Dumb@ss comment.
Comment: I think your statement, "it always struck me as just a bit off to watch Edwards, the handsome millionaire in a suit, with the sparkling teeth and the perfect hair, run as the champion of the working poor", is the most telling. I found Edwards the definition of hypocritical. If he was so concerned about the poor, why not do one pro bono case when he was actively practicing law ... because it didn't benefit him personally. Not exactly Mother Theresa, particularly when he is building a 28,000 square foot mansion. Edwareds failed because he was a complete phony.
Comment: Never understood a millionaire crying about 'two Americas'. Guess his state didn't either, has he can't even deliver their delegates...
Comment: Sorry-- I meant to say John Edwards, not Kerry.
Comment: Edwards doesn't need $300 haircuts!? He travels with his own makeup...
Comment: It seems to me that he is vying for vice President. If he were not, he probably would have endorced one of the other candidates already; it looks like he wants to keep his options open. The important question is whom the former Edwards supporters will support on Feb 5.
Comment: To say that Obama "folded a sense of morality and social justice" into his campaign because of Edwards is a bit misleading, making him sound like a johnny come lately on these issues, when clearly he has not been. If you have a chance to read Barack's books, one of which written before he considered political office, it is clear that these were and continue to be pressing issues for him. Barack happens to be a newer improved version of John Kerry, one who doesn't need 300 dollar haircuts to run for office.
Barack may become one of the all time greats-- just judging for how he has inspired me on his campaign. Kerry is a good man, and I wish him and his wife the best.
Comment: If you think Obama wasn't considering political office when he wrote his books, you must have been smoking some of his crack.These books were a page straight out of the Clinton handbook. Even had to use the unoriginal 'Hope' in the title.
Comment: Doesn't Edwards still have the chance of being asked to be a running mate for Obama or Clinton?
Comment: The person quitted the president campaign shouldn't be John Edwards, should be Abama.
Let's dump the trash politician, a drug taker and race-card player, because now we are NOT voting for a group-leader of race-card player and drug-taker. We are voting a US president with an excellent capability and enriched experiences in whole national and international affairs and tough cases.
If we issue or look for a black US president, Mr. Colin Powell (former Secretary of State) is an appropriate and ideal person, absolutely not this race/color player Barack Abama who is too t-o-o far away from Whitehouse.
Look, the case will become worse and worse for Abama. He made his explicit effort to get republicans vote for him in Democrat caucus, created a ???famous-dishonest??? and ridicule model in US president vote history, and established his particularly terrible reputation, finally he???ll permanently loose the honest voters??? support, as well as loose any chance in next president election, forever!!!
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