Travels With John

We will miss John Edwards...

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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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.