Elizabeth Edwards Unplugged

I do not believe Elzabeth Edwards is helping her husband any by harping on Hilary Clinton. He seems nice, but she is beginning to feel like a catty wife. Hilary does not need to say she is sorry. We know she regrets her vote and has said so, that is enough. We are not in grade school where our parents make us go and apologize for calling someone a name. Keep the banter clean Elizabeth…please

This country’s infrastructure is in worse shape than anyone can imagine. Tens of thousands of people in New Orleans couldn’t flee Hurricane Katrina because they had no money. They were living paycheck to paycheck. There are millions more like those people around the country. Tens of millions more are living month to month on credit card debt. Millions more are losing their jobs, homes, and pensions. Who is talking about troubles of these people? John and Elizabeth Edwards are the faint voices of these people that needs to get stronger and louder.

chris’ point made by shirley

We have met this political season’s Teresa Heinz Kerry. With friends (and family) like these, John Edwards is out of the running.
Good riddance to bad haircuts.

I hate to say this, but Elizabeth Edwards is not unplugged; she is becoming unhinged. She claims that her husband John invented the idea of campaigning on “hope.” First, that’s an age-old theme. Second, she is stepping on her own message in suggesting that John’s speechwriters’ presence in Obama’s campaign explains the commonality; that tells me John got the idea from consultants! Third, the “audacity of hope” line that Obama uses traces back to his 1991 memoir, written while John Edwards was trying malpractice cases in North Carolina and before Obama would have heard of John Edwards. So, Elizabeth, contain yourself!

Maybe a tangerine would help.

I’m naive BUT wouldn’t it be pretty nice if all political candidates (and their spouse’s) would just tell us what they would do to move this once great country forward and cut out the mudslinging, name calling, etc., that serves no purpose??????

Can’t you see John Edwards is a fake! Perhaps more so than Hillary.
He made his money chasing ambulances, suing companies and jacking up health care rates. Now he wants to reform it. A bit disingenuous.

Hmmmm… how First Lady like, coming to the defense of her husband, setting the tone for Presidential candidates to emulate, defining the issues of our day. “Holier than thou”, a phrase that gives new validity to that long since abandoned term “uppity.”

I think that Elizabeth Edwards criticisms are in some instances fair and in some instances not. But the fact remains: she is not running for anything. I wonder how Elizabeth constantly going on the attack for her husband, who is ostensibly the candidate, looks to other people. To me, it makes him look weak. And, parenthetically, why is Hillary’s apology for her vote any less valid than Elizabeth’s husband’s apology?

Personally I love to read these stories of Elizabeth and John because I believe what they are doing is shooting themselves in the foot. They are proving that one way to beat the opposition is to sit back and let them destroy themselves. Each time I read a story about them, John in particular, they are reacting to all kinds of things with such anger and bitterness. A president cannot react to national or international issues out of emotion, that’s what immature people do. You have to use your head. They dont seem to, in my view.

Obama opposed the war becuase he thought the war was a terrible idea. Edwards supported the war becuase he feared opposing it would hurt his future political ambitions. It’s not hard to see who comes out on top here.

Millions of people are not losing their jobs or their homes. What planet do some of you live on anyway?
More Americans own their own homes than at any time in our nation’s history. And unemployment hasn’t ever been lower in my lifetime.
Even with the tax cuts, the federal government took in more money in taxes in 2005 and 2006 than ever before in our nation’s history.
Honestly, some of you need to get a grip.

Elizabeth? can John come out to play???

All I see is another man and woman trying to be like the Clintons.
King and Queen of America.
It didnt work for the Clintons and it wont work for the Edwards’s

Robert, you missed the point. There cannot be a valid apology for that vote, from any senator or representative. It was an unforgiveable vote. None who voted to invade Iraq are fit to lead this country. They ignored the facts on the ground in favor of going the way the wind was blowing. At least the republicans can say they went with their party and president -they’ve got the “stupidity” excuse. The dems voted “yes” because they were afraid to vote “no”, then they jumped in a hole and hid until the wind blew the other way now they are out with their criticisms -they’ve got the “cowardly” excuse. Which do you prefer? I’m neither a rep or dem, but stupid can at least be trained – if not educated.

She is so outta control and no one can respond or they will be accused of attacking a dying, grieving mother.

i thenk bush is the best pres this country has seen in a long time he has made some difficolt choices and i thenk once he is gone evry one will see how good he realy was all the things that he has done right i thenk hees made the right choices i just hope the next pres ceeps os safe as good as he has

Look you have three vaporius airheads looking to win the dem nod, Mrs. Bill Clinton who has done nothing but be Mrs. Bill Clinton. You have Barrak who knows nothing of nothing and the hair guy , who makes Vinnie from welcome back Kotter look like a genius. What kind of debate of the issues do you expect. The left wing media will keep blowing smoke up these guys (gals) yangs, inflating there stature. But in the end they have no ideas for the future, no grasp of the past and only failure in the future.

john is a fake i lafe evry time i see him tolk on cam lolololo

The media’s bottoming out. They’re actually reporting what the spouses of candidates have to say.
Don’t get me wrong – I have a great deal of sympathy for what she’s gone through with cancer and a dead son, but so what? Does that make her an expert on politics?

Can’t the former Senator speak for himself? Guess if he needs his wife to speak for him, can’t see votong for him as he’ll just be a PUPPET and Eliz will be the real leader. Looks like she already is in their marriage.
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i am an undecided dem…i respect mrs edwards but am getting tired of her already. she needs to tone it down a bit.

Mrs. Edwards is correct in her analysis. Nobel Prize winning economist Pau Krugman believes that us little people who pay taxes have had more than $ 1 trillion siphoned out of our pockets for the Iraq war (occupation). So we are heading for two trillion now. That’s a lot of our money to be siphoned off to Bush’s oil company buddies. Meanwhile, we are the only advanced industrialized nation in the world (are we still industrialized?) with no universal healthcare program. We also have a crumbling infrastructure and a broken educational system and the little people who pay taxes are being raced to the bottom here. Those staggering donations (bribes) from special interest groups translate into “nothing for the people”. I think one candidate recntly said “I’m your girl”. Why don’t some of these people show a little integrity by doing something to stop this corrupt administration, and stop sucking up to it, and playing word games?
I think Mrs. Edwards is right. If these people only just want to be president and are willing to sell themselves and the public interest for it, maybe they shouldn’t be elected president. That’s what we have as president now. How could an honest person go around boasting of not voting for the war (if he had been in office and had a chance to vote for it, he probably would have voted for it) and then vote (when he is in office) to fund it? Whenever, someone talks free trade, you know there is something slick (ala NAFTA) going on. “My Girl” would fill every job in America with lowly-paid immigrants brought over on special visas to benefit her big business buddies, and to cheat Americans out of jobs.

I like Elizabeth, but someone should tell her that John did not invent the word “hope.”
I think she looks small when she calls in to argue with freako Coulter, or when she puts down Obama and Hillary.
John had his shot four years ago, and the party has moved on. And I remember clearly his strong support for the war in Iraq. Maybe if he voted against it, or admitted what a mistake it was four years ago, he could have won.

The narcissism of today is incalculable. My wife cuts my hair and she lets me fight my own battles. As a military Brat I am grateful for a country that allows me to be responsible for my own actions – Mrs. Edwards and her ilk should mind her space and leave me an mine ours.

Cliff,
You asking for directions … or do you have a point?

I can’t believe that there are people in America stupid enough to buy the Edwards’ con job. Do as I say. People, you get what you deserve. My money’s heading offshore.

Anyone who has a HMO and still wants the government to supply us with an Universal Health plan seriously needs to check into their plans mental health coverage. Who in their right mind wants a politican telling a doctor how to be a doctor? It’s bad enough that insurance companies think that they are doctors. And have mercy on the sick people that draw a Pharamceutical company owned doctor. Do you really think that these people care one ounce for “We the People”? Congress needs to be subject to the same term limitations as the President. And face the same health care issues that the rest of us do.

I have never seen such a bunch freakin whining little babies in my life. Whenever I listen to the democrats it sounds like freakin Romper Room. Everybody’s whining and sniveling about something. The president of the United States IS NOT YOUR FREAKIN MOMMY AND DADDY. Grow the HELL UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Elizabeth Edwards, like my mother, is battling a life-threatening disease, and for that she has my respect. Yet the minute she opens her mouth she loses it by shilling for a guy who is already himself the ultimate phony shill. The two of them sit in that massive conference center of a house and talk about “two Americas”…and to then rave on about “fixing healthcare” when haircut-and-smile legal chiselers like John Edwards have done more to destroy the U.S. healthcare system than any other individuals in the history of this nation. My personal preference would be to send Hillary, Barack, Rudy and Fred to the White House–all four of them–and let four adults tackle the devastating problems facing our nation and the world. As for the Edwards: first they should apologize on Fox News to their next-door neighbor who they ridiculed in the national media. Then they should see if The View is through with its has-been comedian revolving door and may hire them as a husband-and-wife team to sit in “the fourth chair” next to Prime Minister Walters.

My daddy told me a long time ago that you can tell who a man really is not by what he says, but by what he does. Actions spoke louder than words to Daddy.
Daddy was a Democrat, but he wouldn’t like any of the Democrats running this year. He wouldn’t like the Republicans either, but then he never did.
I am my father’s son. I care about the poor a whole lot more than John and Liz Edwards do. I respect women a whole lot more than Bill Clinton does.
I could never be elected though, because if you asked me what I thought I’d tell you the truth. I’d tell you that the real problem in this country is that too many people are sitting on their ever expanding backsides with their hands out and their mouths open. I’d tell them to get off of those backsides and get to work improving themselves. I’d tell them that the reason we have so many poor in this country is because people make bad choices. I am unelectable because I don’t lie.
John Edwards, on the other hand, will say anything to get the job. So will Obama. So will Hillary. So will every Republican in the race.
Daddy was wrong. In 2007 America, words are all that matters any more.

Who is running for President….John or Elizabeth Edwards? It seems to me that the only Edwards I am hearing these days is Elizabeth. If John Edwards wins is his wife going to run the country for him also? I can’t respect a candidate who let’s thier spouse do all the talking. Speak up John and start acting like a candidate and a leader or you are going to lose.

John Edwards should be embarrassed. Why can’t his wife control herself, he’s running for president! At least we can see the real side of this family before we have to vote for them. Whew, dodged that crazy train!

Man of the poor people who gets 400 haircuts. What a joke

Cliff Jones: Folks who are living welfare payment to welfare payment is a WHOLE LOT DIFFERENT than living paycheck to paycheck.
Richard Laird: Paul Krugman is a famous Lefty toady who has ZERO CREDIBILITY as an economist.

Oh – puhleeze – are we really going to have to listen to the “how to help the poor people” for the next 12 months? Yes people live beyond their means – EVERY DAY. The government cannot and SHOULD not prevent that. Consider the HIGH number of welfare recipients in New Orleans. YET they were still poor. What more do you expect from the government? Why did so many people ESCAPE poverty? Certainly NOT because someone gave them more $$$ – they escaped because they took work and educational opportunties, combined it with fortitude, dug in, and then DUG OUT. Any politician who wants to destroy the American Drive gets NO vote from me.

She’s great! Another Teresa Heinz-Kerry.
THK the SECOND!
BTW, is she running or is her husband? And why is she fighting all his battles for him?

Elizabeth Edwards is very annoying. Let her husband speak for himself. As far as Hillary supporting the war and changing her mind, does not bother me at all. I supported the war and GW and now realize now how wrong I was. Why should we fault Hillary when a good percentage of us did the same?

I agree that Elizabeth Edwards seems very annoying. She starts denouncing all these other people, most of whom agree with her husband 90% of the time. Why does she have such an attitude problem? Why all the bitterness, and the anger, and the viciousness? Maybe she is becoming delusional. It really makes no sense to me. She has the right to say whatever she wants, but most of it is just downright rude and inappropriate.

You guys can badmouth her all you want, but her and her husband are the only ones calling it like it is.
There really are two Americas, what has Hillary even tried to do about it in her time in the senate? Talk about power hungry, she reeks of it.
As for Obama, haven’t we had enough of untested polititians? Dumbya was similarly untested (one government job that his daddy’s friends helped him buy). Obama’s too green, not too black.
Hillary and Obama are straw men, there only to give the illusion of ‘choice’. They might as well be republicans, and are indeed, rhetorical Democrats.

What Elizabeth Edwards states is, of course, is exactly right.

Richard Laird: If you think pay that ranges from $100 a day for picking strawberries, to $12 dollars an hour for changing diapers in nursing homes, to $30 an hour for putting on roofs, I question your expertise.
These folks DO NOT COME HERE TO WORK FOR SLAVE WAGES. They can get low paying jobs at home without the travel and the aggrevation.
Remember, making statements that cannot be proven is not evidence, it is OPINION.

Another example why the campaigning shouldn’t start two years before the day of an election. To much time to talk, and few care what you have to say.

Run, John, Run!
Elizabeth Edwards: First Lady ’08!

Let us all pray for the health of Mrs. Edwards. Lord, we remember at this time Mrs. Edwards, and not her only but all who are similarly situated. We prayer for healing and restoration, in Jesus name. Amen!

Damn I’m so tired of these idiots! I’ll vote for anybody else but these three stooges.

Wilson, learn to spell first. Then learn to think.

Elizabeth Edwards is starting to get a little stale by doing all of the heavy lifting for her husband. Why doesn’t he say these things if the campaign thinks they need to be said. It is getting to the point where I wish that she would just shut up.

Lets talk about the National Debt! China and Russia are about to bury us. We’re 8-10 Trillion in debt and our dollar, economy, housing and trade is going south on us. We Are Owned! These idiots running for President don’t care, they just want the power, respect and perks the job offers and Lie everyday to get it.

John Edwards??? Isn’t he running for class president?

Helen is right. Only Edwards could beat all the Republicans running. They don’t have a chance. Edwards would clean their clocks. All the right wingers would stay home because they would know that they would not have a chance. Everyone would vote for Edwards because of all the benefits that they would get from an Edwards administration. It’s a no brainer.

Oh, c’mon, James. You were never a member of the democratic party. You don’t even know it’s name.

Come on Anna. Let’s be real. No one cares about what a nice guy Edwards is. Everyone knows he is nice and sincere. What we democrats really care about is who can win the White House. With all the branches of government, think about what we could accomplish.
John is the only one that can beat the republicans. They are really scared of him. Go John.

Mrs Edwards is talking like she is the mama of John, who is a trial lawyer the worst of the lot and who have destroyed the medical profession as it existed in past and who continued to work for hedge fund since his work as a senator. He also gave speaches for a pretty penny and gives lectures to others. He voted for Iraq war and listen to him now. $400 hair cut 29000 square foot home what is he waiting for ?

Hey R, how can you blame george bush for your lousy spending habits? Take some responsibility. Stop living outside your means, and stop expecting the government to bail you out. That isn’t why they are there.

One haircut for the ‘layar’ from Caro-lina = $400.
Square footage of the mansion @ 28,000 value = $5,000,000.00
Democrats electing a big hair liberal ambulance chaser layer for President = Incaculable

Elizabeth Edwards = Marie Antoinette. She pretends to care about the poor, then belittles her next door neighbor’s property as “slummy” because he isn’t a millionaire like her. Constantly criticizing the other candidates, blabbering away incessantly.

I believe there was a man who was from Hope who became president in 1992. His theme song was ‘Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow and Clinton constantly stressed hope. Before Clinton there was ‘morning in America’ by Reagan. Edwards did not invent this strategy.

The Edwards just like the Clintons are hypocrites and have their Democratic base as their slaves.

We are looking for the next president in the wrong parties. And once again we’ll end up voting for a democrat just because he is not a republican and vice versa.
We no longer have real statesmen and real leaders, only power-hungry career politicians. Decent people would not enter into this billion-dollar-wasting-mud-slinging-contest.
The election system is corrupt, time to fix it or live with the results.
The real issues are not gay marriage or abortion or which candidate smoked pot in college. Who cares?
The real issues are the growing number of powerful hostile nations like China, Russia and the Islamic nations.
We have no friends or allies any more, only a few countries who depend on maintaining a friendly relation with the US even if they hate us (like Israel for example).
And above all, we are losing our individual freedom and privacy.
If you find someone who can deal with these issues, try to convince him to run for office. Good luck.

Elizabeth Edwards is right-on. She is telling it like it is.
John Edwards has had a history of fighting for “the little guy” his whole life, and as a trial attorney, would take cases against corporate abuse that were considered unwinnable. My friend who worked extensively with his law firm said he was “the real deal” and always had a passion for the underdog.
Add to that the community service that he and Elizabeth have participated in since Day 1, his work on helping struggling families (he has marched on over 200 picket lines with workers), his helping to get minimum wage increases passed in six states, his work on poverty and health care, etc., and you have someone who has concern and compassion for every living American. He also has been called “The No Baloney Candidate” by Time Magazine, because he gives honest, straightforward answers, unlike the other candidates.
I find it so interesting that the media concentrates on gossip rather than issues–let’s cover the candidates and what they stand for.
I have heard Senator Edwards speak on a number of occasions and he is intelligent, well-versed on all the issues of the day, compassionate, has bold policies, and he is willing to take on the strangelhold Corporate America has on every aspect of our lives. Perhaps that’s why the RNC recently sent out a memo to all its members to attack John at every turn.
John Edwards will be a president who fights big corporations on behalf of us “little guys.” That’s what the mainstream media and big corporations (one and the same) are so afraid of.

I was turned off greatly by all and any comments made by Tersa Heinz. She wouldn’t stop and of course we couldn’t see her as a first lady. This looks like a similar deal here. The comments made by Elizabeth are silly and we get an idea that she will not become first lady. There you go, John. Quit while you are behind.

E. Edwards says, “Sometimes it seems we have these beliefs but it turns out it’s like a Hollywood set: It’s a facade and there’s no guts behind it.” She sees it this way because that’s how she and her husband are, and they see it in others: She then says: “one of his speechwriters was one of our speechwriters, his media guy was our media guy. These people know John’s mantra as well as anybody could know it.” She’s trying to say Obama is just a copycat, but what comes across is that Obama, like Edwards, are both players in a very phony game. Now they really, really care about poor people? Their lives up to now have not communicated this message at all. Instead, they muster their “rhetorical” empathy and try hard not to sound like “rhetorical democrats,” to use the term Ms. Edwards used against the other candidates. Having breast cancer and being rich does not mean you empathize with those who have breast cancer and are not rich. I wish it did.

Why are some of you taking offense to what Elizabeth Edwards is saying? She is telling the truth. I would not vote for anyone except John Edwards. He has great plans for the county and he and his wife are exceptional people.

Please no more redneck hillbilly morons who lie such as GW Bush and Fred T. For the sake of our country’s preservation we cannot risk such dangerous incompetence any longer. Four more years of the Republican’s so-called leadership and they are gonna get us all killed!! Bush and Cheyney lied(and they did and everyone knows it -deny it if you want about the war in Iraq). Worst of all this war has nothing to do with al qaeda. Less than 5 per cent of the insurgency is al qaeda. Those that are in Iraq represent al queda of Mesopotamia — get this –they are NOT related to the Bin Laden’s group. In fact over fifty percent of the terrorists in Iraq are from Saudi Arabia. That’sright. Saudi Arabia. So why isn’t Bush/Cheney threatening Saudi Arabia?? Duh. Ever hear of their pals who own the oil fields. Until the Democrats took over in the congress the Republicans DID NOTHING about enacting the requirements of the 911 Commission for protecting our ports and major cities from another big attack Bush dragged his tail. God Bless the Democrats. Shame on the lying GOP morons. By the way my facts are based on the NIE findings which also conclude that ‘Bush’s Mess’ in Iraq has HELPED to strengthen Bin Laden’s base in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Bush should a had him six years ago. And when Clinton wanted to get him in ’98 the Republican congress accused Bill of trying to change to subject off of Monica, hence the Republican congress blocked his Clinton’s plan to go after Osama. And Republicans have the nerve to talk tough in terror. How dare. And now we’re 2 trillion in debt! I remember a day when Bill Clinton left the USA with a surplus. Bush Cheyney and Rove should be in jail for a list of reasons. AND IN OUR HEARTS WE ALL KNOW IT!

I’m leaning toward Kucinich.

John Edwards will never be President. I wonder why no one has told him and Elizabeth that yet? I don’t say this out of spite or bitterness, it is just a fact. On the democrat side only the Hillary and Obama have a chance at the nomination. On the Republican side, only Rudy and Fred have a chance at the nomination. That is just how it is going to play out.
Ater all the ranting, raving, postiing, blogging is done, one of those 4 is going to be the next president.

Goodness, Liz forgot what she told Ann Coulter about being nice. Liz is as phony and insincere as John apparently..lands sakes..who would have known? These two need to go away. they are poisining the trough of public discourse. The US is a wondeful country, not perfect, but clearly the land of opportunity. Anybody that believes Johnny and Liz about how bad it is needs to move away…anywhere across the border. And don’t let the door………..

Liz Edwards is a mammoth “know-it-all”, just as Hillary Clinton was in the early 1990s, and still is. They have alot more in common than people realize, esp the Democratic “responders” above, who bash Liz but defend Hillary. Their main problem is their pseudo-intelligence…they perceive so many problems in the U.S., and they want the taxpayers with decent-paying jobs to fix all the problems, with big-government directing everything! Thanks for nothing Dems!!

How on earth can most of you call yourselves Americans, people of free speech, God blessed and proven to be the best nation on the planet? Elizabeth is AMAZING! She tells it like she sees it. She doesn’t let people like you cause her to sit down and shut up like you’d apparently like her to do. What cowards. You’ll find fault with anyone if you’ll find fault with her. My god, this woman is an American I can be proud of. I intend on voting for John Edwards, and I intend on supporting Elizabeth with my prayers and my words for as long as I’m allowed to do so. If only more American women spoke out against fake Democrats, we wouldn’t be in the mess we’re in. It’s too painful for you to hear the truth about Clinton and Obama? Well I say you’re the ones who should shut up and sit down. You don’t have the common sense to know when you’ve got a woman of courage, a woman of faith, a woman of conviction out there standing and doing the right things. This tells me you’re not a good judge of character, and likely as not you’ll be voting for one of those pattycake Dems who has never had to personally fight for any true American need. Having a woman like her supporting the next president is just fine by me. God help us if you people are voting next time around.

Why is it than when a Liberal attacks someone they are called “real’ and when a Conservative attacks someone they are called “mean” or “evil”? Elizabeth Edwards is John’s attack dog. He figures that people will cut her slack because she has cancer. This is a terrible move, she is losing respect from people who might like her otherwise, even if she is a Liberal.

It’s amazing to see those KNEE-JERKERS on the Democratic Underground twisting their underwear over Elizabeth Edwards saying something about Obama.
What I find even more amazing is that NONE OF THEM are focusing on the meat of what she said, which is, basically that Barack Obama talks about being against the Iraq War “from the beginning,” but “since the beginning” of his Senate term, he has never seen a funding bill to continue the war in Iraq that he didn’t like.
The only Democrat running for President who has consistently been against Iraq engagement is “DENNIS KUCINICH.”
Yes, John Edwards was all gun-ho for Iraq in the beginning, but at least John Edwards “NEVER” voted for funding to continue failed Bush strategies in Iraq.
Obama says that he wasn’t for going into Iraq, but he has consistently voted TO STAY THERE.
Amazingly, know-nothings are avoiding discussion of that part. And Obama can say that’s because he’s going to vote for funding as long as “men and women are on the battlefield.”
That’s a bunch of bologna. They could cut of funding for the WAR part of the military operations, and there would still be enough money for the safe removal of U.S. troops from Iraq, and if they needed a little more, they could pass a supplemental funding bill to REMOVE troops from Iraq.
Obama. “FOR THE WAR” from the time he got to the Senate.
Let me see them discuss that part over on the Democratic Underground.

Wow, lot’s of he-said, she-said. Lots of cat fight stuff here. Lots of good gossip material. Elizabeth throws her and her husband into the tabloid world of gossip headlines. There’s no such thing as bad publicity!
No one here is fooled by explanations of why a candidate voted to authorize Bush to use force in 2002. There is no good explanation.
Or lfor ast weeks disastrous vote on the eavesdropping policy either.
Candidates vote wrong because their intentions are wrong. Period. Who the heck do you think you’re fooling?
The level of respect I have for professional politicians is right up there with professional hookers.
And I don’t see any of them doing much to change that.
Obama and Edwards might make OK VP’s, and thats it. Neither is ready for prime time in the White House from what I have seen.
Hillary is the only one with the political machinery and the clout to push anything through Congress if elected.
But Hillary is royalty. She’s not like us. She’s one of “them”. Which may get her elected.
Hillary is the one who could actually get the most done as far as repairing our goodwill internationally. I think other world leaders would be open to working with her.
Obama and Edwards are great kids.
We need an adult in the White House. We have had enough Boy-Kings.

As much as we feel sympathy for Elizabeth Edward’s cancer, it does not change the shallowness of her husband as a candidate. I hope she has not pinned her survival hopes on her husband becoming president, for that would be tragic for John and the children when they face the inevitable and John drops out of the race…soon. All the money in the world and all the bishonen pretty boy haircuts cannot buy the heart and soul of the American people.

I’d like to know why Mrs. Edwards is being asked to speak for her husband like this all while she is undergoing cancer treatments. I’d think the stress of campaigning for her husband a bit much. And as far as I can see, it seems like Mr. Edwards NEEDS her to speak for him. Is he not capable of speaking for himself?? Why is she having to do his dirty work and criticizing other candidates? I think something stinks in the Edwards camp and it might be a husband who dosn’t have the gonads to stand up for himself and that he has to have his ill wife do it for him.

Elizabeth Edwards is a typical hypocritical left wing Democrat living the high life while fostering income redistribution for the rest of us. If John and Elizabeth Edwards were truly interested in health care for everyone they would put their money where their mouths are and establish a fund with their own personal fortune to pay for “needy” people’s medical care. Stop stealing from the taxpayers!

I see a pattern developing here. The Jersey Girls were insulated from critisism because they were widows. Anyone who hasn’t served, is not permitted to speak their suppot of the war. Mother Sheehan’s nonsense couldn’t be refuted because she lost a son. And now Mrs. Edwards vile words are excused because of her terminal illness.
Truth be told, we all have terminal illnesses. Most of us, however, maintain some measure of civility. They both sicken me. Their ends justifies any means. They mirror true Stalinists in that no citisissm is permitted…

i’D LIKE TO HOOK ALL THE CANDIDATES UP TO A POLYGRAPH AND HAVE A PUBLIC FORUM. aND SEE WHAT THEY ARE HIDING..? that;s the only way we’ll ever see what they are up too. Too many lies .

Is this shrew “The Breck Girl’s” wife or mommy? Why does he need her to fight his oral battles?

The Democratic candidates are a disgrace. Not one of them possesses the courage to lead this nation. Crap, they’re too scared to even take a question from Brit Hume or Chris Wallace. They are all cowards who stand for nothing except getting elected.

Elizabeth Edwards is amazing. Her husband is decent man. All of this BS about his “destroying our healthcare system” is completely absurd–Edwards fought unethical and immoral big business on behalf of average people who had been screwed by those corporations who sold faulty products. He is probably too decent to get elected.
People are buying the Obama facade…look at Obama’s record in the senate and you’ll see where actions diverge from rhetoric…he’s already in the pocket of the the war machine–listen to him talk about a possible strike against Pakistan and the need to increase the size of our military–business as usual, folks! AND he chose Lieberman as his official mentor when he became a senator–doesn’t THAT tell y’all something???
Obama and H. Clinton are opportunists. Edwards is not perfect–but he’s got my vote!

Johnny-boy should be happy that his wife wears the pants and will step in to do his dirty work. That way he can get out his jabs without getting his hands dirty. She’s the ultimate tool. Take that back, they both are.

Mrs. Edwards, please shut up! What we don’t need are Democrats attacking other Democrats. Can’t you see that unity–not Rovish attacks–are the ticket to the White House? Your demeaning and ulgy comments about the other Democratic candidates (the front runners) is very harmful to the party and to the country. Please don’t be Ann Coulter-lite.

Many of the simplistic caricatures, name-calling and negative sum-ups of the Edwards is by an anti-Democrats hit squad to confuse the Democrat candidate supporters—by their sheer number of repeated assertions on blogs where progressives would post. Rove perfected the method of introducing and framing an issue, repeating a talking point over and over by a team of others(regardless of the point’s objective veracity) to put doubt in busy and distracted voters, for the voters to be vulnerable to superficial posturing, and, the crowning indignity, pull the lever against their own best interests. It’s called being snookered and humans do it every day against fellow humans. Many salesmen feel contempt for those who let themselves be suckers–the snookered are weak and deserve it. -bobolink1

You want change? Get rid of ALL incumbents in both the House and the Senate, Democrats, Republicans, and Independents alike.
Pass a constitutional amendment that bans Congress from setting their own salaries and other perks. Make it the responsibility of the individual states to set and pay their salaries, pensions, and housing allowances.
Ban the naming of construction projects funded with Federal money after living politicians. Mandate that such projects be named after servicemen and women who have given their lives in defense of our freedom…and when all who have died have been honored, then name them after those who have been wounded. Only then can we name a project after a politician, and only if they are dead, and had served with honor in the military.
That’s a start…

When ever I hear Mrs. Edwards speak I get the impression of a mother touting her sons grandiure.
There relationship seems almost incestous.
I hear more from Mrs Edwards in the press than I do the candidate.
Like when Bill Clinton was running for president I wondered who was actually running, Bill or Hillary?

Mrs. Edwards thinks that Barack Obama is behaving in a holier-than-thou way?
I suggest she take a look at her own rhetoric. Every time she makes the news we hear her preaching a salvation of our country’s soul by asking us to have faith in her husband and see him as unique, visionary, the most compassionate, and a saving voice in the political wilderness. She questions other politician’s motives, judges other candidate’s actions, and claims that her husband has visions outside himself.
Sounds exactly like a holier than thou preacher to me. But hen again the hardest thing in the world is NOT to be self-deceived.

I’m voting for elizabeth I mean john. I love it when a woman is in charge, I get goose bumps. ouuuuu. I’m a freak.

John and Elizabeth live in the “other America”…they TALK of helping the poor, but LIVE LIKE THE RICH….after being elected what will happen? THEY WILL LIVE MORE LIKE THE RICH AND FAMOUS AND POWERFUL….John has ZERO credibility about his “two Americas” vision for he lives in the one that always sticks it to the other. I am so fed up with the political process, voting seems pointless….each campaign it’s the same jabbering…we need CHANGE….get the other guys out and put ME IN….blah, blah….Edwards does not stand a chance at winning.

There are two (2) america’s alright.
One for the democcrats who can have their beliefs shaped and manlipulated easily by using key code words…ask Frank Luntz.
The other for the working american’s who wake up go to work, pay their bills, raise their children, form their own opinions, and try to rise above the cheap politcal fray which has become our politcal process. Most of these “right thinking” folks choose the GOP.

This woman is going to talk her husband right out of the nomination. She scares me. I definitely won’t vote for Edwards now. It’s nice for a wife to be involved, but she is to the extreme. We know she is educated and a former lawyer, she doesn’t have to spout off every time she gets a chance to show us how smart she is. If she were really smart, she would shut up and let her husband do the talking. Makes me wonder which one is running? Kinda brings back memories of Kerry’s big mouth wife.

I believe john & elizabeth when they tell me they are Us and For us. Just because they live in a nice house and he gets expensive cuts, well that don’t mean anything. I go out to dinner on friday nights and spend a little more than I should while looking out the restaurant window at the car window washerman begging for money, but on monday I’m back fighting for the poor and I also recycle plastic. They say they are one of us and I believe them. I’m voting for her I mean john.

What are we supposed to be winning in Iraq? There are no battles going on for control of territory or ideology. Our troops are protecting workers trying to get the infrastructure repaired; electricity, sewer, oil, bridges. US military personnel are getting killed, mostly by IED’s as they are trying to rebuild a nation and they will continue to get killed by those who rightly see them as the occupying nation. It is a catastrophic failure now, it will be a catastrophic failure when we leave…let’s leave now and keep our military alive. Since when is it constitutional to take US taxpayers money to rebuild another nation. We need freedom in our country from the tyranny of the behemoth taxing state.
This came out yesterday from the US comptroller…”The US government is on a ‘burning platform’ of unsustainable policies and practices with fiscal deficits, chronic healthcare underfunding, immigration and overseas military commitments threatening a crisis if action is not taken soon, the country’s top government inspector has warned.
David Walker, comptroller general of the US, issued the unusually downbeat assessment of his country’s future in a report that lays out what he called “chilling long-term simulations”.
These include “dramatic” tax rises, slashed government services and the large-scale dumping by foreign governments of holdings of US debt.”
We Dem’s need a man like Ron Paul to free us from the certain destruction of our run away government.

Is this the same Mrs. Edwards who asked Ann Coulter to stop the negative attacks?? I guess she meant for everyone but herself to play nice.

John,
“This is a dangerous time for all we believe in. Now, above all, we must spread the truths of the Constitution, of the rule of law, of life, of peace, of freedom, of an America that will truly be a city on the hill.”
What does Edwards offer that takes care of any of this? If you read the constitution, it doesn’t guarantee anything Edwards stands for. Taxes; which he does stand for; were an afterthought. Universal Healthcare, not in there. Redistribution of the wealth (socialism), not in there. He doesn’t espouse any of the ideas of the founding fathers.
Freedom is a double edged sword. It allows for anyone and everyone to succeed. It also allows for failure by anyone and everyone. Government isn’t the answer, but that is all that John is offering.
Our deficit is shrinking. As a proportion of the overall budget, it is extremely low. Interest rates are low, unemployment is low, GDR and GNP are both strong and consistant; regardless of what the Democrats say. Lif isn’t that bad in the USAA, actually, it’s better here than anywhere else.

How dare Elizabeth Edwards question the motives of other candidates when nothing that has ever come out of John Edwards’ mouth gives a clear and logical explanation of what drives HIM.
IMO, John Edwards comes across as a big phoney. He is the Democrat version of Dan Quayle.

jimbo56,
Well if John Edwards doesn’t stand for that what presidential candidate do you think does?

Wow! I think the wrong Edwards is running. Elizabeth has more tenchant bon mots than her husband–and the guts to say them. Pay attention Hillary; you might learn something from Liz.

“Feelings come and feelings go, and feelings are deceivings. My warrant is the Word of God, nothing else is worth believing.” Martin Luther King.
I believe in you Elizabeth and John.
Peace.

Who is running for President? Elizabeth or John? Can’t John fight his own battles? We’ve already had one set of “co-presidents” and we certainly don’t need another!

I admire Elizabeth. Further, I believe John Edwards would make a terrific president. I do plan to vote for Obama in the primary. However, if Obama were not a choice, I would vote for Edwards. Seems to me that many of the responses herein are from admirers of the Fox network of lies, propaganda, and deceit.

What strikes me as odd, is John Edwards “Poverty Tour.” Sporting a $400.00 haircut leads me to believe he knows nothing about poverty, as the average American knows nothing of a four hundred dollar haircut.
Mr. Edwards, while on his “Poverty Tour” charged universities in excess of $50,000.00 for his speaking fees.
When Elizabeth Edwards referred to her neighbor as “scummy,” because her neighbor is poor, that did it for me. I lost interest.
As for Hillary, she now speaks out of both sides of her mouth. It’s a re-run of an eight year old show. I’m skipping her too.
Obama? Too inexperienced to take seriously. His remarks about Pakistan are explosive, especially in light of his critisism of Bush, and the war in Iraq.

Which Democrat is John Edwards and ACTUAL or a RHETORICAL, or maybe both after all he is a slip and fall lawyer.

She’s just defending her wife from insults. The Breck Girl should go back to the personal injury field where his swarminess is appreciated.
Can’t wait to hear what you all have to say about Fred Thompson’s wife, a little scarred of women, are we???
As for Hillary, she now speaks out of both sides of her mouth. It’s a re-run of an eight year old show. I’m skipping her too.
If you are so bright why did you not skip bush???
Life isn’t that bad in the USAA, actually, it’s better here than anywhere else.
I assume you are a world traveler???
Too many posts from men here that show they are scared of women who have a brain.

It seemed to me that John would want his wife to shut her yap, but then I realized that about the only press he gets now days is when she says something deemed outrageous.
Just an observation.

Sigh, maybe she should be the one running for president and he should be the one looking after the kids. After all, he’s been campaigning for president since 2005 and the only thing I can remember about John Edwards is 1) loser in 2004, 2) $400 haircut. 3) and something about two Americas, blah blah, rich and poor, which sounds a bit ridiculous coming from a man who gets $400 haircuts. It’s terrible, I know. But that’s the only thing that sticks. Oh, he was also very underwhelming in every debate including the 2004 VP debate against possibly one of the worst VPs in history. At least his wife gets headlines I remember. I know 1) she has cancer 2) she doesn’t like Ann Coulter 3) she doesn’t think Hillary Clinton is woman enough to get the feminist vote 4) she thinks John is woman enough to get the feminist vote (hmmm…) 5) John’s campaign created the philosophy of ‘hope.’ As ridiculous as it sounds, at least I remember what she says.

John,
A very good question. I don’t know that there is a person currently in the race that excites me.
I am a conservative. I say that because recently, the Republicans haven’t stood for much on conservative principals. That being said, there is no Democrat who remotely comes close to having “The Right Stuff” in my opinion.
So, what would I like. I would like a President who believes that government should only be involved to that minimum extent which is necessary. We can’t continue to grow our governmental spending by a rate of 10+% when the economy only grows at 3-4%. So, a fiscal conservative (both parties fail here). Someone who is strong on defense. They understand that our enemies hate us, not because of who occuppies the White House, but rather because of what we stand for.
Someone who doesn’t pander to popular opinion. I don’t care what polls say, right is right, stand and believe what you believe. That is my problem with almost all Democratic candidates. They say what they think everyone wants to hear. Far to politicians stand by their convictions. Reagan did. Newt Gingrich did, but I am not certain he is electible.
Too much time is spent in Washington trying to “one up” the other party. They are looking for dirt or an angle that will garner favor. John Edwards typifies this with “War on Poverty” and “War on terrorism is just a bumper sticker.” What does that really mean? A truthful person will say, “poverty exists because some people work harder than others and some people don’t work hard enough. In this country, anyone can be successful, anyone can go from rags to riches. If you aren’t happy with your lot in life, only you can change it.” They would also add that no government program can change this. Welfare hasn’t reduced the poverty rate at all. It’s just made people dependent on the government.
As for Iraq, how come 97 senators voted in favor of bombing Iraq in December of 1998 when President Clinton was in office and he used the EXACT same argument that Bush did; Potential WMD, failure to obide by UN sanctions, Lying and threatening the west. Yet, nobody is held accountable for why they changed their minds?
Stand up and be a leader. That’s my bottom line. Good, bad or indiferent at least it’s not pandering. There is way too much of that going on right now.

John Edwards not only is a complete phoney but also a shameless coward. Sending his wife to be the hitman is disgusting. Everyone knows she is the brains behind the Edwards campaign but to demean her by giving her the Attack Dog role is inexcusable. Sell the Mansion and give the millions to the poor, get a $10 haircut and love and nurture your wife instead of shaming her. That’s what a man of charaacter would do.

Elizabeth Edwards makes me sick!! She and her husband must need to raise some more money for the campaingn. When will she stop going on and on about her dead son and her cancer. The American people are sick and tired of both of the Edwards. She’s a load mouth and he’s a total scum bag ambulance chaser.

Elizabeth Edwards reminds me of the mother who walks her son to school to protect him from the “town bullies”. The Edwards family needs to determine who is running for President John or Elizabeth.
If it John than it is time for him to step out from behind his wife and defend himself

Being a Democrat/Liberal means never having to say I’m sorry!

jimbo56,
I agree with nearly everything you say. You call yourself a conservative, but any more I don’t know what that mean? Bush(s), Ford, Nixon, Romney, Gingrich, Thompson and Giuliani are all cut from the same neo-conservative cloth. They are all globalist, big government (Bush grew the government much larger and faster than even Kennedy or Carter), high taxing, deficit spending, social engineering, statist, all of whom are systematically removing our civil liberties and freedoms. Furthermore, I don’t see a lick of difference between the rhetoric of the Dems and that of the Repubs. When it comes to the roll and size of government they are singing out of the exact same hymn book…just a different page.
We need to look more towards George Washington, James Madison, and Thomas Jefferson when speaking of conservatism and constitutionalist who uphold civil liberties. These men are paleo-conservatives. Men who would rule by the rule of law…as opposed to what you rightly point out as by opinion polls. These men are statesmen and not politicians.
The only man that I see running for president who fully endorses the paleo-conservitive ideology, who is not beholding to ANY special interests groups, who isn’t self serving, and who is a true patriot and statesman is Ron Paul. What do you think of him?

EDWARDS IS FAKE! Elizabeth proved it.

There is nothing wrong with pointing out differences between your policies and other candidates. That is not mudslinging.
Edward’s health care plan covers everyone and was out first. Obama’s does not cover everyone. Clinton says she carries scars from the time she tried to reform it as First Lady and is not sure that the political wlll exists for change yet. These are substantive differences that voters should be talking about.

I watched an entire Elizabeth Edwards town meeting on C-Span with in 2004, and concluded that she was the smartest and best of the 8 [4 candidates for Pres and VP, 4 wives]; more recently, I have read her autobiography.
I can see why she is exasperated that Senators Clinton and Obama get all of the attention and all the media seems to repeat about her husband, who has contributed policy proposals to what should be a substantive debate. is his haircut.
However, I have been very disappointed in the nasty criticism of the other candidates coming from the Edwards campaign. Perhaps, sadly, they conclude they cannot get media attention unless they use the words “Clinton” and/or “Obama” in a statement. But the fact is that we are not looking for the winner of king of the hill battle among the Democrats. We are looking for a leader, whom we follow because we are inspired, not because of arguments about how this or that statement or vote by another candidate wasn’t exactly as good or as quick as this or that statment or vote by this candidate.
We want a leader who can inspire all to believe what happens to be true, that, without adequate attention to this, Democrats long have proposed and worked for policies that strengthen America both overseas and at home, while the Republicans, by damaging our alliances, providing terrorists with recruiting matterial, and weakening our economy, are very dangerous to America. Get up out of the he said/she said of campaigning and speak again to our dreams and aspirations for America. Whoever does that [assuming the media covers substance instead of the entertaining food fights] will win.

Elizabeth Edwards is the biggest bag of wind since the 2004 election finally silenced John Kerry’s wife. John Edwars is one of the most fake people I’ve ever seen. They are condescending and shallow.

I roundly agree with Kris. Elizabeth is coming across as the “catty wife.” I am hearing overprotective mommy in there too.
John Edwards was in Congress for 6 years, but has run for President 5 of those six years. He comes across as a man with huge ego and ambition to match.
Judy W.

Funny how some posters criticize Elizabeth Edwards by saying nobody can criticize her because she has cancer. Mrs. Edwards sure hasn’t said it, nor any member of the Edwards campaign, nor even any Democrat.
And funny how, if she is uncriticizable, the Internet tubes are full of vile names for her, like the YouTube clip labeling her a “fat cancer pig,” or the blogs full of a story about her calling a neighbor “slummy” or “scummy” without anyone providing a link to such a quote.
Funniest of all is that all the people who call John Edwwards an ambulance chaser would be the first one to call a guy like that if their daughter was disembowled by a pool drain, or had the wrong kidney removed, or were affected by any one of countless ghastly events that could have been averted if the manufacturers and doctors would keep closer tabs on their peers.
Well, maybe “funny” isn’t the word. Hypocritical, more like.

When will someone tell the truth, that Hillary voted for the war and would again….her New York Jewish constituency wanted and still want the war and want to BOMB IRAN in addition.
We cannot say that, can we? Even as Podhorotz joins Giuliana’s team to boost bombing. God, we’re in trouble.

Jimbo56 – thankyou for your great posts!
You forgot, however, Al Gore’s self proclaimed “Father of the Internet.” Thank goodness he was never elected.

Well Jimbo that’s spoken like a true Jimbo. If you thank Global Warming is still debatable you should go buy up the Louisiana swamp land because if it still exists 50 years from now you would make a killin’…

Jimbo56 – thankyou for your great posts!
You forgot, however, Al Gore’s self proclaimed “Father of the Internet.” Thank goodness he was never elected. The man was and still is a complete idiot.
Judy: The neighbor Mrs. Edwards called “scummy” was featured on every network news braodcast. Tune in sometime.

Elzabeth has to know her husband will fail in his quest for the nomination. She is cognizant that she suffers from a terminal disease, and she hasn’t learned damn thing from her spurious comments after the Vice Presindential debates.
Philosophically she is where she wants to be because thats where she wants to be.I pity the fool that she is, however, I have no compassion for someone who lobs personal comments about the other candidates and then plays the disease card.
Though this is her last trip around the pool and the last hurrah for Elizabeth. I believe she will suffer emotionally when the nominating convetion bypasses her husband

It’s easy to misrepresent someone when you take their remarks out of context. I find she has a lot of good things to say.

“Bush has completely disassembled the New Deal…”
Oh, if only….You Edwards supporters are an interesting group. And entertaining. Very entertaining.
“If you had wealth I hope you would want to give back to those less fortunate like a barber who does not have nearly the opportunities that a trail attorney has.”
LOL. That particular “less fortunate” barber probably makes more money in a year than you’ll see in your lifetime.

I love reading Elizabeth Edwards comments – she says them and writes them and they are real. She is not worrying about politics in the way that Hillary and others are trying to be so cautious that they do not express truth. I agree with Elizabeth and John and find them refreshing and I too as have others on this site, am wondering if the critics are Republicans or Hillary supporters who do not want to give the power to the people! I for one am thrilled that there are some who are trying to make the US a Democracy and give us Healthcare and end the war.

Just a note, I am a full blooded conservative Republican and I am not afraid of Edwards or the rest of his pandering Dem tribe, as an american I’m embarresed that such clowns are held as supposed leaders of our country.
And just a note to RLS; you really need to look at the facts, the republicans had nothing to do with slick willy not getting bin laden, it had to do with sandy berger being too chicken to allow the op to continue after bin laden was in the crosshairs and willy too busy sleezing up a freind of Monica’s on the golf course to be bothered with the minor inconvience of national security.

I have been a supporter of the Edwards since John was elected to the Senate in 98. I have often thought over the last 190 years that he would, could and should be president. John, you just lost me. Take your lovely wife home to North Carolina and tend to your family issues.

You lib’s make me laugh! “What are we going to do about people living paycheck to paycheck and are living under a mountain of debt”? LOL It’s called personal responsibility! Get It Through Your Thick Freaken Skull! When people take responsibility for their actions a great thing happens! You become self reliant! I’m trying to remember the last time a politician helped to make me a millionaire! Wake Up Democrat’s your politicians want you to rely on them for your essentials that’s how they keep your vote. Reality Check! The government can’t even run itself! God forbid they start running our healthcare!

STEVESCHNEIDER, because if we aren’t all out trying to be millionaires we must not be American…

Edwards gave me the willies when I first listened to him. The more he talks, the worse he gets.
The Republicans, any of them, can do a better job than any Edwards & buddies.

Jim, I can’t really believe that anyone wants a democrat to win because they think anyone is going to become rich…I think the point is the exact opposite. Wealth does not need to be in the hands of 2% of society. (I don’t really believe it needs to be in the hands of politicians.) As James Madison would argue are these not the elite (smartest members of society) we have chosen to run our country? If that is the case and the Electoral College did not make a mistake why is it that we don’t spend our tax dollars here in the United States, but rather we are spending billions around the world breading hatred towards ourselves. The point is politicians are supposed to know what is best for our money. If you GOPer’s are right than why is there so much disparity?

oops, I think I said breading like what you do to a chicken before you fry it…not breeding like what we are doing to ourselves in regard to hatred

Ok, number one. Why do ramblings of the candidates wives/husbands even matter? Are we electing a duo? Do you take orders from your bosses wife at work? What a joke.
Now, on to the healthcare issue. She jumps all over the holes in Obamas plans leaving 15 million without healthcare. What are WE going to do about all of those people without healthcare? Why can’t WE provide healthcare for them. I’ll tell you why…because it is not our responsibility to take care of the rest of the neighborhood. It is the right thing to do to lend a helping hand. It is the wrong thing to do to throw out a lifeline and erase all personal responsibility.
And finally, why do so many liberals claim that their candidates are speaking for the majority of americans? That’s just plain ridiculous. The country sits in the center. Depending on the issues, we float to the left or right. The left wing loons like Edwards are so far off center that only the bloggers and fringe left (along with Hollywood) are on que with them.

It appears that with Edwards losing ground every day in the polls, he has resorted to sending his wife out as an attack dog. It is amazing to me that he can’t see that running as the “poor people’s candidate” isn’t going to work when you get $400 haircuts, build a 30,000 square foot house, and come off looking like a used car salesman.

I can understand where Mrs. Edwards feels that this sort of contribution to the political discourse is necessary, but it would help her cause to align her rhetoric with facts and reality. John Edwards is doubtlessly an advocate for the second-class citizenry that this administration has created, but to imply that Clinton and Obama are simply stealing his message for the sake of votes is beyond dirty politics – it’s rude and arrogant. Both of these candidates, particularly Obama, have long track records of caring for those who need more and have less. As noted by others, “the audacity of hope” was a line Obama has openly referenced for quite some time before Edwards was even on the public stage.
If Mrs. Edwards continues on this path, she will alienate her fellow party members and make herself someone who causes the rest of us to cringe when she’s handed a microphone. Please, for the sake of solidarity and the respectability of national debate – leave the cheap shots at home.

Jim, our country is 42nd in the world in regards to life expectancy…”Redistribution of wealth has FAILED everywhere it has been tried”…except for the 41 countries ahead of us in human life expectancy…I don’t argue for redistribution of wealth I argue for universal healthcare for every American!

Todd, maybe Mr. Edwards was deep in thought trying to figure out how he could jump to the front of the line of those waiting for a new Playstation 3… at WAL-MART of all places. (Yep–it happened.)
Or maybe he was fretting about how much money (roughly $750,000) he would receive for a book deal from… RUPERT MURCOCH. (Yep–it happened.)
The man is a PHONY, PHONEY, FONY, FONEY, however anyone wants to spell it.
And to the person that suggested David Walker, the comptroller general of the US, run for president, I have two words (or names, actually): Ron Paul.

Does Mrs. Edwards even have a clue? No one cares about her opinion. No one is voting for her.
Hillary Clinton is an elected official.
Mrs. Edwards is like an unrestrained yapping poodle, deluded with her own imagined importance, harming her husband far more than if she would just shut up.

Todd,
We are confusing the issues. First, regarding redistribution of wealth, that would be countries like the former Soviet Union, Cuba and such. You can’t make an argument that their system of government is/was better. It’s a falicy.
As for mortality, I am not certain of the countries that are ahead of us on the list. Do all 41 offer socialized medicine? I do know this, Canada has socialized medicine, and the wealthy come to the US in order to recieve better care when they are ill. Government control won’t improve the quality of healthcare, history would should that the quality will decrease.

VIVALABUSH bloviated, “You forgot, however, Al Gore’s self proclaimed “Father of the Internet.” Thank goodness he was never elected.”
Al Gore never claimed to be the father of the internet or even the inventor. All he ever claimed to do was help write the legislation that made it possible.
Robert Kahn and Vinton Cerf, two people who could be considered the leading lights of the internet, say what needs to be said about Al Gore
Too bad VIVALABUSH can’t be bothered with the facts, which explains the moniker.

There is no bigger puppet than Edwards, and his wife, on some level, is assuring he will not get the nomination, plus assuring that he will not be VP for Hillary. She should have just told him, “Don’t run.” Ultimately in sabotaging him she is doing us all a favor, so keep on yapping, Liz!

JBL55:
“During a March 1999 CNN interview, while trying to differentiate himself from rival Bill Bradley, Gore boasted: “During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet.”
From an article by Declan McCullagh
I think we’re spliting hairs. Does he imply he created it, that statement can be taken either way. The truth is, Al had a history of overstating his self importance to the world. He still does. He did state that he and Tipper were the inspiration for the movie “Love Story”.
It’s hard to find support for a guy who has consistantly “stepped in it” throughout his career.

To Cliff Davis I say, just another liberal wanting the government to take care of evereybody in a halfassed way. Cliff, the people living paycheck to paycheck made decisions in their lives that put them where they are now. It is not my fault, it is not your fault. It is their fault. Let them take care of themselves. It is what makes America great. Freedom to do as you choose. I didn’t choose the same path they did and I am better off for it

the government currently provides our mail service, our fire prevention service, our schools. I sure wouldn’t want a fire department for profit. think a little further now and think about health care for profit connect the dots….

Where do you pull all of that stuff about Elizabeth Edwards from? Do you have a hate thing going on about women, mothers, grieving parents, and any other persoanlity traits that are normal?

Mail service and public schools? Are those supposed to be shining examples of well-run government programs?

jimbo56:
Perhaps you forget that what we call the Internet today did not exist before the legislation which Al Gore took the initiative in creating was enacted.
Before that point, it was a disparate collection of independent networks such as ARPANET and others. In the CNN interview, Wolf Blitzer clearly understood that to be Al’s meaning.
So, yes, Al Gore deserves credit, both for having the vision and having the legislative skills to make it happen.

“John Edwards is an insufferably patronizing poseur and a smarmy, demagogic, two-dimensional life-size cutout of a “Ken” doll. His wife is a shrill, grasping, obsessive, hateful, bilious virago. Just what we need in the White House!”
archangel
Amen to that.

Have you ever tried the mail services in Mexico? I always get my mail don’t you? As far as taking money from Murdoch I believe that was from a publishing company that Murdoch owned and that was for work done not from a donation to his campaign. As far as hedge funds and subprime mortgages who in the banking industry wasn’t making money including all of our pention funds. What we need is oversight on mortgages which we did not get from George Bush and his cronies. It is just right back to the savings and loan scandal that was set off by the Bush brothers in the 80s. Or are you old enough to remember that nightmare.

Diana: If you think Universal Health Care is a politician telling a doctor to be a doctor, you are sadly mistaken or misinformed. Do yourself a favour and take a trip north of the border into Canada and talk to people there or if you have the money go to the NHS clinics in the UK or to the health clinics in France and talk to the people and the doctors. The government does not tell the doctors how to be doctors in those systems.

JBL55: Al Gore did not invent the internet. Google “DARPAnet” and read the truth. DARPAnet was in existence when Al was in grade/high school.

n:
Umm, yeah… I try the mail services in Mexico all the time… Absolutely fabulous…
???
Oh, and I see my mistake now. It’s ok for John Edwards to take $800,000 from Murdoch because it was for a BOOK. Hillary’s $20,000 CAMPAIGN DONATION from the same guy is INEXCUSABLE. My bad…
And yep, we need more oversight on mortgages. The government should have stepped in before all these people were allowed to buy houses. I mean, who do they think they are? Rich people? Come on!
Or maybe the banks did this all to make more money! HOW GREEDY! We all know how much banks make when they’re forced to absorb losses through foreclosures! And all of these corporate lending bankruptcies are GREAT for business.
Right?

I don’t need to Google anything, Santa. I am old enough to remember the whole evolution of the Internet, and Al Gore stated it exactly correctly. Is it his fault you insist on misinterpreting his remarks?
Perhaps your Google searches are bringing you to web sites that promulgate Gore-bashing myths.

Why is it so many Repubs can’t spell or construct a coherent sentence?

JBL55: Dinking the Al Gore flavoured Kool-aid does not mean his words are the truth. Al Gore may have increased the funding when he was a Senator, but that is a big difference than what he claimed.
I’m a big boy, hence you can cut the stool with the personal attacks, they’re not needed if your facts stand up, which they obviously don’t:
ARPANET was the network that became the basis for the Internet. Based on a concept first published in 1967, ARPANET was developed under the direction of the U.S. Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA). In 1969, the idea became a modest reality with the interconnection of four university computers. The initial purpose was to communicate with and share computer resources among mainly scientific users at the connected institutions. ARPANET took advantage of the new idea of sending information in small units called packets that could be routed on different paths and reconstructed at their destination. The development of the TCP/IP protocols in the 1970s made it possible to expand the size of the network, which now had become a network of networks, in an orderly way.
In the 1980s, ARPANET was handed over to a separate new military network, the Defense Data Network, and NSFNET, a network of scientific and academic computers funded by the National Science Foundation. In 1995, NSFNet in turn began a phased withdrawal to turn the backbone of the Internet (called vBNS) over to a consortium of commercial backbone providers (PSINet, UUNET,ANS/AOL, Sprint, MCI, and AGIS-Net99).
Because ARPA’s name was changed to Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in 1971, ARPANET is sometimes referred to as DARPANET. (DARPA was changed back to ARPA in 1993 and back to DARPA again in 1996.) The history of ARPANET and developments leading up to today’s Internet can be found in Where Wizards Stay Up Late, by Katie Hafner and Matthew Lyon.

You din not answer my questiion do you receive mail? If you don’t use the mail service or publio schools say so.
A donation is different than earnings period, maybe Edwards should of gone to another publisher.
You are correct that many of these people should never have been allowed a loan that is why they were in the subprime market to begin with. These loans being called are just a result of a greedy coportate policy in which loans were made to people who could’t afford them and shouldn’t of received them.
The bundling of subprime mortgages did make great sums of money up until the the interest rates jumped on variable rates and now when the mortgages are all failing we as tax payers will be bailing out the banks once again. Just as we did for the airlines and so on. This is corporations living off the taxpayer

John Glenn was a democrat by the way not a Republican.

Neil Bush was a board member on the Silverado Savings and loan a well known failure that cost the American people a billion dollars

Nora, I don’t use the Mexican mail service or the “publio” schools. I’m not a Mexican, thus I cannot comment on them.
For your sake, I hope you’re not defending the government services of Mexico. Are you? And if you are, in fact, a Mexican, what business do you have commenting on American government services?
As for me saying the government shouldn’t have “allowed” these people to take out loans, I was being sarcastic. Honestly, speaking as one of these “subprime” folks, I’ve done just fine with my loan, just as many others have. This has been the ONLY way some of these people could ever afford a house. And for you to say the GOVERNMENT should have told them “what’s best” is the absolute height of arrogance.
But I’d expect nothing less from a liberal.

“John Edwards comes across as a big phoney. He is the Democrat version of Dan Quayle.” – So true, so true!

Jimbo56, you wrote that “they say Segal tolh him they were the inspiration.”
“They” are wrong. Segal said nothing of the kind. A Time magazine reporter thought it would be neat if he had, and the thing took on a life of its own.
And jimbo56: Al is not my “Daddy.” Facts are. It is hard enough to communicate in this polarized world without stumbling through thickets of half-truths and flat-out lies by people who wish certain people had said certain things when in fact they did not.

Nora,
Yes, I do in fact receive mail from the USPS. I admit that they do a pretty good job of getting my Netflix DVDs to me.
Now tell us: the last time you made a purchase on Amazon, did you select the “Free Supersaver Shipping” from the government-run USPS, with no tracking number and only a vague idea, within a fortnight or two, of when your package might arrive?
Or did you opt instead to spend the extra $7 to have it shipped via the for-profit-evil-corporation FedEx, with a tracking number that works and a system that guarantees that if you take the morning off to stay home to receive your shipment, it will in fact arrive?
The USPS was in the dark ages until competition from the evil, greed-driven FedEx and UPS forced them to modernize.
As recently as a few years ago, my local post office was still using a BALANCE SCALE to weigh letters. (Place letter on scale. Tap, tap, tap the little weight to the left. Tap, tap, tap the little weight to the right. Tap, tap tap…okay, 3-5/8ths ounces. Now where did I put the rate chart?)
I’m fortunate that I can work from home (thank you, Al Gore, for inventing the internet.) My letter carrier doesn’t get the concept. He won’t load parcels on his truck, assuming that no one is ever home. Instead, he just puts the little pink slip in my mailbox that says he “tried to deliver” and I can go to the post office to get it.
My point is that the profit motive is a powerful and effective tool for driving efficiencies and lowering costs. And I don’t believe that letting the federal government meddle with the health care industry is a good idea for anyone.

This banter is utter madness. Dems. Liberals! What this country needs is more GWB and is ilk. REPUBLICAN values continue to make this country great! In our heart or hearts, truly and honestly, we all know this fact to be self evident…….

I am convinced that our society is systematically whipping out the existence of “real men”. Men in our society are gradually forgetting what it means to be loyal, have respect, defend the weak and protect your land (I am sure I am forgetting a few adjectives). This is because our society is telling them that it is ok to put your tail between your legs and run for cover. More and more men are making decisions based on their feelings rather than tactical logic (a balance between the two would be ideal). Men in the past stood up for and defended their families, their country and their beliefs and they were willing to die doing so. Today showing any signs of patriotism is criticized and considered barbaric or insensitive. While we are feeling ourselves up the enemy is planning to come into our feel good world to get a foothold on our lives to control our every move—they don’t care about how we feel. They want one thing and that is our obedience to their beliefs—they believe in dictatorship. If that is the kind of world you want Americas then keep on the path you are on. YOU ARE MAKING IT SO EASY FOR THEM. Keep sympathizing with them. And you will receive your just reward.
Granted war is the last resort, but how do we fight a ruthless enemy? They don’t even care about their own people. They kill the innocence to get their point across. Saddam Hussein was an evil man, Hitler was an evil man, and Al Qaeda is made up of evil people. When we fought against Hitler and his army to save the Jews from genocide it was said that we acted too late. People were grateful at the time and I am sure they still are but the critics are always there to condemn when the dust settles. Dammed if you do and dammed if you don’t!
Apologizing for the war? What! Are you crazy? The war was not against innocent citizens we rescued them…when the dust settles what will they say?
Tell me this, how many would rather fight on own soil? Should we wait until it’s too late before we act or is it preferred that we head the enemy off before they are standing in our front yard?
THINK PEOPLE: Yes, war is bad—innocent people die, but to what end? We are free to speak out against the President and the war because of those who fought and won independence for all who come running here for a better life.
I am very sorry for the families who have lost loved ones and for the innocent people who lost their lives for the sake of freedom and democracy…that is what the apology should be about not for going after the enemy who will come after us if we do nothing to stop them.
REALIZE THIS: They are growing stronger every day because they are like cancer, infecting the weak, and they laugh at us because we are fighting civilly while they fight like barbarians. We need to make them uneasy and disband them. Those of you who think we should leave them alone…you frighten me. We need people running this country who knows the meaning of loyalty, justice, respect, and what it means to defend this land. Our President should be a strong leader not some weak link who bends to satisfy the inaccurate media generated poles.

wow… this lady just continues to embarrass herself and her husband… she needs to think before she speaks… she should talk and practice what she preaches!

I don’t know how Edward’s can seriously talk about fixing America’s health care problems. Here husband (an ambulance chasing attorney) is one of the people who creates them.

I feel the catty remarks aimed at Mrs. Edwards are uncalled for. For my money, she showed guts and insight with her comments maybe not wisdom in saying them publicly maybe with wisdom only time will tell. The thing about the Edwards is of the 3 main dem candidates excluding Gore John and Elizabeth feel to me by far the most sincere in their committment to the have nots of this country. I agree with her that her husband is the only one of these 3 that has a vision whereas the other 2 are still trying to figure out where that happy point is in the middle of the political spectrum that will get them enough money to run and ultimately elected.
John Edwards has laid out his vision even if it means losing out on some financial backing. Obama by my reading has his heart where Edwards landed with both feet but doesnt quite have the guts to buck the system totally commit to the have nots. Hillary appears to be willing to say anything that she believes she needs to say to get elected than probably intends to do right by as many people as possible as long as she has the politcal clout to do it. Gore and Edwards are the only real current visionaries until further notice. I just hope one of them gets elected.

God Bless the Edwards family. If John Edwards is elected, Elizabeth Edwards will go down in history as being as great a first lady as Eleanor Roosevelt.

without our government’s involvement we would not have had a railroad system, a national highway system, water systems, sewer systems, parks, schools, mail,electrical grid, NASA, army, navy, airforce, etc. Do I need to say more. Think who is fighting this fight Insurance companies don’t want you to believe that other countries are fine with their healthcare. Wake up and look at who is making the money off of this ridiculous argument. INSURANCE COMPANIES1

I guess I was wrong, I have cancer, but can not get away with the crap Liz does. ABC managed to censor my comment on the fact that Liz should not be bulletproof cuz she has cancer.
Her cancer makes her John’s front man as she is “The victim”. Great lesson for your kids. Go back to your mansion – HYPOCRITE.

liberal arrogance as you call it is becoming more and more popular. people believe in the “commons” I’m glad you don’t have to drive anywhere, because maybe it will be your bridge going down next and God help if you get sick and your company lets you go and your kid gets sick maybe then you might get it. It is not about your job at home it is about all of us in this together making this the greatest country in the world, because we are willing to not only improvise with incredible ideas, but because we know that we are great because we are UNITED. Why are you so interested in making sure that Insurance companies make such outrageous profits off of you.

have you ever heard of the old saying that you would cut off your nose to spite your face. that is you and your conservative friends.
You don’t listen. you ridicule because you have no answers.
I actaully knew you would site NASA as a failure, why did you not also mention our infrasturcture and schools etc. they all need a boost. Our country is bankrupt because of the money that is wasted in this war and the unwillingness to raise taxes on the wealthy.

Nora,
If the government wants to reform the health INSURANCE industry, I have no problem with that.
The issue is that the liberals want to RUN the health CARE industry, (just as they do public schools), and I have a BIG problem with that.

The person who said they appear to doing the old “candidate takes the high road, surrogate throws the low blows routine” is right. That said, what’s the point in all the personal invective, either by Ms. Edwards or in comments and postings about her and her husband. All the name calling just distracts from issues and closes minds.

Well, now you’ve used the F-word, so I guess you win the argument.

Excuse the spelling now answer the question. Does nothing but government make you afraid?

If the Republican debate a couple of weeks ago is any indication, the debate on Sunday is going to be a boring, non-informative, waste of time.

What is so scary about a strong woman with strong opinions? John Edwards is man enough to not be threatened by a strong wife, so why don’t you people get over yourselves. Elizabeth raised some very valid points. And she didn’t stoop to personal attacks such as those that have been leveled at her husband.
She knows the difference between pejorative and constructive criticism. Grow up people.

It’s ok to be a strong woman and run for pres. but you must be quiet if you’re a candidate’s wife. Give me a break….Let her speak and make her points without being raked over the coals as if she’s committed a crime.

Who pays for her monthly insurance premiums? Is it the taxpayers of the State of North Carolina? Or the US taxpayer? That’s socialized healthcare–she’s sure lucky to have it! Like Rudy Giuliani and Mrs. Paul, Mrs Edwards has ‘the best’ WHILE HER HUSBAND DOES NOT SUPPORT HR 676-HEALTHCARE FOR ALL–BUT TAP DANCES AROUND IT –USING WORDS LIKE ‘AFFORDABLE’ AND ‘TELLING US’ WHAT’S ‘WRONG’ IN THE US WITH HEALTHCARE–HEY WE KNOW WHAT’S WRONG! JOHN EDWARDS is another insurance cartel toady–UNITL HE PROVES US WRONG BY COMING OUT SWINGING IN FAVOR OF HR 676!

“Obama gives a speech that’s likely to be extraordinarily popular in his home district,” Edwards said, “and then comes to the Senate and votes for funding… so you are going to get people behaving in a holier-than-thou way.”
Obama was against the war even though he knew he was running for the U.S. Senate seat, standing up for what he knew was a disaster, even at a time when the Iraq war was EXTREMELY popular/supported nationally, and certainly in Illinois at well. Who is holier-than-thou now Mrs. Edwards? It is your husband who voted for the war!

I would take so-called “liberal arrogance” over “conservative corruption” any day.
Despite what your personal feelings are about Elizabeth Edwards, she is a strong, intelligent woman and she should be allowed to have her say. This country is in trouble. Anyone without permanent horse-blinders on can see that. John Edwards is one of the only candidates that has put forth strong ideas for change. If his wife wants to loudly and strongly support him, more power to her!
Shame on those of you who put her down just for speaking her mind! You all have opinions on the matter and you sound 100% more vicious, narrow-minded, and catty than you accuse HER of being!

I rarely go where the republican trolls like to inhabit but couldnt resist the frank comments from Ms. Edwards. After reading a lot of these comments once again the republicans come off like a bunch of pampered kids. For so many years Repub politcians like Bush can say dumb things, lie about going to Iraq, break laws like Libby and Rove and the MSM looks the other way or puts on the best possible spin for the repubs. Yet if one Dem even sniffs speaking truth to power the R politicos, their supporters and the media go absolutely nuts. God forbid a woman who is fighting off death be given an ounce of leeway to speak her mind about important matters. No doubt the security of the nation is at risk. The pampered republican politicians and their supporters have had their backbone bred out of them by years of the media giving them an easy time. If anyone of you screaming about how its unfair for this brave woman to be able to speak her mind just because she is fighting off cancer could see how absolutley heartless that position is you might find an ounce of integrity and guts to just let her speak her mind and move on.

Elizabeth and John Edwards are worth a fortune thanks to his ambulance chasing and his position with Fortress Investments. They, along with Hillary and Bill, John and Teresa, Ted and Victoria and all the fabulously wealthy libs should use their own money to fund health insurance for everyone. They are all crooks who prey on uneducated, ignorant people. And thanks to the destruction of our educational system there is no shortage of uneducated, ignorant people. It is so much easier to propagandize people when they have no frame of reference.

“Most people who end up with bad credit are there because of illness or loss of jobs.”
Where on earth do you people find these “facts” that you claim. Left wing blogs maybe? This statement is so far from the truth it is sad. I’ve done a lot of credit counseling when I worked for a bank. Most of the credit problems encountered are due to irresponsibility.

I would have voted for the Iraq war. Good lord, it was our President warning us of this very grave danger.
Who, including members of Congress, would in his/her right mind believe that OUR President would lie to us on a matter of such great import?
Clinton, Kerry and others that voted for the Iraq war have NOTHING to apologize for. Remember that Bush and Cheney went around telling us there were weapons of mass destruction and that Saddam was developing nuclear weapons.
The President was telling us what at the time we believed to be the truth. As did most Americans. Apologize? For what believing our President?
Of course we now know we were lied to by Bush/Cheney.

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