“This Isn’t the Person I Campaigned With Back Then,” Kerry Says of Edwards, Per Source

Bob Shrum is a special kind of scum bag that is likely lying BUT he tried to portray in his book that Edwards gave Kerry the willies.

I knew that Mr. Edwards was a fake just as I knew than that Mr. Obama has been a fake. But Mr. Obama is much more careful than any politician that I have ever seen.
Posted by: young_voter | Jan 28, 2010 3:01:13 PM
I disagree with you completely on President Obama, but I have to say that though I liked some of what Edwards had to say– his populist message and focus on poverty– I always saw him as slick and I didn’t like him. Didn’t like Gore’s or Kerry’s VP picks. (I wanted Kerry to pick Dean or Clinton)

“vetting the private lives of potential running mates “was exhaustive and Edwards came back clean. Squeaky clean – no signs of indiscretions or foreshadowings of things to come.”
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0bama was vetted by the worthless news media like Edwards. We see the disastrous results of both of them now.

Meh, Edwards is personally scum. He dead ended out of the Democratic party and was rejected by the voters before any of this came out, so his professional abilities were clearly rejected as inadequate already. And Kerry? Well, it’s pretty much accepted that the guy managed to lose 2004 on the strength of his ‘personality’ alone.

Oh yes, it is.
Edwards was exactly the same person then, that he is now. Precisely why he should leave politics.

Kerry’s statements during the 2004 campaign concerning Edwards shows what everyone should know by now. Politicians are basically full of hot air.

I thought that Mr. Edwards “Two Americas” was one of the best speeches by any candidate. It stirred the deepest emotional responses onto the surface which when liquifies with mob-like voters, becomes so powerful that everything around it becomes so powerless. I also remembered then that these voters admired Mr. Edwards so blindly, in the grass fields, the parking lots, the watercoolers, the living rooms, the Internet forums and blogs. These same admirers are likely to admire Mr. Obama with the same, unquenching devotion.

Kerry’s campaign vetted Edwards thoroughly on his private life? The obvious narcissism raised no eyebrows…hmm…

There were a lot of warning signs about Edwards in 2004. He was a personal injury lawyer who struck it big mouthing nonsense to awed, mainly female jurors. There is a video of Edwards primping in front of a mirror. Who could vote for that?
The real disgrace now is that the National Inquirer has now leaped the mainstream media in credibility by nailing this phony while the MSM played easy to get with Obama.

Kerry is an idiot – that’s why he picked Edwards.

In 2006, I happened to randomly meet John Edwards in a Chapel Hill bar. He creeped me out, personally, on many levels. I would not have been at all surprised to learn at that point that he was a serial philanderer. But you know what? I still thought his presence in the 2008 Presidential primaries was a good thing. His agenda pushed both Clinton and Obama further toward the progressive goals that I wanted to see the eventual Democratic nominee embrace. I didn’t particularly want that nominee to *be* Edwards, and I didn’t expect he would get the nomination. I still found him creepy and unappealing on a personal level, and I didn’t think he was the best person for the job. Ultimately, I supported his candidacy – and I remain grateful for his run – because I think the Left needed him to say things that no “viable” candidate could.
I don’t really care about his home life. Divorce and cheating are sad, and they’re especially hard on kids. Ultimately, though, I care about a politician’s policy. Because of the Edwards run (and because of both John’s and Elizabeth’s presence on the national stage) we got to talk about healthcare and poverty as real issues in a way we wouldn’t have otherwise. I’m just glad we got that window of policy talk before the scandal broke and the media moved on to the “more important” Edwards’ story.
P.S. My mom works at a local grocery, and the former Senator was in there today buying coat hangers and storage boxes and the kinds of stuff you need when your long-suffering spouse finally kicks you to the curb. He deserves it, sure. But I think he also deserves some acknowledgment that even in his deep and abiding creepitude, he has tried to help other people.

Which leads to the rather obvious question about Kerry. Who is or was his mistress? Or self-described party animal Bush’s mistress? Or Obama’s mistress? Really does anyone believe these people have been faithful to their wives? How long are we going to continue these selective outings and “scarlet A” assignments?

Bad morals lead to bad ethics which lead to bad laws. So much for Edwards’ little peccadilloes not effecting his job. How lame.

This is a very sad story for Mrs. Edwards. I was not a fan of Mr. Kerry in 2004, but it is good of him to give her a call of support.
To think, just a few thousand votes in Ohio, and Edwards would have been Vice President.

What’s disconcerting is that Edward’s wife knew of his infidelity while he was campaigning for President and would have followed Edwards into the WH, who we have in the WH is no better – an outright liar who the American people don’t even know or trust

Kerry vetted Edwards my foot. Gigalo John probably gave him tips.

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In Bob Shrum’s book, Kerry was pushed to pick Edwards because Edwards came up clean in the vetting and because Edwards in their testing helped him the most in the race due to his high favorable ratings. In addition both Clinton and Kennedy, who Edwards assisted on Kennedy’s patient bill of rights, supported him. Even with all of this, Kerry insisted in seeing Edwards again because his gut reaction was unfavorable – and Edwards was able to convince him.
Now why were his favorable ratings so high? Because the media, now questioning why he was chosen, loved him and wrote endless articles on the “sunny” John Edwards. Just as with Bill Clinton they were infatuated with him. Imagine if they had given similar favorable coverage to Al Gore or John Kerry. (You can find similar Republican examples – where the media has done similar things.)
A look back at the media in 2004 shows they pushed him. In fact, there were articles implying that if he wasn’t chosen it was because Kerry feared being outshone by him – in spite of the fact that voters across the country preferred KERRY in the primaries.

Sorry, but Kerry, Obama, Clinton, Reed, Polosi and even Mrs. Edwards knew what was going on with this clown – while it was going on.
Enablers!

Nobamanet,
Kerry, Clinton, Obama, Reed (I assume you mean Reid(D,NV) not Reed (D, RI) and Pelosi had nothing to do with enabling Edwards in the 2008 race.
Once Kerry opted not to run, he spoke positively of Obama, Clinton, Dodd, and Biden. He pointedly didn’t say anything about Edwards. In the left blogosphere this was noted and Edwards supporters regularly attacked him for it. Kerry endorsed Obama.
Obama and Clinton were his opponents, they certainly did nothing to enable him. I would bet their opposition research picked the story up, but if they had no proof, would it be responsible with Elizabeth Edwards’ health to use it – when he was losing anyway.
Not one Senator gave their super delegate vote to Edwards and Russ Feingold called him out as a phony. This was all based on his changing stands on policy. It is very likely that they knew nothing about his affair.

His image will be rebuilt by the Lefty media soon enough. Prepare yourself for “Supreme Court Justice John Edwards” in Obama’s second term.

It seems Kerry has a poor sense of character. After seeing him testify before congress about the Vietnam war wearing a military uniform and looking like a glorified hippie, I would put him in the same camp as Jane Fonda. Wake up John, after the Scott Brown election in Massachettes, you might be the next one to go. How can anyone have compassion when they shoot two beautiful Canadian geese for a photo opt to try and win over NRA members for his election campaign in 2004. That was shear political hegemony.

If the poll numbers were good, and the primaries were excellent, and this ticket had won, would this Andrew Young character still write this book, or would he continue to lie his butt off for his boss. Edwards is a dipiciple scumbag….but so is the Andrew Young. Not for writing the book, but for losing his moral way.