Saturday, January 05, 2008
John Edwards says "its personal"
Watching the New Hampshire Democratic debate. John Edwards, for the third time tonight, has launched into his denunciation of "corporate greed," complete with an impassioned rant that "corporations" have a "stranglehold" over "American families". Really? Does anybody believe that? And he says that for him "it is personal," again and again, because of the abuse his father allegedly took at the mill (which, apparently, we should all be delighted is closed because it was such a hellhole, but which we are not because the jobs went to China and now Chinese get to work in the hellhole). Is there really anybody out there who wants our president to work out his personal issues on American business? That is the constant, unremitting message from John Edwards. Is it really true that more voters are attracted to the "personal" mission of John Edwards than are turned off by it?
MORE: "Edwards' father worked in a mill? I didn't know that. Why has he kept this so close to the vest?" Heh.
13 Comments:
By 
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Sat Jan 05, 10:44:00 PM:
There are many different corporations and products we can chose to patronize or not. Governmental entities, not so much.
By 
Jimmy K., at
Sat Jan 05, 11:01:00 PM:
Sounded like a lawyer going after a greedy cooperation, many people believe this crap, the mention of profit in the billions is somehow obscene. They never mention the cost or the percent of pay back on your investment, just profit.
By , at
Sat Jan 05, 11:12:00 PM:
... or the taxes those mean corporations pay in, including the matching on social security and medicare. Or, well, the "jobs" those mean corporations provide so that Johnny's families can have food on the table.
Someone should take a swipe at that fraud, Edwards .... without the corporations, he'd still be chasing ambulances.
By , at
Sat Jan 05, 11:29:00 PM:
Among national-level politicians - a group whose members distinguish themselves by combining an appalling lack of humility with scant actual seriousness - this guy always manages to stand head and shoulders above the crowd. Rush Limbaugh nails it perfectly when he refers to Edwards as "the Breck Girl".
By M. Simon, at
Sat Jan 05, 11:32:00 PM:
Lucky his father did not work in a gin mill, eh?
By , at
Sat Jan 05, 11:41:00 PM:
i believe the mill owner, a mr whiplash, had tied edwards pere to a log and was preparing to send him through a bandsaw, when young jonathan burst in with a writ, to save the day. that's how i hear it anyways.
By , at
Sun Jan 06, 01:48:00 AM:
John Edwards still has one hurdle to cross. I predict that the MSM will go after the John Edwards - Rielle Hunter love affair story ONLY if he looks to be the nominee.
The MSM would prefer to just ignore any sex scandal of a politician (Democrat, that is), but they may have to cover the story when Ms. Hunter puts John Edwards on the birth certificate as the father. Under some state laws, it's the birth certificate that counts for child support, if the "birth father" does not contest it.
Once Rielle Hunter determines that it would be much easier to get child support if John Edwards is listed on the birth certificate, I think that Ms. Hunter will let the story out. She knows about John Edwards' fortune and she want it!!
So, what's this mean? It's my opinion that Rielle Hunter's life could be in danger. John Edwards would do anything to shut her up (and to prevent that baby from being born.) God help her.
By M. Simon, at
Sun Jan 06, 02:00:00 AM:
Dead in a election year? I think not.
A large anonymous annuity is the answer.
By , at
Sun Jan 06, 04:16:00 AM:
This from a guy who worked for a hedge fund.
By , at
Sun Jan 06, 09:17:00 AM:
John Edwards is an angry man. He sued his way to fame (?) and fortune. Built the big house. Had the Senate seat. Despite all that material success, he tragically lost a child, and now his wife is terminally ill and all his money cannot fix that.
And yet, but for the hated corporations, the drugs that may well keep Elizabeth Edwards alive for many years, with a good quality of life, would not exist.
FWIW, my father swung a hammer (carpentry) from the time he was a teen until his premature death at 49. He had a union book for a good 30 years. But when he died, the union told my mother he was "too young" and thus no benefits (pension) other than a few hundred dollars towards the funeral. So, while Johnny bashes the big corporation, there are some of us who have seen the other side -- which is that the unions aren't necessarily good for the regular guy either.
But for working two jobs for a long time -- for corporations -- my mom would not have been able to keep the roof over our heads. So, there are two sides to everything.
By Cassandra, at
Mon Jan 07, 08:24:00 AM:
Goldberg had several great lines the other night. He destroyed me with the one on Glenn Greenwald.
By , at
Mon Jan 07, 10:35:00 AM:
Has some cop ticketed his limo and it that cop some big guy who dont take guff from some sniveling little liberal demacratic snot?
By , at
Mon Jan 07, 12:12:00 PM:
Edwards is unbelievable. Who does he think will supply the jobs that the pols say are needed? Individuals working in their own garages?
If he's so interested in greed, shouldn't he also be concerned with the possessives or adjectives he puts before it? Why only "corporate" greed? Why not personal injury lawyers' or plaintiffs' lawyers' greed? What about the scandals of the tobacco, securities and asbestos plaintiff's bar? Bill Lerach? Richard Scruggs?
Because the latter write checks to the Democrats.
Edwards is a demagogue, plain and simple, blaming a faceless group for the country's ills when the groups to which he's belonged -- plaintiffs' lawyers, Congress, Democrats -- have done little to fortify the substance or image of this country in a long time.
Corporations, for all their ills, have put this country on the map and are a significant core strength of the U.S. How many countries have seen seedling companies grow into mighty oaks the way the U.S. has? And they have done so because of the American will to win, and not because of Federal or state tax policies (which are outrageously high and second highest in the world next to Japan) or Federal law (which make it very expensive to be a corporation). Why mess significantly with what this country does best?
The Centrist (and a registered Democrat, at that).
