A different take on John Edwards two Americas speech
The two Americas of John Edwards by Jeff Dobbs is worth reading just because it is so funny. I personally have never liked Kerry’s former running mate- his attacks on Wal-Mart, his concern (which I believe is a sham) for the poor, and of course his “two Americas” garbage rubs me the wrong way.
He doesn’t like Wal-Mart because it is a private industry providing low prices; not government redistributing wealth.
If he really carried for the poor then he would give up most of his vast riches to charities and not attempt to take from the average taxpayer to fund his ideas. After all, he’s super rich. His record, as I understand it, is an award of $30 million dollars for a plaintiff and you know his services netted him a hefty portion of that amount. And that is just one case out of who knows how many?
Lastly, there are not two Americas; there are millions of Americas. Every individual lives in different circumstances in this country. You’ve got a lot of homeless, a lot of rich, and a whole lot in between. That’s life- and we don’t need a rich pretty boy telling us we should let government take care of everything.
April 19th, 2007 at 9:25 am
Clearly this is an example of what is wrong in politics today: “…we don’t need a rich pretty boy telling us we should let government take care of everything.” Pretty boy? What has that to do with it? Pundits want to indulge in insults and character assaults instead of a reasoned discussion of the issues. Ditto for those on the left who, for example, want to portray Giuliani as a transvestite instead of articulating a reasoned argument as to why he should not be president. As with the Iraq debate where those on the far-right want to question the patriotism and character of those who want to bring the troops home, while those on the far-left want to depict Bush and his followers as blood-thirsty monsters. Has it come down to this?
Maybe there are two Americas: one that believes in hatred and divisiveness, and the other which simply wishes the people would come together to solve our common problems.
April 19th, 2007 at 5:37 pm
Take a look at Moveon.org or The Huffington Post if you want to see some real personal insults or character assassinations. Calling John Edwards a “pretty boy” is meek compared to some of the vile comments I have seen on liberal websites.
April 20th, 2007 at 6:14 am
Lynda, please notice that I did take issue with both the right and the left for this.
In this particular instance I feel Jeff is just following lock-step with his fellow conservative pundits who have decided to make an issue of Edward’s manhood. Ann Coulter recently referred to him as a “faggot” and Rush Limbaugh asked whether he might become the first woman president. Personally, I feel this type of meanness and shallowness is an insult to the intelligence of us all. So I have to ask again: what do Edward’s looks have to do with his stance on the issues?
I’m a part of the America that is tired of divisiveness.
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