Comments on: John Edwards Announces Presidential Run

By: Right Pundits

Right Pundits — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 21:51:00 +0000

John Edwards - The Boy Who Would Be King...

Fitting that the announcement coincided with former President Fords passing because it allows us to starkly contrast the two men. When Gerald Ford became president in 1973, he had been Vice President of the United States, served in Congress for 24 y....

By: Steve Verdon

Steve Verdon — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 16:40:22 +0000

Commenting on a politician’s good hair is idiotic at best.

I can't stand Edwards' condescending huckster schtick. The fool doesn't even realize that some of his comments that he thinks make him look like a person of the people make him look like an elitist snob who can't stand the unwashed masses.

Edwards, the Democrats' vice presidential candidate in 2004, spoke Wednesday to supporters of union-backed WakeUpWalMart.com on a conference call launching the group's holiday season campaign to pressure Wal-Mart for better labor standards. In the call, he repeated a story about his son Jack disapproving of a classmate buying sneakers at Wal-Mart. "If a 6-year-old can figure it out, America can definitely figure this out," Edwards said.

There, is that better carpeicthus? Maybe you would be happier with the hair comments.

By: Adam Herman

Adam Herman — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 14:51:58 +0000

Edwards can win even if Obama is in the race. He's the most electable candidate in the top tier and does the best against the top Republicans in trial heat polls.

By: Eneils Bailey

Eneils Bailey — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 12:46:46 +0000

When a politician's hair is is the best thing in or on his head, it deserves comment. "Two America's," and his "fix" will have a populist appeal to a portion of the electorate.

By: carpeicthus

carpeicthus — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 08:38:56 +0000

Commenting on a politician's good hair is idiotic at best.

By: vnjagvet

vnjagvet — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 01:45:33 +0000

As a trial lawyer, I have a great deal of empathy with Edward's early career choice.

On the other hand, I have an equally great deal of trouble visualizing exactly what he thinks qualifies him to be the Chief Executive Officer of the United States, and the Commander In Chief of US Forces in time of war.

Vilsack has at least run a state government, as has Romney. And Rudy has been "America's Mayor".

Hillary, has been "co-president" and McCain has been a Senator with some seasoning.

Edwards just seems a bit of a lightweight in this company.

But Bithead has the Hair right.

By: yetanotherjohn

yetanotherjohn — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 21:13:08 +0000

Well his announcement was certainly well timed to get the maximum impact. Everybody has nothing better to do than follow the news.

By: Bandit

Bandit — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 18:59:12 +0000

It's hard to see the magical VW bus tour back to the '60's War on Poverty having that much appeal but on the other hand the competition seems beatable.

By: Ticketplease

Ticketplease — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 17:50:10 +0000

I saw Edwards at Trader Vic’s…

His hair was PERFECT….

ROTFLMAO!

By: Bithead

Bithead — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 17:26:49 +0000

I saw Edwards at Trader Vic's...

His hair was PERFECT....

By: Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator

Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 16:31:40 +0000

John Edwards joins presidential race

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Former Democratic vice presidential nominee John Edwards is running for president for a second time,...

By: Eneils Bailey

Eneils Bailey — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 16:21:01 +0000

I am so confused now. After Tom Vilsack threw his pickle into the ring, I was sure I would stay committed to him.

By: McGehee

McGehee — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 15:31:07 +0000

That's because he spends so much time on it.

By: Pug

Pug — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 15:25:18 +0000

Oh, and his hair is excellent. Much better than McCain's.

By: Pug

Pug — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 15:24:19 +0000

I have to disagree about Edwards' chances. I think he'll be a strong candidate.

Obama is the conventional wisdom in the same way Howard Dean was. Before the Iowa caucuses in 2004 every talking head in existence predicted a Dean victory. Now, Obama is all the rage.

Democrats haven't forgotten Edwards in two years. He's well known, he can raise the money and he'll be stronger than Clinton in the Southern primaries, which are important in the nominating process but pretty meaningless in the general election beause the Republicans will carry all or most of those states anyway.