While half of the Daily Kos was in heat over the John Edwards candidacy, there stood one bold blogger with the guts and the principle to make a stand for Barack Obama. With a rapier wit and indomitable logic, redglare fought back the Edwards hordes and stood against hypocritical millionaire populism and faithlessness.
You all owe a great debt to me, and I expect sincere apologies very soon from every Edwards-head that ever troll rated me. You fools!
Evidence of my Nostradamus-like foresight follows.
Oh, and YOU'RE WELCOME!
Edwards is showing up real late to the party ... (1+ / 0-)
...for Obama -- and he didn't bring any beer.
by redglare on Fri May 09, 2008 at 10:07:12 AM EDT
I don't care what JE says... (0+ / 0-)
...the measure of a senator is how he votes, and JE voted like a "dick," to use your words. He was one of the most conservative Dems in his day.
I think his progressive rhetoric was a pose, and his failure to endorse Barack in a timely way belies that.
by redglare on Fri May 09, 2008 at 09:15:43 AM EDT
Endorsements matter BEFORE elections, John. (20+ / 0-)
The Obama train already left the station......now Edwards is trying to hop on? How convenient -- for Edwards. The NC primary is over and Obama won without JE's help.
It reminds me of how he was for the Iraq invasion until it was so obvious it was a disaster that any moron on the street could see it. Then Edwards became "anti-war" supposedly.
Anyway, if he endorses, that's fine. Perhaps it could bring around a few of his old supporters who aren't yet disillusioned by his dilly dallying and spinelessness.
by redglare on Fri May 09, 2008 at 08:09:38 AM EDT
Fantastic post on Edwards, thanks. (0+ / 0-)
I was always utterly mystified over the adoration people on this site had for that millionaire, pro-war voting one termer.
by redglare on Thu May 08, 2008 at 10:40:30 AM EDT
Edwards waits 'till train has left station... (1+ / 0-)
to finally in the end endorse Barack...I guess.
Unless he comes out for McCain like Zell Miller or Liarberman.
To me, that's really a disappointment. Edwards has always blown with the winds, and never seemed to operate from core convictions.
The Iraq vote = example #1.
That's why I never could support him.
I'm glad his campaign manager is on board with the Dem nominee, at least.
by redglare on Thu May 08, 2008 at 10:37:51 AM EDT
I don't get your support... (0+ / 0-)
...for the guy. He seems like a DINO to me, but for his rhetoric. Sorry.
Plus, where's his Obama endorsement? Obama won his home state handily and embodies most all of Edwards' supposed principles. In fact, Obama's our Democratic nominee. Yet, where is the Edwards support? What's he holding out for?
by redglare on Thu May 08, 2008 at 11:12:18 AM EDT
I'd storm the gates of JE's private island... (0+ / 0-)
...but his rent-a-cops would arrest me.
http://www.figure8island.com/
by redglare on Tue Jan 15, 2008 at 07:10:55 PM EDT
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About your comment... (0+ / 0-)
Edwards is not one of the superrich
What planet do you live on? BTW, Edwards made his dough suing doctors and most recently working at a hedge fund that foreclosed on the poor. I don't buy his rhetoric. And, when you consider his votes in the senate, that's really all there is ... rhetoric.
I think Mark Twain would find Edwards to be harmless enough
"When whole races and peoples conspire to propagate gigantic mute lies in the interest of tyrannies and shams, why should we care anything about the trifling lies told by individuals?"
by redglare on Tue Jan 15, 2008 at 08:18:54 PM EDT
Obama is more progressive than Edwards... (8+ / 0-)
The best way to judge a legislator is by his or her votes. Obama's Senate voting record is far more progressive than Edwards'. Sorry, but that's the truth.
http://www.electoral-vote.com/...
by redglare on Sun Jan 13, 2008 at 05:45:32 PM EDT
You're simply wrong... (0+ / 0-)
...I find the progressive "message" -- and that's all it is because it's not rooted in accomplishments or votes -- dubious coming from a hedge fund consultant who lives on a private island. Plus: I'm so sick of hearing about the cleft pallet guy. Jeesh.
by redglare on Sun Jan 13, 2008 at 06:30:45 PM EDT
I think he was wrong to express support. (0+ / 0-)
But that is just one issue. No candidate is a pure beam of light. Can explain his position? No.
Assuming you like Edwards, explain his support of draconian bankruptcy laws while in the Senate, or voting to extend Most Favored Nation trade status to China, or his most recent work for a hedge fund that backed risky loans then foreclosed on poor people.
by redglare on Mon Jan 14, 2008 at 02:01:20 AM EDT
Three Words: Fortress Investment Group n/t (2+ / 0-)
by redglare on Thu Jan 10, 2008 at 10:43:44 AM EDT
OK, one question about Edwards... (0+ / 0-)
If elected president will he rescind Most Favored Nation trading status with China? Has he promised that?
by redglare on Sun Jan 06, 2008 at 10:34:08 AM EDT
He's already a flip flopper (1+ / 0-)
...a change on MFN would at least give a semblance of truth to the claim that he's a friend to American labor. Right now, he's a friend to Wal Mart and other Chinese labor exploiters.
by redglare on Sun Jan 06, 2008 at 11:32:04 AM EDT
JE LOST the Union vote in Iowa. (3+ / 0-)
Plus he voted in the senate for Most Favored Nation trading status with China -- the single biggest blow to the American union movement in the last 50 years.
If you really think Edwards is a friend to Unions, I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you. But Edwards' supporters are gullible like that.
by redglare on Sun Jan 06, 2008 at 10:09:24 AM EDT
Actually, Edwards went to a hedge fund... (0+ / 1-)
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...where he profited off the disadvantaged by foreclosing on them and selling them risky mortgages -- after his shaky senate career and lousy job campaigning in 2004.
He's not populist -- he's a profiteer.
by redglare on Sun Jan 06, 2008 at 02:49:24 PM EDT
Where's my apology for that donut "edgery?"
OK, he was pro war... (0+ / 0-)
...pro Patriot Act, pro Free Trade with China and anti middle class with his support of Citibank's bankruptcy bill. He even opposed relief for those driven into debt by medical bills. People who went bankrupt because they had cancer. Think about that one.
Instead of a fighter against corporations, his legal career was spent suing doctors. Today, many women needlessly undergo C-sections because of Edwards, whose meat and potatoes work involved going after OB/GYNs who didn't pull the triggers on C-sections fast enough.
For all his blather about the little guy, Edwards always took his cut of the settlements -- one third.
Then, after his senate career (with all those asshole votes), he went to work for Fortress hedge fund where he made a mint at a company that provided bad, risky NINJA loans to low income people, then foreclosed on them. Notably in New Orleans.
I think your guy's support comes from gullible bloggers, people who feel sympathy for him because he lost a son and his wife is ailing, and those people who are too racist to vote for a black man and who must vote for yet another southern white guy.
[RED/GLARE]
For business reasons, I must preserve the outward sign of sanity.
--Mark Twain
by redglare on
Your hedge-fund consultant champion ... (1+ / 0-)
lost the union vote. The UNIONS went for Obama. Tell me, who is Edwards' constituency outside of the bloggesphere? Which of the Two Americas is voting for him? Apparently neither. Game set match.
by redglare on Sat Jan 05, 2008 at 10:12:14 AM EDT
Pathetic. (0+ / 0-)
I like Kucinich too, and you should bear in mind that he advised his supporters to go to Obama in Iowa. Not Edwards, but Obama. He knows real change versus pretty boy fake change.
by redglare on Sat Jan 05, 2008 at 10:08:12 AM EDT
Seabiscuit is toast. (0+ / 0-)
Edwards already lost this race in Iowa. Now, he can only be in it for vanity.
by redglare on Sat Jan 05, 2008 at 09:47:38 AM EDT
Hey I'm glad the hedge fund consultant ... (0+ / 1-)
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with the $400 haircut who votes to rape the middle class with harsh bankruptcy laws has your faith. He doesn't have mine.
by redglare on Sat Jan 05, 2008 at 01:35:26 PM EDT
OK, he was pro war... (0+ / 0-)
...pro Patriot Act, pro Free Trade with China and anti middle class with his support of Citibank's bankruptcy bill. He even opposed relief for those driven into debt by medical bills. People who went bankrupt because they had cancer. Think about that one.
Instead of a fighter against corporations, his legal career was spent suing doctors. Today, many women needlessly undergo C-sections because of Edwards, whose meat and potatoes work involved going after OB/GYNs who didn't pull the triggers on C-sections fast enough.
For all his blather about the little guy, Edwards always took his cut of the settlements -- one third.
Then, after his senate career (with all those asshole votes), he went to work for Fortress hedge fund where he made a mint at a company that provided bad, risky NINJA loans to low income people, then foreclosed on them. Notably in New Orleans.
I think your guy's support comes from gullible bloggers, people who feel sympathy for him because he lost a son and his wife is ailing, and those people who are too racist to vote for a black man and who must vote for yet another southern white guy.
by redglare on Sun Jan 06, 2008 at 10:04:17 AM EDT
Edwards = the Democratic Romney. (0+ / 0-)
You want the bill numbers for the patriot act or the AUMF? You're kidding, right?!! You doubt Edwards voted the way I say? Typical of one of his supporters. You're in total denial about the fact that you're supporting a political hack with no convictions except advancing himself. Basically, he's the Dem Mitt Romney.
by redglare on Tue Jan 01, 2008 at 07:47:19 PM EDT
Edwards = all talk/no action (0+ / 0-)
This is just a bunch of speeches and sound bites. What legislation did JE introduce or pass that helped the poor? In fact, Edwards has been screwing over disadvantaged people with his voting on bankruptcy bills since 2000. He's been aligned with Republicans.
by redglare on Tue Dec 18, 2007 at 08:19:23 AM EDT
Meantime, Edwards was working at a hedge fund... (0+ / 0-)
...raking in millions, honing his populist appeal. I understand that working the Fortress Investment Group is quite a noble calling. Very selfless.
by redglare on Wed Dec 12, 2007 at 11:17:25 PM EDT
If you're talking about funding the troops... (1+ / 0-)
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...that John Edwards and Hillary Clinton placed in harm's way in Iraq, following the horrendous leadership of Dubya all the way, then I question that.
Such votes on funding would not have been necessary had Edwards and Clinton displayed a shred of integrity, foresight, judgment or skepticism WHEN IT MATTERED. You know -- like Obama did, and does.
by redglare on Wed Dec 12, 2007 at 08:12:03 PM EDT
I still don't get Edward's support on Dkos (14+ / 0-)
Nice rhetoric. But what a total Johnny-come-lately to progressive values, with long record of questionable votes in the Senate -- starting with Iraq. I believe a legislator's votes are so much more significant that his or her words.
I hope his supporters come around to Obama sooner rather than later, so that we can stop Hillaryism.
by redglare on Wed Dec 12, 2007 at 06:41:57 PM EDT