Thursday, May 31, 2007

O'Lielly Smears

So John Edwards was the subject of Bill O'Reilly's "Talking Points Memo" yesterday:

While Rosie O'Donnell is a poster girl for far left propaganda, far more serious is the conduct of John Edwards. The former vice presidential candidate has sold his soul to far left interests and is now telling the world the war on terror is a "bumper sticker." — Imagine losing a loved one on 9/11 hearing that.

Edwards is running a preposterous campaign. He lives like a sultan in a 30,000 foot North Carolina house. Look at that! Yet he decries economic unfairness in America. He runs around telling Americans the system is rigged, while paying $400 for a haircut. This guy is a one-man sitcom.

Now across the street from his palatial mansion is a trailer park where working class Americans live. They are neighbors of John Edwards. Some like him. Most don't.

[Interviews]

We couldn't find anybody in the trailer park to say anything nice about John Edwards.

Now "Talking Points" tries to respect all of those who want to serve their country, but Edwards is an exception. I have no respect for him. He's a phony and is in the tank for special interest to damage this country. Edwards is going nowhere, but deserves to be called out.

This is just more cheap political shots from a hack at a propoganda outlet loosing its muster among average Americans.

Where to even begin:

- Edwards has rightly rejected the GWB frame of "Global War on Terror" as a bumper-sticker. And so have many leading military and national security experts. So did the 9/11 Commission! To suggest that Edwards is unsympathetic to those "losing a loved one on 9/11" is demogogery. O'Reilly could have done his job and provided information on John's speech on our military in New York last week. There Edwards laid out a true vision for a forward-leaning modern military and foreign policy that would be tougher on terrorism than our current efforts of a mindless occupation of Iraq.

- The criticism of Edwards owning a large home and being empathetic for the poor as "preposterous" is a tired old conservative false attack. Apparently only the poor can advocate for the poor, and if your rich you must remain a ignorant buffoon like Bill O'Reilly. John Edwards has nothing to appologize for builing the home for his family that he wishes to build. He earned it - by the sweat of his brow. John Edwards is the American dream. He's just a son of a mill-worker, the brother of a union carpenter, who dropped out of Auburn after a semester, worked at the mill, and decided to make something of himself. Graduated from NC State, UNC Law degree, best damn lawyer in the state; married up, four beautiful children, buried a child, served his state and his country. Just try and demean that. And here's Elizabeth herself on the house:
What I do know is that it is no news bulletin that John and I have money. It is no news bulletin that he earned every cent. And it is no news bulletin that children in Robbins read in a nice children's library room, that high school students in Raleigh and Goldsboro do their research in nice computer labs, that Raleigh Parks and Rec centers have computer labs for residents, that the homeless in the Triangle have assistance with their shelters and Habitat for Humanity has assistance in building them homes -- among other things -- because John did not just spend what he earned on himself. He does not need to apologize, and you do not need to apologize for him. (Although bless your hearts for wanting to.)
John Edwards understands working class people, and he's shown it with his tireless support of trade unions (who built the middle class), his universal healthcare proposal, his rural recovery plan, his work to rasise the minimum wage in 6 states, etc.

- "A phony and is in the tank for special interest"? Look in a mirror lately Bill-o?

No wonder more peopel are watching Olbermann at that hour. I know I am.

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