Flush the John - Again!

John Edwards is still trying to be President.  He is out there running and working the circuit. 

You do remember Edwards, don’t you?  He was that pretty boy that Jacques Kerré chose as his running mate.  When Pretty Boy was running in the primaries, he’s the one that was talking about the “two Americas”.  There’s the America in which rich trial lawyers who sue the socks off of doctors for using procedures that never really caused the defects in the first place live and then there’s the America where the rest of us that can’t afford to pay pretty boy lawyers $400 an hour live.

And since his attempt at class warfare fizzled, even when Kerré, borrowed it when they ran together, Pretty Boy is back with a new plan!  He’s come up with a brand new idea that is sure to catch on and be wildly popular.  (No, it’s not an SUV in every driveway!) 

Nope, this fresh, brand-new idea is even better!

From Salem (OR) Statesman-Journal:

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Former vice presidential candidate John Edwards, who is mulling over a run for the presidency in 2008, called for withdrawal from Iraq within the next 18 months, and for the U.S. government to launch another war - on poverty - in a speech Friday at the National Organization of Black Elected Legislative Women's conference.

A war on poverty!  Now why didn’t someone think of that before?  Brilliant, absolutely brilliant!  That is why he’s a rich trial attorney and you and I are sitting at the back door waiting for his scraps.  He comes up with great new ideas like a “War on Poverty!

There is a small problem here, that’s really not a new idea.  It’s an old liberal Democrat idea that was tried once before and history shows we lost.  Since LBJ decided to wage war on poverty, we’ve spent literally trillions of dollars and we still have poor people – just another generation.

Throwing money at a problem doesn’t solve it.  The only way poverty will be reduced to a minimum level (The poor you will always have with you) is encouraging people to achieve and that doesn’t necessarily mean giving them a handout.

Pretty Boy also wants to make it easier for labor unions to shake down the American worker.

Edwards also said it should be easier for workers to join unions.

"If Republicans or Democrats can join a political party by signing their name to a card, any worker should be able to do the same thing with a union," said Edwards.

Talk about pandering to the Unions!  A few months back, the Machinists Union tried to unionize where I work.  Somehow, they got personal information on every employee (we have our suspicions as to who in the company leaked it ILLEGALLY) and sent a thug an organizer to each of our homes.  Fortunately only a few were stupid enough to want the union so they didn’t even get to the vote part.  They sent signature vote cards out as Christmas Cards and apparently they didn’t get enough to authorize a vote. Can you imagine if all we had to do was sign a card?  Can you imagine the chaos?  That would, in effect, unionize our shop. 

Edward is no dummy and with his pretty boy licks and slick oratory skills, you really can’t count him out, but honestly, the guy couldn’t even win re-election to the Senate in his home state and didn’t carry it in the Presidential election.

If he is indicative of what is coming, we are going to get a rehash of failed welfare programs and pandering to unions and minorities.

Flush the John again.

VW

Comments

[thirdee]

I haven't heard a lot about this little guy lately. So, he and Kerry may run again huh?
Interesting.

[SemperFi]

Aside from his ultra-liberal views and pandering to special interests, Edwards has another obstacle to overcome and that is his syrupy Southern accent. I love a Southern accent; I'm from West Texas, so don't get on my case about "talkin' funny." It's just that the Edwards' accent is, well, I dunno, just IRRITATING, and hard to tolerate for more than 30-seconds....