Comments on: Is Edwards the Great White Hope for Obama?

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 19 May 2008 19:44:41 +0000

Hi Frank
Well, I think it can argued that nobody who’s ever served as President has lived a blue color lifestyle in the 20 years prior to being elected president. and most of them were actually born wealth, and I haven’t seen the stats on all them as far back as Washington but also college educated. So I think they’ve all been “elitist” even though I’m not exactly sure if that means rich or educated as it’s being used in this election.

And if I’m not mistaken it might have been Edwards first who was campaigning on a “people first” position and when he got knocked out the race his ideas got absorbed by everybody who was left in the race. Especially Obama and Clinton-strange right!

And in this piece I’m not really talking about what Obama wants so much as what the Party wants (what they think is electable). Because they will bestow the venerated “nomination” on who they want, and it really is a balance of what the party wants in conjunction with the presidential hopeful wants.

And finally all the elitism in the world can’t compete with race. In other words I feel 100% positive those swing voters will see what they want to see. I mean, they bought “compassionate conservative” from Bush when we was killing the largest number of Death Row inmates in the country down in Texas.

Thanks for putting a new angle on this thing today!

By: Frank C

Frank C — Mon, 19 May 2008 19:03:00 +0000

I don’t think Obama will want to go with John Edwards as VP. Edwards, in spite of his drawl, is a trial lawyer and another rich elitist liberal type. In other words, a tough sell to moderate voters in swing states who’ll determine this election.

Obama would be better off to select someone like Joe Manchin, Governor of West Virginia, a moderate business executive type who hasn’t lost touch with his blue collar roots.

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 19 May 2008 04:10:31 +0000

Hi Kathy
Good to hear from you. I actually am getting a late start on a piece for the day-I spent most of the day having long comment exchanges in the comment category.

But yeah, it’s strange how it came down to Obama and Clinton, but now the real issue is to make an electable ticket for whoever the Highlander turns out to be (There Can Be Only One!)

Here’s a strange thing; right after I made this post Huckabee did an Obama getting shot joke. And the problem with somebody who is NOT a black comedian putting that out there is the idea starts to seep into the minds of crazies like a sponge. I mean it doesn’t take much; look what Catcher in the Rye did to John Lennon.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Mon, 19 May 2008 03:08:38 +0000

Yeah – it does make sense. Edwards is probably exactly what Obama needs to cement this. I gotta say – I sure prefer him to Hillary. BLECH.