This morning on CNN’s Late Edition, The Beard uses a hit piece by the Washington Post’s Dan Balz to show how some people see John Edwards as an angry, partisan and divisive candidate who has angered many Democrats.
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To be honest, I’m happy with all the Democratic candidates we’ve had to chose from and I’m ecstatic about the huge number of Democrats who have shown up so far to vote this primary season — but Edwards has gotten the shaft from the media and is not well liked by the wealthy elite who own them, so it’s not surprising to see him being attacked for his populist message. There has been a growing chorus of pundits referring to Edwards as a possible “Kingmaker,” giving his delegates to Obama at the end of the primary season, but it doesn’t appear that’s even a consideration for him. Edwards handles the angry accusations exactly the way you’d expect him to:
Edwards:”…What I have said, and I stand by it and I believe it, is there are very well financed, entrenched interests in Washington that stand between America and the progress that needs to be made. And until we have a president who’s willing to take those interests on, nothing will change…”
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They let Edwards appear on television? That’s a frist!
If John isn’t angry, I am. I am madder than hell at what the thugs in the Bush Crime Family have done to my country. I am madder than hell at the damage the GOP has done since their messiah, Ronnie Reagan, declared war on the middle class. I am madder than hell at the Democrats that have allowed it to happen.
Imagine a trial lawyer actually publishing his promises to The People, thereby leaving a paper trail of proof that he is beholden to his word.
That’s what a careful lawyer should do.
Here’s why the power brokers, corporations, fear him: Corporate elite fear candidate Edwards
Here’s his promises and plans, The Plan to Build One America, in writing.
Show me the equivalent fine print from both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. There are a lot of nuts and bolts Hillary/Obama people on this blog; you’ve been whimpering that phrase forever, it seems.
Edwards is a lawyer, you can’t find a more well entrenched organization than that!! The reason nobody is listening to him is because nobody believe a word he says!
The answer is “Of COURSE I’m angry! Anyone who isn’t angry hasn’t been paying attention to the crimes of this Administration.”
I realize Democratic communications consultants get paid a kazillion dollars an hour for this kind of advice, but I’m providing this for free.
wolf makes russert look good.
John @ 4:
And so is Clinton.
And so is Obama.
So…your point…is?…
Wow the MSM must be SO disappointed that Al Sharptpon isn’t running when they have to dub Edwards the angriest candidate.
He looks like Pottsy Webber after he lost all that weight, and started to sing bad rock and roll. tunes.
Edwards is a great candidate who has been running a great campaign. You’re completely right, Logan. Corporate America can live with Hillary or Obama, but Edwards makes them nervous for real.
Just what the hell is wrong with being angry at a time like this?? Has the media forgotten what the last seven years have been like???
John, be angry and get angrier!!!
We are a nation so accustomed to half-truths and complete lies that no one knows how to respond when someone fearlessly tells his truth a la Edwards. Framing that as random anger is Frank Luntz 101. Seems to force the labelee into fighting back. Rwemember flip-flopper?
Albatross is absolutely right. We’re all angry. And with just cause. We’ve been abused by BushCo. All of us. With the possible exception of Bush intimates and cronies. Crooks and liars, the whole lot of them. Wow! That’d be a great name for a blog!!
r-e-m-e-m-b-e-r (sigh)
ANYONE WHO IS NOT ANGRY IS EITHER COMATOSE OR BOUGHT & PAID FOR
John Edwards is saying exactly what we all know. Corporations are setting up a new fedualism and are getting rid of the democracies of the world. They tried before in the 30-40’s and will try again, this time, by subtrefuge as opposed to the hammer.
ysbaddaden @ 8:
Potsy would be a step up from George W. Bush. At least he isn’t a sociopath.
- Tom
John @ 4:
Yes I can find a more entrenched organization — trolls!
And you are the guy who thinks newt is AOK. Doofus.
John Edwards scares you, doesn’t he?
I know it’s been said many times before, but if you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention. I don’t think John Edwards is inordinately angry. It seems the ploy is to point to him as too angry–angry to the point it doesn’t make any sense. So far, I’ve seen no candidate that matches my anger. Edwards is my candidate and, even though he doesn’t match my anger yet, I know that if he comes across as “too angry”, he will turn a lot of voters off.
Edwards is fated, it seems, to appear in the media only when it can be twisted to support the hatchet job they have already decided on. It’s apparent that over the last decade or so the mass media is MAKING the story rather than merely reporting it. The power of the MSM to do this needs to be constrained immediately, starting with bringing back the Fairness Doctrine.
Yeah, maybe he has gotten the shaft from the media, but Edwards is a little bitch. He’s like Obamas little brother, every time the Obama campaign makes a statement against the Clinton campaign, Edwards pops up like “Mini-Me” saying “yeah!”. Like what’s going on now, Obama accuses Clinton at making some remarks that downplay the contributions of Dr. Martin Luther King, spinning the crap out of her remarks of course. So out of nowhere comes Edwards to jump in take his own limp wristed shot at Hillary.
I hated Regan, but remember his rhetoric about sticking together as a party? Yeah - this is a campaign, and this kinda stuff happens, but I hope they don’t take it too far. The last thing the democrats need is more division.
His campaign has not taken any money from corporate interests. Everyone talks a great talk, but this man is walking it. All campaigns should be run this way. A corporation is a pathological citizen, like a felon, and so should not be allowed to vote or influence voting. Corporate interests have gotten us into wars, increased police brutality, stopped U.S. participation in slowing global warming, etcetera.
TomR @ 15:
I plan on nominating Potsy, but the Texas Primary isn’t until April, and it’ll probably already be a done deal.
Two T’s nor not two T’s…?
Wolf really needs to take a “dump”.
John @ 4:
And the ACLU is also comprised of lawyers. Hmm, non-lawyers wanting to be president: Bush, Reagan…
John @ 4:
So, you’re saying that all lawyers are bad? If so, you are truly stupid, probably a Barack Obama supporter ( a man who is also a lawyer but had to go into politics to have a career).
What the heck did Balz base his assessment of Edwards’ campaign on?!
living_abomination @ 19:
Wow, Ann Coultier is posting on C&L?
Take the homophobic trash elsewhere.
ysbaddaden @ 8:
I like you ysbaddaden. Please tell me you’re not likening Edwards to Potsy Weber. Gag. I can’t stand the fact that some say Edwards reminds them of John Ritter but Potsy is even worse.
How does the Beard quote Dan Balz from the Washington Post (a newspaper that even Tweety considers a Neocon newspaper).
And look at the excerpt the Beard quotes:
Dan Balz offers NO SOURCE for his claim that Edwards has offended Democrats. And how could a Republican like Dan Balz know what an average Democrat thinks. Yet the Beard just regurgitates the Neocon meme. This is lunacy!
For a journalist, the Beard makes a paperweight.
Moose @ 28:
I’d say he’s more like the journalistic equivilent of a fan blowing the GOP sh!t in our faces. That’s just me though.
Edwards isn’t just fighting Bush and Cheney and their disastrous administration. He is fighting the corporatocracy that has taken over OUR government and they are bringing out everything they have against him. They will lie, cheat and steal to keep him from getting anywhere close to the presidency. They have Hillary and Obama squarely in their pockets and they know that nothing will change if either of those get the office. Edwards is a real threat to the status quo. He doesn’t owe the corporatists anything and he knows that THEY are the root of everything that has driven this country to the brink of disaster.
Corporations are behind the war in Iraq. They are behind the push to get a war in Iran.
Corporations are behind the rising health care costs that cut a great many Americans out of the health system.
Corporations are behind the massive tax cuts that this administration and the republican congress passed through.
Corporations are behind the multi BILLION dollar subprime loan disaster that is sending this country spiraling down into a recession.
Corporations are behind the bending and breaking of rules and laws that would have kept lenders from making such ridiculous loans.
Corporations are behind the pollution that is killing this planet.
They have the largest voice in our government and until we get them out, NOTHING will change!!!! Hillary and Obama don’t have the moral authority to challenge the corporations and entire industries that have bought their loyalty. Edwards does. But he is fighting the biggest fight of his life against the corruption and criminality that has taken over OUR government.
He will probably lose, because most Americans are too worried about what Chris Matthews said about Hillary than they are about what corporations have done to the structure of our government. Most Americans care more about what is on the boob tube than they are about fixing what is really wrong with this country. George Bush and Dick Cheney are only symptoms. The real disease is the cancerous growth of corporate interests in OUR government.
living_abomination @ 19:
Excuse me? Hill and Barack pick up on John’s talking points. You haven’t been looking at any facts, have you?
hope @ 27:
Oops.
Didn’t sound angry to me.
John @ 4:
speak for yourself….you must be one of the entrenched?
So, let’s see, a hit job on Hillary Clinton by Russert, a hit job on Edwards by Blitzer, and Newt Gingrich allowed to present himself as some sort of guru, versus a toxic hack who should have been shamed from public life long ago. Long live our liberal media!
An Amen to everyone who said they’re angry too.
Batocchio @ 36:
Newt Gingrich presented as a guru. I think I’ll just die now.
foolme1ns @ 30:
Thank you! I’m not a big time Edwards fan but he’s saying what we all know be the truth. It appears some on the left are more excited by status quo Hillary or “change” Obama which baffles me as over the years we’ve all been ranting on these message boards about how the corporations are ruining our country, how the Democratic congress isn’t fighting hard enough for us and yet when a candidate actually talks about issues we care about so few seem to support him. It’s like all the folks who claimed they were all for Dodd after he stood up for us on Telecom Amnesty but promptly droppedd him like a hot potato as soon as the press cycle moved on. It’s wishy-washy support like this that is why Kucinich is “unelectable” and why Edwards is still a second tier candidate.
Obama and Hillary are both a lot better than our current situation, but that’s not much of a compliment. I’ll support hem over any of the sadists running on the opposing ticket but I really hope the left will step up and put their vote where their mouth is.
kaT @ 24:
Cheap shot. This is about Edwards. Please be civil.
I wouldn’t know whether edwards was angry or not since the media doesn’t really cover him.
Lollimom @ 3:
they cant show you one , thiers no real prommises from the repigs clinton and obama! it blows you mind to listen to folks whove been bitching for seven yrs about the pricks in washington sucking off the corporations then they are so hard pressed in thier thinking as to who they should support, my my such hard choices !should i go with the lady who craps out the corporation money shes been eating all dureing her terms in office or must i vote for another corporation hack barack obama , my such hard desishions , say heres an idea stop your bitching about politicians takeing lobby money and vote for kucinich or edwards ,
Stupid Git @ 39:
Great post.
RobertD @ 40:
If you can’t take the heat………
John @ 4:
well he got rich off of people at trials believeing what he says!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lollimom @ 7:
at the top of his head!