[Hardastarboard]

He was smart - Not that smart - his intellect never impressed me a bit

good-looking - In a prissy, femmy, faggy way, maybe. I'm a hetero guy, so I'm not qualified to judge.

and Southern - Aw, HELL no!! Not a real Southerner, not as I know them.

[reefdiver]

rats would be surrounding the jerk, just as they are the zer0, who can't produce a real birth certificate, evidence of wealth, & we wd still have green shoots. So it would not have made any difference who had won from that side.

So we have the Joker

[raccoonradio]

The man dubbed "the Real Liberal" by Rolling Stone(d); Kerry-Edwards ticket carried neither NC nor SC (born in latter state, served as Sen. in former) and had the ticket won those it would have put them over the top (similarly had Gore won his home state of TN that would have resulted in victory in the EC)

Dig the first line in the Rolling Stoned story:

>>If he weren't rich, handsome and so well married, you might feel a little sorry for John Edwards.

Well married? Faithful to his cancer-stricken wife? Not quite as it turned out

Dick Morris is quoted as saying his being male and white were not so much as advantage this time: ""The party is anxious to nominate a black or a woman," And it describes him as 'progressive' but still with the ability to draw in moderates: "the Real John Edwards, a shoot-from-the-hip progressive who won't scare away moderates. "

[MizSterious]

As a woman who likes “manly men”—Edwards’ looks never impressed me either. I always thought that if you gave him a sequined jacket, he’d look like Liberace. Not exactly a manly-man.