Posted on 05/15/2008 2:07:14 PM PDT by Mike Bates
The Nation's Campaign '08 blog features an entry by John Nichols on the endorsement of Barack Obama by John Edwards, "Obama-Backing Edwards Elbows Aside Clinton."
One observation was of particular interest:
No one missed the fact that Barack Obama and John Edwards looked right together. "They looked fantastic together," gushed Jill Zuckman, the Chicago Tribune's able political writer. "They looked like a ticket."
Ms. Zuckman is a Chicago Tribune national correspondent and her gushy enthusiasm may strike readers as something less than what would be be expected from an unbiased, detached reporter. Although it's not the first time Ms. Zuckman's conveyed her appreciation for the combo.
In her June 28, 2007 dispatch, "Fighting the 'Who?' factor - Candidates considered outside the top tier struggle to get even a once-over from voters," she writes of:
Obama, an electrifying orator and the most formidable African-American presidential hopeful in history; and former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina, a handsome Southerner and his party's most recent vice presidential nominee.
Certainly Barry Obama gives good teleprompter, but I don't know that qualifies him as an electrifying orator. He sometimes looks as though he's viewing a tennis match. And John Edwards might be a handsome Southerner, but would the Chicago Tribune's national correspondent ever refer to Hillary Clinton as a beautiful Midwesterner? I mean, if that were in fact the case. I doubt it, Sweetie.
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Awwww, that’s sweet. (Kinda thought they looked like a team myself...don’t want them to win, but they looked like a good combo)
They have better hair...
Sounds like Ms. Zuckman already has her kneepads on.
Like the perfect gay, metrosexual couple.
Gay headline.
Dumb and dumber
They ARE the ticket.
I agree. (and I don't endorse either one) Neither one overpowers the other.
Plus Edwards has the familiarity factor that Obama needs to add to his ticket since he's associated with Clinton, Gore, etc. That would make alot of libs feel safer about Obama. Not that it should....
Your average black voter would have a heck of a difficult time identifying with Mr. Edwards of the 28,000 square foot home . . .
Okay, I laughed.
Do I hear strains of Ebony and Ivory?
Well then maybe they belong together in the back seat of a car, doin' what comes naturally to their kind.
This average white voter sure does. . . .
That's a coincidence. Last night I mentioned that song and video to my son. At first he thought I was making it up. Kids.
I bet Larry Sinclair is jealous
Well, Mike, we’ve always known about Silky Pony. You know, this is a rare moment for me as well...I actually agree with the ChiTrib about something.
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