[astounded]

"Edwards then actually repeated, for the 1,000,007th time, "my father worked in a mill, and I was the first person in my family who went to college." "

Yes, and so what? My wife is the daughter of a plumber, and was the first in her family to go to college. This ninny uses this tired line ad nauseum, but the press treats it with almost a sense of awe. (Mainly, I submit, because they are the pampered "C-student" offspring of Baby Boomers, and have not done a lick of real work in their lives nor have they known any hardship.) IN any case, I'd be willing to wager that there are millions of Baby Boomers for whom this tired saw spouted by this nancy-boy squirrel is true. Give it a resty, shyster-boy...

[governsleastgovernsbest]

LOL. Well, Katie sure wasn't treating it with too much respect this morning. When she stuck up for Cheney, suggesting that he too cared about giving opportunities to Americans, my jaw dropped!

[keats5]

"my father worked in a mill, and I was the first person in my family who went to college."

Edwards honestly thinks this somehow makes him unique. He also sees this as a way to magnanimously pander to the "little people," most of whom don't see themselves as the "little people."

[NCC-1701]

"...this tired saw spouted by this nancy-boy squirrel is true..."

Don't insult squirrels like that. They are much smarter than the average, garden variety dimwitocrat.

[Ditto]

I'd be willing to wager that there are millions of Baby Boomers for whom this tired saw spouted by this nancy-boy squirrel is true.

Count me in. I even paid all my own tuition.