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Emma,

Part of John (the younger)'s Two Americas Speech had a hypothetical potrait of a young girl without a winter-coat whose parents had to choose between food and clothing. It's a lawyer's fantasy world, where a hand-me down coat isn't available at Goodwill, or where stacks of warm sweaters for under 10 dollars at WalMart don't exist. And whose fault is it that we have Two Americas? Big Bad Republicans, of course.

One has to wonder how many employees suffered at the various companies that Edwards bilked out of millions upon millions as an ambulance-chaser. Or maybe he didn't think those judgements against the corporations he sued would effect their bottom line. After all, in his America, it's all about the noble worker vs. the evil elite. And the lawyer who makes 29 million over four years while a poor girl goes without a wintercoat.

Thanks for filling me in. I never paid much attention to his rhetoric. It seems so mind-numbingly obscene to me-- a "hypothetical" girl lacks a winter coat, and her family lacks the resources to provide her with one, there are no churches, no friends, no neighbors, no family, no thrift shops, no charities available to help her out. .... Spare Me!

I suppose the poor little girl could always sue her Senator for doing such a lousy job. After all, its government's job to provide everything, right?

Don't forget that Steyn offered to buy a new winter coat for every 10 year old girl they could find who didn't have one.

They have yet to find one.