Posted on 10/25/2004 5:17:51 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
RACINE, Wis. - On jobs, John Edwards (news - web sites) says "outsource George Bush (news - web sites)." On health care, the Democrat claims that the president's plan is "pray you don't get sick."
And then there's the North Carolina senator's riff about prescription drug advertisements — the ones that suggest that if you take their medicine, "that night you and your spouse will be skippin' through the fields holding hands."
The Democratic vice presidential candidate's speeches on the campaign trail are full of lines that bring laughs and cheers, boos and hisses. The zingers play well with every crowd, whether loyalists at union halls or students at college campuses or the sea of supporters packed on a plaza along the picturesque Lake Michigan shore Monday.
It's as if the former trial lawyer is having a conversation with his audience. That means quick comments, statements in the form of questions, space for reactions.
At some point during each appearance, Edwards typically criticizes Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web sites) on the issue of the day, usually national security, before launching into his staple series of comments on jobs, health care and prescription drugs. The remarks are familiar to those who travel with him but they are new to the people standing before him.
On jobs, Edwards always claims Bush believes outsourcing jobs to other countries is good for the economy, a comment that brings resounding boos. Then, the Democrat claims: "Let me tell you what'd be good for our economy. What'd be good for our economy is to outsource George Bush!" That finds the audience thundering in agreement.
Edwards also always remarks that the president has been talking about his health care plan on the campaign trail. Wryly, he adds: "I understand its a very short speech." The quip always brings waves of laughter. So does the next one: "The best I can tell, his health care plan in the last four years is to pray you don't get sick."
Railing against the rising cost of prescription drugs, Edwards chastises pharmaceutical companies for their television ads.
"You all seen these ads? You know who's paying for them. You, every time you go to the pharmacy," the candidate says. "You know: You buy their medicine, take their medicine, that night you and your spouse will be skippin' through the fields holding hands." That line brings laughter. The candidate, too, usually stops to laugh, and then gets to his point: "We can do better than that."
Rounding out his we-are-with-you and they-are-not argument, Edwards consistently delivers what is perhaps the line that pleases the crowd the most.
"You cannot stand with big insurance companies, big HMOs, big drug companies, Halliburton, the Saudi royal family and big oil companies and still be with the American people," he says. On Monday, the cheers from the Racine crowd drowned out his plea to elect John Kerry (news - web sites).
Brian Jones, a spokesman for the Bush campaign, said all Edwards could offer are "baseless attacks and cheap one-liners because he can't talk about Kerry's 20-year record" in the Senate that the Republicans argue is marked by inconsistencies.
Isn't that a cream filled yummy?
I bet Elizabeth was all over them. ;-)
Democratic candidate for vice president Sen. John Edwards (news - web sites), D-N.C., speaks at a rally at the Seagate Centre in downtown Toledo, Ohio, Monday morning, Oct. 25, 2004. Edwards attacked President Bush (news - web sites)'s record on unemployment and the economy. (AP Photo/Daniel Miller)
"Mmmmmm, Zingers".
(L-R) Teresa Heinz Kerry kisses her husband, Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry (news - web sites) onstage, alongside his running mate John Edwards (news - web sites) and his wife Elizabeth Edwards, at a campaign rally in Des Moines, Iowa October 14, 2004. Kerry, pumped up by polls showing he won all three debates with President George W. Bush (news - web sites), dismissed the Republican incumbent on Thursday as out of touch, out of ideas and out of time. REUTERS/Brian Snyder US ELECTION
Since the pharmaceutical industry makes it's home in NJ I am sure that the voters here are thrilled with all the bashing going on by the two dum candidates.
It's how Elizabeth finds her way home. She probably looks like Pac Man gobbling up dots.
I completely forgot how much better my health care plan was when Clinton was President.
How did Bush manage to take it away from me?
Hey John , here's my 'zinger"
What's fat, ugly and needs a shave?
Your b*tch.
Is Liz Edwards expecting?
Sounds like Jay Leno has joined the team. These are very trivial types of jokes, not funny or mature or even very original.
Hardy har har. A real knee slapper... And I pray they'll still be doctors who want to put up with the costs and hassel of being in business if the Breck Girl and his ilk are allowd to continue on the same course.
Look at the two front teeth in the pic in #2..the brige is slipping?
What a piece of work.
Here's an idea: nationalize the drug companies! Have all drugs doled out by Big Brother.
Then the billions upon billions of dollars that are invested in developing drugs that piss off liberals can be invested in other things. Those same billions will initially be appropriated by the Damnocrats for the US Dept. of Rexall until, after a couple years, the Damnocrats decide to divert the money to whatever fad comes down the pike.
Imagine drug development being approved by Congress!!!
The "Cure Cancer Bill" would look like this:
1 billion for curing cancer - the cure to be developed by a pal of Bill Clinton's - a former truck driver.
3 billion for an airport in a key Damnocrat Congressional district.
2 billion for Muslim health outreach efforts to be managed by Hezbollah.
6 billion for global warming research.
and etc.
And the Republicans will be condemned for "killing children!!!" if they oppose this bill EXACTLY as I have it here.
Liberals are the enemies of my country.
"You're gonna lose your home state, dummy! How about them apples?"
Thank Goodness that come November 3rd, We return to "normal" and continue the fight for the survival of Western civilization..
NEVER FORGET
This man makes my skin crawl! I live in North Carolina and we don't say "you all", we say "ya'll". Wimpy @ss ambulance chaser! He's a cross between a used car salesman and a slick TV preacher. YUCK! I'm ashamed he's from my state! P3cker head!
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