Posted on 07/18/2007 11:20:21 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards speaks during a television interview held before he met with area residents, organizers and volunteers of the Remote Area Medical (RAM) Expedition at the Wise County Fairgrounds, Wednesday, July 18, 2007 in Wise, Va. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)
Democrats never have helped those in Appalachia despite decades of “promises”.
Some enterprising young reporter ought to ask them the question, “Why izzit that all the worst poverty in this country is in lifelong Democrat controlled areas?”.............
Gabby McNally, of Luana, Iowa, stands with her pet llama Eko as they wait for presidential hopeful U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., to arrive at the Iowa First Congressional District Caucus workshop, Saturday, July 14, 2007, in Peosta, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Edwards to Obama, “Barry, compared to me you’re poor.”
Looks like Cindy Sheehan has put on some weight but good to see her on a leash at least!
Hey Silky Pony: 95% of poverty is a result of negative behavior that is reinforced by liberal government policy. We’ve had a welfare state for 80 goddamn years, and most of today’s poor are poor because they are lazy, stupid, or both. “Gee, the 18 kids I have out of wedlock don’t have health insurance.” Maybe you should have figured that out beforehand and not had kids you can’t afford?
We want to help cure your black lung problems. We vow to close all the coal mines!!!
If the Democrats have conclusively proved anything in the last 50 years, it’s that they can’t eradicate poverty; not with money, not with the White House, and certainly not with absolute control of Congress. This horse has been flogged to death and then some. What they have proved is that eradication of poverty would destroy their power base-it’s not in their interests to do that.
John Edwards goes on a poverty tour, hanging out the window of his air conditioned luxury bus, asking the folks he passes: “Are you poor?” Not really sure what poor people look like, he has employed an aide to point them out to him, so that he can jump out of his bus for a photo op.
I would love to see a good debate in this country about the actions taken in the ‘60s as part of the war on poverty, and the results of that war on poverty.
There’s probably nothing that Edwards can suggest that hasn’t already been tried.
Talk about a war quagmire. We’ve been in this war on poverty for 40 years with questionable results.
I realize the politically correct crowd feels that the Democrats have their hearts in the right place on poverty issues, but geez, louise.............
Too many in Appalachia and our inner cities have been in poverty. How to solve it is the question.
Do Democrats have the answers? The same places that Edwards visited were full of people grappling with poverty on Jan. 20, 1993 when that good Democrat Bill Clinton became president. Those same places were full of poverty on Jan. 20, 2001 when Bill left office. Bill Clinton did nothing for those places.
Those who charge that Bush doesn’t care about minorites or ghettos or problems of poverty ignore the fact that nothing changes in these places when Democrats are in power.
So forgive me for being skeptical about John Edwards making this his signature issue. As if we aren’t compassionate enough or haven’t spent enough money already on these matters.
Edwards is not ever going to be the rat nominee, that fight is between hillary and osama, either of which is easily beatable by any Republican candidate except Rudy.
Hear, Hear!
LoL.. wow, astute observation, urrr..
Looks like Cindy is about ready to ‘douse’ the Hillary sign..
“Gabby McNally, of Luana, Iowa, stands with her pet llama Eko as they wait for presidential hopeful U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.”
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They’ll both choke and gag on Obama’s cigarette breath, usually a habit of the very poor, or the very rich.
ba-da-bing!
"Hey Obama! Check it out. They's sum po peeps in hizzle fo shizzle! You want some fried chicken?"
"Doncha love it when I release my inner Ghetto thug Lizzie? Dat's how I roll beotch."
Every inner city of every major city is all the proof one needs to realize The Great Society didn’t work . . . and never will.
I thi8nk he sank his poverty boat when Cris Matthews asked him waht it is like to be poor, and he said his father had to leave a restaurant.
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