[Lancey Howard]

I disagree with you about the author, Saletan.
I think he did a very nice job with this piece. It seems to me that he is intimating that Edwards is as phony as a three-dollar bill. Downright silly, even.

Bush is a cheater
Bush is raising taxes
Bush is soft on crime
Bush is as bad as a socialist
Bush is unpatriotic

This is how Saletan characteizes Edwards statements - - clearly, idiotic charges on their face. Pure DLC. Saletan is wondering, like the DLC and many other observers, if Edwards is the liar that Clinton was.

"It may be too crazy to pull off...."
Yep. My money says Edwards is not nearly the liar Clinton was.

[Lancey Howard]

"My money says Edwards is not nearly the liar Clinton was."

Let me clarify - - Edwards will lie as much as Clinton. Just not as well.

[okie01]

"It seems to me that he is intimating that Edwards is as phony as a three-dollar bill. Downright silly, even."

Upon reflection, you may be right.

I've never given Saletan much credit for irony, but maybe he he might have a dram or two.

Admittedly, Edwards speech possesses a truly Clintonian audacious phoniness. And it is exactly the kind of thing that so many Clintonoids took seriously...