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HEWITT: "EDWARDS IS SENATOR LIGHTWEIGHT"
Crosswalk ^ | 7.6.2004

Posted on 07/06/2004 2:34:19 PM PDT by KMC1

So it is John Edwards, Senator Lightweight. Kerry's slippage in the polls dictated that he pick someone with flash and energy, but this choice won't wear well because the country knows it is wartime, and it knows that John Edwards is no more prepared to run a war than he is to run a small state or a large corporation.

He spent four years in the Senate positioning himself to run for president and two years running.

That's it.

Aside from a talent for persuading juries to award money to injure people, John Edwards brings nothing to the debate except an ability to debate.

This is a pre-9/11 choice by a presidential nominee running away from 9/11. Kerry's strategy is now fixed: Ignore the war unless asked, and downplay it when asked.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Editorial; Government; News/Current Events; Philosophy; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: edwards; hewitt; kerry; lightweight; waronterror
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1 posted on 07/06/2004 2:34:23 PM PDT by KMC1
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To: KMC1

All I see are two lilly-white Johns. It's time for black and hispanic conservatives to realize that they are being USED by the Democrats.


2 posted on 07/06/2004 2:40:40 PM PDT by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Legislatures are so outdated. If you want real political victory, take your issue to court.)
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To: KMC1; devolve; MeekOneGOP; Smartass; PhilDragoo
Edwards is well prepared - FOR NOTHING - ping.
3 posted on 07/06/2004 2:44:59 PM PDT by Happy2BMe (Ronald Reagan to Islamic Terrorism: YOU CAN RUN - BUT YOU CAN'T HIDE!)
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past
Make it a Senator Lite, please.

heh
4 posted on 07/06/2004 2:45:08 PM PDT by Republicus2001
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To: KMC1
He's a good speaker. Unfortunately, he knows nothing and has no program to speak about. He adds levitas to the ticket as a poster said earlier. If he were to apply his speaking talent to establishing private property rights in outer space and to eliminating public access easements, I would vote for him. But he won't.
5 posted on 07/06/2004 2:48:13 PM PDT by RightWhale (establish private property rights to outer space)
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To: RightWhale

Might as well add that to the tagline.


6 posted on 07/06/2004 2:49:12 PM PDT by RightWhale (Establish private property rights to outer space and eliminate public access easements on earth)
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To: Republicus2001

I heard this on ABC news on the car radio. What a feeble attempt to gin up excitement! They actually referred to Edwards as the "Senior Senator from North Carolina."


7 posted on 07/06/2004 2:50:12 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (crime would drop like a sprung trapdoor if we brought back good old-fashioned hangings)
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To: KMC1

He's an empty suit.


8 posted on 07/06/2004 2:50:34 PM PDT by onyx (Be a monthly or a $1 a Day donor to FR -- I am.)
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To: KMC1
Edwards sure is an empty suit.

What significant jobs other than that of a politician has Kerry held? I heard he was briefly in Vietnam.

9 posted on 07/06/2004 2:58:47 PM PDT by Dante3
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To: KMC1

It ain't botox.

Lurch keeps him around for feeding - he needs a fresh supply of blood to maintain his faux-youthful appearance.


10 posted on 07/06/2004 2:58:59 PM PDT by adam_az (Call your State Republican Party office and VOLUNTEER!!!!)
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To: onyx

Yeah. Contrast to Quayle who has a lot of good ideas and got some things through Congress, but lacks some verbal talents.


11 posted on 07/06/2004 3:01:07 PM PDT by RightWhale (Establish private property rights to outer space and eliminate public access easements on earth)
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To: Happy2BMe
Edwards is well prepared - FOR NOTHING

I think a Cheney-Edwards debate will be quite interesting....

12 posted on 07/06/2004 3:03:35 PM PDT by Jalapeno
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To: KMC1

No problem. President Edwards would just sue the crap out of Al Queda if they ever attacked again.


13 posted on 07/06/2004 3:03:43 PM PDT by Fresh Wind (Uday is DU in Pig Latin)
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To: RightWhale; wardaddy

I just wonder how they will manage to portray Dub and Cheney as the rich guys.

I'm guessing Dub is worth around 15-20 million and Cheney at 30-40 million.....both have done very well for themselves but:

I have read Edward's wealth is north of 50 million (and all from trial lawyer raidings) and of course Lurch "shares" in a one billion dollar fortune he "impaled" his way into from a lady who earned it through insemination.

LOL.....I have no doubt they will somehow be able to portray themselves as paupers with the media's help but it will take some creativity.

Edwards is probably polishing his I Was Born A Poor Black Child On Tobacco Road speech.



31 posted on 07/06/2004 9:22:04 AM PDT by wardaddy (Bill Cosby for Black Culture Czar!)


14 posted on 07/06/2004 3:05:31 PM PDT by onyx (Be a monthly or a $1 a Day donor to FR -- I am.)
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To: KMC1

John Kerry had to pick a runningmate that wouldn't over shadow himself. In steps John Edwards. Kerry couldn't pick the best man for the VP job on the left, Dick Gephardt. Gephardt would have been too much for Kerry to handle.


15 posted on 07/06/2004 3:16:48 PM PDT by Reagan Man (.....................................................The Choice is Clear....... Re-elect BUSH-CHENEY)
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To: Jalapeno
I think a Cheney-Edwards debate will be quite interesting....

Cheney will simply destroy Cute Boy. He held back somewhat on Leberman, because it would have looked like he was picking on a handicapped person, but that will not be the case with Edwards.

16 posted on 07/06/2004 3:19:38 PM PDT by AmericaUnited (It's time someone says the emperor has no clothes.)
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To: Jalapeno

Edwards is spending his midnight oil searching frantically for Cheney weaknesses and being briefed overtime on how to make Cheney look bad.


17 posted on 07/06/2004 3:35:41 PM PDT by Happy2BMe (Ronald Reagan to Islamic Terrorism: YOU CAN RUN - BUT YOU CAN'T HIDE!)
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To: Reagan Man

Edwards was picked for his Southern voter appeal. Nothing more.


18 posted on 07/06/2004 3:36:57 PM PDT by Happy2BMe (Ronald Reagan to Islamic Terrorism: YOU CAN RUN - BUT YOU CAN'T HIDE!)
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To: onyx
He's an empty suit.

A Himbo.

19 posted on 07/06/2004 3:40:36 PM PDT by Barlowmaker
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To: Jalapeno; RightWhale

Turnabout would be fair play at a VP debate:

Cheney: "Senator, I know Dan Quayle, I am a good friend of Dan Quayle, and Mr. Edwards, you're NO Dan Quayle!"


20 posted on 07/06/2004 3:50:04 PM PDT by mikrofon (Senator Lightweight & Senator Deadweight)
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