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John Edwards: Turning every question into an answer about poverty
Myrtle Beach Online ^
| Monday, Dec 19, 2005
| MARTHA WAGGONER
Posted on 12/19/2005 2:52:09 AM PST by beaversmom
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To: beaversmom
John Edwards grew up in a poor family. The gardener was poor, the cook was poor, the chauffeur was poor, the housekeeper was poor...
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posted on
12/19/2005 5:26:30 AM PST
by
mbynack
To: mbynack
To: F.J. Mitchell
chuckling... :) Yep, One-Note Johnnie can be relied upon in a game show for being called upon as the "expert" on one subject. Be a boring show, no? lol.
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posted on
12/19/2005 5:32:22 AM PST
by
Alia
To: NautiNurse
Edward's family secret: His daddy was a mill workerI thought he said his daddy was a meel worker
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posted on
12/19/2005 5:37:21 AM PST
by
NRA1995
(Jesus is the reason for the season)
To: All
Here's the key: Edwards MADE IT from the "poor, working class family" he grew up in. He MADE IT without the GOVERNMENT'S HELP...This proves that people can succeed in America w/out the Democrats and their programs. Yet I think the Left misses this point over and over again.
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posted on
12/19/2005 5:41:00 AM PST
by
ChrisFelice1
(Chris Felice Show website: www.freewebs.com/chrisfeliceshow)
To: Alia
LOL! Gotta agree with you.
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posted on
12/19/2005 5:44:57 AM PST
by
F.J. Mitchell
(I'm finally smart enough to realize how dumb I really am..)
To: Dustbunny
I am a lawyer (not a trial lawyer) and you are correct. As long as Johnny Boy had juries willing to give people millions of dollars for drowning in their own pools, it doesn't take much legal ability to rack up a pile of dough. The trick is getting the clients, not "legal argument."
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posted on
12/19/2005 5:59:38 AM PST
by
Tulane
To: NRA1995
I thought he said his daddy was a meel workerYou are right - that's exactly what he said...over and over, ad nauseam.
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posted on
12/19/2005 6:29:20 AM PST
by
NautiNurse
(The greatest crime since World War II has been U.S. foreign policy - Ramsey Clark)
To: beaversmom
Nice - a slip and fall lawyer parasitizing those who aid the sick shamelessy lectures on poverty.
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posted on
12/19/2005 6:32:25 AM PST
by
sono
(Every purple finger is a bullet in the chest of terrorism.)
To: Tulane
As long as Johnny Boy had juries willing to give people millions of dollars for drowning in their own pools, it doesn't take much legal ability to rack up a pile of dough. The trick is getting the clients, not "legal argument." Juries are costing themselves a higher and higher percentage of their own earnings by enabling frivolous verdicts and settlements.
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posted on
12/19/2005 3:59:50 PM PST
by
alrea
To: alrea
Here's hoping he's on the ticket again in 2008. I sure way to keep moderates and undecided from voting Democrat.
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posted on
12/20/2005 9:23:14 AM PST
by
CriticalJ
(Ecc 10:2 A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.)
To: Hardastarboard
I have an issue with that last comment, flame me if you want.
My dad was a coal miner in Eastern Kentucky who was laid off one month after I, then a few weeks shy of three, was diagnosed with Acute Lypmhablastic Leukemia. My maternal grandfather, thankfully was a crew foreman with a bridge and highway contractor, who also thankfully carried the same insurance that the mine did. Dad started in the construction company he worked for as a crew laborer with little more than a high school diploma and a welding certificate. Through hard work, however, he was able to advance himself to a foreman's position after close to ten years as a laborer and welder, and then in 1998 was promoted to being the Equipment Superintendent, the number 3 man in the company. Although he does make good money, (although still not enough for us to be considered Upper Middle Class) now, this was not the case through out most of my childhood.
My point being that broad stereotyping such as "Rich yuppie scum" does a great disservice to people who earn their way in life, such as my father and my maternal grandfather, who with only an eight grade education became a foreman after years as a laborer who educated himself by stealing his foreman's plans at the end of the day, taking them home and studying them and waiting for the next spot to open.
I do not know the Edwards family personally, but to refer to them as "Rich Yuppie Scum" simply because his father worked his way up to management I feel may do them a bit of injustice.
To: futurekentuckylawyer
No offense taken. I don't tend to be a flamer (in either sense of the word :-) ).
My comment doesn't reflect my attitude, merely the attitude of the poor working class area I grew up in. Trust me, I get near apoplectic when I think of Dick Gephardt's comment about "Those who've won life's lottery". I want to find him and strangle him when I hear it or think of it. It's exactly the same attitude. Sorry if my comment offended.
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posted on
06/22/2006 9:49:56 AM PDT
by
Hardastarboard
(Why isn't there an "NRA" for the rest of my rights?)
To: Dustbunny
Guess being a lawyer really doesn't require much intelligence. That is true. I've an old high school classmate as proof. I nearly fell flat on my face when I discovered she'd passed the bar.
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posted on
06/22/2006 9:54:01 AM PDT
by
Lady Jag
(You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses.)
To: beaversmom
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posted on
06/22/2006 9:58:31 AM PDT
by
Lady Jag
(You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses.)
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