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Edwards Endorses . . . Worldview of USA as 'Bully'
NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 05/14/2008 4:51:54 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest

It wasn't just Barack Obama's candidacy that John Edwards endorsed tonight. It was also the worldview that sees the United States as a "bully." Consider these lines from Edwards just-completed speech.

JOHN EDWARDS: There's also a wall that's divided our image in the world. The America as the beacon of hope is behind that wall. And all the world sees now is a bully. They see Iraq, Guantanamo, secret prison, and a government that argues that waterboarding is not torture [lusty booing from the crowd]. This is not OK. That wall has to come down. For the sake of our ideals and our security. We can change this. We can change it. Yes, we can.

Note that Edwards wasn't saying the America-haters of the world are wrong. To the contrary, he was clearly seconding their view of the US as a bully, for the supposed crimes he enumerated. For a moment there, I thought Edwards might be on the verge of a "God bless America? No, no, no" of his own. Is this really the kind of endorsement Senator 57-states needs?

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: antiamericanism; barackobama; johnedwards
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Words of wisdom from an Ambulance Chaser.


21 posted on 05/14/2008 5:40:07 PM PDT by o_zarkman44 (No Bull in 08!)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
A puss-boy like Edwards would see anyone carrying a “pair” as a bully. A guy like Edward is constantly in fear of any 5 year-old bully in the crowd running up and kicking his ass.
22 posted on 05/14/2008 5:40:51 PM PDT by RavenATB
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To: All

Here’s the link to the video of Edwards “bully” remarks:

http://newsbusters.org/static/2008/05/2008-05-14MSNBCEdwards.wmv


23 posted on 05/14/2008 5:41:32 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest (Keeping track of the MSM so you don't have to!)
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To: Oldexpat
If this bunch of idiots gets in power because conservatives don’t vote for McCain..they deserve the tax increases, gun grabing, humilitation and general bullshit that will come. This is about National survival. We stand a little chance with McCain, but no chance with Obama and this silky pony.

I have to agree with you. I don't like it at all, but I have to agree. I hate the son of a bitch that the Republicans have seen fit to make their standard bearer - but the fact is that 30% "all right" is better than 0% - the utter disaster that Obama would be as President. I will drink myself into a ****ing stupor if I have to, but I'll vote for McCain if only to prevent what I am certain would be a national nightmare. It sickens me to even think about it, but we have only two real choices this year - Pretty Bad and Far Worse. With that vote of confidence, I urge my fellow FReepers to pull the lever this fall for the undependable, treacherous SOB who at least recognizes that America is good and worth defending.

That's what it's come to, folks, and I need another drink. May God save this wonderful country.

24 posted on 05/14/2008 5:43:43 PM PDT by andy58-in-nh (Peace Is Not The Question.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Then why, if America is such a terrible place, are so many people who live in more ‘enlightened’ countries risking their lives to come here?


25 posted on 05/14/2008 5:52:56 PM PDT by sbwordman (Welcome home Pfc. Michael Metz! Safely returned on April 3 from his second tour in Iraq)
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To: kromike
John Edwards
26 posted on 05/14/2008 5:57:24 PM PDT by redstateconfidential (If you are the smartest person in the room,you are hanging out with the wrong people.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

What a Jerk this Edwards is.The U.S. is such a big bully that millions of people want to come here to live,legally or illegally.

I guess we can’t be that bad.

What a dope.


27 posted on 05/14/2008 6:39:08 PM PDT by puppypusher (The world is going to the dogs.)
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To: puppypusher
We're a bully. We rebuilt Europe, remolded Japan and South Korea, saved Greece from communist takeover, etc. The man is a complete moron.
28 posted on 05/14/2008 6:49:02 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Edwards waits until it is all over and then endorses the winner. Took real guts from the Breck Girl on that call-—


29 posted on 05/14/2008 7:08:57 PM PDT by rod1
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To: puppypusher

Edwards could help reduce the “bully factor” by inviting 50,000 or so displaced Burmese to live in/on his largest house in the county, NC property.


30 posted on 05/14/2008 7:11:09 PM PDT by rod1
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To: rod1
“Edwards could help reduce the “bully factor” by inviting 50,000 or so displaced Burmese to live in/on his largest house in the county, NC property.”

Very funny,but so true. but I don't think he would like to inconvenience himself that much.

Besides he wouldn’t be able to leech many dollars off of them.

31 posted on 05/14/2008 7:28:04 PM PDT by puppypusher (The world is going to the dogs.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
Edwards will be spared from burning in hell, only because the devil will hire him to lavish praises upon himself every night.

"Lawyer, lawyer on the wall, who's the most evil of them all?"

32 posted on 05/14/2008 7:30:52 PM PDT by Sender ("Why is it that I can't just eat my waffle?" - Barack Hussein Obama)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

If you look up: Puke, Punk, Wussie, in any dictionary, you will notice the picture of Johnnie Edwards right next to the definitions...


33 posted on 05/14/2008 8:44:38 PM PDT by JDoutrider (No 2nd Amendment... Know Tyranny)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
We now have a functioning Democracy in Iraq, which has essentially removed 26 million necks from the boot heel of a murderous thug. Is this why we are "bullies"?

I've known for some time that liberals abhor capitalism, I never knew that Democracy was also anathema to their belief system.

34 posted on 05/15/2008 6:35:07 AM PDT by wayoverontheright
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