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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Words of wisdom from an Ambulance Chaser.
Here’s the link to the video of Edwards “bully” remarks:
http://newsbusters.org/static/2008/05/2008-05-14MSNBCEdwards.wmv
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.
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?
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.
Edwards waits until it is all over and then endorses the winner. Took real guts from the Breck Girl on that call-—
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.
"Lawyer, lawyer on the wall, who's the most evil of them all?"
If you look up: Puke, Punk, Wussie, in any dictionary, you will notice the picture of Johnnie Edwards right next to the definitions...
I've known for some time that liberals abhor capitalism, I never knew that Democracy was also anathema to their belief system.
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