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So, by your standards, a man who has 9 parking tickets in his lifetime should be disqualified from holding office.

When exactly did I say that?

I said that 30, not 9, parking tickets might be a contributing cause to me not voting for a candidate, in that it demonstrates a contempt for the rules (however trivial) we are expected to obey. I never said such a candidate should be disqualified for such offenses, but I find it highly likely that such a record would cost him votes. And in a state such as NC, where a Democratic Senate candidate faces an uphill battle anyway, a few such votes could make the difference.

Now, ratchet it up a few notches. We're not talking about parking tickets (I raised the point as an example of the "some of us are more equal than others" mentality), but about property taxes in sums which to the average citizen are substantial. It is my judgment that this issue will be sufficient -- not to disqualify Edwards (that was your term, not mine) -- but to defeat him.