John Edwards Announces

[BigJon]

The man who would be socialist in chief has announced his run for the presidency today. He kicks it off with the failed meme of Kerry, sure to be a winner in 2008!
From the New York Times:

Former Senator John Edwards chose a devastated neighborhood in this flood-stricken city today to formally begin his quest for the presidency, declaring that his campaign would emphasize the “two Americas” theme he embraced two years ago.

There are not two Americas. There is a continuum of opportunity and untold wealth in the U.S. Opportunity that is available to all within a continuum of hard work and luck. I predict this meme will be put aside rather quickly if there are any smart people on the campaign staff.

I guess Edwards couldn't redistribute wealth fast enough as an ambulance chaser, so he had to go into politics.

[Giant Communist Robot]

this meme will be put aside rather quickly

Does every idea have to be a meme? If a meme is a unit of cultural information, how does this idea qualify as learned, shared behavior? It could be, I'm just asking.

Edwards will make Obama and Clinton look good.

[BigJon]

Does every idea have to be a meme?

Hell no! But when a major candidate uses it to kick off his campaign, I'm assuming they already believe it to be a meme.

Edwards will make Obama and Clinton look good.

[barfle]

whoopdediddlydoo.
:yawn:

[Haggis@wk]

It was a $1,250 HAIRCUT?

"It is some kind of commentary on the state of American politics that as Edwards has campaigned for president, vice president and now president again, his hair seems to have attracted as much attention as, say, his position on health care."

[Selma in Sandy Eggo]

I saw that. Snickered. Must be a heck of a good haircut.

The stylist had to take time off from his shop, catch an airplane to the campaign site, cut the hair, stay overnight, and fly back home in the morning? There's only one guy in America who can cut Edwards' hair correctly?

Aside from the hair, what has Edwards got? Seems I can't recall him standing for anything, doing anything memorable, making any impression at all. Guy's got all the personality of an undercooked eggwhite.

[BigJon@Work]

From The Dilbert Principle

Well, he can't write code, he can't design a network, and he doesn't have any sales skill. But he has very good hair.

[Haggis@wk]

”Bad things are bad”

…former Sen. John Edwards made his most ambitious policy announcement yet at a campaign event in Iowa Monday: a promise to eliminate all unpleasant, disagreeable, or otherwise bad things from all aspects of American life by the end of his second year in office.

What. A. Maroon

He actually has a poster, “Bad things are bad”

[Shapley]

:Rofl:

I always enjoy The Onion. News reporting at its best!

V/R
Shapley

[Haggis@wk]

Gawd, you're right I was completely taken in.....

[Shapley]

I thought you'd just forgetton the smiley.

If you'd read the article, you'd have seen this bit:

"Racism will soon be a thing of the past," Edwards said. "Same goes for being picked last for playground athletics, AIDS, robbery, not having enough spending money, and murder. Because these things are bad and not good, I promise they will be eliminated."

Other bad things the 2004 vice-presidential nominee vowed to end include the housing crisis, skinned knees, frowns, steep staircases, jailbreaks, water that is too cold to swim in, pain, traffic, being tired in the morning, sprained ankles, hunger, not having enough energy at night, teen pregnancy, cases of the blahs, thunder, the high cost of admission to events, type 2 diabetes, games of tic-tac-toe with no clear winner, the lack of parking in urban areas, forgetting birthdays, child prostitution, and confusion.

"Imagine a world free of procrastination, class disparity, and itchiness," Edwards said. "It will only be possible if we try."

V/R
Shapley