John Edwards is is the Presidential candidate who looks like a little boy in a time when we need a President who can appear tough.
Ann Coulter is a fun-to-watch right-wing loud mouth who used to have great legs before she got sickeningly skinny.
What happens when you get them together? Ugghhh.
Back in March, Coulter inferred that Edwards was in her words "a faggot" during a political action committee meeting in Washington. The comments were an attempt at mean-spirited humor that brought a few uncomfortable chuckles. There was obviously no real inference that Edwards was gay. The derogatory statement was used in a grade-school bully manner to suggest that Edwards was weak and girlish.
Now we're in June and what does Edwards do? He continues to validates her suggestion by shouting "hate-speech" in another desperate attempt to raise money. If you visit
https://johnedwards.com/action/contribute/coulter, you can see the first attempt Edwards made to raise money off of Coulter's ill-conceived slur. If you visit,
http://johnedwards.com/rightwing/, you can see his latest (completely out of context) attempt.
Posting videos of Coulter's comments on his site is an attempt to gain financial sympathy and it's equivalent to
a fat guy wearing a t-shirt that says, "Ann Coulter called me a at Fat Guy." A smart fat guy would either lose some weight or boldly say, "I am not a fat guy" or "So what if I'm a fat guy... deal with it."
What if Edwards becomes President and another nation calls us something. I want a President who says, "Hey... America is not what you say!" or admit that we are what they say and have the guts to fix America. Or there's the Edwards' solution: whimper about it and try to capitalize on victimization... like some scum that breaks his finger in a car accident and then sues the other driver for all they're worth.
Sadly, if I had to pick a better American... Edwards or Coulter... it'd be Edwards. Ann Coulter doesn't offer solutions for America just criticism. Edwards has a handful of good ideas for our country.
But what more can Edwards do to show us that he's a sissy? First, there was
the video of the Senator grooming himself like a young girl preparing for the prom. Then there's the above mentioned examples of Edward's crying over criticism.
And today... on the MSNBC program Hardball, Ann Coulter was promoting her new paperback. And who calls in but Elizabeth Edwards, John Edwards' wife, to say "stop the personal attacks".
Apparently, John Edwards' mommy wasn't available.
If someone calls me names, you have my promise that I won't cry and sic my wife on them. I'll either confront them and put a stop to it or dismiss them as not worth my time. That's what I would do. And I think that's what a good President would do. My name is Mr Breakfast and I want to be your President.
At this point in the race, who does Hillary Clinton think she is? Does John Edwards really believe he is any closer being President than Bill Richardson or Joe Biden. I don't believe it. No one I know believes it. Achieving respect and admiration is cumulative process. Before Edwards and Clinton define themselves as the super cool kids of the political school, they should take a look at some old photographs. It wasn't that long ago that Dennis Kucinich looked like a movie star compared his more-recognizable competition.
