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John Edwards mentions global warming ... and the Al Gore Effect kicks in immediately:
Over a year ahead of the nation’s first presidential primary, so many voters turned out Friday to hear Democratic hopeful John Edwards’ call for a new spirit of American activism on problems ranging from poverty to global warming that hundreds were left standing outside in freezing temperatures.
Outside? In freezing temperatures? Let’s hope they have coats to keep them warm.
Edwards’ schtick is to say that his daddy’s job at the textile mill went overseas.
What he doesn’t say is that those textile jobs came to the Carolinas from Upstate New York in the 1940’s and ‘50’s. Lower energy costs, lower taxes, lower wages, and non-Union labor pushed them down South. Oh, yeah—air conditioning (with the then-CFC’s) in the plants made worklife bearable for Daddy and his workers.
That jobs migration shattered many Northeastern cities, a lot of which have never recovered.
His solution to bring manufacting jobs back from overseas? Essentially a revisited Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act.
John Edwards is, to my mind, just as stupid and ineffectual a 21st Century politician as John F’n Kerry could ever be and that is saying something.
off topic, but interesting notes: the Kaaba centre in Mecca can be seen on GoogleEarth: find Jeddah and move east. It is a large white spot. Those 3 round thingys make the place easily identifiable.
Also, Osama’s daddy built that centre (??mosque??). That is the main reason why the Bin Laden family retains such status in Saudi Arabia.If Edwards throws himself into this global warming thing the way he attends to his hair, he’ll have the problem licked in no time.
Hmmmm.
1. It’s PS3.
2. It’s Xbox 360.
3. If anybody here in NJ so much as mentions G**e’s name I’ll strangle him.
I do NOT want snow here.
Posted by memomachine on 2006 12 30 at 06:05 PM • permalinkShiver me timbers ... must’ve been 800 pirates in attendance ... stop global warming by becoming a pirate ... arrr ...
Unfortunately, Edwards may have the qualities that it takes to get elected President as a Democrat. I hope he doesn’t make it (I’d even prefer *shudder* She Who Must Not Be Named to Edwards.)
Posted by JorgXMcKie on 2006 12 30 at 08:58 PM • permalink#16 JorgXMcKie
I’m with you. As bad as she is (and she is bad), I think she is presidentially streets ahead of Al Gore, John Kerry, and John Edwards.
Barack Obama is a non-starter as well which is a shame. If we could only use one of those old Sci-fi thingamebobs to transfer Joe Lieberman’s brain (and spine) into Obama’s body, I’d settle for that.
Anyway, I think it’s astounding at this existentially critical period in history that the US could actually do worse than her.
John Edwards is, to my mind, just as stupid and ineffectual a 21st Century politician as John F’n Kerry could ever be and that is saying something.
I recall watching (well, trying to) several Edwards speeches during the run-up to the ‘04 election…a more smarmy lickspittle of a politician I’ve never watched, and that’s even before considering his idiotic protectionist policies. What Edwards is, is the ideal Hollywood candidate…a complete phony with considerable talent for uttering other people’s lines and no core values whatsoever. John Kerry is merely delusional; Edwards is the kinda guy I could envision declaring himself Emperor of Washington if focus grouping told him it’s the thing to do.
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The only problem we are facing not mentioned by the Breck girl is that minor irritation of global islamofascist terrorism. But what is that compared to the possibility of a one degree rise in average temperature across the world in the next century? The Democrats should change their logo from a jackass to an ostrich with its head in the sand. It boggles the mind.