The chorus of derision John Edwards has provided fodder for in the lead up to the two 'National' conventions is quite extraordinary considering the obvious phoniness that the candidate has provided all along. The 'Two America's' theme lost any resonance for the politically savvy when the Play Station gaffe did it's rounds. Whatever spin Joe Trippi could counter with about the haircut fiasco it already set the tone with too many critics.
Whatever the reality of the MSM failure to accept or pursue this latest scandal of a revered figure in politics it is endemic of the general malaise that has confounded decent journalism since the lead up to the invasion of Iraq. If Joe Trippi had pushed his sense that they should have pursued the nomination right up to a brokered convention, we might an adulterous liar acting as kingmaker between Obama and Clinton. How do these schleps manage for so long ?
Most likely its the types who worship and create political heroes in their own narrow confines. Of course its no help that the two major parties benefit from the exclusivity of a winner take all system and the subsequent haughty mentality of the ruling elites. Perhaps the smart part of the electorate are the ones who stay home and give it no legitimacy.
The long time Conservative critics of Edwards like Limbaugh and Coulter contribute to the spectacle as much as anyone in their bloody feast of bestial partisanship. No doubt the Breck girl slurs and the sub-human gutturals about faggots bolster the likes of liberal progressives that Edwards own wife seems enamored by, even as they shunned their own when the accusations were still unbelievable. At least similarly timed ruminations about Obama can stay that way.
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