I'm going To Switch My Support To John Edwards

There's losing. There's losing honorably. And then there's John Edwards.

I tend to read Krauthammer skeptically, but the Feingold quote is a surprise.

I even went and found the original article to see if it was taken out of context or something, but nope, it's legit:

http://www.postcrescent.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080117/APC06/801170560/1036

Later on Feingold says he's struggling to decide between Obama and Hillary -- sure hope he chooses Obama. (I mean, obviously, but I think Feingold specifically would be a great endorsement.)

What would have been an acceptable answer to "Was Bill Clinton the first black president?", in your estimation?

"Of course not, for no other reason than he is, quite obviously, not black. I respect Bill Clinton and believe that he demonstrated concern for many of the issues that are important to a large segment of the Black Community, but I find the idea offensive, that there should be such a clearly defined template for The Black President, that a white man could conform to it and be crowned The First Black President. The First Black President will be a person who embraces being black as a racial and cultural identity, but who has the character, skills and ideas to lead America on a path that that ensures all of it's citizens the security and prosperity this great nation has always promised."

When it comes to presidential politics, the stakes are enormous and the only people capable of even reaching the final group are extraordinary street fighters.

It pays to step back once in a while to recognize the nature of the activity in which we're involved. Otherwise we're like sheep -- the lot of us. We despise those who disagree with us about a candidate even though we actually know little of that person. It's a form of ignorance -- the same kind that delivered George W. Bush into our lives twice.

So what should we do? We should observe and critique -- not like the many MSM "experts" whose lips move but nothing of substance comes out -- but as people who aren't voting for prom king or queen.

You're voting for President, not BBQ guest.

They are, indeed all politicians. However, John Edwards leads the pack in outrageous hypocrisy.

My point was simply that in this area Edwards is in a class by himself, and that the political theology & class warfare he is peddling now is both divisive and harmful on its own, and, almost without exception, directly contrary to the voting record he established during his term in the Senate.

There is not even a consistent central tendency to be found in his public positions over the past seven years - something that cannot be said of the others.

Even IF Edwards personally were a scumbag, that would still be a laudable and significant role.

I bet one thing of which I am quite sure.
USA's eligible, counted voters will never make a history by standing in a long never-ending Q to make use of their legitimate right to cast their votes.

Polling station hours likely to be extended

Wednesday November 3, 2004



Polling station opening hours looked set to be extended across the US today as people turned out in record numbers to vote in the bitterly contested presidential contest.

Observers said that as many as 121 million people were expected to cast their ballots, easily surpassing the 106 million record of four years ago.

Reports suggested the high turnout could force election officials to extend the voting deadline at polling stations in key states such as Florida and Ohio, where voters were said to be queuing for up to six hours.