Washblog

As one who fully believes that Gore was elected in 2000, I am curious if you would still hold him in such contempt had we been living in a "Gore America" where the wealthy were not awarded huge tax cuts at the expense of the rest of us and the oil and gas companies were not writing energy policy? Would you still think him "non-human" if, after the attacks of 9-11 (if indeed they would have happened given that Gore would have undoubtedly followed the advice of Richard Clarke and others in the intelligence community) he would have stayed focussed on those that attacked us and not have launched an unprovoked invasion of Iraq?

I have nothing in particular against Edwards (although his authorship of the Patriot Act does not speak well to his efforts in protecting our civil liberties) but I think I will try to concentrate on the 2007 races up here in Everett and Snohomish County before I get too entrenched in 08 politics.

Peace,
Chad (The Left) Shue

Dave Gibney Pullman

Have you seen "An Inconvenient Truth" or heard any of his speeches over the last 6 years? Granted, I wish he'd talked like that when he was running, but to call him non-human is completely uncalled for.

I'm not sure I want Edwards to be the nominee, but if Gore declared, he'd be my first choice in a heartbeat. And he won Florida. The evidence, once it could no longer do any good, was clear.

On that note, if Obama doesn't throw his hat in the race, I might be inclined to back Edwards - but only if he's removed that damned mole on his lip (that's why he lost you know - that mole was too much of a distraction).

I'm with Obama

If perception is reality, then the world must be flat and the sun must revolve around it.

On a sort of "inside baseball" note, I think Edwards had a better team and was a smarter campaigner than the post-Iowa John Kerry (in Iowa, the Kerry campaign was brilliant, but that was not the same campaign as the national). I think Edwards made a very good choice to allow himself to be marginalized by the Kerry campaign and stick to his message.

The problem with Edwards (and probably his appeal to Belltowner) is that people who support him often come from an attitude of placating the Right. You can't placate the Right. You can appeal to more conservative voters, but that is a matter of being diplomatic and finding issues on which you have common ground. The idea of placating Movement Conservatives is poison and Edwards has tried that in the past.