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Obama: “This is not the John Edwards that I knew”

or words to that effect

By: streiff (Diary)  |  August 9th, 2008 at 09:19 AM  | 

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As everyone knows, John Edwards admitted yesterday to carrying on an adulterous relationship with a “documentary film maker” while his wife was battling cancer. Yes, we know, as we’ve known since 1992, that EVERYONE commits adultery but the bar of decency and common sense while engaging in adultery has certainly been lowered in the past 24 hours. You can step right across it now.

Part of the reason for Edwards to admitting to the affair, other than being caught by a slew of National Enquirer reporters while sneaking into a hotel to visit his former paramour and her child allegedly by an Edwards staffer (as Ace said yesterday, this woman was apparently passed around like a bong at a Phish concert) was that “clearing this up” was the price for an Edwards role at the Democrat convention.

Well, not so fast.

Barack Obama was quick to demonstrate that there is always room for one more under the bus. This by way of Jake Tapper:

“If I’m not mistaken, I think that they already indicated, the Edwards family indicated that they probably wouldn’t be attending the convention,” Obama said, per ABC News’ Sunlen Miller. “I understand that. This is a difficult and painful time to them. And I think they need to work through that process of healing. My sense is that that’s going to be their top priority.

“John Edwards was a great champion of working people during the course of his campaign,” Obama continued. “Many of his themes are ones that Democrats as a whole share. Those will be amplified in the convention, and I wish them all well. “

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  • PermDude

    I don’t see how this can be said to be pushing Edwards “under the bus” in any way.

    • JKH1232

      He was supposed to be a major fundraiser for Obama. He was supposed to have a cabinet position.

      Obama’s told him to take a hike.

      • streiff

        to understand a pretty elementary concept is distinctly your problem, not mine

        • Moe_Lane

          …kind of moment.

          • gclaghorn

            Edwards had an affair back in ’06. He cheated on his cancer-stricken wife.

            He lied repeatedly to the media and to his supporters during his campaign about the affair.

            There’s a possibility (though it’s not been proven yet) that he had made Rielle Hunter pregnant through this extramarital affair.

            Hmmm…let me think — nope. Can’t find anything wrong with this.

  • blooch

    those words for some time now.

    • zeebeach

      At least a couple of weeks, while ABC cut their deal with Edwards for the big interview/confession. Kudos to ABC for having the journalistic integrity to go after the story. It’s not enough, but for MSM, it’s something.

      • PermDude

        Edwards did this to himself. There’s no expectation that he’d get a speaking role after admitting to the affair–that’s speculative, at best. Taking that speculation and then using that as a basis for calling out Obama for not inviting the non-invited adds yet another degree of separation to the whole thing.

        And people wonder about the MSM making up news…this might as well be on Extra! Politics Edition.

        Then, of course, there’s the idea that not having Edwards speak at the convention is somehow a failing of Obama’s. Jeez. Sometimes people want it both ways.

  • NightTwister

    I was so looking forward to hearing Edwards tell us about Obama’s government run plan to provide childcare for single mothers that couldn’t get the father to step up and take responsibility.

    • tbrucegodfrey

      though maybe that makes it more condemning of Edwards in a way.

      Speaking from the left, I would note that Elizabeth claims she knew of this mess in 2006, but nonetheless worked to organize liberal-left volunteers and funders by her husband’s “drawing-dead” campaign. Count me as a liberal angry that such resources were wasted on a “7-4 offsuit” candidate when McCain is at least a pair of eights.

      • blooch

        Edwards had not already been given a firm invitation to speak at Obama’s 75,000-strong coronation?

        • Moe_Lane

          …that might just be an expectations thing on the part of the individual viewer.

          • QueenOfCups

            Since Kos is still under blackout on the topic? The hypocrisy is appalling. It’s not even a question of whose guys are more corrupt; how many more of them screw up. The difference is when our guys do it, we don’t go into denial – we call them on it. We don’t make stupid comments about it being a private family matter and therefore not a fit topic of public discussion.

          • streiff

            show me one convention where the winner’s primary opponents didn’t speak.

            You are making a profoundly silly argument to what cause, other than self-beclowning, I haven’t a clue.

          • Dave_in_Fla

            Welcome to Redstate :)

  • SteveLA

    I wondered what Edwards thought about politicians that cheated on their wives, Google is your friend.

    *From a CBS News interview broadcast on December 19, 2007:

    Katie Couric: Harry Truman said, “A man not honorable in his marital relations is not usually honorable in any other.” Some people don’t feel comfortable supporting a candidate who has not remained faithful to his or her spouse. Can you understand their position?

    John Edwards: Of course. I mean, for a lot of Americans, including the family that I grew up with … it’s fundamental to how you judge people and human character: Whether you keep your word, whether you keep what is your ultimate word, which is that you love your spouse, and you’ll stay with them…

    Couric: So you think it’s an appropriate way to judge a candidate?

    Edwards: Yeah. But I don’t think it’s controlling. I mean, I think that, as you point out, there have been American presidents that at least according to the … stories we’ve all heard, that were not faithful, that were in fact good presidents. So I don’t think it controls the issue. But I think it’s certain … something reasonable for people to consider.*

    • absentee
  • speciallist

    Edwards: “Where do I plug in my Hairdryer?”

  • Cowboy

    If Elizabeth Edwards has known about this since 2006 then she is part of the lies that John told during 2007 and 2008.

    She kept supporting his presidential bid while he lied about it.

    The fact that she didn’t know that he was still seeing the woman behind her back should come as no surprise to her as she has let him know that lying is okay with her.

    He used her for a prop and she let him. Then he goes behind her back again. Sad.

  • Cowboy

    If Elizabeth Edwards has known about this since 2006 then she is part of the lies that John told during 2007 and 2008.

    She kept supporting his presidential bid while he lied about it.

    The fact that she didn’t know that he was still seeing the woman behind her back should come as no surprise to her as she has let him know that lying is okay with her.

    He used her for a prop and she let him. Then he goes behind her back again. Sad.

  • Cowboy

    Elizabeth Edwards is part of the lie if she has known about this since 2006. She kept supporting his presidential bid while he lied about it.

    It should come as no surprise to her that he would continue to lie to her and go behind her back in 2008.

    That being said I still feel sorry for her and wish her well.

  • Cowboy

    Elizabeth Edwards is part of the lie if she has known about this since 2006. She kept supporting his presidential bid while he lied about it.

    It should come as no surprise to her that he would continue to lie to her and go behind her back in 2008.

    That being said I still feel sorry for her and wish her well.

  • Cowboy

    Elizabeth Edwards is part of the lie if she has known about this since 2006. She kept supporting his presidential bid while he lied about it.

    It should come as no surprise to her that he would continue to lie to her and go behind her back in 2008.

    That being said I still feel sorry for her and wish her well.

    • yousef

      I went over there and saw a diary by Elizabeth Edwards, up on their recommended list, and quite a few others.

      what blackout do you reference?

      I can’t help but be reminded, here, of John McCain’s seeming prevarication about the time-frame of his beginning to cohabit with Cindy while still married to Carol – before he filed for divorce.

      According to his book, he and Carol were separated when he began to see Cindy – which was in April, 1979. His divorce documents apparently state that John and Carol lived together until early January, 1980.

      Here’s more from NY Magazine:

      http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2008/07/latimesquestionsmccainsdiv.html

      “…what we loved best about the Los Angeles Times story today was the details about the Reagan family ? friends with John and Carol McCain ? and how they treated him after the divorce. They rallied around Carol, arranged for a White House job for her, and then gave John the cold shoulder for years. And when Nancy endorsed John for the presidency in March of this year, it was during a brief five-minute photo op. This is all she said:

       "Ronnie and I always waited until everything

      was decided, and then we endorsed.
      Well, obviously this is the nominee of the party.”

      Man, she’s still got it!”

      once again, sorry for the formatting – I cannot get the hang of it.

      • Cowboy

        First it doesn’t post and then it posts 5 times with an expired page in between.

        • aardpig

          …the 2000 Republican convention, where John McCain did not speak?

          • poxoma

            “I don’t see how this can be said to be pushing Edwards “under the bus” in any way.”

            Are you kidding? BO has already used “PAST TENSE” concerning Edwards. Notice he used “WAS” in his recent statement: “John Edwards was a great champion of working people during the course of his campaign,”

            The next right thing to do is to get a hair sample from Edward’s $800 hairdresser to perform a phenol/chloroform DNA extraction to confirm Edwards IS the father of that baby girl.

  • paint_it_red

    Although there is nothing in the news reports as yet to suggest Obama knew, consider a few facts that suggest perhaps he did:

    1. It is routine for Presidential contenders to do negative opposition research on the primary opponents, and after Clinton, Obama’s only serious primary opponent was Edwards.

    2. It is routine for Presidential nominees to do negative opposition research on their potential veep picks, and it is implausible to suggest that with Edwards popularity he was not on that list.

    3. Obama’s comment that this was “not the John Edwards I knew” almost exactly echoes his lie about Rev Wright being “not the man I knew for 20 years.”

    4. Remember back to January, when Edwards jumped to Obama’s aid in a debate and acted mostly like an attack dog for Obama against Clinton? The press were all over it, saying they were “ganging up” on her. I remember thinking that made no political sense at the time and there was something funny going on there.

    5. Then, despite the fact Edwards was poised to bring in a solid 15% or so in state after state and solidify his “kingmaker” status. Then he inexplicably dropped out. Without Edwards have done so when he did, Clinton would easily have held on in February and Obama would never have built the momentum he did.

    6. Then, Edwards did not endorse Obama. Even when NC came up he did not. Pundits could not explain it. He did not endorse Clinton either, but eventually he endorsed Obama after it no longer mattered and his wife endorsed Clinton’s health plan and tacitly her. My belief is that Clinton cottoned on that something was up and her people figured the secret out too. Neither one wanted to be the one to “out” Edwards, but they both had the goods on them, and that’s why he did not play the kingmaker role he could have played this spring.

    Circumstantial? Yes. But if Obama (and Clinton for that matter) knew, then others knew they knew. Perhaps this could be further investigated or someone will come forward.

    1. Now that Edwards’ secret is out Obama no longer has leverage over him (assuming my theory is true). In fact, Edwards has leverage over Obama if Obama did in fact know and Edwards could point that out. If Edwards gets a speaking spot at the convention, that might suggest Obama has no choice but to help him.
    • Dave_in_Fla

      But sorry, this is about Edwards not McCain. We weren’t the ones donating to the campaign of a lying, philandering pig who deigned to lecture us on the values of fidelity while cheating on his dying wife.

      But if it makes you feel better knowing the Liz Edwards was a willing participant in fleecing the netroots of their campaign contributions to pay hush money to her husband’s mistress, then by all means enjoy that feeling of superiority.

  • dld1717

    This is not Edwards I knew
    This is not Jermiah Wright i knew
    …………

  • paint_it_red

    Although there is nothing in the news reports as yet to suggest Obama knew, consider a few facts that suggest perhaps he did:

    1. It is routine for Presidential contenders to do negative opposition research on the primary opponents, and after Clinton, Obama’s only serious primary opponent was Edwards.

    2. It is routine for Presidential nominees to do negative opposition research on their potential veep picks, and it is implausible to suggest that with Edwards popularity he was not on that list.

    3. Obama’s comment that this was “not the John Edwards I knew” almost exactly echoes his lie about Rev Wright being “not the man I knew for 20 years.”

    4. Remember back to January, when Edwards jumped to Obama’s aid in a debate and acted mostly like an attack dog for Obama against Clinton? The press were all over it, saying they were “ganging up” on her. I remember thinking that made no political sense at the time and there was something funny going on there.

    5. Then, despite the fact Edwards was poised to bring in a solid 15% or so in state after state and solidify his “kingmaker” status. Then he inexplicably dropped out. Without Edwards have done so when he did, Clinton would easily have held on in February and Obama would never have built the momentum he did.

    6. Then, Edwards did not endorse Obama. Even when NC came up he did not. Pundits could not explain it. He did not endorse Clinton either, but eventually he endorsed Obama after it no longer mattered and his wife endorsed Clinton’s health plan and tacitly her. My belief is that Clinton cottoned on that something was up and her people figured the secret out too. Neither one wanted to be the one to “out” Edwards, but they both had the goods on them, and that’s why he did not play the kingmaker role he could have played this spring.

    Circumstantial? Yes. But if Obama (and Clinton for that matter) knew, then others knew they knew. Perhaps this could be further investigated or someone will come forward.

    1. Now that Edwards’ secret is out Obama no longer has leverage over him (assuming my theory is true). In fact, Edwards has leverage over Obama if Obama did in fact know and Edwards could point that out. If Edwards gets a speaking spot at the convention, that might suggest Obama has no choice but to help him.
    • Dave_in_Fla

      He was the opening speaker on August 1st.

      • obama_con

        Is Ron Paul speaking at the Republican National Convention? Didn’t think so!

        • aardpig

          I searched through the Wiki article, and couldn’t see his name anywhere. Turns out the ‘match case’ option was somehow set, which stymied me. That, and I’m in bed with dysentery. Bah!

          Anyhow, apologies!

          • Dave_in_Fla

            The Ron Paul accusation has been leveled, and we have no rhetorical response! Oh the agony! Oh the horror! What will we do! We must run and hide from the scourge of the Ron Paul accusation!

          • streiff

            while I’m drop kicking you.

            1. The thread isn’t about McCain.

            2. Quibbling over a few months 30 years ago doesn’t make you look smart. In fact it makes you look pretty dumb.

            3. Even if true, McCain has admitted to being chroncially unfaithful to his wife. What point you’re making is just beyond me.

            4. His wife wasn’t terminally ill.

            5. He wasn’t running for office.

            6. We know about this because McCain told us not because the National Enquirer sent a platoon of reporters to track him down in some woman’s hotel room.

          • Dave_in_Fla

            I always blame my goofs on being sick or drunk too. ;)

          • yousef

            but you do support the “philandering pig” presidential candidate this time around?

            I know you say this is about Edwards, and not McCain – but why is Edwards worthy of our notice? Is he running for anything?

            I thought that lying and adultery were important issues for some, in this election season, highlighted by Edwards’ reprehensible actions.

            Of the two candidates before us, one appears to have been able to rise from a broken home to exemplify the kind of family values that I, for one, find admirable and worthy of emulation – while the other came from privilege, to treat his vows as garbage.

            There’s a reason why Ronnie and Nancy had no further use for John McCain after they witnessed his treatment of his wife.

          • obama_con

            Hope yer a Monty Python fan!

            Seriously, Edwards is a scumbag, but I don’t see how this reflects on Obama.

            As an example, just because Newt tried to get better terms on his divorce while his ex-wife was hospitalized doesn’t make all Republicans that bad either!

          • JKH1232

            I hate to break it to you, but Ron Paul’s not a Republican. I mean, he may say he’s one. But, then again, George Wallace is a Democrat. I mean, hey.

          • RedFox84

            pssst… Did you know John McCain once got a divorce?

            psst… Did you know that Dick Cheney’s daughter is gay?

            Funny how both these were stated by Edwards

          • Adam_C

            he has not endorsed McCain for President. I think if he had done that, he might have been allowed to speak. But it’s kinda a pre-requisite.

          • Dave_in_Fla

            Your party is the one spinning trying to digest this Edwards story. We are just on the sidelines laughing at you. Coming here to pathetically try to spin moral equivalence to McCain is just pathetic. Just take your kick in the crotch like a man and delude yourself into thinking that this won’t hurt your precious Democrat brand.

            I mean hey, that Ned Lamont thing turned out so well for you too, didn’t it? We really should be thanking you for that, since Joe Lieberman is tunring into the gift that keeps on giving … for us.

          • streiff

            that you left your deathbed to beclown yourself? I’m really curious. I don’t know how long you’ve been here (okay that’s not true, you joined Aug 1 at 10:06am) but I don’t make statements like that without knowing the answer.

          • JKH1232

            It’s really the the coverup. John McCain came clean about his stuff years and years ago. Edwards tried to hide it while using his cancer-stricken wife to further his political ambitions.

            And, I might add, while calling us all immoral a-holes on poverty. You know, while he was knocking boots with some floozy. And his wife was dying of cancer.

            Besides, have you Seen Cindy McCain? Yowza!

          • Neil_Stevens

            Instead the freak is holding his own rally.

            Good riddance. Let’s keep the Twoothers out of the real convention and in the kiddy room instead.

          • obama_con

            If so I’d stay out of the mens room!

          • janis

            Republicans typically are the first to heave their misbehaving politicians overboard. It’s YOUR party that denies until they can’t anymore, and then spins wildly while trying to justify or excuse bad behavior. See “Clinton, Bill; Kennedy, Ted; Franks, Barney; Studds, Gerry; Kilpatrick, Kwame; Spitzer, Elliot, etc. etc. And you RE-ELECT these people over and over again.

            Most of the Republican Party called for Craig to step down. Most of us would still choose for him to do so.

          • Dave_in_Fla

            Oh no! Disengage! Disengage! Next will come the Mark Foley salvo!

            rolls eyes

          • von

            show me one convention where the winner’s primary opponents didn’t speak.

            When they admit to having an affair while their wife is dying of cancer?

            In the ordinary case, you would be correct: it would be exceptional for someone of Edwards’ stature not to speak at the Democratic convention. But this ain’t the ordinary case, is it? Whatever your past history with this commentator, your present snark is misplaced.

          • janis

            .

          • obama_con

            “Republicans typically are the first to heave their misbehaving politicians overboard.”

            What about David Vitter???

          • Neil_Stevens

            Take your hate elsewhere. I hear they like to talk about your kind of roundups over at Stormfront.

            Blam.

          • janis

            And many thought he should have stepped down. So there’s one.

            What about the legions of folks on your side like the ones I mentioned? What’s your defense of them? And I left out William “In his FREEZER” Jefferson, by the way. Defend away, I’m all ears.

          • streiff

            nt

          • aardpig

            …dysentery tends not to kill if you remain hydrated. It just hurts rather. And leaves one in bed, bored — and prone to fact checking a bit, but not enough. I thought I knew the answer, but I was wrong.

          • janis

            that he step down, many didn’t.

            What about the list I presented you with? Where’s your defense for them? And I left out William “IN HIS FREEZER!” Jefferson. Defend away, I’m all ears.

          • NightTwister

            -nt-

          • speciallist

            n/p

          • speciallist

            or it could be the Box of Wine I’m workin’ on…It’s a luxury now that Gas is down to $4.11 a Gallon…gag

          • NightTwister

            …that wasn’t the Mahmoud Ahmadinejad I knew…that wasn’t the Hugo Chavez I knew…that wasn’t the Raul Castro I knew…

          • von

            “Bite me” is what passes for wit these days? No wonder Streiff still has a job.

            Anyhoo, Streiff’s defensiveness makes my point better than I ever could. I’m second to no one in my dislike of Edwards. He threw himself under this bus.

  • olderthangandalf

    I mean, after all, from all reports we are almost certainly going to have an adulterer giving the acceptance speech at the GOP convention.

    McCain’s first wife waited faithfully for him the entire time he was in Vietnam. She didn’t let anyone tell him that she had been horribly injured in a car crash because she was afraid it might add to his burdens in his North Vietnamese hell hole.

    He gets out to find a wife who, while loyal, was not the woman he left (I believe the description in his book says something about her being shorter and heavier after the disfiguring accident). Beyond that, he had spent a lot of his youth incarcerated, and had some catching up to do.

    From all reports, his activities in the 70s, while still married, were pretty wild, and faithful is not a word I’ve seen used to describe them. I’m not sure he’s ever used the A word to describe his activities, but I don’t believe thinking people harbor many doubts.

    That’s all long past, and it seems like the only one with a real stake – his first wife – long ago forgave and forgot. (And let me note that I don’t believe for an instant the unfounded insinuations of a more recent affair published with no credible back up in a supposedly reputable newspaper.)

    All the same, here’s the point: let’s not get too enthusiastic waxing moralistic about John Edwards’ incredibly sleazy behavior. The longer the Edwards story plays, the more we are going to hear about McCain’s youthful indiscretions.

    In general, it’s a mistake to think our office seekers are less likely to fall prey to the lure of illicit sex than theirs. Politics attracts people who crave external validation. A need for external validation can be met through seduction. There are monogamous men and women in politics (I’m betting Mitt Romney is one) but you don’t have to go too far down the list of leading players in either party to find plenty of known adulterers.

    • speciallist

      n/p

  • olderthangandalf

    Does anyone think that Edwards, even now, is telling the whole truth and nothing but the truth?

    I don’t, not for a minute.

    If the Enquirer has you nailed, the first line of defense is to belittle tabloid journalism. That’s what Edwards has done throughout. The fact is, though, that tabloids are sometimes right, and way ahead of the MSM (think Monica Lewinsky blue dress, Gary Hart and Monkey Business, etc.).

    Then there’s the financial support of this woman through bogus contracts, and her being put up in a supporter’s house. Why would that happen?

    I don’t know whose kid it is, but I’m pretty sure Edwards has not told all. There may be more to come out on this story.

    Obama would be an idiot to get within ten miles of Edwards. Right now, it’s not Obama’s taint, but if he lets Edwards get close, it will be. Under the bus and far away from the convention is exactly where Edwards belongs.

    My guess is, beyond not inviting him to speak at the convention, Obama is suggesting that this might be a good time for Edwards and clan to take a nice sabbatical in one of the more remote regions of Australia.

    • Dave_in_Fla

      I’m trying to understand the difference.

      • olderthangandalf

        I’ve been part of this site way longer than you have, boyo, and my Republican bona fides are beyond question.

        Consider it mature advice to not go chasing down rabbit trails.

        • David_Hinz

          six letter word, begins with the letter S — ends with pid…

          • Dave_in_Fla

            Troll

            No food for you!

          • speciallist
          • olderthangandalf

            The race is against Obama. Focus is key.

            McCain laid out what this race needs to be about pretty well in his radio address:

            “America is finally winning in Iraq, and he wants to forfeit. Government is too big, and he wants to grow it. Taxes are too high, and he wants to raise them. Congress spends too much, and he proposes more. We need more energy, and he’s against producing it.”

            If you try to make it about who is or is not an adulterer, you are not helping.

          • speciallist

            n/p

          • olderthangandalf

            How is that hinzsightreport.com project that you were working so hard on doing? Get it up over 100 visitors a month yet?

          • absentee

            We’re not going to win by talking about football, either, but that’s not going to stop me. (PANTHERS TONIGHT!!)

            First you try pointing back at McCain, now it’s ‘this isn’t how you win’. It’s like a map of how to troll.

            It’s news. Get over it. Go cry at Kos if you have to whine.

          • E_Pluribus_Unum

            what was the point of that dig?

          • olderthangandalf

            Talk about it all you want, just don’t go thinking it’s a topic that is going to help McCain win.

            Don’t expect it to show up on the talking points of people who are working to help McCain win.

            Edwards is a chump and a sleazeball. Big news. Big deal.

            The opponent is Obama. Obama is the issue.

          • David_Hinz

            aren’t readily available to us. Then you could see the evidence from last year … how shall we say … what a tool this clown really is.

          • speciallist

            n/p

          • David_Hinz

            it’s the best he’s got

          • David_Hinz

            I have an assignment for you…

            if you are willing to take it…

  • acarponzo

    NEWS FLASH!

    The definition of Bop is getting hard to pin down with the Edwards affair.

    Date line Cyberspace 8/09/08 5:20pm EST

    Bam Bam Obama’s http:www.BOP-O-METER.com tops 27,000 Big Mac McCain now leads with fewer Bops!

    Bops for Obama break past Big Mac McCain!!!!!! Is this the Paris Bop effect?????

    Google bop-o-rama to see what is in the news!

    Movement to paint the White House PINK grows!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Voters and Boppers seen defecting to Paris, and we don’t mean Paris France!!!!!!!

    McCain’s http://www.BOP-O-METER.com tops 23,000.
    Obama’s http://www.BOP-O-METER.com tops 27,000

    Hey she is totally hot! –Diddy Widdy unofficial spokesperson for The Paris Hilton for President campaign.

    Obama campaign has no comment at this time. A real celebrity in the race now. Panic in Hawaii????

    Meanwhile, the McCain camp had the following to say.

    “Bop-O-Nomics! Could we please get someone in here to explain Bop theory of economics!”

    Paris is now talking more than painting the white house PINK. “Congress is a bit drab. No wonder they can’t get anything done.” PINK it is!!!!! I

    Your Bops Count!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Goooo PINK!!!!!!!!!!

    “Bop early and Bop often.” –Alphonso Carponzo
    http://www.bop-o-rama.com

  • acarponzo

    NEWS FLASH!

    The definition of Bop is getting hard to pin down with the Edwards affair.

    Date line Cyberspace 8/09/08 5:20pm EST

    Bam Bam Obama’s http:www.BOP-O-METER.com tops 27,000 Big Mac McCain now leads with fewer Bops!

    Bops for Obama break past Big Mac McCain!!!!!! Is this the Paris Bop effect?????

    Google bop-o-rama to see what is in the news!

    Movement to paint the White House PINK grows!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Voters and Boppers seen defecting to Paris, and we don’t mean Paris France!!!!!!!

    McCain’s http://www.BOP-O-METER.com tops 23,000.
    Obama’s http://www.BOP-O-METER.com tops 27,000

    Hey she is totally hot! –Diddy Widdy unofficial spokesperson for The Paris Hilton for President campaign.

    Obama campaign has no comment at this time. A real celebrity in the race now. Panic in Hawaii????

    Meanwhile, the McCain camp had the following to say.

    “Bop-O-Nomics! Could we please get someone in here to explain Bop theory of economics!”

    Paris is now talking more than painting the white house PINK. “Congress is a bit drab. No wonder they can’t get anything done.” PINK it is!!!!! I

    Your Bops Count!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Goooo PINK!!!!!!!!!!

    “Bop early and Bop often.” –Alphonso Carponzo
    http://www.bop-o-rama.com

    • streetwise

      I ran this through the Freudian Graphic analysis software and the damn machine blew up!

      • streetwise

        I ran this through the Freudian Graphic analysis software and the damn machine blew up!

        • streetwise

          I ran this through the Freudian Graphic analysis software and the damn machine blew up!

          • streetwise

            I ran this through the Freudian Graphic analysis software and the damn machine blew up!

          • streetwise

            I ran this through the Freudian Graphic analysis software and the damn machine blew up!

          • speciallist

            Semi-Understood by Men who are made to watch that awful show.

          • streetwise

            I ran this through the Freudian Graphic analysis software and the damn machine blew up!

          • paint_it_red

            http://www.barackobama.com/factcheck/2007/12/28/johnedwardsshifting_rhetoric.php

          • streetwise

            See if you can beat your record!

            :>)

          • Neil_Stevens

            Just because it errors out, it doesn’t mean it’s not still trying to post.

            So if it errors out, don’t just post again. Give it a little while and see if it posts.

            Yeah, it’s terribly obnoxious. I wish I could make it nice without massive rewrites.

          • speciallist

            n/p

          • streiff

            beyond question and spouting a string of lefty talking points doesn’t improve them.

            One event happened 30 years ago. One just happened.

            One event happened to a private citizen. One happened to a presidential candidate and VP contender.

            One man had a terminally ill wife. The other didn’t.

            One man admitted what he did. The other lied until the National Enquirer tracked him down.

            You’ve just erased whatever credibility you had. The next stunt you pull that even approximates this will be the last.

          • speciallist

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  • dbecraft

    to distance himself from every Democrat that he knows! After all, either they are morally corrupt, or criminally corrupt! Wait for it…it’s coming…

    • olderthangandalf

      I don’t mean to imply that McCain and Edwards are equivalent. I put in my original post that McCain’s youthful actions are long ago and long forgiven by the only one who counts. All the same, I can see in context how it might seem I was trying to say something that was not my intended point.

      The point I was trying to make was this: We don’t do our nominee any favors by building up a topic that will inevitably focus attention on what was not his finest moment. Sure, McCain is not nearly so bad as Edwards, but do we want to spend time explaining that? Or do we want to talk about the kinds of issues McCain talked about in his radio talk?

      • Cowboy
        • dbecraft

          with the corrupt Democrats blooming… Just what is your plan? Condemn all Republican on a few, or condemn all Democrats on a bunch?

          Geez, I hate politics…!!

          • NightTwister

            I’ve been in an echo chamber since the famous one.

          • Rod_Patrick

            gunning his fellow Dems, Edwards has pointed his guns to McCain.

            What a shameless duck! I bet he’s still dreaming of becoming BO’s VP.

          • speciallist

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          • NightTwister

            I think you’ll like it.

  • acarponzo

    Hillary must be seriously wanting to bop Obama’s http://www.bop-o-meter.com on this news. Clearly Edwards made a calculated decision to stay in the race causing her to loose.

    “Bop early and Bop often.” –Alphonso Carponzo

    • Jaded

      twice but to consistantly push the site in every one of your posts is just spamming….cool it.