Posted by
Roxanna M. on Tuesday, March 27, 2007 9:32:41 AM
Did you catch that drivel by the Edwards Sunday night? He wants to run because he has a responsibility to this country? She wants him to run because she doesn't want her legacy to be that she removed this "fine man from the possibility of giving a great service." What rot!
He has the financial ability to be with his wife and provide her with the best treatment possible, to be with his children, and he chooses something else. After all, his 8- and 6-year old "baby birds" need to "start learning to fly."
He says he doesn't want the sympathy vote. Tripe! He's counting on it. Can't you just see it now:
"My wife, Elizabeth, can't be with us tonight. As you know, she has cancer and it's incurable. It's her desire that I be here tonight. She wants more than anything for me to be President of the United States. Wouldn't that be a fine legacy for my dying wife? Can you, will you help me fulfill my dying wife's last request?"
Okay, he won't use these exact words. It won't be necessary. He's already said them a different way.
John Edwards had a choice to make, and he didn't choose the woman he swore to love and cherish above all else. All the fancy words won't change that fact. Putting a tiara on a pig doesn't make it the homecoming queen.
There are other ways to serve. I don't know, but how many of his millions has he given to worthwhile causes? Does he really need that big new mansion? Millions of people in this country serve. They do it in their everyday lives and don't make a big show about it. They do what they can to make their little corner of the world a better place for those around them.
Does John Edwards really want to serve or does he just want to be the Most Powerful Man in the World?