There's a special room in Hell reserved for this creep. ************************************************************************ Right Wing Mike
http://www.cafepress.com/rightwingmike Bigfoot Hates Obama http://www.cafepress.com/rightwingmike/5690856 I Wish Hillary had married OJ http://www.cafepress.com/rightwingmike/4236924 --- On Sun, 8/10/08, Bob Calco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Bob Calco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [OT] The Rise and Fall of John Edwards > To: "'ProFox Email List'" <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, August 10, 2008, 10:55 PM > I know Kristyne as officially chucked Edwards into the > ashbin of history, > but here is some more information to make you thankful he > and Kerry didn't > win in 2004...and food for thought about the current > "rock star" candidate: > > - - - > When veteran Democratic strategist Bob Shrum first met John > Edwards in 1997, > he saw in the accomplished trial lawyer a raw political > talent. > > "I called my partners and said. 'I think I just > met a future president of > the United States,'" Shrum recalls. > > ... > > In 2003, he mounted his first campaign for president. A > strong showing > earned him a spot as Kerry's running mate in 2004. > > Shrum, then a Kerry advisor, said in a 2007 book that Kerry > had qualms. > Edwards, he wrote, told Kerry he was going to confide > something he'd never > told a soul: that after his son Wade had died, "he > climbed onto the slab at > the funeral home, laid there and hugged his body, and > promised that he'd do > all he could to make life better for people, to live up to > Wade's ideals of > service . > > "Kerry was stunned, not moved," Shrum wrote. > "As he told me later, Edwards > had recounted the exact story to him, almost in the exact > same words, a year > or two before - and with the same preface, that he'd > never shared the memory > with anyone else." > > "I believe he gave into a very human tendency," > Shrum says. "He wanted to be > vice president and said what he had to." > > ... > > "I went from being a senator, a young senator, to > being considered for vice > president, running for president, being a vice presidential > candidate and > becoming a national public figure," he told ABC's > "Nightline" on Friday. > "All of which fed a self-focus, an egotism, a > narcissism that leads you to > believe that you can do whatever you want. You're > invincible. And there will > be no consequences." > - - - > > Nevertheless, Lurch picked this guy for his running > mate---a consequence of > an even worse judgment: hiring Bob Shrum. > > That twice-told story about hugging his dead son's > cadaver and promising to > be a crusader for a better world to it is beyond creepy... > and the fact that > all this did was give Lurch some abstract > "qualms" stuns even me. > > BTW, I see the Obamessiah getting no less completely full > of himself. His > fall will be even sadder to watch; I just hope it happens, > as it did with > Edwards, out of office. > > - Bob > > > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/%(listmsgid)s > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are > the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or > medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for > those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/%(listmsgid)s ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
