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Saturday, August 9, 2008

The Edwards-Obama Question: Will John Edwards' Affair & Lies Taint Barack Obama & the Democratic Love Fest?

Admittedly, Democratic presumptive presidential nominee Barack Obama is "Mr. Slick" His Teflon rating is of a factor that's pretty much impossible to calculate in normal, rational, political terms. Perhaps one joke making the rounds sums it up the best: "Why did Barack Obama really go to Jerusalem? He wanted to see the manger where he was born."

Political joking aside, the John Edwards-Rielle Hunter affair and Edwards' year of lies are serious. At one point, he was one of the most likely, if not the most likely, pick to run with Obama as vice-president. Edwards had already run before, on the failed John Kerry ticket. Clearly, he's a Democratic party leader.

The Edwards affair could be an albatross not only for the Democratic party, but for Obama as well. Edwards is high on Obama; Obama's been high on Edwards, too--once their primary competition was over.

Democratic strategist Jenny Backus has termed Edwards a "good populist voice who can.....help sell Barack Obama." Obama, citing Edwards' "creditablity," said "I have no doubt that John Edwards can be extremely helpful to us....in every demographic."

North Carolina Residents React to Edwards Affair, Lies

The John Edwards Video They Tried to Suppress

Now that Barack Obama favorite John Edwards, a Demcratic party stalwart, has finally 'fessed up to his affair with Rielle Hunter, the videos produced by Hunter must be seen. Those videos were originally yanked by the Edwards camp.

But someone had copies, and they re-surfaced. Watch and you'll see Edwards in full rut, eyes, body language, speech betraying the attraction and affair.

And, Edwards gives his opinon of the "tabloid trash that's full of lies." So, if Edwards lied repeatedly, then does that make him tabloid trash? Interesting question, isn't it?

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

As Super Tuesday Looms, Edwards Drops Out, Scoreboard Standings

Not surprisingly, John Edwards is dropping out of the presidential race. His official announcement will take place in New Orleans this afternoon.

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Clinton vs. Obama: Race Gets Bitter & Personal

The award for best comment goes to John Edwards.

Thursday, January 10, 2008

John Kerry Endorses Barack Obama, Political Slap in the Face to Former Running Mate John Edwards

Happier days: 2004 Running Mates Edwards and Kerry

Apparently, breaking up isn't so hard to do. Welcome to the Democratic Party's "eat your own" buffet.

Oh yes, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson dropped out of the Democratic run for the White House. This is kind of non-news as he never was really in it.

The Peanut Man

The morning is cool, a mist rising off the land. Just past dawn, still sleepy. But you're moving on down the road anyway.

There, under the trees, steam rising from the boiling pot, blending into the wisps of fog. The peanut man.

With the sun still barely tipping over the rounded earth, and the early morning cries of birds, the crossroads up ahead, you think: what did Robert Johnson first see when he met up with the devil? The fire glows hot as the peanut man smiles, chanting "hot boiled peanuts, fresh, sack 'em up. Hot boiled peanuts."

He hands you the sack, wet, hot, tempting with the fullness of hot boiled peanuts. You both smile, changing your money, fragile slip of paper, for what he has to offer: heat, a crunch, a taste like no other, the peanut, extraordinary food.

You hop back in your car. If you're smart, you find plenty of towels, paper or otherwise. Peanut bag goes in your lap, warming you.

Scoop out a hot boiled peanut. Here's where the juice begins, for real. If you know hot boiled peanuts, you don't crack open the peanut and transfer the meat to your mouth.

No, put the peanut in your mouth. Bite down. The warm, salty water, rich with the taste of peanut rushes across your tongue.

Lap your tongue around the peanut and shell. Suck. This is what life tastes like, meaty, salty, and warm, rich.

Remove peanut and shell, extract peanut. Toss shell somewhere. Return peanut, bare, naked, to your mouth. Taste it fully as you chew, the earthy taste of the simple peanut. Packed with protein, served with panache in that cradling shell, the peanut is about as good as it gets in the simple goodness of life.

If you've found a peanut, a whole bag of hot boiled peanuts, you've found food, warmth, sustenance, an entire culture, and something to muse about as you journey on.

Not to mention peanut shells to throw at your brother or buddy. Doesn't matter. The essence is the peanut, rich, rolling in the currents of history, from the Delta to the dawn of a new techno-millenium.

Brother Peanut is going along for the ride. And the peanut man, he'll always be out there, somewhere. No matter how long or hard the trip, suddenly, you round a curve, and there he is, smiling over his pot.

I Found A Peanut