Comments on: The case against John Edwards

By: Cap'n Rusty

Cap'n Rusty — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 18:10:59 +0000

Wow! There were tax geeks lurking! Thanks, y’all.

By: SteveH

SteveH — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 11:33:00 +0000

“”And being “judgemental” is one of the few sins that liberals abominate. “”

But they have no problem being judgmental of one type person on the planet. A conservative free market person of the white race.

Surely some liberals in their quiet moments must wonder how they’ve been conditioned into this relexive form of masochistic racism. It has to be terrifying for some of them to really examine how their very thoughts are dictated by the simple threat of tribal ridicule.

By: RandomThoughts

RandomThoughts — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 06:06:36 +0000

Southern James, a female relative of mine once admitted that she voted for Bill Clinton because (and I quote) “He has sexy eyes.”

I remember thinking something along the lines of “You make me wish women never gained the right to vote.”

Regarding Edwards, Trimegistus took the words right out of my brain:

Liberals can see the character flaws in an Obama or an Edwards. They just don’t care. Recognizing character flaws means you have to judge that one person is better or worse than another. And being “judgemental” is one of the few sins that liberals abominate.

That we should judge the actions of others and find them to be acceptable or unacceptable is anathema to liberals. And that’s why our society continues to deteriorate morally.

By: texexec

texexec — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 02:47:04 +0000

Liberals put up with the sleaziness, silliness, and stupidity of their leaders because if they used their brains to think things through and reject those “leaders” publicly, their friends would excommunicate them from the “Herd”.

Takes a mighty strong person (like Neo) to leave the Tribe.

By: Webutante

Webutante — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 00:28:53 +0000

Bunny Mellon, 100 year-old widow of Paul who lives in Middleberg, VA, gave a huge amount of money to John Edwards. Turns out the money was used to help pay for his lover and their daughter’s expenses. Bunny did not know how the $$ was going to be used. She is an unindicted co-conspirator in the Edwards’ case, but because of her age, will not be called to testify.

By: southern james

southern james — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 23:54:54 +0000

And based on the solid 40 something percent that is guaranteed to vote for him again, that is apparently all that is needed.

By: br549

br549 — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 23:51:45 +0000

Occam, loved your 06/05 – 2:03 P.M. post.

By: RickZ

RickZ — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 22:16:49 +0000

Jim Miller Says:

Now here’s the part of their thinking that I don’t understand: Did none of them notice that he accomplished absolutely nothing as a US senator? Were [Edwards’] pretty (from their point of view) speeches enough all by themselves?

Worked with Obama, so I’d have to say yes.

By: Jim Miller

Jim Miller — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 21:51:50 +0000

Let’s suppose that you are on the left and you knew about Edwards’ character flaws, but decided to support him anyway because you think he will be a good spokesman for your causes.

(And I suspect some leftists made exactly that calculation.)

I don’t often agree with that kind of argument, but I can understand it.

Now here’s the part of their thinking that I don’t understand: Did none of them notice that he accomplished absolutely nothing as a US senator? Were his pretty (from their point of view) speeches enough all by themselves?

By: Occam's Beard

Occam's Beard — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 20:14:53 +0000

I don’t know much about Gingrich, in candor, but he would seem to be a worthy addition to my list.

It made me almost question for the first time, whether it was a mistake for us to give women the right to vote. (Just kidding).

We’ve discussed this here before, in a semi-jocular fashion. The serious part is that many women apparently conflate sexual attractiveness with leadership ability, and that phenomenon has been instrumental in saddling us with, e.g., JFK and Obama.