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beaconess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 10:05 PM Original message |
I love John Edwards, but he needs to either have a better example of what it was like to be poor or |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. He Grew Up Solidly Middle Class |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 11:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
45. Poverty is a relative thing. |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 03:28 PM Response to Reply #45 |
80. Wise post n/t |
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montanacowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. I too felt it was very odd |
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beaconess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 10:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. So I wasn't the only one |
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DangerDave921 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 11:34 AM Response to Reply #5 |
75. Me Too |
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GreenArrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 10:44 AM Response to Reply #2 |
91. it wasn't too off the wall |
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beaconess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 11:32 AM Response to Reply #91 |
92. That context is totally different - and makes sense. But not the way he used it the other night |
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GreenArrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 12:21 PM Response to Reply #92 |
93. hmmm...I'm not sure that the context is appreciably |
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Me. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. Totally |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
4. if you are truly poor |
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mbali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 10:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I'm not even close to being poor, but have walked out of restaurants after seeing the menu |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 10:20 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. I do the same thing! |
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CarolNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 10:16 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. True... |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
8. I understand John, because growing in solid middle class household |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 07:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
98. SPAM |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
9. I saw that on Hardball, and I did ask myself why would one so poor |
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beaconess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 10:20 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I think it would never occur to a really poor family to even GO to a restaurant. nt |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 10:20 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Exactly. |
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CarolNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 10:23 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Exactly.... |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 10:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Well, my hubby grew up in the East Oakland Projects (california) |
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Virginian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 01:30 AM Response to Reply #16 |
64. The price would depend on the restaurant. |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 10:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. We cannot decide on who is middle class much |
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Cameron27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 10:33 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. But apparently he said he was poor, |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 11:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
46. You don't have to be homeless to be poor. |
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Cameron27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 11:42 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. I'm not saying that, |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 11:01 AM Response to Reply #48 |
74. Whether you are poor does not depend just on what you have |
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Cameron27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 02:40 PM Response to Reply #74 |
79. I'm not disagreeing with you, |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 12:13 AM Response to Reply #79 |
87. The many people who lack the savings or assets |
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beaconess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 09:41 AM Response to Reply #87 |
90. Almost poor or on the bring of being poor or one illness away from being poor isn't poor n/t |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 09:51 PM Response to Reply #90 |
103. Take it from one who has worked with utterly destitute, |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
13. I saw that too and was not impressed with his ability to really engage on that question... |
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Robson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
17. I like Edwards too |
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beaconess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 10:36 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. I don't have a problem with his lifestyle |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 10:42 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. I agree that his "richness" doesn't necessarily gauge what he might do about poverty....... |
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beaconess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 10:44 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. I agree - instead of talking about his own experiences, it would have been |
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Robson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 11:10 PM Response to Reply #30 |
41. We need a populist politician |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
18. I'm sure the embarrassment was very real to a kid. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 10:35 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Or looking towards a school cafeteria meal with your free lunch tickets, |
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beaconess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 10:38 PM Original message |
It must have been humiliating - and very hard to see his father in that situation |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 10:38 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. I remember |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:09 AM Response to Reply #25 |
56. * |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 08:23 PM Response to Reply #25 |
102. Ohhh.... |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
19. That's not poor. That's "we made ends meet, but didn't have money for the little extras |
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eggman67 (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
20. I'm guessing he never had to eat "Gubmint Cheese" |
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illinoisprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
24. Edwards was from struggling Middle Class. But, I honestly do not know |
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beaconess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
26. Transcript |
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tkmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
27. Edwards NEVER claimed to be poor. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 11:00 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. Well I know that he has introduced himself many times as |
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tired_old_fireman (323 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
29. What difference does it make? |
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beaconess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 10:48 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. I never said he wasn't poor enough to talk about poverty - just that he wasn't poor enough to claim |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
31. That was an excellent interview. |
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beaconess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 10:50 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. You clearly have completely missed my point - or didn't read my post |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 10:56 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. 2003 redux |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 11:06 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. You know, I can't believe you are missing the vitriol here. |
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beaconess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 11:09 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. How is "I love John Edwards but wish he hadn't said this" qualify as "vitriol/antagonism/attack?" |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 11:15 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Read my post. I was speaking of tone. Take a look around here. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 11:12 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. This was not vitriol |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 11:16 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Then you did read my post.... and you saw I was speaking of the board in gerneral. |
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zalinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 11:45 PM Response to Reply #34 |
49. Being poor is different to every person |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 11:57 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. If most people can relate to a financial scenario |
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freesqueeze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
36. He was closer to true poverty at birth.... |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 11:08 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. You may have a point.....but we were discussing the question that he was asked |
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Bread and Circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
38. I got roasted for this before, but being some who has really gone |
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Apollo11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 03:01 AM Response to Reply #38 |
67. Don't be sad |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
47. I have a feeling that story resonates with more people than you think. |
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beaconess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 11:48 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. The story is a very compelling one - but it should not be used to answer the question |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:16 AM Response to Reply #50 |
57. I think it was an honest answer. |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
51. Middle class?? |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 05:15 AM Response to Reply #51 |
69. Uh... |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 04:02 PM Response to Reply #69 |
82. spun hit piece - |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
52. Relative poverty has been proven more deleterious |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:00 AM Response to Reply #52 |
54. A poor kid |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:02 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. And a more illustrative incident of the day-to-day shame would be... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:17 AM Response to Reply #55 |
58. Not to me |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 09:05 AM Response to Reply #58 |
73. There are many different types of poverty |
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tired_old_fireman (323 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:22 AM Response to Reply #54 |
59. I'm assuming you were poor |
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beaconess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:30 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. My father often says, "We weren't poor. We just didn't have any money!" nt |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:35 AM Response to Reply #59 |
61. See, I did |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:59 AM Response to Reply #61 |
62. I don't know if kids automatically know they are poor. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 01:06 AM Response to Reply #62 |
63. They know |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 01:54 AM Response to Reply #63 |
65. It's amazing how some peoples support of a particular candidate... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 02:42 AM Response to Reply #65 |
66. You're the one that needs to believe |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 04:02 AM Response to Reply #65 |
68. I didn't realize that Kucinich and Obama were born with Silver spoons in their mouths? |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:20 PM Response to Reply #68 |
76. Good job putting words in my mouth. |
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beaconess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 07:24 AM Response to Reply #62 |
70. Perhaps the problem some have here is that the story indicates the Edwardses had disposable income - |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 08:13 PM Response to Reply #70 |
101. Poverty in the U.S. is not what you describe |
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beaconess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 09:14 AM Response to Reply #101 |
106. John Edwards was equating his father thinking he could afford to pay the prices in this restaurant |
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zalinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 08:51 AM Response to Reply #61 |
71. While you are saving money for that special treat |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 09:01 AM Response to Reply #71 |
72. Really? Sorry, but each time he has been talking about the poverty he has lived thru, |
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zalinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 11:26 PM Response to Reply #72 |
86. I'm sure that when you were growing up |
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Adelante (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 09:10 AM Response to Reply #86 |
89. I certainly knew I was poor as a kid |
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zalinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 01:18 PM Response to Reply #89 |
96. Sorry, but I lived pretty much like you did. |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 12:29 PM Response to Reply #86 |
95. because Edwards did live through what you are describing(food basket, govt food)? |
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jmp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
77. I thought the same thing. |
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beaconess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 02:33 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. John Edwards comments in 2004 . . . |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
81. Nonsense----You can be poor and eat out |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 04:04 PM Response to Reply #81 |
83. Poor people have "a few extra bucks"? NT |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 07:32 PM Response to Reply #83 |
84. Yes, they do |
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beaconess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 07:58 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. That's not what John Edwards has been talking about |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 07:53 PM Response to Reply #85 |
99. My friend fits Edwards description |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 08:11 AM Response to Original message |
88. It's ok for him not to have been poor when he was young. |
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LordJFT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 07:24 PM Response to Reply #88 |
97. Thankyou |
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The Count (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 10:58 PM Response to Reply #97 |
105. That being said, the pretense of personal experience is ridiculous and repugnant. |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
94. I agree with the OP. The same thing struck me. |
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calteacherguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
100. What disgusting pandering to suggest his family was poor. |
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The Count (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
104. Reminds me of the Monty Python's sketch - The Four Yorkshire Men |
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RFKJr4PRES (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
107. Good point OP! |
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