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Kerry people. It is my belief based on my observation during this primary campaign that after the 2004 campaign, Edwards decided to either be his own man or nothing. That is why he is speaking from his heart.
Edwards spent the past four years studying and working and preparing for this campaign. He is a far better candidate than he was in 2004. He will win in 2008 if we give him a chance. And he will bring change if he wins.
Hillary will not bring change. She is Republican lite. She is still a Goldwater girl in her heart. And she has a very bad temper and shows it when she is angry. That has been one of Bush's worst problems. When he gets into a huff, he not only becomes unreasonable but seeks revenge and worst of all becomes very vulnerable to the manipulations of Dick Cheney. I'm not sure how Hillary's excessively hot temper will manifest itself if she is elected, but it will, and the results will not be positive for the American. Anger can be a good thing. FDR became very angry and his anger energized not only him but the entire American people to win WWII. It's a matter of whether the angry person can control the anger and focus it for the good and whether, after the person is angry, he or she can recognize that he or she has been motivated by anger, step back, take a deep breath and return to a more balanced view of whatever is causing the anger. It takes a lot of self-knowledge. Some people come by that self-knowledge naturally. Some people need help in getting to know themselves.
I'm glad that Hillary was put under some pressure last night. I think we saw just how paralyzed and confused she becomes by her anger when under stress. Bill Clinton did not react that way. That was one of the strengths of his presidency. That is how he survived the Monica Lewinsky scandal and impeachment. He fought back, but he did not lose his cool. We need a president who does not lose reason when angry.
So, please understand. I'm not saying we need a president who never becomes angry. Such a person does not exist. I'm saying we need a president who is cool under pressure. If Hillary had a real sense of humor, real trust in something beyond herself and did not take herself overly seriously, she could have handled the situation last night. But she does not have the innate self-confidence or the trust to be able to really laugh at herself and be gracious when under attack from intellectual opponents. That is a bad trait -- bad in a president, bad in a lawyer, bad in a wife. We have better candidates -- Edwards being the very best in my opinion.
When Edwards gets mad, he focuses on responding to whatever is making him mad. He doesn't necessarily give his sharpest answers at the moment. But watch him, if someone says something that makes him mad, he responds, maybe a little later, with some positive information or some light acknowledgment that maybe he was wrong or foolish. For example, with the YouTube video making fun of him combing his hair over and over, he responded with his own Hair video. He had fun with it. And with criticisms of his expensive house, he admitted honestly that he is extremely wealthy and that he feels fortunate to have made so much money and wants to make sure others have the same opportunities to develop and educate themselves and have good lives that he has had. He responded to each jab intended to disable him in a healthy way. Hillary can't do that. She is truly brittle and bitter. She would not make a good candidate.
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