Why John Edwards Cannot Lead the Democrattic Ticket

The interview shown in this video is from May 07'

George Stephanapolous holds Edwards feet to the fire pointing out his admitted mistakes made while a Senator.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADwjvAs9J-0

Stephanapolous interviewed Edwards this morning. Transcripts not up yet, but here is a sampling of the question he asked Edwards...:



Edwards seemed to get frustrated and sounded angry but theres more..



Edwards looked like THE BIGGEST DOUBLE TALKER in US POLITICS….Which is ironic because he is the ONE that DEMANDS a SIMPLE yes or no answer

though they both have their flaws.

your comment doesn't reflect your intellect.

I have heard painful and/or contradictory and or/ stupid statements from every single Democratic candidate.

The GOP would destroy Edwards, totally and utterly destroy, him.
At least the Duke delivered his home state - that's more than anyone could expect from Edwards.

In the interview with George, Edwards transparently double talked his responses avoiding at all costs giving George a straight answer. The "I can't hear you" distractions were really lame. George did a commendable job bringing him back to point.

stephanopolous is a tool. how quickly they change. he used to work for bill clinton. now he's a tool.

apparently John Edwards has something to hide...GUILT- maybe?

When the abc video is available anyone can post it..

Will also wait for the utube version's availability..

Stephanapolous asks a question ...Edwards doesn't do well when faced with his own words put back in his face.

all of those questions. Nothing there that was impossible.

GS asks Edwards questions demonstrating how Edwards has HURT the people with his voting YES on the Bankruptcy Vote and YES to storage of Nuclear Waste at Yucca Mountain in Nevada..

Convince me Edwards is good for the people not politically expedient?

Just reviewed the video.

Edwards is a master at not answering a direct question and the self-deprecation is astoundingly phony.

As far as I know, he's never supported torture.

Except for Gravel, Edwards is the only one who has never visited the troops. I did a cursory search and couldn't find any evidence of Edwards visiting the troops. Is this possible, Edwards has never gone to Iraq during 2 presidential campaigns?

I'm almost shocked I'm saying this. A year ago I would have said no way to another rich white guy. But I just don't trust Clinton. Not at all. She's totally in the pocket of big business, be it defense, insurance, health care, agri, whatever. She's a corporate whore and she'll just bring us more of the same that BushCo has given us. Obama is not presidential material -- yet. A fine man, but needs to work on it a bit more. Edwards is the next best choice, since DK has not chance in hell.

Oh, and for those already starting to offer alternatives...Biden and Dodd and those guys are about as likely as Kucinich. They're old school, been in this forever, and American isn't looking for insiders now. America is in a throw-the-bums out mood, and whatever their attributes might be, integrity and leadership are not the first things that come to mind when people think of either of them.

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I agree with your statement. I had a much different opinion last year.

I was even thinking seriously for RP after Dennis shot himself in the foot last week, but I think with more support we can advance Edwards position further.

his desperate attacks against Clinton have not helped him to move his message across...unless his only message is that he hates Clinton.

A key statement that I also heard him say in the debate is that when the everything is over, he and Hillary will be OK. He said what matters is the American people. I have listened to many of the videos available at his website. I believe that what is important to Edwards is that this campaign reveal the truth about all the candidates including himself. The Bush administration has been so dishonest. It has so cleverly manipulated the American people's hopes and desires. Edwards is refreshing. I do not have the feeling that he is willing to be dishonest to win. Whether candidates contradict previous stands, whether they change their minds is relevant to me only if the change of mind is calculated to win votes and is not a genuine change of opinion based on learning new facts or based on seeing facts in a new light. I believe that Edwards wants to win, but I do not think that, this time around, he is willing to compromise his integrity to win.

I have the impression that, to the contrary, Hillary wants to win at any cost. She feels she should be president, that she is entitled to be president, just as she was entitled to be first in he class in college. She is offended that others do not see her as the heir apparent to the presidency. Her attitude offends me. I believe that Edwards is sincerely asking the American people to take his measure and decide for themselves whether he should be president. I happen to think he should be. I do not think Hillary should be president. She is too easily peeved. We do not need another president with a bad temper.

Edwards is a litigator. He knows how to express his ideas and himself powerfully. But, trust me, he has won and lost lots of arguments, lots of motions, probably even cases. He is not a person who gets angry when put on the spot by an interviewer. I thought he handled Stephanopoulus's tough questions very well. And I think that all of the candidates should face tough questions. This election is too important to soft pedal the questions for any candidate. I really appreciated Stephanopoulus's approach. It gave Edwards the opportunity to show his courage and his honesty in the face of criticism. Stephanopoulus did a favor to Edwards. I suspect that was not the intention of Stephanopoulus, a former Clinton employee. I suspect that Stephanopoulus hoped to trip Edwards up. It is hard to trip up an honest man. And Edwards may change his mind, but he is honest. By "honest," I mean that he speaks from his heart. He is not tailoring what he says to please the audience of the moment.

he`s not going to win the nomination so why would anyone care? he`s polling so low now there`s no way he could over take the hillary lead

And just because of the reason you mentioned. Edwards numbers are so low no one is even looking at what he's saying. Edwards sitting in front of someone in actual command of the facts and proof of Edwards former positions and statement certainly has made a case for a reassessment of St. John calling for Clinton's Honesty, Integrity and the Truth. Who, after tear down in the HOT SEAT is in no position to be pointing fingers at anyone.

This is called in ordinary terms...John Edwards is a hypocrite making hypocritical statements.

...And Hillary fell on her face with all the double talk!!

Why is the sampling of the questions he asked Senator Edwards "proof" that Edwards can't lead the ticket?

Oh wait, it's not.

Your OP headline is a little misleading. Because when I clicked on it all I saw was a cheap attempt at gaining reaction from the Edwards supporters.

OPer, is that all you're good for? Flame bait over substance?

All sizzle but no steak? Thought so....

The highpoint of his campaign is only falling back two points after his "triumph"?

He tries to elicit sympathy from anyone listening to him explaining how much he cares about people. As Mr.Goodguy, lobbys the jury for a nice big settlement for his client...(of which he is 30% partner) As part of that Jury, I say, too many holes in your story, Mr. Edwards...I'm not buying what you're selling!

How does this thread prove that Edwards can't lead the national ticket?

It doesn't. Because he can. And he's more electable than Senator Clinton.

I think Edwards did a great job answering tough questions in the video you linked to. Is there another video?

You're so enamoured of HRC, I guess you can't watch ANY thing of Edwards or any other candidate without projecting your own feelings on them. Edwards was not frustrated or angry. And he did a fine job answering Stephy's questions.

You give all the questions, and no answers, then claim he is equivocating.

:eyes:

Unlike Hillary, he has a clear and direct message -- and one that fits the times.

He also has the ability to actually answer a question, while also acknowledging the complexities in a straightforward way.

...but something happened to him since then. I think he sold out. After he left the senate, he took that “part-time” senior advisory position with that hedge fund firm, he co-sponsored Lieberman’s IWR...and then he bought that BIG HOUSE. ...Where does he get that kind of money? He’s an ex-senator and as far as I know, hasn’t worked as a lawyer in ages. ...Something’s fishy with him. Maybe he came into an inheritance, I’m sure someone will set me straight.

He made a fortune as a lawyer before his 2004 run and then doubled it in investments since his 2004 run. There is no mystery about where his money comes from.

then. He invested his money wisely, that is all. The only thing that is new is the hedge-fund firm in which he learned about poverty.

Not trying to defend or attack Edwards here. It is just that he has not changed except in his campaigning: in 04, he led a campaign that was positive, he is more like an attack these days.

Imagine that? :eyes:

from your pathetic posting of the hair video, to your wish that Edwards was as duplicitous and confused as your girl. He's not.

He will get the nomination, and HRC will go back to the Senate and 'bloviate' for the next 20 years, trying to pad the pockets of her pals, and pining for the days when she mattered. she is roundly disliked by people from every single part of the political spectrum, because she is not honest.

face it.

Edwards blew the lid on HRC's faux sincerity, everyone saw it, everyone commented on it, and it's just too much for you to bear.

Masquerading as impartial interviewing, this is pure urinalism.

the descriptions and excerpt you posted are nowhere in the interview at the link.

Probably not the biggest, but he's certainly no real populist.

The only ones I dislike are the sanctimonious ones...