Edwards pics by Annie Leibovitz plus more

Who knew there was a mens vogue and it has political stuff. Nine pics of
Edwards taken by Annie Leibovitz just scroll through 1-9 on top of pic
http://www.mensvogue.com/business/slideshows/2007/06/john_edwards

An article on Edwards
http://www.mensvogue.com/business/politics/feature/articles/2007/06/john_edwards

And an article on Mudcat Saunders talking about himself and Edwards
http://www.mensvogue.com/business/politics/interviews/articles/2007/06/david_mudcat_saunders
Which has absolutely terrific quotes from Mudcat

"MEN'S VOGUE: Some people give Edwards grief because he's rich and he
wants to talk about the poor.

SAUNDERS: Oh, I've gotten that for sure. It's like Harry Truman said,
The president of the United States is the lobbyist for the regular
people." It drives me berserk when someone says that Johnny's a wuss
or something. Let me tell you something, John Edwards is one tough son
of a bitch.

MEN'S VOGUE: Did you have a fight with him or something?

SAUNDERS: No, I just know him. Look at his track record. He's born
poor as a church mouse. And his dad works up a little bit so by the
time he gets out of school, he's pretty much middle class even though
he didn't have much. So he decides he's going to earn a football
scholarship at Clemson University, so he goes down there and he's one
of these Rudy guys and he gets the absolute dog crap beat out of him.
The guy is quicker than a hiccup, he really is, but he weighed a
hundred and nothing and they beat the hell out of him. And he did that
for a year, and at the end of the year they said no scholarship is
coming, so he transferred to NC State. Then he starts his career as a
trial lawyer and he immediately takes on the biggest, toughest,
baddest legal firms in America and whips their asses taking up for
little people. You don't do that unless you're tough. And I will say
this: I'd hate to fight him cause you'd have to kill him, because he
would fight you to the last second. I want that toughness in my
president, because we can't win on a freakin' haircut."


You gotta love a guy named Mudcat.

zalinda

For this snark, you might want him naked curled up next to Yoko Ono.

One time, I tried to buy a house designed by Andrew Lloyd Weber.

It sounded good over the phone, though.

:rofl:

...especially love the first and last one ~ thanks for posting!

I converted #9 to b/w and printed it, and it's now pinned to my inspirational cube wall... along with Newman/Ross/Redford in costume, a beautiful shot of the young Coretta kissing a smiling MLK Jr., Keillor, Ivins, Lennon, CSN&Y, Mickey and Roger, Clinton meeting JFK, Al Gore (of course), and Johnny Depp. A motley crew, but when I'm stuck for words, I can always look at one of them and get over the block.

Thanks to OP.

Johnny Depp has no idea how lucky he is!

There's one thing different from last primary season, none of those this time--thank the gods!

Julie

He was on the cover with a dog a few months ago. I have the issue around here somewhere.

SAUNDERS: No, I just know him. Look at his track record. He's born
poor as a church mouse. And his dad works up a little bit so by the
time he gets out of school, he's pretty much middle class even though
he didn't have much. So he decides he's going to earn a football
scholarship at Clemson University, so he goes down there and he's one
of these Rudy guys and he gets the absolute dog crap beat out of him.
The guy is quicker than a hiccup, he really is, but he weighed a
hundred and nothing and they beat the hell out of him. And he did that
for a year, and at the end of the year they said no scholarship is
coming, so he transferred to NC State. Then he starts his career as a
trial lawyer and he immediately takes on the biggest, toughest,
baddest legal firms in America and whips their asses taking up for
little people. You don't do that unless you're tough. And I will say
this: I'd hate to fight him cause you'd have to kill him, because he
would fight you to the last second. I want that toughness in my
president, because we can't win on a freakin' haircut."

Awesome, absolutely awesome.

I should have taken a pic of it. He was right in front of me.

Thanks!

:hi:

Thanks for sharing. :hi:

thanks.

Good looking family.

rebuild America. Imagine Bush doing carpenters work on your house! :-o

You said, "Imagine Bush"!

Edwards instead, trouble ;-)

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

of Bush awkwardly holding a hammer for some photo op, to compare and contrast. I love this picture of John. He looks like he actually knows what he's doing.

Is checked and trimmed beforehand, so as to be guaranteed not to hurt him, I'm sure ;-)
I have no problems imagining Edwards fixing something at home, although I think he'd be even better at fixing politics, big time.

That, and the one where he's sitting in the desk chair.

:shrug:

It will run under the refrigerator.

gul·li·ble /ˈgʌləbəl/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–adjective easily deceived or cheated.

Also, gul·la·ble.


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—Related forms
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adj. Easily deceived or duped.




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1793 (implied in gullibility), earlier cullibility (1728), probably connected to gull, a cant term for "dupe, sucker" (1594), which is of uncertain origin. It is perhaps from the bird (see gull (n.)), or from verb gull "to swallow" (1530, from O.Fr. goule, from L. gula "throat," see gullet); in either case with a sense of "someone who will swallow anything thrown at him." Another possibility is M.E. dial. gull "newly hatched bird" (1382), which is perhaps from O.N. golr "yellow," from the hue of its down.

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adjective
1. naive and easily deceived or tricked; "at that early age she had been gullible and in love"
2. easily tricked because of being too trusting; "gullible tourists taken in by the shell game"

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gullible <ˈgaləbl> adjective

easily tricked or fooled
Example: He is so gullible that he believes everything you tell him. Arabic: سَهْل الإنْخِداع، ساذِج
Chinese (Simplified): 轻信的，易受骗的
Chinese (Traditional): 輕信的，易受騙的
Czech: důvěřivý, naivní
Danish: godtroende
Estonian: kergeusklik
Finnish: herkkäuskoinen
French: crédule
German: leichtgläubig
Greek: εύπιστος
Hungarian: hiszékeny
Icelandic: trúgjarn
Indonesian: mudah ditipu
Italian: credulo, credulone
Japanese: だまされやすい
Korean: 속기 쉬운
Latvian: lētticīgs
Lithuanian: patiklus
Norwegian: godtroende, lett å narre
Polish: łatwowierny
Portuguese (Brazil): crédulo
Portuguese (Portugal): crédulo
Romanian: credul
Russian: легковерный
Slovak: ľahkoverný, naivný
Slovenian: lahkoveren
Spanish: crédulo, simplón
Swedish: lättlurad, lättrogen
Turkish: kolay aldanır, aptal



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No wonder they'll survive us.

Thanks!

I love the ones with the entire family, but this is so touching -

That one in the jeep was unique and the last one of Elizabeth and John is the picture of courage.

Mudcat is one of my favorite guys! K&R

thanks for sharing those

is just absolutely beautiful. I love Elizabeth Edwards.

They are both just about the nicest people you could imagine.

Great pics, thanks. Love the Mudcat interview, too. Thanks for posting this. K&R!

I love this picture!

(On account of the "freakin' haircut", I guess).

Thanks to this thread, that's all changed now.

"SAUNDERS: In 1980, one percent of the people made eight percent of the money, now one percent of the people makes more than 20 percent of the money. Disparity is at an all-time high. And it pisses me off that anytime anybody asks a question about John Edwards and his strong beliefs on economic fairness, everybody talks about how he isn't qualified to talk about it because he has a highfalutin haircut and lives in a high-powered house. What they're saying is only the uneducated can talk about education, only the sick can talk about health care. That's how ludicrous that whole mindset is."

Thanks for the links.

Very nice intimate shots. I like the one with everyone's hair blowing in the breeze the best.

Leibovitz always amazes me. I mean, John and his family are lovely people, but it's like Annie catches as much emotion in a frame as she does shade and texture. Amazing. I adore the last pic, "Lean on me."

The pictures of him in New Orleans is dear to me - lived there from 1989 to 2002, met and married Mr. WFH and had first child there. New Orleans will always hold a deep and special place in my heart and to have John Edwards there, helping to rebuild, to announce his bid for the presidency from the ninth ward and to continue to shine a spotlight on the gross injustice of the treatment and recovery effort - well, let's just say, Edwards is my pick to lead this country.

And Mudcat is da man!

Thanks for the links and the article.