Remember Edwards' house charade was also started by Drudge

Just reminding everyone. They're doing it to Gore now.

This is a snip from "How I Fell For a Right-Wing Smear".

fail to consider the source.

With Hillary, for instance, Drudge would report something like "Hillary takes on video game makers!" when she was handling a minor technical issue on a specific game, or "Hillary supports flag burn ban!" when she was actually trying to head off a flag burning ban. Another tactic is to use old stories to condemn current positions. For instance, early on Hillary condemned Bush for his handling of the Iraq invasion, and like others, criticized him for not sending enough troops. So later, when she said the IWR was a mistake and we needed to start withdrawing troops, Drudge's angle was "Hillary wanted more troops in Iraq, and now flip-flops and wants fewer!"

Then Edwards, Now he's doing it to Gore, again. I'm sure he's aimed at Obama, too.

Read David Brock's book "Blinded by the Right" or the collection of essays in "Into the Buzzsaw" for some insight into how the media operates,

Read critically, especially ANYTHING that attacks ANY Democrat.

But are the facts of the story wrong? The newly built Edwards home is 10,000 square feet. It also has a newly built barn and silo and a heated walkway. Is any of that wrong, in spite of the source?

Gore, at least, has responded, although he does not say what his electric bill and gas bills are. Just curious. He may have huge bills simply by having a huge house, but he can reduce them further by closing off rooms. I only heat about half of my ground floor and don't directly heat my upstairs. I do not know how many people he has at his house though, or how much they use various rooms. I cannot really lecture Gore since I did not clean my furnace filter until after Gore suggested it on Oprah.

The cost of his electric bill is not equal to the amounts of carbon emissions that cause global warming.

His electricity comes from green sources. He buys carbon offsets and his carbon footprint is very low.

Elizabeth Edwards wrote about it. I don't have the link handy but I'm sure you seen it. I'm also sure you believe she was doing it for "PR purposes".

And the Carolina Journal may have started it but it was Drudge who got everyone into a tizzy.

The size of the house, and design were considered no big deal. I did not see anything refuted either about its size or newness. She said something like 'the two Americas is about helping the poor, not restricting the rich'.

That's not PR, but a seemingly poor understanding of our problems. The poor become poor in large part because of the rich grabbing it all so they can build or buy their own McMansions and whatever else their self indulgence is. Plus, they are a little bit late to the CFC party since I have been using them for at least 10 years. But better late than never.

It wasn't someone else's house, was it?