Pots and Kettles
Well, it took the Republican party all of about three minutes to start slinging mud at Senator John Edwards. And what mud they have to sling. The most interesting charges are that Edwards is disingenuous and inexperienced. If those are such liabilities, why should Bush get another crack at the White House? It's important to remember that these charges are being levied by a party that ran W. as a unifying moderate. They then claimed that his inexperience didn't matter because he would surround himself with great advisors. Well, we all know how completely disingenuous W's campaign was. He has been an extreme right dangerous lunatic who has further polarized not just America, but the world. As for those advisors, that would be people like Donald 'Why plan for after the fall of Baghdad' Rumsfeld, Condi 'I'm a Russia expert, but let me tell you about how Saddam is responsible for 9/11' Rice, and John 'Civil rights are undermining America' Ashcroft. Well, W. did appoint one good advisor, Colin Powell, who he then allowed to be marginalized and ignored.
So, we are supposed to worry about Edwards being inexperienced or possibly disingenuous? How much harm could he do? He's running to replace an administration that has alienated our friends, invigorated our enemies, undermined our security, and assaulted our civil liberties. While at the same time doing nothing for our economy beyond funneling massive tax cuts to the rich. It won't take much to improve on that record.
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