Hamsher: "Edwards appears to be openly courting the Lestor Maddox brigade in some new reverse Southern Strategy."
You know, I'd been wondering just how full of shit Hamsher was, and now I know: completely. I mean, what the fuck?
As for this
John Edwards is going to run for President, and if he does not start to make a case for why he is a different type of candidate, he will not even make a dent in the field.
Yeah. Right now, he's just like every other 2008 candidate who's promoting unionization, working to pass minimum wage initiatives, and talking about poverty.
And there are tons of those, aren't there?
So people should support him just because he talks a good game on one set of issues? I don't think so.
What, we're all just fighting each other for our pet candidates? Well, that will sure make for a united netroots in 2008.
I don't see Drew saying you should support Edwards at all. I see him pointing out a little BS going down in a blogosphere that at times seems to have developed its own Beltway mentality.
If, as Kos says, "it's all about winning," we'll win all right. That's how the Republicans got there. But if we forget how to be fair-minded and assess things like real people rather than political strategists, we will have become exactly what we're fighting against.
John McCain is not pro-choice!
Amen, Drew. I had the same reaction.
