Sis, your former senator is a scumbag.

Yep.

It doesn’t surprise me he raised money on the eve of dropping out of the race. A man who would try to raise money on the back of his wife’s announcement that her cancer had returned will pretty much say and do anything.

John Edwards made a campaign stop in Tulsa yesterday morning (29 January) where he vowed to stay in the race, emphasizing that it was delegate count, not necessarily primary wins that he was banking on. He reportedly collected a tidy sum from the 750 or so in attendance at his stopover, then headed on to another money-raising event. Of course, those who donated to Edwards’ campaign had to know they were financing what was surely a lost cause, but they are likely miffed that they were told a presidential wannabe fib. I wonder how many of yesterday’s donors have put a stop payment on their checks?

You know, the more I think about Gretchen’s comment, the more pissed off I get. John Edwards was running as the progressive, the man complaining that under George Bush there were “two Americas” for the haves and the have nots, and he portrayed himself as the champion of the poor and the downtrodden — despite clearly living in the wealthy America with his mega-mansion on the hill and his $400 haircuts — yet here he was, at a time when he damned well knew he was going to drop out (his spokesman said that the decision had been taken within the last 48 hours), collecting just a few more bucks from those working people who live in the “other America” that he talks about, but doesn’t inhabit.

Sis, your former senator is a scumbag.

Yet another candidate who is running for Veep spot. I can see the gears, ohhh sorry the gear, in Johnny’s head spinning, “who is going to offer the Veep to me, get’s my support”.

Well, you’ve got to wonder: which remaining candidate would want him? After all, he proved his value as John Kerry’s running mate by losing his home state.

Democrat John Edwards is exiting the presidential race Wednesday, ending a scrappy underdog bid in which he steered his rivals toward progressive ideals while grappling with family hardship that roused voters’ sympathies but never diverted his campaign, The Associated Press has learned.

Nice to see the AP hasn’t lost its taste for advocacy journalism. ‘Progressive ideals’? Like what? Putting a lid on free speech? Raising taxes on those who work the hardest? Sucking the money out of the medical professions for more embryo channeling?

And ’scrappy’? Were they watching the same candidate as the rest of us?

The former North Carolina senator will not immediately endorse either candidate

Yet another candidate who is running for Veep spot. I can see the gears, ohhh sorry the gear, in Johnny’s head spinning, “who is going to offer the Veep to me, get’s my support”.

Also, how corny that he went all the way back to New Orleans to say Buh Bye. I am sorry but this guy is so programmed and polished that he should think about living in Hollywood. – Lorica

(T)he Breck Girl is throwing in the moist towlette today.