Responses

Who is John Edwards? A disingenuous, unaccomplished liberal and friend to personal injury trial lawyers.

--Republican National Committee response to Kerry's VP pick

You notice that "liberal" is still a bad word. (Why that continues to surprise me I'm not quite sure.) And the use of "disingenuous" there just cracks me up.


Ooh, this is good. E.J.Dionne in the WP (via Atrios) with a perfect rebuttal to the "Edwards is too inexperienced" nonsense:

When you hear Republicans disparage Sen. John Edwards's lack of experience, remember the words of Sen. Orrin Hatch, spoken to George W. Bush at a debate on Dec. 6, 1999.

"You've been a great governor," Hatch declared of his rival for the Republican presidential nomination. "My only problem with you, governor, is that you've only had four and going into your fifth year of governorship. . . . Frankly, I really believe that you need more experience before you become president of the United States. That's why I'm thinking of you as a vice presidential candidate."

Which is exactly what Edwards was chosen for yesterday.

Also, here's an interesting NYT editorial on Edwards' effect on the race. (found via pandagon.net)


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Oh yeah, and did you know there's a new War on Pornography?

The parties are unsure at this point what their effort will entail. But Rep. Chris Cannon, R-Utah, said that extraordinary steps must be taken to stop "an onslaught unlike any other in the history of the world."

(This one found via BoingBoing.net)