John Edwards Running For President

Good luck buddy. Perhaps he hasn't read my article on why him and John Kerry lost in 2004. John Edwards simply has no charisma. He's also very wrong for president for many reasons. Here's a perfect quote "I've learned since the last campaign that it's great to identify a problem ... but the way you change things is by taking action."

Really John? You mean problems just won't go away by themselves? You mean to tell me that you're just NOW learning that you have to face up to your problems? You should have learned that by Kindergarten. You mean to tell me that you're confirming my thoughts that you and John Kerry really didn't have a plan of action but you told the American public that if elected, you would make things better?

This is the problem with the Democratic way of thinking. They love to Monday morning quarterback things and second guess tough decisions made by others, but they don't want to make tough decisions themselves.

A better quote from John Edwards "It would be a huge mistake to put a surge of troops into Iraq," Edwards said on ABC's "Good Morning America. "It sends exactly the wrong signal. We can maximize our chances for success by making clear we are going to leave Iraq and not stay there forever."

Our guys on the ground are asking for more troops. Experts are calling for more troops. Yet, John Edwards seems to know what's best militarily for Iraq? Even his running mate John Kerry foreign policy advisor Rand Beers is quoted that John Kerry "would not rule out the possibility” of sending additional U.S. troops to Iraq.

Then there's the well intentioned but laughable without a plan "Guaranteeing health care for every single American". How are you planning on paying for that John? Doctors aren't cheap. There's a reason for that. They go to school for a VERY long time and spend upwards of $250,000+ on education. Do you think that they are all of a sudden going to work for $10 an hour? Do you think that the hundreds of millions of dollars that goes into researching new drugs and treatments don't need to be paid back into the R&D budget for pharmaceutical companies? I don't know about you, but I want a doctor who makes a lot of money treating me. I want him to be the best in his field. My health is very important to me and I don't want some med school dropout working on me.

Then there's the usual "Strengthening our middle class and ending the shame of poverty," "Leading the fight against global warming," and "Getting America and the world to break our addiction to oil." promises that most politicians promise. Tell me John, where's your plan of action on these items? I want to hear some concrete ideas coming from the Democrats, not some pointless finger pointing and empty promises.

When George W. Bush pushed for tax cuts, I got more money in my pocket. What did I do with that extra cash? I paid off debt and bought items. Those items were taxed. That's how the Republican party makes tax cuts and additional income work.

As a side note, let's not end the shame of poverty. It sounds cruel, but hear me out. When I was poor growing up, there was a stigma attached to being poor. I hated it. I busted my ass to make my life better by getting an education, working hard, and making a life for myself. If you say "aww, you poor thing, let's just give you a handout", where's the incentive for that person to make their lives better? If I didn't have to work and could live comfortably with all the latest and greatest goodies, I certainly wouldn't. Sure we can offer job training and low cost services to the poor, and I'm all for that if the person has drive enough to make their lives better. But let's not say that if a person just doesn't want to work because they are lazy and don't want to get a job that they deserve more then a single mother who rides the bus to work and then on to school to make her life better for her and her children.

John Edwards simply isn't the man for the job.

Travis
travis@rightwinglunatic.com