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CTyankee

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22. I don't automaticlly trust someone who calls himself a liberal and speaks eloquently about the poor

Fri Feb 24, 2012, 08:31 AM

Feb 2012

just because he says he does. Not any more. A big part of this was my own desire to have such a candidate. Plus, there was no way I could prove he wasn't sincere. But I shouldn't have been so naive.

I think the effects of this recession however has sobered many of us about what is considered "poor" in this country. Poverty has been ruinous to people's lives. And we are all in this together. I don't think we can think in terms of this half or that half any more. It is the essential point of OWS that has been resonating so strongly in the country: 99% against 1%.

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"All known copies" of John Edwards / Rielle Hunter sex tape to be destroyed [View all] Amerigo Vespucci Feb 2012 OP

Well, this would be the second successful suppression of a known sex tape I know of banned from Kos Feb 2012 #1

To which, 99.99996% of respondents said "thank God", and .00004% said Warren DeMontague Feb 2012 #2

0.00004 of the 1%??? alp227 Feb 2012 #12

I wasn't intending that to be a subjective opinion on porn in general Warren DeMontague Feb 2012 #17

was the tape made with or without his knowledge? grasswire Feb 2012 #3

From what I understood, she was holding the camera with one hand while he MADem Feb 2012 #31

Intimate pictures of Hunter with her daughter??? LiberalEsto Feb 2012 #4

Probably just her breastfeeding. Those are separate from the oral sex video, I would assume. MADem Feb 2012 #32

Who bought off whom on this deal? WTF? CTyankee Feb 2012 #5

I donated to him, indirectly I guess, via the Kerry campaign Amerigo Vespucci Feb 2012 #6

same here. I bought his line about the poor being the other half of America. CTyankee Feb 2012 #7

So now you don't think the poor are the other half of America? JDPriestly Feb 2012 #13

I don't automaticlly trust someone who calls himself a liberal and speaks eloquently about the poor CTyankee Feb 2012 #22

The middle class has been decimated. JDPriestly Feb 2012 #23

Edwards defrauded his supporters. TheWraith Feb 2012 #24

The thing is, I really bought the narrative about how he and Elizabeth were a strong couple and CTyankee Feb 2012 #26

He probably was truly caring and loving and devoted to her. JDPriestly Feb 2012 #27

oh, I know there are plenty of politicians who are unfaithful to their spouses... CTyankee Feb 2012 #28

Pat Schroeder!!!!! MADem Feb 2012 #35

John Ensign, I doubt, takes any comfort in your assertions. MADem Feb 2012 #34

smoove johnny was a fraud, pure and simple.... dionysus Feb 2012 #29

John Edwards was an ambulance chasing lawyer who was a lazy Senator. Great talk, little walk. nt MADem Feb 2012 #33

And he pulled that shit customerserviceguy Feb 2012 #8

my feelings exactly...I was a fool to believe this guy...what happened to the press? Geez... CTyankee Feb 2012 #9

John, I sold my first cello frogmarch Feb 2012 #10

How many frigging copies are there? MrSlayer Feb 2012 #11

John Edwards is a human being. JDPriestly Feb 2012 #14

Which all would have made for an interesting book, Ruby the Liberal Feb 2012 #16

Never let it be said I'm incapable of admitting that I've been wrong Warren DeMontague Feb 2012 #18

I am from MA. My Senator is Kerry. That said, I really preferred Dean. MADem Feb 2012 #36

When you consider that we have war criminals walking around free, I don't get this sabrina 1 Feb 2012 #19

+1 Snotcicles Feb 2012 #21

Thanks. Sabrina 1. JDPriestly Feb 2012 #38

We Dems didn't even nail Bill Clinton to the wall this hard. Zalatix Feb 2012 #20

Bill Clinton just did a little groping with Monica. John Edwards stole money and gave it to his MADem Feb 2012 #37

Good. If I ever accidentally saw John Edwards having sex Ruby the Liberal Feb 2012 #15

All of this could not possibly have happened to a nicer guy. tritsofme Feb 2012 #25

+1 dionysus Feb 2012 #30