some different.
Obama's "rookie" mistakes don't even come close to Edwards and Hillary's life and death mistakes done with their votes. "Mistakes" are relative as some are bad and some are terrible....
Alos, haircuts and other campaign mistakes made by the "so-called" pros in my opinion are worse than "rookie" mistakes IMO, cause the pros should know better....
In reference to what bothers me about Edwards, it is more than the so called RW talking points, and even more than his "vote" for war. He not only voted for war, but actively and agressively pushed that Blank check bill while sitting on the Intelligence committee and having access to (yet not reading) the classified NIE which was raising more questions than it was answering. That's more than simply voting. The fact that he voted against the Levin amendment makes his apology ring false....as there were options apart from the Blank Check bill that he co-sponsored available......and he didn't even make the attempt at voting yeah on those. Also the 3 years gap between the mistake and the apology is suspicious to say the least. The polls had changed on the public's opinion on Iraq shortly before the apology came. Why not have apologized earlier.......like after WMD's had not been found and the intelligence had been found to be incorrect?
Also, I don't like some other past Edwards actions and votes.......as an example, on the Bankrupcy issue, the history of which Sen. Dodd details here:
The Dodd camp specifically pointed out Edwards voting actions on the Bankruptcy Overhaul bill in 2000. According to the press release, that bill would have essentially made it easier for courts to make debtors repay their debts rather than allowing them to discharge them. While Dodd and 11 other Democrats rejected this bill,
Edwards voted in favor of it. Dodd even noted in the press release how President Bill Clinton vetoed this bankruptcy bill because it was too tough on debtors.Dodd further questioned Edwards as a poverty fighter by saying that his opponent
voted in favor of a similar version of the Bankruptcy Reform bill in 2001. Specifically, that bill required debtors to pay $10,000 or 25% of their debts over time under a Chapter 13 bankruptcy plan rather than letting them seek a discharge via Chapter 7 bankruptcy.Questioning his opponent’s political allegiances, Dodd noted how
Edwards sided with Republicans in favoring the 2001 bankruptcy bill. Dodd said that
Edwards even aligned with the Republican caucus in rejecting an amendment to the bill by Senator Paul Wellstone of MinnesotaThat amendment would have given an exemption to debtors who were forced into bankruptcy because of medical expenses. Naturally, Dodd was one of 34 Democrats to vote in favor of this amendment.
Edwards’ voting record on bankruptcy issues gets worse, according to the Dodd camp. Dodd detailed how
Edwards once again lined up with the Republicans in rejecting an amendment that would have included a more consumer-friendly means test than in the original Bankruptcy Overhaul bill of 2001. That amendment would have initiated a Chapter 7 means test that would have averaged the debtor’s last two months of income and taken into account sudden job losses or disabilities. The original bill mandated a means test averaging the debtor’s last six months of income.
Dodd concluded the press release by saying that
Edwards ultimately supported a bankruptcy bill that not only punished the financially vulnerable but also aligned with big banks and credit card companies.http://www.totalbankruptcy.com/bankruptcy_articles_john_edwards.htmThis (and a few other things) all adds up to my lack of confidence in what John Edwards says to get elected versus what John Edwards actually has done while an elected official, and that makes me a skeptical as to his authenticity, and to his possible motives behind some of his Johnny come lately passion for all of the right things according to the liberal base.
Hillary appears cold and calculating, but I don't doubt her words quite as much because she's not selling herself to be as concerned as Edwards about the little guy, and touting promises to all who will listen. Promises are great, but getting those promises enacted is far more complicated and for some of those promises, doubtful.