Edwards on Cocaine Attacks: "I reject it, and I want nothing to do with that kind of politics"

[jsamuel]

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In Iowa, Democratic presidential rival John Edwards said of the comments:
"I reject it. I reject it, and I want nothing to do with that kind of politics."

[Lerkfish]

1. good for him.

[asdjrocky]

2. Perfect response-

Another perfect example of a nearly flawless campaign.

[rodeodance]

84. he's my boy

[Nutmegger]

3. I want nothing to do with it either.

Edwards 2008!

[proudmoddemo]

4. Glad he said that

I am not Edwards' biggest fan, but I am glad he came out and said that. It was the right thing to say.

[GreenTea]

5. They will do and say ANYTHING to keep Edwards from interfering with the Hillary - Obama

made up bullshit....Keep Edwards out of the race by ALL means.....

They simply want Hillary - Obama fight headlines...Keep Edwards out by any & all means, and they'll get Hillary, their wet dream.

[rAVES]

6. Its great how you can say these things, then retract and apoligise..cause then it wont be news..

[Connonym]

52. that's exactly it

they used that tactic to destroy Gore in 2000 and Kerry in 2004. Good on Edwards for taking the high road. I'm still not 100% behind any of the candidates yet but he's looking more and more like my choice. Hillary, I used to admire the hell out of that woman. I still do, I guess, I admire her courage and her intelligence but for my tastes she's become (or maybe always was?) too conservative and that's NOT what we need right now.

[Cha]

74. Lots of people are on to

them, too. Someone at work told me today that.."the negative was already out there and that was their goal".

[donheld]

7. That's why I think so highly of John Edwards

Integrity.

[Triana]

8. Excellent (n/t)

[David Zephyr]

9. I'm glad that John weighed in. Iowans like John and are apparently turning off to Hillary in droves.

I keep telling John's supporters, keep it on the high road. It's what wins elections.

And Obama, so far, is responding cooly to Hillary's attacks which keeps him on the high road.

The optimistic, upbeat will carry the day in Iowa and New Hampshire.

[L. Coyote]

10. Cocaine has an important role in politics. It corrupts government and we need to

address all the people in jail and deprived of their voting rights.

[saltpoint]

11. The Carolinian gets it.

Town Hall meeting with John Edwards this Saturday at 10:45 a.m. in Dubuque at Loras College. This may be one of the Bacon appearances, not sure. Edwards is great in the Town Hall format.

Loras College
Alumni Center Ballroom
1450 Alta Vista Street
Dubuque, IA

[Cha]

75. That will be great..I remember

seeing Elizabeth in a town hall meeting before the 2004 selection and that's when I felt the love for her.

[saltpoint]

87. Hi, zidzi. Yes. I think she has that effect on people.

Very understandable response.

[Imagevision]

12. Hillary numbers are dropping weekly and it doesn't look good, she has no choice...

[Occam Bandage]

13. Good for him. Glad to see him taking the high road again.

[waiting for hope]

14. K&R for Edwards!

[K Gardner]

15. A kick and a rec and a huge nod for Edwards... thank god he is

speaking up promptly about this latest HRC outrage. At least HE is smart enough to realize what these kinds of smear tactics will do to the Democratic Party. God, what is she thinking???:mad:

[earthlover]

102. I agree....Edwards "done good"!

There is a pattern to the Hillary campaign of late. They throw mud. Then someone apologizes. Then they throw some more mud. And someone else apologizes. Then more mud and more apologies.

Well enough already! If the Hillary campaign want us to think their apologies are sincere, they should show some contrition behind the apologies. If they were really sorry for throwing mud, they would stop throwing mud. Instead of doing more deeds to apologize for tomorrow.

[BeyondGeography]

16. A strong statement by JRE

It's nice when you can tell that they mean it. :thumbsup:

[Hope And Change]

17. Thanks John Edwards!I lift my hat for you.

:toast:

[MissDeeds]

18. Terrific response

Classy guy, that John Edwards. :kick:

[Auggie]

34. Seconded

[Andy823]

36. And I third that!

:applause:

[NoPasaran]

19. Exactly the sort of response that reminds us

Why Haircut Boy isn't Vice President today.

[Forkboy]

23. Try not being an idiot.

[asdjrocky]

25. Haircut boy?

That's the best you can do?

[Forkboy]

27. Actually, if you read enough of his posts you'll see that, yes, that is the best he can do.

[asdjrocky]

28. LOL-

Thanks FB... and by the way- where the hell do you come up with Forkboy?

[Forkboy]

29. It's the name of a song by the band Lard.

Lard is Jello Biafra from the Dead Kennedys with Ministry. Forkboy was the song I was playing when I signed up, and was the safer of the two choices I had in mind. The other was a different song on the disc called Sylvestre Matuschka about a former Hungarian WW1 demolitions expert who masturbated to train wrecks that he caused. I didn't know how well my demented sense of humor would work here though. Plus, Forkboy was easier to type. :D

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvestre_Matuschka

[asdjrocky]

31. OMG!

A kindred soul! I opened for the Kennedys like 20 times in SF. Lol, guess you could have called yourself TDTF!

[FourScore]

71. YOU used to open for the DK's in SF?

Wow. Just wow.

[Forkboy]

98. Wow, that's cool.

Must have been a ton of fun. Punk in those days was a different breed than the safe stuff these days. There were tons of great punk bands and they all sounded different from one another. DK, Minutemen, Bad Brains, Black Flag, Crass (one of the best!), etc. Now all punk is basically Green Day type stuff, which is ok (Green Day has some awesome lyrics, I'll give them that), but too many bands are that same simple punk that even your parents can like. And if that doesn't defeat the purpose I don't know what does. :evilgrin:

[frylock]

61. lard rocks..

just about any Biafra side project rocks, really!

[Forkboy]

97. I was psyched to see him with the Melvins, who I love.

And those two CDs are both really good, the most natural fit for Jello since DK in my mind (though his CD with Nomeansno is still my favorite, but that's because Nomeansno is my all time favorite band, so hard to go wrong there).

There's supposed to be at least one more Lard cd now that Al Jourgeson is wrapping up Ministry for good. He'll be focusing on side projects more, and Lard is one of them. Jello did a couple songs with both Ministry and the Revolting Cocks recently and it's basically Lard tunes.

[DissedByBush]

73. Waiter, there's a terrorist in my soup

Nice to see the very rare fellow fan!

[Forkboy]

96. LOL...every line in that song should be a slogan.

"When people are asleep we must all become alarm clocks!"

Jello comes up with the best lyrics, hands down, imo.

And what a cover for the CD! Everyone thinks it's something else at first. ;)

[DissedByBush]

99. In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up

Check out the video for that Ministry concert and listen to Jello's version of the Pledge of Allegiance and his antics during the following Nazi-themed song "The Land of Rape and Honey."

The coolest bit that applies to Bush as well as his father (who Jello was talking about):

After all, have you noticed
The more they dole out Democracy over there
The more they take it away over here

[Heywood J]

39. Welcome to ignore, population: you.

[Nedsdag]

43. Haircut Boy?

You Hillary supporters are making it difficult for me to support your candidate.

Edwards showed the class that Hillary supporters lack.

[LSK]

44. Edwards withheld voting machines in Cleveland?????

I didnt know he was in cahoots with Ken Blackwell.

Do tell us more!!!!!

:popcorn:

[knight_of_the_star]

47. I see you're taking a cue from your candidate

Since you can't deal with this in an intelligent, thoughtful manner, you have to resort to schoolyard taunts.

[mtnsnake]

62. LOL

By the looks of it, I guess you found out that some of the Edwards people don't like anyone calling him "Haircut Boy". hahaha, I think you hit a nerve with that one :evilgrin:

[Cha]

77. hillary sucks

the big dlc teat.

[K Gardner]

64. This kind of response is why people are turning against your Candidate

Isn't it strange how the behavior of her supporters on DU mimics the nastiness of her own campaign staff?

[Cha]

76. Typical hillary supporter

comment that tries to change the subject from hillary's faults.

"Haircut boy"..how juevenile. Sorry, jueves..I'm sure you have more class.

[mtnsnake]

79. Are you sure you're an Edwards supporter? You whine just like an Obama crybaby

all the time. HAHAHA!!!

[Cha]

82. And hillary's supporters call people

names cause they can't think of anything better to come up with.

And they try and change the subject cause hillary sucks.

[Jim Sagle]

80. Megashittos, Rush!

[Canuckistanian]

86. You can still retract that statement

Otherwise, I may have to call you something forbidden by this board.

[Evergreen Emerald]

20. John Edwards is doing what is best for John Edwards...and he learned

quickly that attacks did him no good. After he was booed in Nevada, and after Dodd said he was negative, he got the message. The American people did not want him to attack. And he stopped.

And, of course, it is best for him politically, to stay out of the fray and let Obama and Clinton attack each other.

Good political move.

[TalkingDog]

21. I just figured you'd cut to the heart of those "questions" and ask:

How is that relevant?

I mean, just because a preson is from the press does not mean you can't question their motives or intent.

Did you smoke pot/ snort bannana peels/etc?

How is that relevant to the job I want to do as President?

If they can give a reasonable response like: "Well, someone saw you licking toads last week and we think you may be mentally or constitutionally unfit to serve." Then Okay. Answer the question.

God I wish someone had said that to George.



My Favorite Master Artist: Karen Parker GhostWoman Studios

[HughBeaumont]

22. My candidate.

ABC with Edwards as a first choice. He's the only one that seems to be talking to the . . . what are those non-celebrities called . . . VOTERS?

[Adelante]

24. I'm glad to see this statement from Edwards

:toast:

[bunnies]

26. Excellent response. Id expect nothing less. nt

[Skip Intro]

30. "That kind of politics?" How's that Hillary plant site going, mr. above it all?

[knight_of_the_star]

48. What "plant site"?

How about something other than bullshit to go on your sandwich there?

[Skip Intro]

53. Here:

Suddenly, the site's not there anymore, but here's reference to it from Edwards' site.

http://johnedwards.com/news/press-releases/20071115-plants-for-hillary/index.html

and yeah, it was bullshit, I'm not surprised he took it down

[knight_of_the_star]

60. And what is the nefarious purpose here nt

[Skip Intro]

68. Oh nothing, it's all about the "issues" I'm sure. n/t

[knight_of_the_star]

88. Again

What is the purpose here that makes it so evil?

[Skip Intro]

94. He's rejecting "negative politics" while his hands are tacky with it.

If you need further clarification, I'm afraid you're already too far gone.

[tom_paine]

32. Mr. Edwards impresses me more all the time.

I only recently made my final decision and committeed to supporting him. I can see now that my decision was correct, not just because of this, but at least a dozen positions he has taken recently.

Is her perfect? No, is anyone?

But it is a common Bushie strategy, and therefore a common Sen. Clinton stategy (sorry, but reality is what reality is), to take those minor imperfections and using allies in the MSM, trumpet them into a gigantic distraction carnival circus of nonsense designed to obfuscate and confuse...like a squid squirting ink into the waters.

Have you noticed? Unlike Bush & Clinton, John Edwards doesn't have any significant corrupt MSM toadies in his corner, and we should all be prepared for a unified firestorm from the Busheis and the MSM if we defy their wishes and somehow (if this is still even possible) manage to get someone nominated who hasn't been already chosen by the MSM, in this case Sen. Clinton and 9/11ani.

I consider all of this to be a huge plus.

Onward, John Edwards!

[Tejanocrat]

33. While Obama and Hillary seem intent on replaying the Dean-Gephardt bloodsport, Edwards is handling

this issue just right.

I must confess, Obama has fallen from my tied-for-number-two choice to completely off the radar screen as a result of the tone of all the chatter this week.

I know that Hillary is equally guilty in the mess, but my mixed impression of her already included some expectation that her campaign would go down this path. I had higher expectations from Obama's campaign and so I'm more disappointed in how his campaign has responded tto this mess.

I hope the debate gets everyone back on the issues. Since Dennis was so unfairly excluded from the debate, this is just about my only hope for the debate.

[Plucketeer]

35. Yeowsah!

My Man! YOO HOO! Hey everybody! Here's the perfect choice
<- right here!

[dionysus]

37. John's a classy guy. It's between him and Obama for me.

[Major Hogwash]

56. That should be our ticket in 2008.

And I hope that either one will accept the challenge of being the other's vice president in the event they aren't the eventual nominee.

[dionysus]

58. right on man!!

[asdjrocky]

38. I love the simplicity of the statement-

"I reject it. I reject it, and I want nothing to do with that kind of politics."

Two short sentences, and one firm belief.

[Heywood J]

40. Thankfully, someone with a hope in hell and

who (so far this cycle) has not acted like a child. That's been sorely lacking this time out.

[nradisic]

41. Amen

Iowans HATE dirty politics....besides, it was the right thing to say.

[onehandle]

42. He won't attack Bush for his use of cocaine?

Bush is old news anyway.

:+

[Cronopio]

45. Beautifully and succinctly said, John.

It must be hell for political operatives today, with the stakes going up and the Macchiavellian necessity to get nastier and nastier, while trying just as desperately to keep the pretense that they really have hearts of gold.

With the way the game is going, they're not going to be able to keep up that pretense for much longer.

[shaniqua6392]

46. I am quite sick of the antics of Clinton and Obama.

Frankly, I am quite sick of both of them period. I am really leaning hard toward John Edwards. He seems like a class act.

[Bullet1987]

81. Why do you blame Obama for something Clinton is clearly

doing herself? Obama's not hitting back calling her all kinds of names. I mean he replied, like he should have...but to spin this as a bloodsport is misleading. The only thing Obama is doing is trying to get his supporters to give him more money from this.

[mckeown1128]

49. Thank you Edwards!!!

Way to show some real integrity!!!:yourock:

[knight_of_the_star]

50. Huzzah to John Edwards!

That is a classy, honorable tack to take in this issue and is going to way in when the voters go the polls. Let Obama and Clinton bleed eachother white, as I recall Kerry was able to fly under the radar of Dean vs. Gephardt and both of the latter were destroyed at the Iowa caucus while Kerry took the prize and it looks like Edwards both has the class and smarts to do the same.

[K8-EEE]

51. ding ding ding ding! painfully obvious correct answer nobody else can think of

I love JE!

[EV_Ares]

54. Thanks for posting this, shows the credibility and the character of

John Edwards. This is the type of guy we need in the White House.

[alteredstate]

55. John Edwards is above that sleazy stuff! n/t

[dan_dy]

57. My wife wants to marry John Edwards.

Too bad. She's already got me.

[McCamy Taylor]

59. Americans have already elected a coke head DUI and another who smoked dope (though he didn't inhale)

Accusing a candidate of being unfit because he experimented with drugs as a teenager is dumb politics (and throwing stones from a glass house if you consider how much more sinful pot was in Bill Clinton's day than Coke was in Obama's).

If the MSM would just stop hyping this as a Two Man Race between Obama and Hillary, Edwards would be the front runner and the next president. Obama and Hillary both should be ashamed of themselves allowing the corporate media to pimp for them, just because the RNC would rather run one of their pitiful Republicans against Hillary the B Word or Obama the Untried than Edwards who still beats all the Republicans handily in any poll that is taken. Their ambition could cost the Dems (and America) another 4 years in Iraq and another 4 years without health care and another 4 years of oil company greed. Neither of them deserves their front runner status.

[creeksneakers2]

63. Edwards improved his campaign by letting up on the attacks

I can respect that. This latest statement though is just a way to pile on without leaving fingerprints.

He could have said that the comments were improper but since Hillary apologized and the commenter resigned that we can all get back to positive campaigning.

Of course, I won't attack Edwards for lying about Hillary screening questions and planting audience members. I'm not that kind of guy.

[Geek_Girl]

65. Good for him

I think it's pretty despicable as well. It reminds of the swift boating and push polling dirty trick politics of the republicans.

[tammywammy]

66. Good for him

[focusfan]

67. thats good he doesn't want in anyone bussiness

this makes me like him more

[bagrman]

69. Clinton supporters out there without a past, google this.

Lets see what Mr. Google has to say about MMM Clinton drugs(1), MMM Clinton Mena Ark.(2) MMM Clinton Contra(3).
You really don't want to bring up anyones past, the republicans will take care of that if Clinton gets the nomination.

Google hits: 1.605,000
2. 42,200
3.486,000

And save the stupid comments about all 1,178,200 hits being right wing hacks.

Latr

[Stump]

70. Just one more reason...

I hope this man is our next President.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

72. That's all well and good, but

will the Republics reject "that kind of politics?" I think you know the answer. If they have a video of you jaywalking, they'll use it to show that you're soft on crime.

I can see it now. You're crossing the street on a red light, and halfway across, you morph into Saddam Hussein carrying a nuclear weapon.

[Cha]

78. Cross that bridge when

he comes to it..in the meantime he's not pulling that hillary shite on his fellow candidates.

[DianaForRussFeingold]

83. Now, that's CLASS... More each day, I can see why Kerry chose him

What a righteous statement "I reject it, and I want nothing to do with that kind of politics" Way to go! We have had enough of trashy politics...

Hmmm... Did a certain Democratic candidate hire Karl Rove as political adviser? :shrug:

[Canuckistanian]

85. Good. It's about time this "win-at all-costs" attitiude stopped

After all, the winner must LIVE with the consequences of having a pissed-off but grudgingly supportive electorate.

And in the worst case scenario, no electorate at all.

[Seabiscuit]

89. What's the reference to "Cocaine Attacks" about???

[Zueda]

90. Edwards is just jealous...

He wishes Clinton made those slimy innuendo remarks against him.

[Moloch]

91. Edwards is desperate to appear relevant.

Interjecting into the race between Clinton and Obama. Edwards and Mike Gravel should really do whats best for our party and our country by dropping out of the race and supporting the two with a chance.

[fujiyama]

92. Ummm Gravel has a VERY unlikely chance of getting the nomination but he's not irrelevant

and neither is any one of the other candidates still in the race. Edwards has a fighting chance to win Iowa. He has an organization well established and good grass roots support.

[saltpoint]

95. Such silliness. Their supporters feel all 8 candidates are in the race, should be

in the race, are logically discussing issues and ideas, and properly offering to be part of the repairwork needed after 8 years of Dumbya and evil Dick.

We're selecting a nominee. This is the process.

[Plisko]

93. "They're attacking me because I'm winning. . ."

Remember that Hilliary line from a couple weeks back?

[Major Hogwash]

100. Well, it's obvious after Hillary apologized what a huge mistake it was to bring it up.

And the people bringing it up here today are hurting her more with each post and thread.

[DianaForRussFeingold]

101. Kudos to Senator Clinton for apologizing, I respect that!

America needs the most knowledgeable and diplomatic leader right now -- More than ever in History ...
I hear she didn't know and the person responsible stepped down... :blush: I guess it wasn't Karl Rove's idea after all. :yoiks:

The apology was the right thing to do. We don't need another president who puts politics and power above common decency and the good of the people...


- However, I'm still waiting for the more important apologies! Great song in honor of Hillary http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNTV8BC50ac "Go ahead and hate your neighbor, go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of heaven,You can justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowin' come the judgment day
on the bloody morning after.... one tin soldier rides away."

[Major Hogwash]

103. Unfortunately, it wasn't even slightly believable.

Not just me either. But, every pundit on tv saw right through it.
It was so obvious that even Chris Matthews was foaming at the mouth.
And he's been pushing Hillary to run for 4 years.