Infinite Monkeys

Shut Edwards up? As if

John Edwards is fretting that a mysterious "they" want to shut him up. His proof? The media's focus on his $400 haircuts.

Granted, what Edwards pays for a haircut is a trivial matter -- or would be, if not for Edwards' theme of the "Two Americas" and his supposed dedication to fighting poverty. Since Edwards has enough money to buy a clue, but probably can't find it in the stores he frequents, I'll do the honors. One of those "two Americas," pal, pays $18 for a haircut at SuperCuts yet still manages to keep their self-esteem intact.

An expert from his unhinged and paranoid rant from the stump last week:

This stuff's not an accident. Nobody in this room should think this is an accident. You know, I'm out there speaking up for universal healthcare, ending this war in Iraq, speaking up for the poor. They want to shut me up. That's what this is about. "Let's distract from people who don't have health care coverage. Let's distract from people who can't feed their children.... Let's talk about this silly frivolous nothing stuff so that America won't pay attention."

They will never silence me. Never.
If we don't stand up to these people, if we don't fight em, if we don't beat them, they're going to continue to control this country. Thye're going to control the media. They're going to control what's being said. They do not want to hear us talking about health care for everybody.

Yeah. Sure. Let's have that conversation about "universal health care." And if it's a real conversation -- in which people get to rebut Edwards -- we will happily never be cursed with it.

Posted by Dr. Zaius at July 29, 2007 11:35 AM