(2008-05-15) — Former Democrat presidential hopeful John Edwards Wednesday endorsed Sen. Barack Obama’s White House bid, but said he’s still undecided about which horse to pick in the Kentucky Derby, which was run on May 3.
Sen. Obama welcomed the support of the one-term senator who is, thus far, 0-for-3 in attempts to win a post in the executive branch of the U.S. government.
“Coming as it does after nearly all of the primaries are finished,” Sen. Obama said, “The timing of John Edwards’ endorsement illustrates what he often says. There are two Americas: One that backs a candidate in the heat of battle when he really needs help, and another that sucks up to the victor when his triumph is clearly at hand.”
Meanwhile, Democrat presidential rival Sen. Hillary Clinton said, “I’m a fighter, and I remain determined to secure John Edwards’ endorsement. I’ll continue to pursue him up through the convention, and even during President Obama’s inaugural address if necessary.”
37 responses so far ↓
1 gafisher // May 15, 2008 at 6:23 am
Edwards will pick the loser for the Derby, just as he did with Kerry and, one hopes, Obama.
2 camojack // May 15, 2008 at 6:50 am
Ya think little Johnny Edwards is running for V.P., again?
3 mig // May 15, 2008 at 7:31 am
What happened to the Edwards that said something like: atleast Hillary and I took a stand and voted on the war, all you vote is present..? I know I could look it up and qoute it properly but I overslept, need more coffee and have to get the kids to school.
There is a fund-raiser for our tax supported, gov’t funded public school system. It is a modern waste land, a black hole.
Where is the Olympic Torch you ask? On top of Mt. Everest. By not reporting it, the media punishes China for Tibet.
4 Fred Sinclair // May 15, 2008 at 7:36 am
I believe John is angling for the slot as VPOTUS. Since with B. Hussein Obama, he would be only a heartbeat away from the Oval office.
He’d do better to suck-up to McCain.
I think the DNC could suffer a moment of clarity and realize that neither BHO nor HillBilly, Inc. is actually electable and could make a last minute hat pick (Bill Richardson of New Mexico) and dump their current frontrunners. at least Bill has run something other than just his mouth.
Political Experience
Governor of New Mexico, 2003-present
U.S. Secretary of Energy, 1998-2001
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, 1997-1998
U.S. Representative from New Mexico, 1983-1997
Staffer, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 1976-1978
Legislative Management Officer, Congressional Relations, State Department, 1974-1976
Richardson might well be a better President than any of our current picks.
Heirborn Ranger
5 Fred Sinclair // May 15, 2008 at 7:45 am
The DNC has done weirder things before.
Harry Truman was a cigar smoke filled back room pick. They were betting Roosevelt wouldn’t live out his fourth term and Senator Truman was deemed to be someone they could most easily ‘control’ (boy were they ever wrong!)
Heirborn Ranger
6 Fred Sinclair // May 15, 2008 at 7:49 am
This was supposed to be before my current #4.
I believe John is angling for the slot as VPOTUS. Since with B. Hussein Obama, he would be only a heartbeat away from the Oval office.
He’d do better to suck-up to McCain.
I think the DNC could suffer a moment of clarity and realize that neither BHO nor HillBilly, Inc. is actually electable and could make a last minute hat pick (Bill Richardson of New Mexico) and dump their current frontrunners. at least Bill has run something other than just his mouth.
Political Experience
Governor of New Mexico, 2003-present
U.S. Secretary of Energy, 1998-2001
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, 1997-1998
U.S. Representative from New Mexico, 1983-1997
Staffer, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 1976-1978
Legislative Management Officer, Congressional Relations, State Department, 1974-1976
The DNC could (and probably will) do a lot worse.
Heirborn Ranger
7 Hawkeye // May 15, 2008 at 8:00 am
In related news, John Edwards called Hillary’s run for the presidency a “bumper sticker” campaign… “a slogan designed only for politics, not a strategy to make America safe. It’s a bumper sticker, not a plan.”
reservoirs of — Breck shampoo?
8 danimal // May 15, 2008 at 8:14 am
…then Barack said “Thanks sweetie”.
9 Libby Gone // May 15, 2008 at 8:48 am
Yes I bet John Baines Edwards does covet the VP. He has an Epitath and social reform plans at the ready.
10 Maggie // May 15, 2008 at 8:51 am
John E. will also predict the winner of American Idol next Thursday.All he will say now is that” David will win”.
11 JamesonLewis3rd // May 15, 2008 at 9:18 am
I was planning to inject some snark regarding the endorsement of BO by Mr. Edwards but I can’t—I am just too infuriated by the utterly imbecilic designation of the Polar Bear (my life-long favorite animal) as threatened.
I’m livid, even.
[cue eerie pagan sacrifice music]
They just cut our throats in sacrifice to a freaking animal that’s doing JUST FINE!
[insert wilhelm scream]
Oh, btw, to those arctic folks: You can stop it with the cold waves now. One day I’m wearing shorts and wiping sweat from my brow, the next I’m wearing a parka. Knock it off already. Sheesh.
12 da Bunny // May 15, 2008 at 11:10 am
“There are two Americas: One that backs a candidate in the heat of battle when he really needs help, and another that sucks up to the victor when his triumph is clearly at hand.â€
The Breck Girl really is a smarmy little suck-up, which shouldn’t surprise anyone. Of course, he’s angling for the VP slot, again. I can see SnObama picking the primping pansy Edwards as his “running mate.” I’m sure the Effete Elitist team sees this as a way to get those “white” voters that SnObama needs to snare. Just point them all in the direction of the next “white whine and brie” fundraiser.
13 RedPepper // May 15, 2008 at 11:14 am
JL3 #11: Funny … she doesn’t look endangered …
14 Garnzo // May 15, 2008 at 11:27 am
I wonder what would happen now if Obama picked someone else for VP, and Hillary expressed interest in Edwards?
Edwards: “Oh wait! Did I say I endorsed Obama? I meant Hillary! Sorry, my bad. I’m always getting those two mixed up…”
15 Fred Sinclair // May 15, 2008 at 11:49 am
JL3rd #11 - The fun one the other day was on DRUDGE for a little while. A 17 year old girl was filming a trip she made with her father deep into the Arctic (father is a wildlife conservationist) after a few of the obligatory scenes of chunks of ice breaking away from a glacier, two cute little Emperor Penguins came floating by on a chunk of ice. I snorted a mouthful of coffee as I did a double take and yet they were still there.
I posted a comment about it at the time but when I revisited the site, there was a bar saying that the video had been pulled by MSNBC.
I would like to have a copy of that video clip, since it beautifully summed up the scope of phoniness of the entire manmade global warming hoax.
I’m trying, in my prayers, to cut a deal with God, asking Him to let me live long enough to see Mr. Algore being led away in handcuffs to begin serving his prison sentence (life (w/o pop I hope) for perpetuating his planet wide scam, involving billions of dollars (but mostly it’s those freaking little fluorescent light bulbs and making Edison’s incandescent bulbs illegal.)
Dec 19, 2007
In addition to raising auto fuel efficiency standards 40 percent, an energy bill passed by Congress yesterday bans the incandescent light bulb by 2014.
President Bush signed the 822-page measure into law today after it was sent up Pennsylvania Avenue in a Toyota Prius hybrid vehicle. The House passed the bill by a 314-100 vote after approval by the Senate last week.
Rep. John D. Dingell, D-Mich., chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said the legislation will boost the energy efficiency of “almost every significant product and tool and appliance that we use, from light bulbs to light trucks.”
I believe Rep. Dingell is pretty ‘dingy’ even for a Dingocrat, er…Democrat.
Heirborn Ranger
16 Maggie // May 15, 2008 at 12:53 pm
Garnzo re#14,
The best way to tell them apart is Hillary is the masculine looking one in a pants suit,where as, John Edwards is the feminine looking one in a mans suit.
17 vittles scooper // May 15, 2008 at 12:57 pm
Fred -
Your wish is my command !
http://blip.tv/file/884041
You will see both the ORIGINAL clip and the EDITED version !
Yours always,
V
18 Maggie // May 15, 2008 at 12:57 pm
Garnzo re#14,
It is easy to tell them apart.Just remember that Hillary is the masculine looking one in a pants suit.Where as John Edwards is the feminine looking one in a coat and tie.
19 vittles scooper // May 15, 2008 at 1:03 pm
Good Afternoon Fred !
http://blip.tv/file/884041
Here is the whole story from the ORIGINAL as well as the EDITED CLIP.
Yours,
V
20 onlineanalyst // May 15, 2008 at 2:48 pm
The one-trick silk pony boy (Can I call him “boy” or is that racist?) is jockeying for some position in an Obama White House- VP? AG? SC?- for sure.
Danimal, that comment was perfect.
Fred, if you look at Richardson’s history of foul ups in his national level positions, you would walk away from that suggestion in a heartbeat.
Here comes a nasty: Was Edwards’s last comment to OhBummer before he hit the campaign stage, “Break a leg”? (Please forgive me for that one.)
21 onlineanalyst // May 15, 2008 at 2:55 pm
Heh, the Obama campaign and Jacques Kerrie are spinning like tops in response to President Bush’s remarks to the Knesset in Israel about not negotiating with terrorists.
The Dem appeasers can parse “just words” until the cows come home, but the OhBummer words are on YouTube for posterity.
22 Joe Stuhl // May 15, 2008 at 3:58 pm
I think John Edwards was afraid we would forget who he was and decided to make his move.
23 Possumtrot // May 15, 2008 at 4:10 pm
There are some hi-jinks over at United Possums International. Commentary on The Manchurian Candidate, as well as John McCain’s speech this morning. Great Scott may well scoop me on the latter, if his focus doesn’t go to Israel and George W. firing a shot across the Democritter bow. Too much news, too little time.
24 Possumtrot // May 15, 2008 at 4:31 pm
I gotta get a new computer, or something. Every comment I make here disappears. They’ll probably pop up in triplicate after a while; meanwhile, regular UPI subscribers will get a note to tune in.
25 Possumtrot // May 15, 2008 at 4:40 pm
Aww, great! I get terribly self-conscious about repeating myself.
Time to manage the e-mail and get offline. HAL-9000 is gasping. “Open the pod bay doors, HAL” If you saw the movie, you get the joke. Otherwise, remain clueless and culturally deprived. The weather’s too dark and creepy in Georgia for extended explanations of how my computer came to be named.
26 JamesonLewis3rd // May 15, 2008 at 7:31 pm
When a person performs a mundane act and proceeds to grandstand-grinning ear-to-ear-before an audience which is ignoring him, I tend to question their motives; especially when they are ignoring the audience which is ignoring them and are, quite simply, acting out (on some imaginary stage) a fantasy of having actually accomplished something astounding—all while looking down their freshly-powdered nose (not in an “elite” way, of course).
To paraphrase Procol Harem:
I wonder how many leads Mr. Edwards garnered from his utterly meaningless gesture; how many business deals…..
27 Darthmeister // May 15, 2008 at 7:50 pm
I still remember the open-mike episode where John Edwards was commenting to Hillary how the Democratic field needed to be drastically narrowed down by getting rid of the lightweights … like Messiah Obama and the kook Kucinich. And now he’s endorsing Obama? Buwahahahahaha!
I guess he’s angling for the VP slot like Fred and camojack are suggesting. I mean aren’t there enough ambulance to chase to keep Edwards busy otherwise?
Hat tip to Glenn Reynolds at Instapundit.com:
MEMO TO THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN: When somebody condemns appeasement, it doesn’t help things to jump up and yell “Hey, he’s talking about me!”
This reminds of a response I got back from a person who had read one of my letters to the editor excoriating the utterly stupid conspiracy theories by moonbats to justify their hatred for President Bush. After explaining how “mainstream” and “patriotic” he was, he said he took exception to my description of people like him. I reminded him I never mentioned his name and then I asked him if I accurately described his sentiments on the topic being discussed. He agreed I made no mention of him personally and yes I was generally accurate in my analysis of his views BUT he was no left-wing radical. I told him by his own admission he identified with radical conspiracy theories and causes and that he had to be suffering from a common form of cognitive dissonance which must be blinding him to the radical nature of his worldview. It doesn’t help when someone lays out the idiocy of a certain worldview and then you chime in with, “Hey, I resemble that remark! How dare you call me a nut.” Think about it, even Ted Kennedy probably believes he’s a mainstream American!
28 Darthmeister // May 15, 2008 at 7:51 pm
Hmmmm, I wonder if Mr. Edwards still has an endorsement contract with Clairol?
29 mindknumbed kid // May 15, 2008 at 7:55 pm
Ya see folks, when candidates say things, they really don’t mean it. They are just playing the game. The way pretty boy was after OhBummer during that debatcle, you’d never ever expect him to endorse him. No doubt he is reminding the ObBummer camp that he is an unemployed dem looking for some love, but he is also trying to get back in the limelight, he used to be somebody, his name was on the telly everyday, he misses the attention, he wants to be back in the circus, he needs relevance. Besides, coming out for sHrillary is so last month, wouldn’t hardly make a blip on the MSM’s radar screen.
sHrillary is already finding important new issues, she’s going to get rid of the diabetes surge, let me see if I can figure out the first step she will take…get the weight down, exercise and teaching us all how to make better dietary choices. If I were a diabetes doctor, I’d pack it in right now, if sHrillary gets involved it will be solved within 6 months…she’s the smartest woman ever lived you know. She can’t figure out a way to beat a political newbie, but she has it going on all over the top floor. Absolutely brilliant…..
30 mindknumbed kid // May 15, 2008 at 8:03 pm
We are the United States of America. If we need healing we have doctors, if we need food and shelter we have government programs, if we need help we have the good folks in Washington, DC. If we need protection, we have the world’s greatest military, whatever the need, we have our solution, we are, after all, the United States of America.
God must be so pleased with us, and our ability to handle everything on our own. We are the United States of America, why bother falling on our faces before him….
31 mindknumbed kid // May 15, 2008 at 8:08 pm
I suppose with most Americans today God might as well be searching the help wanted ads.
32 nomoregore // May 15, 2008 at 9:43 pm
…and then, after the Titanic struck the iceberg, she dropped anchor and took on some more cargo.
33 Ms RightWing, Ink // May 15, 2008 at 10:30 pm
I will be out of commission for a few days as I undergo the last ( I hope ) series of eye surgery. Not to worry I will try to keep up with you all with one eye open.
As soon as I feel like jumping back in I will return (with two eyes open)
WV: Chaney books-aha, he has them hidden under the bed. Delicious plot of him and George taking over the world
34 Ms RightWing, Ink // May 15, 2008 at 10:31 pm
shazaam
35 mig // May 16, 2008 at 6:13 am
God Speed MsRightWing.
Those who do not like the Bush/Cheney monarchy should consider what is likely to rise in its place. Obama/Soros should scare the 7734 out of every sane, rational, freedom loving American. Edwards is the runway model, Obama is the label and Soros is the designer.
Justice Halfway: Michelle Obama
36 Darthmeister // May 16, 2008 at 7:31 am
Bin Laden: Palestinian Cause is Driving al Qaeda’s War With The West
Wait a minute. The anti-war left keeps telling us it’s American troops on Arab soil and our war against Islamofascists in Iraq that “stirs up the hornet’s nest.” But then these are the same folks who said going to war with Saddam’s regime would result in World War III, it wouild kill 20,000 American soldiers, create the mother of all environmental disasters, blah, blah, blah.
37 Libby Gone // May 16, 2008 at 8:15 am
You are right Darth!
“No No No do not listen to that man. ”
Message from the Libs regarding OBL’s latest ego expectoRANT.
America and Bush are to blame!
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