Edwards: I Never Said That, Did I?

He just can't help himself. John Edwards says he will accept public funding for his campaign. Unfortunately, see below, he's already on record without a mention of this new found principle.

ABOARD THE CNN ELECTION EXPRESS, New Hampshire (CNN) -- Former Sen. John Edwards Thursday said he will accept public financing for his presidential campaign, and challenged his chief rivals for the Democratic nomination, Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, to follow his lead.

"This is not about a money calculation," Edwards told CNN senior political correspondent Candy Crowley on his way to an event in Durham, North Carolina. "This is about taking a stand, a principled stand, and I believe in public financing."

USA Today February 2007. I think the word for this is ... loser.

WASHINGTON — Democrat John Edwards on Monday joined New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in saying he will not use public money for the presidential primary campaign or, if he wins his party's nomination, for the general election.

The move by the former North Carolina senator is the latest sign of trouble for the public campaign funding system, created after the Watergate scandal to set limits and disclosure rules on contributions to presidential campaigns.

Edwards said in an interview that he expects major candidates in both parties to raise unlimited private dollars rather than participate in the public system. He said he needs to do the same "to have the funds to be competitive."

Comments

[Wahoo Willie]

Talk about a waste of govt funds. He has no chance at all. Maybe he'll go belly up and the junk yard guy across the street can buy him out for back taxes. Poetic justice!!!

[Worst President Ever]

Next thing you know, politicians won't be for sale. Compared to the flip-flopping Rudy and Mitt have engaged in, this is pretty minor stuff. And Edwards might actually believe it's the right thing to do.

Blackwater is a much more interesting and important topic.

[Purple Avenger]

"He has no chance at all."

He knows that. He's building a war chest that will remain with him after the election is over. A fat war chest wields a lot of influence if you spread it around in the right places.

[tally]

maybe he'll start getting his hair cut a the local barber shop - you know, like the public does.

[Worst President Ever]

Yeah, because how much a guy pays for his haircut is how I decide who to vote for. Except, of course, for the guys shelling out for makeup.

Romney spokesman Kevin Madden confirmed that the payments -- actually two separate $150 charges -- were for makeup, though he said the former Massachusetts governor had only one session with Hidden Beauty of West Hills, Calif. That was before the May 3 Republican presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., co-sponsored by MSNBC and The Politico.

[Worst President Ever]

And I'm bettin' when Rudy was living with the two gay guys, he didn't have to pay to get his hair, umh, styled.

Rudy will certainly bring a new, uh, look with him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IrE6FMpai8

[bloodrage bob]

y'all better be careful before edwards, The Man Of Principle, sends his sick wife out to fight for him again, as he's done several times in the past. he ain't the most ... uh ... *manly* fellow, now, is he?

good to see you're doing well, president carter. blame the jews for anything lately?

[BobInStamford]

Speaking of 'manly'. How is the cowardly male cheerleader doing these days? Still hiding in bunkers and reading My Pet Goat? He hasn't been stammering on tv for a couple of days.

[Worst President Ever]

And Rush Limbaugh slimed our troops. Where's the outrage?

George Bush in the Worst President Ever race is like Secretarat in the Belmont - you can barely see the rest of the field

http://www.championsgallery.com/secretariat_shopping.htm

[seekeronos]

Wow, the lefty mouth-breathers are really in a lathery foam with Stage 5 BDS (Bush Derangement Syndrome)

There is a cure for that there BDS, lads:

You can always join your true co-ideologists by immigrating to Cuba, Venezuela or Iran. Why settle for doing things by halves? _MoveOn_ to your true homelands, the lands of tyrannical dictators who preach a gospel of Big Squirrely Mama Gubmint, which will take care of you until you inevitably stumble afoul of her dictates for your lives.

[Worst President Ever]

You got it all wrong, Seek - it's you that's the minority and should think about getting the hell out.

As for Big Guvmint - check out what a great job Bush and his fellow conservative Republicans did while they were running the country. Too bad Fiscal Conservative George couldn't bring himself to veto any of those budget busting Republican bills.

http://www.independent.org/newsroom/news_detail.asp?newsID=31

[Fred Beloit]

It is sad to see the libs have bigots and homophobes like this "worst commenter ever" in their corner.

"And I'm bettin' when Rudy was living with the two gay guys, he didn't have to pay to get his hair, umh, styled.

Rudy will certainly bring a new, uh, look with him."

[Fred Beloit]

And, Henny Youngman, Jr, get some new material for God's sake.

"How is the cowardly male cheerleader doing these days?"

[Worst President Ever]

Nah, I find it hilarious that the Republicans - who've make Gay Hate one of their major platform planks - are on the verge of nominating a guy the right wing / Moral Majority would usually never even consider voting for. That video of Rudy in drag will convince a lot of conservatives to stay at home.

Then there's Rush Limbaugh - military service = 0 - declaring soldiers that think we should change our Iraq policy as "phony". As Henny might say: I looked up phony in the dictionary and there was a photo of Rush Limbaugh. Ba da boom.

[seekeronos]

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You got it all wrong, Seek - it's you that's the minority and should think about getting the hell out.

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Mayhap I do. But the coastal cities aren't the majority of Americans, either.

"--- As for Big Guvmint - check out what a great job Bush and his fellow conservative Republicans did while they were running the country. Too bad Fiscal Conservative George couldn't bring himself to veto any of those budget busting Republican bills. ---"

Hey, I never said George had all the right answers. But unlike you stage 5 BDS'ers, I don't dwell upon it ever waking hour.

[Worst President Ever]

Seek - check again, it's 2007, not 2001. Pretty much the whole country is Stage 5 BDS. George dug so deep he's down around 30% approval and twice that for diapproval. State numbers, he's got a plus 50% approval in a handful of states - Idaho and a couple others. How bad is it? He's even under 50% approval in Texas.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/custom/2006/02/02/CU2006020201345.html

[bloodrage bob]

liberals DO love their precious little polls, don't they. i guess bush would be in real trouble - if he was trying to get re-elected. ah, well. no matter how bad things get, bush has the comfort of knowing that he'll still be head and shoulders above the worst president ever, jimmy carter.

saaaay, speaking of negative poll numbers, i hear ol' hillary has some problems in that regard her OWN self. seems people just can't stand her. so much so, they'll line up in the cold rain for hours just to vote *against* her. 50%+ negatives, universally understood to be the kiss of death for a candidate. (as president carter informed us just now.)(or is it your position that only works against the *other guys*, mr. carter?) so you liberals, please please PLEASE make sure hillary's your nominee, you hear?