I'm waiting for someone to analyze whether John Edwards has proven his authenticity as a white man

[beaconess]

When that happens, I'll stop calling folks on the ridiculous speculation about whether Obama he possesses a sufficient degree of blackness.

[FrenchieCat]

1. Well, I won't go there....

But I'll make is shorter than you did...

I'm waiting for someone to analyze whether John Edwards has proven his authenticity

[mtnsnake]

2. He kind of looks like one of those white evangelical mega-preachers

who get up there on stage in an auditorium filled with thousands, do some screaming and preaching, and rake in the suckers money at the end of the sermon.

He could also double for one of those dudes selling some weird product on a Saturday morning infomercial. Call me now to save 20%!

[beaconess]

3. I certainly didn't this intend to be a "trash Edwards" thread-just pointing out the double standard

[FrenchieCat]

4. It happens now and then.......So I'll apologize!

It was just so tempting and juicy....and so, I couldn't resist!

Sorry, Edwards supporters....y'all's guy is just peachykeen and the real deal!

[mtnsnake]

5. Not trashing at all. Just saying he could pass, looks-wise, for 1 of those guys

I described.

[Catchawave]

6. I guess I must've missed something.....?

Hillary, Biden, Vilsack and Clark are white ? Richardson's hispanic? So.....what happened and why is Edwards singled out?

[beaconess]

7. Because there wasn't enough room to list everyone in the subject line

[Catchawave]

9. Plenty of room in the text area

Just saying...

[beaconess]

12. Whatever

But next time someone mentions Obama's race and doesn't name every other black politician, I'll look forward to you calling them on it.

[goodhue]

8. Yes but Edwards is clean and nice-looking

very mainstream

[zulchzulu]

10. I met John Edwards in 2004 and he was pretty white to me

His melanosomes seemed smaller and had less melanin; they are distributed as clumps in keratinocytes from what I could tell. I was about a foot and a half away from him.

[Hippo_Tron]

11. I dunno, John Edwards looks pretty black to me

http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/John%20Edwards.html

*I SWEAR I didn't type "John Edwards" into Google images and then looked for a picture of a black person.