Omg!! I just found out that Edwards

[Clintonista2]

...was the son of a mill worker.

[SaveElmer]

1. JESUS...Are you Series...this is HUGH!!!

eom

[Clintonista2]

3. seriesly!!!!!1111!!!!

I geuss he just tries to hide it, because he doesn't want people to think that he's milking it for political gain...

[1corona4u]

2. LOL...

stop the presses...

[MonkeyFunk]

4. I think I'd heard that once before...

he's reluctant to talk about it, though.

But I *DID* learn something yesterday that I never knew: his real name is "Johnny". "John" is a nickname.

[LeFleur1]

13. You Didn't Know?

Edwards talked about it all the time during the 2004 campaign. I haven't heard many of his campaign speeches lately, but he certainly hasn't hid his beginnings. That's his sctick.
"I know what it's like because that's where I came from."

I never understood those who criticize him for his wealth. He came from little and he made the money honestly, defending those who had little against the big guys. Isn't that the American dream?

[MonkeyFunk]

18. Yes, dear

of course I knew. About the mill-worker, anyway. It's a staple of his speeches. We're making fun of it.

But I didn't know his legal name was "Johnny".

[LeFleur1]

25. Oh

Redface.

[MonkeyFunk]

26. hehe

no worries. We're just having a little fun.

[Tejanocrat]

5. I know! I heard that Hillary got the bulk of her "experience" married to the ACTUAL PRESIDENT!

[danalytical]

6. Wow

Does that mean you would trust having your gall bladder surgery performed by your favorite surgeons wife?

[Tejanocrat]

9. Maybe if she was married to the President of the American College of Surgeons

[danalytical]

16. Good luck

I hope you have life insurance.

BTW, I don't dislike Hillary I just think this line of thought is ridiculous.

[Clintonista2]

17. And was a successful surgeon herself

[Tejanocrat]

20. If we don't count her "experience" as First Lady, how many more terms has she served than Obama? If

we don't count being married to a man who has won elections, what elected offices has she held and for how many years total?

What elected offices has Obama held, and for how many years total?

[AndyA]

7. Which puts Hillary in a unique position to be President.

She knows the layout of the White House already.

[youthere]

11. Well..at least she wouldn't accidentally walk into a closet in the middle of the night!

[Turbineguy]

23. "Ah yes, the old closet ploy

I do like a closet ploy!"

[Tejanocrat]

21. EXACTLY! She's already picked out the drapes and china once so she has been through it all before!

[Catchawave]

10. Don't forget that valuable "fish sliming" experience :)

Which will come in handy with those Republicans :silly:


From ABC news:

She then headed off to travel and work her way across Alaska, washing dishes at Mount McKinley and sliming salmon at a fish-processing cannery in Valdez. Clinton would later quip on the David Letterman show that sliming fish was the best preparation she ever had for working in Washington.

[Clintonista2]

19. She was fired from that job (I love this story)

She is talking about the summer during law school when she went to Alaska and got a job in a fish-processing plant. She was supposed to scoop out the entrails, but she began to get worried about the state of the fish.

"They were purple and black and yucky looking," she recalled. She questioned the owner about how long the fish had been dead, and he warned her to stop asking questions. But she continued asking questions, and was fired within a week.

She didn't care. "I found another job," she said coolly.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE6DA1F3DF93BA25756C0A964958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all

[aquart]

8. Yes. All he's got, he earned.

Like Hillary.

But in my backyard, it's a plus if you still remember a parent who had to punch a clock and fight for benefits.

Which is why I'm voting for Edwards.

[ColbertWatcher]

12. ...I've heard this one before...

...the mill worker is a woman!

[ColbertWatcher]

14. ...I've heard this one before...

...the mill worker is a woman!

[Armstead]

15. OMG!!! I just found out that Hillary is...

the wife of a former president.

[Catchawave]

22. What !?!!!!

Which one?

[emilyg]

28. Are you sure???

[Debi]

24. STOP

casting asparagus on mill workers x(

I am tired of your stickley lies!

(*sigh* I miss the hate mailbox)

[Justitia]

27. In 2004 primaries, someone photoshopped a pic of his campaign bus

So it said "John Edwards" "Son of A Mill Worker" - it was pretty funny :D

Wish I had a copy of that.


Just poking ya John, no offense meant.

[polichick]

29. Yeah, that's his "vast right-wing conspiracy" statement...

Both are true ~ but people are sick of hearing about them.