Reply #11: I think we all have to stop thinking like children and shopping for the perfect dad and mom

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NONE of these people are perfect. They're all flawed human beings. A good look at Edwards' background as an
attorney shows a history of working for individuals against big corporations. To say otherwise is disingenuous
as hell and David Corn (and Mother Jones' editorial board) should be ashamed. Senators don't just serve in
the senate as autonomous creatures -- they are there as representatives of their constituents. Wellstone
(for whom I had immense respect) served a much more liberal constituency than did Edwards. To play the game,
one must stay in it. Who would you have rather have had in congress -- a right-wing Republican politician or
Johnny Reid Edwards, a Democrat? I'd rather have had Edwards compromise AND stay in the senate than risk him
losing to a Republican.

As for his hair and his house -- Hillary lives in beautiful digs. Obama has a nice place, too -- one hell of
a lot bigger than mine. Edwards became rich fighting for people like us. I'm not a Marxist by any means -- I
think John should keep his house without having to answer for it. (BTW, Sam Walton lived in a 2200 square foot
house ... now there was a servant of the people, huh?) John was a poor kid in the beginning. He worked
hard and now he SHOULDN'T have something to show for it?

Quite frankly, these all sound like the same GOP talking points hurled at Edwards (Al Gore, too). David Corn should be ashamed
for reciting them ... and Mother Jones for printing them.