Edwards: Small Town Native = Best Presidential Candidate

[Nutmegger]

CLAREMONT, N.H. -- "You're looking at the only Democratic presidential candidate who was born in and raised in small towns in rural America."

And with that, John Edwards made the case to the voters in Claremont, N.H. why he is the best choice for the Democratic presidential nomination. (That, and, of course, as Edwards himself pointed out , "We've elected elected two Democrats president in the last... 40-plus years, and they both talk like this," referring to his Southern drawl.)

And it is, indeed, rural here in western New Hampshire. I asked a woman coming out of the event where exactly Claremont is located and she said it was 30 minutes south of Hanover and an hour north of Keene.

Rule number one of rural identification: If the closest cities are "Hanover" and "Keene," then you're probably in a rural area.

Full article: http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2007/12/07/politics/fromtheroad/entry3592888.shtml

[MadBadger]

1. He was born in rural America...So what?

I dont get why that makes him the best possible choice.

[zalinda]

2. Part of that choice is that those who have

never lived in rural areas don't know that they have different needs, just as urban areas have different needs.

People tend to forget that a lot of this country is still rural, there is a lot of space between cities, which is why our lifestyle is and probably always will be different than Europe.

And this is one of the reasons why Walmart grew so fast, it's because they would go in rural areas when no other business would.

zalinda

[XemaSab]

3. What about a president who is URBANE?

Not just urban, but URBANE.

Have we ever had one? :shrug: