John Edwards grew up in small towns all across the rural south

[MonkeyFunk]

he just said that.

[durrrty libby]

1. Did you know his dad worked in a mill?

[MonkeyFunk]

2. go on!

I had no idea!

[durrrty libby]

7. It's true. It's true. And he is in the audience. Well, I didn't get

to actually seeee him, but John said he was there...twice

[asdjrocky]

3. He did, they moved a few times as he was growing up.

Seriously, is this the best you can come up with tonight? Oh wait, I've been watching it, and it is the best you can come up with tonight.

[MonkeyFunk]

4. He moved all over the south?

[Yael]

5. SC, NC and Georgia

[Hieronymus]

20. If you support Hillary, don't be so analytical of others' statements.

[Occam Bandage]

6. He's becoming the Paul Bunyan of Red-State America.

[MonkeyFunk]

10. He's Johnny Cottonseed.

[AndyA]

8. Digging pretty deep into the shit hole tonight, aren't we?

:rofl:

[RetroLounge]

9. Desperation

:eyes:

RL

[OzarkDem]

12. Agree

Apparently they prefer candidates who grew up in upper middle class families, went to Ivy League schools and volunteered to help poor people in their spare time. Not exactly the same thing.

[Danger Mouse]

11. Pathetic attempt at an attack.

Hillary would be proud.

[MonkeyFunk]

15. it's not an attack

don't be daft.

It's about whether Edwards grew up all over the south.

[Danger Mouse]

18. i can't help but be daft.

[Monty__]

21. What's the point?

He was born in South Carolina, moved to North Carolina, went to Clemson and NC State and then UNC. He later lived in Tennessee. That's 3 Southern states. Does it really matter? Is it really that important to you?

[avaistheone1]

13. Nothing wrong with working hard and being a self made man.

Go Johnny Go!

[MonkeyFunk]

16. nothing at all wrong with that

but why isn't he running as a native of all the other southern states he claims to be from?

edit: Do you have a source for him ever having been raised in Georgia?

[Monty__]

23. Why do you care?

Why did Hillary run for Senate from NY? Why not Illinois? Why not Arkansas?

[Muttocracy]

24. yep. And she's already moving on from NY... n/t

[FlyingSquirrel]

14. Defcon 2. What a concept.

[readmoreoften]

17. And Hillary's a woman and Barack Obama's black.

But those are perfectly fine experiences to draw from ad nauseum.

[Monty__]

19. Pathetic

That's the best you can do?

[MagickMuffin]

22. Here ya lil' Monkey

Edwards was born on June 10, 1953 to Wallace Reid Edwards and Catharine Juanita "Bobbie" Wade in Seneca, South Carolina. The family moved several times during Edwards' childhood, eventually settling in Robbins, North Carolina, where his father worked as a textile mill floor worker, eventually promoted to supervisor; his mother had a roadside antique finishing business and then worked as a postal letter carrier when his father left his job.



You should stop stooping to the level of, well Monkey's. Your poo should be keep to yourself.

If you really wanted to know the facts you would have taken the time to find out on your own, instead of posting crap on a message boards that makes you look petty.


I have tried to research the issues each candidate has to offer. I have found each one of them has very good qualities. I think we should be focused on challenging our candidates and NOT trying to knock them down.

If I was a new member of DU, I don't think I would be able to comprehend ALL of the animosity against our candidates. I would be ashamed if ANY of the candidates came here looking to see how their supporters were "campaigning" on their behalf.

I don't know how many (S)elections you have voted in Monkey, but you should show more respect for ALL OUR CANDIDATES.
We will have to vote for them in November, and we haven't even determined who are nominee will be. You should TALK up ALL the candidates and why you support your candidate.

[jpgray]

25. All major candidates freely skirt the truth to pander

I just said that. :D