John Edwards Still Running for President

The former Senator from North Carolina… no… he only held the title, "Senator from North Carolina".

If you really want to know what Tarheels thought of his service to his state while he was in the Senate… you have but to ask. Prepared to be bowled over by the negative response.

Edwards was away more than he was there (in the Senate). At least it sure seemed that way. Most Tarheels soon came to realize we had one Senator and one “Presidential Candidate”! And it remained that way right up to the day he gave up that seat by not seeking re-election…, which in all likelihood would have been denied him by the electorate of an irate state.

So, now the media tells us he is “considering” another run at the Presidency! Where in the world did they come up with that… “considering”? For the press to use the word “another” in referring to a future attempt at a run for the Presidency, by Edwards, is redundancy to the nth degree!

North Carolinians know he isn’t “considering another” run. You see… to consider another run; the first one has to have been completed. Edwards, as any Tarheel will tell you, has never stopped running for President from the day he was elected to the US Senate… right up to the present! This guy is as close to the perennial candidate as they come. It would appear, he has one goal in mind, period. That is to be President of the United States. Take it from the Tar Heel state… that would be a disaster! If you liked Bill Clinton, you’ll to love Mr. Edwards!

I must tell you that I, too, come from a “mill hill” family in South Carolina. I grew up there, in a company house. My father worked in a textile mill, as did the father of Mr. Edwards. It was hard work, but it was honorable. So, our early experiences in life were similar. So, I sorta know where the desire to succeed, for Mr. Edwards, comes from. A lot of us “Mill Hill Kids” got that same bug. But, that’s where the similarity ends!

Mr. Edwards, by all accounts is a fine attorney. But he would make a miserable President. We have had enough “Me First” kids in that office. As with Bill Clinton, it’s all about “him”.

The University of North Carolina, at Chapel Hill, (The Vatican of Southern Liberalism) quickly created a post for him there while he prepares for his run in ’08. That came as no surprise to Conservatives in the state. We have come to expect that sort of thing from Chapel Hill.

So, as Mr. Edwards prepares to lose again in the race for the White House, we can all sit back and watch the fun. His old Partner, John Kerry, I hear, does not think it is so funny. Reports have it that Edwards has been kissing the ring of the “Bishop of Liberalism”, Teddy Kennedy, and Kerry is a little annoyed, to say the least, about that. It all matters little, as it will be all over the minute Mrs. Clinton makes THE announcement.

It will be interesting to see how long Edwards stays at Chapel Hill after the ’08 election.

“Longstreet”