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You are here: Home / Politics / Kudos To Edwards

Kudos To Edwards

by John Cole|  February 18, 20047:53 pm| 11 Comments

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If nothing else, John Edwards should get a Congressional Medal of Honor for this rare moment of Democratic honesty:

MATTHEWS: Can you talk to the people of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin, et cetera, all those Rust Belt states, if you will, and you can promise

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  1. 1.

    Josh

    February 18, 2004 at 8:42 pm

    So because Edwards can’t promise that specific people won’t lose their jobs, there’s nothing that the President can do to help make sure that jobs in general are created?

  2. 2.

    James Joyner

    February 18, 2004 at 9:09 pm

    Very refreshing. Although odd coming from Edwards, who seems to be making jobs the cornerstone of his campaign.

  3. 3.

    Gary Utter

    February 18, 2004 at 11:19 pm

    It’s stuff like this that makes Edwards dangerous and frightening.

    And no, Josh, there IS nothing ANY President can do to help make sure jobs in general are created. Well, aside from cutting taxes, that is.

  4. 4.

    Kevin

    February 19, 2004 at 12:58 am

    Or hiring more government workers, starting more public works projects, etc. All bad ideas.

    It seems Sen. Edwards understands we live in a market economy, which means there is no way he can win the nomination.

  5. 5.

    Skip Perry

    February 19, 2004 at 1:58 am

    Dean’s been staying stuff like that the whole time…it’s part of his “you have the power” shtick. He can’t do it for you — you can do it. Or something.

  6. 6.

    Ralph Gizzip

    February 19, 2004 at 8:11 am

    That would explain why the Democrat party rejected Dean from Caucus One.

  7. 7.

    Jon H

    February 19, 2004 at 11:05 am

    Gary Utter writes: “Well, aside from cutting taxes, that is.”

    Gosh, it’s worked so well.

  8. 8.

    Lex

    February 20, 2004 at 11:40 am

    Cutting the *right* taxes works. When we have excess capacity, as we do now, a tax cut primarily targeting corporations and the investing class, as the Bush tax cuts have, won’t help much. What will help is a tax cut that will stimulate demand — i.e., one targeted toward people who will spend it right away.

  9. 9.

    Kimmitt

    February 21, 2004 at 7:00 am

    Right, and if Bush gave a rat’s ass about this country or its people, he’d enact demand-side stimulation and pull back on some of the deficit-exploding supply-side stimulation.

    But he doesn’t, so there we are.

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  1. Outside the Beltway says:
    February 18, 2004 at 9:21 pm

    Honest John?

    John Cole thinks he has caught John Edwards in a moment of truthfulness: MATTHEWS: Can you talk to the people of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin, et…

  2. Mind of Mog says:
    February 19, 2004 at 4:32 am

    Around The Sphere

    Right Voices has a good writeup on John Edward’s positions. From what I can tell, they aren’t that different from Kerry’s. OK, so he’s younger, prettier, more charismatic, but that’s not saying much.

    Kate has the scoop on Kerry’s c…

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