Thursday, August 30, 2007
Do what he does says
John Edwards, putative candidate for U.S. president, continues to startle and puzzle me with his inconsistent and hypocritical remarks. Recently he lambasted Hillary Clinton for taking money from Rupert Murdoch, although he himself had published a book for HarperCollins which is owned by Murdoch (more details here). And he keeps right on. First, he said Hillary should return money she received from a fugitive. (Once the news stories got hold of it, apparently she decided to toss the money but she gave it to charity rather than just return it; I suspect there's a bigger story there but the Clintons are masterful at sidestepping and burying stories so we'll almost certainly never get the rest of it.) Then Edwards said that "we" (which turns out to mean we unwashed masses, we ordinary folks just going about our lives) really have to be nice to the earth and use energy saving lightbulbs and stop driving SUVs, because we're all making such ghastly mean old nasty carbon footprints. But, wait! What does *he* drive? Oh, wow, gosh, golly. He drives an SUV! And where does he live? He lives in a just-slightly-smaller-than-thirty-thousand-square-foot-house and drives an SUV. Hmm. He has, on occasion, said that he makes no apologies for the large house because he worked hard to afford it. I suppose there's some similar "explanation" for the SUV (needs large car to transport many people comfortably, etc., etc.) And you know what? I agree. Totally. So how come it's okay for HIM to justify his carbon footprint but we're all supposed to throw our own rewards to the wind (pun intended)?
Finally, he's a conceited, ego-centric individual who pictures himself in the typical sociapathic view of being above everyone else.
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