John Edwards Two Americas

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Edwards railed about the haves and have nots in his 2004 campaign calling it "Two Americas" where the haves get the breaks and the have nots don't more or less. He's resurrected that theme for his run at the 2008 nomination:

Edwards returns to 'two Americas' economic theme in speech and New York college

Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards bemoaned the growing divide between rich and poor Thursday as he returned to the signature theme of “two Americas” from his unsuccessful 2004 White House bid.

Looking to break out from under two leading rivals, Edwards focused on the economic gap that he argues has widened since his last run.

“Our tax system has been rewritten by George Bush to favor the wealthy and shift the burden to working families,” Edwards said. “There are still two Americas.”
Edwards told the crowd at the Cooper Union school that people deserve the American dream, the right to succeed on the strength of one's own merits, but that too many Americans don't have the opportunity anymore.

I wonder if this is something the haves only indulge themselves in or is available to the have nots:

Splitting Hairs, Edwards's Stylist Tells His Side of Story

For four decades, Joseph Torrenueva has cut the hair of Hollywood celebrities, from Marlon Brando to Bob Barker, so when a friend told him in 2003 that a presidential candidate needed grooming advice, he agreed to help.

The Beverly Hills hairstylist, a Democrat, said he hit it off with then-Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina at a meeting in Los Angeles that brought several fashion experts together to advise the candidate on his appearance. Since then, Torrenueva has cut Edwards's hair at least 16 times.



At first, the haircuts were free. But because Torrenueva often had to fly somewhere on the campaign trail to meet his client, he began charging $300 to $500 for each cut, plus the cost of airfare and hotels when he had to travel outside California.

Apparently Mr. Edwards knows of what he speaks when he talks about the "haves."

[UATrewqaz]

Wouldn't a more honest description of John Edwards two Americas be

1. People worth suing
2. People not worth suing

[ElliotR]

This sort of post was a lot better and funnier when done using the BGC gimmick account. This effort is just pathetic. D-.

[NeBlis]

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This sort of post was a lot better and funnier when done using the BGC gimmick account. This effort is just pathetic. D-.

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This sort kneejerk partisan reply was a lot better and funnier when done using the Q/Q gimmick account. This effort is just pathetic.

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[andyfox]

Edwards has never denied the fact that he's rich. George Bush has hidden the way he got that way, and with good reason. But does either really matter? Shouldn't we be concerned more about what their public policies are and would be?

[Misfire]

Edwards also likes to talk about his humble beginnings as the son of a mill worker. Shouldn't that illustrate that there aren't really two Americas, just two kinds of Americans--those who seize the American dream and those who don't?

[canis582]

How did George Bush get rich anyway? Hard work?

[Taraz]

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Edwards has never denied the fact that he's rich. George Bush has hidden the way he got that way, and with good reason. But does either really matter? Shouldn't we be concerned more about what their public policies are and would be?

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Thank you. Can we all please stop bashing politicians with all this irrelevant jabber? Shouldn't we be focused on what they would actually do as president?

[ShakeZula06]

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How did George Bush get rich anyway? Hard work?

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Used emminent domain while owning a portion of the Rangers.

[Metric]

In a country where average income (in adjusted-for-inflation "real" dollars) is increasing exponentially, isn't it pretty much guaranteed that the gap between the rich and poor is going to increase with time?