My Sentiments, Exactly, About the Phony Silk Pony

The Wall Street Journal captures the unique essence of John Edwards:

"Brad Warthen, editorial page editor of the State, a newspaper in Columbia, S.C., has a telling story about John Edwards, who visited the State's editorial board in January 2004, hoping to win a primary endorsement. A week later Howard Dean came by:

"Isn't [Dean] a nice man?" said our copy editor (the fan). I agreed. Then came the revelation: "Unlike John Edwards," observed the administrative assistant. What's that? It seems that when she alone had met then-Sen. Edwards at the reception desk, she had been struck by the way he utterly ignored the folks in our customer service department and others who had hoped for a handshake or a word from the Great Man. He had saved all his amiability, all his professionally entertaining energy and talent, for the folks upstairs who would have a say in the paper's endorsement.

It's another bit of evidence that Edwards's populist persona is utterly phony. Blogger Roger Simon explains why this matters:

People like Edwards are more than just fakes--they are actually dangerous. By parading around like a popinjay for the poor, he actually hurts them, making a mockery of genuine of [sic] problems. Everything is about Edwards and his glory. It's not about anything else.

Meanwhile, Edwards's wife, Elizabeth, tells CIO Insight why her lesser half is at a disadvantage against Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama: "We can't make John black, we can't make him a woman. Those things get you a lot of press, worth a certain amount of fundraising dollars."

Well, OK, they can't make John a woman, but that doesn't mean they can't try!"

He is definitely a she-male in transition, Lord knows which direction!