Presidential hopeful John “Johnny-boy” Edwards told members of the press and others in attendance at the Manchester, New Hampshire Democratic debate that if elected President in 2008 he would “travel around the world and restore America’s reputation.”
Asked by rival Democratic Presidential contender Barack Obama how he would be traveling “around the world,” Edwards stated “By hot-air balloon of course, like my grand-pappy.” It is well-known that Edwards grandfather Louis B. Edwards III died in a fiery hot-air balloon crash off the coast of New Mexico in 1922. His remains were never found.
“With respect to your grand-pappy, I don’t know if the respected Senator is aware or not, but currently the U.S. air force has only sixteen hot-air balloons in operation, and of those sixteen, eleven are in Iraq, three are in Afghanistan, and two are stationed at Fort Bragg in case, God forbid, we have to face another terrorist attack here at home. With these facts in mind I think it’s fair to ask, Senator, how we can expect you to “travel around the world” by hot-air balloon when all our balloons are currently pre-occupied with serving this nation’s national defense needs.”
Waving down chortles and belly-laughs which had erupted from delegates and press in attendance Edwards looked Obama straight in the eye and delievered what proved to be the evening’s most memorable line: “I have my own hot-air balloon, Senator. I built it in my free time.”
June 04 2007 | Democrats and Iraq and 2008 Elections and Foreign Affairs | No Comments »
Well, I like the rest of the world, have long wondered what could possibly bring an end to the endless spiral of violence in Iraq. At long last a solution has appeared. No, it is not the Bush administration pulling out and leaving the Sunni’s and Shia’s to fight it out amongst themselves, it is not a troop surge, or even an attack on Iran. It is something much more simple, something people do every day all over the world (Japanese people exluded), the simple act of hugging! continue reading »
March 22 2007 | Iraq and George Bush and Foreign Affairs | No Comments »
Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales remains in the firing line over the firing of 8 U.S. Attorneys, a move Washington insiders say was politically motivated. Sen. Patrick Leahy has called for subpoenas against White House officials involved in the firings, including Bush strategist Karl Rove and ex-White House Counsel Harriet E. Miers. Leahy has vowed to get to the bottom of the scandal saying he will settle for nothing less than public testimony from those involved. continue reading »
March 19 2007 | Iraq and Republicans and George Bush and FBI and Scandals and Karl Rove | No Comments »
As the 4th anniversary of the Iraq war approaches tens of thousands of anti-war protesters marched in a rally at the Pentagon. Saturday’s rally was organized by ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War & End Racism) who led the march with chants of “US out of Iraq Now.” Demands for immediate withdrawl of troops were made by Ramsey Clark, former US attorney general and well known anti-war advocate Cindy Sheehan. continue reading »
March 18 2007 | Iraq and 2008 Elections and George Bush and Anti-war and Pentagon | No Comments »
The issue of how to pull the troops out of Iraq has topped all other issues among democratic front runners as the early caucuses take place, starting this week in Iowa. The importance of the issue to democratic voters was seen this week as Hillary Clinton pulled an about face on her previous opposition to deadlines for troop withdrawls and is now supporting a plan which would see all troops out of Iraq by March 2008. continue reading »
March 18 2007 | Democrats and Iraq and 2008 Elections | No Comments »