Friday, February 12, 2010
The Chron Makes No Sense, but Disses Democrats.
Here's the lede of a piece by the Chron hack team of Carla Marinucci and Joe Garofoli:
Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards' career went down in flames in the last month with sordid revelations about his lies and infidelity, but his reputation wasn't the only thing demolished.
Still emerging from the political wreckage in California are the crowds of campaign workers, donors and volunteers who put their lives and hearts into Edwards' quixotic quests for the White House.
Anything wrong with the picture? How about: the race for the White House is OVER, and a guy has not only be elected, but been in office for over A YEAR. Obama is his name, I believe.
Edwards gave up in the primary OVER TWO YEARS ago, in January 2008.
Yet, for Carla & Joe, the career went down over the last month, and campaign workers are still heart broken. That does not pass a basic bullshit detector test.
Yes, Edwards was sleazy. But so are a million other has-been former politicians. So what? It's funny that a sex scandal is discrediting for Edwards, while Senator Vitter is running for re-election in Louisiana or Gov. Sanford has not resigned and Sen. Craig never did. The difference: sex scandals are OK if you are a Republican. If you are a Democrat like Edwards, the Chron will never ever forgive you, and will never ever forget you.
Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards' career went down in flames in the last month with sordid revelations about his lies and infidelity, but his reputation wasn't the only thing demolished.
Still emerging from the political wreckage in California are the crowds of campaign workers, donors and volunteers who put their lives and hearts into Edwards' quixotic quests for the White House.
Anything wrong with the picture? How about: the race for the White House is OVER, and a guy has not only be elected, but been in office for over A YEAR. Obama is his name, I believe.
Edwards gave up in the primary OVER TWO YEARS ago, in January 2008.
Yet, for Carla & Joe, the career went down over the last month, and campaign workers are still heart broken. That does not pass a basic bullshit detector test.
Yes, Edwards was sleazy. But so are a million other has-been former politicians. So what? It's funny that a sex scandal is discrediting for Edwards, while Senator Vitter is running for re-election in Louisiana or Gov. Sanford has not resigned and Sen. Craig never did. The difference: sex scandals are OK if you are a Republican. If you are a Democrat like Edwards, the Chron will never ever forgive you, and will never ever forget you.
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