Slog - Comments on Shrum v. Edwards http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/shrum_v_edwards For those who don't remember Bob Shrum, he was the mastermind behind John Kerry's presidential campaign. Now the much-mocked political consultant has a new book out, and it's not kind to John Edwards: In the one passage of the book already widely leaked, Shrum recounts how he and other political advisers pushed Edwards into a vote for the [2002 Iraq War] resolution that Edwards--and, even more so, his wife, Elizabeth--didn't want to cast. The episode didn't make Shrum look great. But the real damage is to Edwards, who comes across as a cipher taking orders from his handlers. As Shrum... Copyright 2008 Thu, 24 May 2007 13:34:15 -0800 Wed, 06 Jun 2007 04:52:55 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Will in Seattle um. ok. so, what does any of this have to do with Iraq?

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/shrum_v_edwards#c725612 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/shrum_v_edwards#c725612 Politics Thu, 24 May 2007 13:54:05 -0800 Comment by Ryno I have many problems with Shrum. #1 is that he hasn't won a national election but still gets work on them.

But he's spot on in his criticism of Edwards. I was disgusted when Edwards said during the first debate that his biggest mistake was voting for the Iraq War, and that his lesson learned was that he should trust his own judgment. I couldn't believe that his vote for the war was not out of conviction, but was political maneuvering. That is disgusting. If you can't grow a spine and vote out of principle on something as important as war, you have no business looking for my vote or anyone else's. Is that what anyone wants in a president or any leader? I hope not.

]]> Ryno http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/shrum_v_edwards#c725711 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/shrum_v_edwards#c725711 Politics Thu, 24 May 2007 15:54:00 -0800 Comment by christopher Hey, EVERY fucking democrat up there voted to support the iraq resolution, almost assuredly for political reasons, except for like two guys. As long as we have a two-party oligarchy, American politics is about picking the lesser of two evils. And just reading their faces and listening to their words, Shrum's account comes off bullshit. He's saying Kerry was the straight shooter (unlike Edwards), when every sentence Kerry spoke was agonizingly strained to fit into what his handlers told him to say. Edwards may be just as false, but at least he's good enough of a liar to make me feel like he has a heart somewhere in his chest, and I'll vote for his ass in the primaries (if I even bother with them) and definitely for the presidency - if he gets that far. He's quite possibly the least of the evils we've got to choose from this year, at minimum he's the least evil of the electable ones.
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]]> christopher http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/shrum_v_edwards#c725769 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/shrum_v_edwards#c725769 Politics Thu, 24 May 2007 16:23:49 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Um, you mean our Congressman (7th CD) and who else, @3?

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/shrum_v_edwards#c725841 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/shrum_v_edwards#c725841 Politics Thu, 24 May 2007 17:50:00 -0800 Comment by Mickymse Our GOOD Senator didn't vote for it either, Will...

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chicken noodle soup recipe
Rosemary-And-Thyme Roasted Chicken 1 6-TO 8-pound whole chicken 1 tablespoon
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fried chicken recipe
An all-time favorite steps out on a world tour of flavors * Chicken salad--once
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