Slog - Comments on "No" http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/no_1 John Edwards will not accept the VP spot, no matter who wins the Democratic nomination.... Copyright 2008 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:03:58 -0800 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:00:06 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by elenchos Obama/elenchos '08


Ready Freddie!

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/no_1#c989036 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/no_1#c989036 2008 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:07:59 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Why would the Secretary of Education want to accept the VP spot that Dodd or Richardson will be filling?

I mean, it's like expecting US Supreme Court Justice Hillary Clinton to be Governor of NY ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/no_1#c989038 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/no_1#c989038 2008 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:09:33 -0800 Comment by elenchos God, shut up Will. At least I'm qualified to be VP. Hillary would be a crappy justice.

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/no_1#c989044 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/no_1#c989044 2008 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:12:23 -0800 Comment by tsm What would you keep in that human-sized safe Cheney put in the VP's office, elenchos?

]]> tsm http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/no_1#c989046 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/no_1#c989046 2008 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:13:02 -0800 Comment by Henrietta Then why is he holding out on his endorsement?

]]> Henrietta http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/no_1#c989080 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/no_1#c989080 2008 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:31:01 -0800 Comment by Bub I'm surprised John Edwards doesn't want a second chance to carry his home state of North Carolina in a presidential election.

]]> Bub http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/no_1#c989110 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/no_1#c989110 2008 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:43:50 -0800 Comment by Levislade That's too bad; I really would've dug Obama/Edwards.

]]> Levislade http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/no_1#c989122 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/no_1#c989122 2008 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:49:07 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways Dear John,

No one wants you to be V.P.

You need to be quiet now, and stay home and take care of your sick wife and run for governor or something. Continue being the fine JC Penney mannequin that you are.

Nationally, you're done.

Thanks,

The Unwashed Masses

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/no_1#c989161 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/no_1#c989161 2008 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:19:07 -0800 Comment by Fifty-Two-Eighty Well of course he doesn't want to be VP. He's making gajillions of dollars as a big-time ambulance-chaser. No surprise there.

]]> Fifty-Two-Eighty http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/no_1#c989173 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/no_1#c989173 2008 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:26:27 -0800 Comment by unPC Quitter -- guess his vision and policies aren't that crucial for America, after all.
Notice how Republicans run over and over and if they lose, GOPsters respect them anyway instead of viciously attacking them? Whereas Democrats run once it seems, then quit, and we viciously attack them for losing, even if just barely as with Gore and Kerry?

Yup, no gumption, that's our problem.
A/k/a being a quitter.

]]> unPC http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/no_1#c989183 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/no_1#c989183 2008 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:31:56 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle @3 - so, you're 35, born in the US (or a military base overseas), and breathing?

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/no_1#c989226 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/no_1#c989226 2008 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:58:03 -0800 Comment by Gitai Big whoop. After the abortion that was the Cheney vice presidency, we're going to demand that the office's power be castrated, emasculated, demeaned, and humiliated. That leaves being VP as only good for a stepping stone to the presidency, and well, Edwards has shown America that he just can't be president ever. So turning this down is no big loss for him.

If he spurns any possible appointee position, I'll take him a bit more seriously.

]]> Gitai http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/no_1#c989363 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/no_1#c989363 2008 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:08:26 -0800 Comment by Reverse Polarity Too bad. I think Edwards would have been a good choice as VP for either Obama or Clinton. Since we will soon have either the first Black presidential candidate or the first Woman presidential candidate, having a typical old white guy as the VP would help shore up the nervous white guy vote. If you paired Obama/Hillary or Hillary/Obama, a lot of the nervous white guys would bail and vote for McCain.

UnPC @10, Democrats run over and over again too. Gephardt, Biden, Kusinich...

]]> Reverse Polarity http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/no_1#c989396 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/no_1#c989396 2008 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:20:20 -0800 Comment by Sarah I seem to remember another democratic presidential election with a man named Kerry. In this midst of this election, Edwards anounced that he would never settle for the VP spot. Nope, he was running for the President of the United States. And what did he do when Kerry secured the nomination? Why, he accepted the VP spot!

So don't worry, he just likes to say no for the camera.

]]> Sarah http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/no_1#c989801 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/no_1#c989801 2008 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:00:06 -0800