he really speaks his mind about people like that mother-of-all-a**holes O'Reilly in a way that is so satisfying and a breath of fresh air. Obama supporter here, but the more I've seen of Edwards these past months, I've gotten to like him more and more

the Policy Candidate.

Thx for posting!

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most of what BillO says is crap? Seriously.

That was pretty cathartic for me ;-)

just for that Letterman video. Such a great interview.

And John has fun the whole time, right down to having his hair messed up at the end!

We will have missed a great opportunity for our country.

No offense to the other 2 candidates who are both light years ahead of any of the rethugs, but Edwards has firmer more detailed positions than either of the democratic "celebrity" candidates.

that Edwards has put on the political map.

Good diary, Tom.

so we missed this. Thanks for sharing.

I deeply admire and respect JRE but I still wonder if he jumped the gun when he decided to run in 2004. Then again, I'm not quite unbiased about that because I loved having him as my senator.

You know you've got the right-wing media bots attention when they group you with George Soros. I just had to find a good place for this Bloreilly excerpt, even though it's pretty long. It's titled "O'Reilly: George Soros is funding Media Matters,John Edwards":

You know, we really should enact a law that makes telling lies something that must carry a large label saying "This is not true" right on the screen. A new kind of Fairness Doctrine.

I'm right here with you.

Thanks, TomP, for another excellent diary in support of JRE.

Keep 'em coming.  We need these issues on the table.

That was a great little segment on Letterman last night. I think Edwards was using Letterman's words back at him. Remember when O'Reilly was on  Letterman and he told him that 60% of what he said was crap? Edwards kept a straight face though. LOL.

The way he handled questions he couldn't answer (like choice of VP) and turned the tables on Letterman (by asking him to do for him what Oprah did for Obama) was very impressive.

In evaluating candidates, you have to ask yourself how they will handle challenging situations interacting with domestic and foreign adversaries. In this interview, Edwards showed his mettle: tough, witty and quick-thinking.

or best yet, a black woman, the media may actually give him the credit they fail to give him, at least in America.  Edwards gets more and better press in the UK then he receives here, it's pathetic.

I had no idea that John Edwards was so funny! He KILLED on Letterman last night.

I fear I'm developing a "Tweety-sized mancrush" on John Edwards!

(Cross posted from another diary)

http://www.cnn.com/...

Which of the following candidates do you believe has the economic knowledge and leadership to guide the United States for the next four years?
Giuliani3% 781
Huckabee5% 1202
McCain 3% 736
Romney 21% 5157
Clinton 17% 4209
Edwards 39% 9825
Obama 12% 3115
Total Votes: 25025
This is not a scientific poll

When Edwards said "But most of what he says is crap.". Although I noticed it took the audience a little bit to start laughing, kind of like their were in shock that a politician especially a presidential candidate would say something like that. But a few months ago when Dave had Al Franken on the show and said "I believe 60% of what he (O'Reilly) says is crap." and Al replyed "That everything that comes out of his mouth is crap" (I'm paraphasing here my memory isn't that good) there was no hesitation at all. I guess they were in a bit of shock that a polititian would say what's on his mind.