Concern troll extraordinaire, Dick Morris, has called for John Edwards to withdraw:
Edwards deserves a special place in our politics for his efforts to bring poverty to national attention and to revise national priorities to take account of the needs of the poor. But now it's time to read the writing on the wall and obey the verdict of history. It's time for Edwards to pull out.
Who is Dick Morris? Dick Morris represents the worst of the corporate party (he is neither Democrat nor Republican). To the Clinton's eternal shame, he was their number one advisor for many of their presidential years. He was kicked out of the Clinton admininstration not because his politics were profoundly amoral. No, he was kicked out because he did something freaky with a prostitute and keeping him around was bad politics.
What was Dick Morris's winning strategy for Bill Clinton? Abandon the fight for universal healthcare. Pass NAFTA. Attack poor people with welfare reform (an idea, that, in conjunction with serious anti-poverty efforts, would have been wonderful) and take no serious measures to combat poverty. Reduce protections for those on death row who may have been wrongfully convicted. Pander to the right. It won elections, but I think our country is much worse for Dick Morris's service.
How did Morris repay the Clintons for giving him a national stage? Easy. He wrote a book attacking Bill and Hillary and making all sorts of sleezy and baseless accusations (I'm not going to link to Dick Morris' book or repeat the allegations he made. They are not credible and do not deserve discussion. I feel dirty mentioning them.). When you lie down with dogs you wake up with fleas.
In any case, what does this have to do with John Edwards? Well, Dick Morris has always hated John Edwards' politics. John represents a return to the Democratic party of Bobby Kennedy and Paul Wellstone. He represents a party of standing up for the little guy and fighting for what's right. Not a party of with good rhetoric who helps corporations more than people. As JedReport's amazing video says:
In short, John is represents the exact opposite of Dick Morris. John is Obi Wan to Dick's Darth (actually, Dick Morris isn't Darth, more like Admiral Ozzel, a weak and incompetent servant of darkness):
By the way, Dick Morris now writes for the New York Post. The New York Post is the FoxNews of newspapers, only with less class. Here are a few of their recent anti-Edwards screeds: Populist Hogwash: John Edwards' Economic Idiocy, by Jonah Goldberg (who has been so spectacularly wrong about everything that you would think he would stop writing at some point) and, most impressively, Edwards Evil Insurance Scheme: Twisting the Tragedy of the Dead Liver Girl (because, when you really think about it, the real victim in the case of Natalie Sarkisyan is CIGNA insurance. Seriously.).
So, anyways, Dick Morris does not want the Democrats to win the next election. He fears and hates John Edwards. He is now trying to bury him with praise. It is a lie (Morris cares about poor people maybe only slightly less than Barbara Bush). Do not listen. Vote Edwards. In the end, Dick Morris will be grateful. He will have a strong Democratic president that he can lie about for 8 years. And his friends at CIGNA and Fox will write him plenty of checks.
UPDATE: GODDMANIT. I just turned on the TV and saw Joe Lieberman standing behind John McCain. Another disgrace. This is another reason to vote Edwards. It does not help to compromise with the right-wing in this coutnry. Clinton and Obama campaigned for Lieberman. Do you see what it got us? Clinton fricking employed Dick Morris. Do you see what it got us? Our country has been run by people whose politics are profoundly immoral. We cannot pretend that the disagreements are not serious. We must take them on, and we must win.