[Originally posted at Corrente.]
Ah, memories. George Romney, 1967:
On 31 August 1967 Governor Romney made a statement that ruined his chances for getting the [Presidential] nomination. In a taped interview with Lou Gordon of WKBD-TV in Detroit, Romney stated, "When I came back from Viet Nam [in November 1965], I'd just had the greatest brainwashing that anybody can get." He then shifted to opposing the war. ... Republican Congressman Robert Stafford of Vermont sounded a common concern: "If you're running for the presidency," he asserted, "you are supposed to have too much on the ball to be brainwashed."
John Edwards, 2007:
[EDWARDS:] I believe that my vote [for the AUMF] was wrong, I take responsibility for that. [WMDs aside,] I felt a great conflict then about giving George Bush this authority, because I didn’t trust him. And I resolved that conflict on the side of voting for it. Now seeing what’s happened, I would not resolve that conflict that way. This president should not have been given the authority to go into Iraq
To update Senator Stafford: "If you're running for the Presidency, you are supposed to have too much on the ball to trust George Bush."
This was after Bush stole Florida 2000, remember. And the entire Beltway must have known Bush was using the AUMF as a tool to win the midterms. So why on earth would anybody trust George Bush?
Much as I like John Edwards, and I do, I just don't think he's presidential timber. This latest tortured statement proves it.