Edwards dared to tell the truth -- and paid for it

[flyarm]

http://www.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080210/COLUMNISTS03/802100309/1005/

Edwards dared to tell the truth -- and paid for it

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The song itself might stand as a sad farewell to the presidential candidacy of John Edwards, because thanks to the mass media, we never really got to know Edwards and what he stood for before he, like other Democratic hopefuls, was swept under by the tsunami-like coverage of Clinton and Obama.

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Perhaps it's not fair to say Edwards' cries went unheard.

Obama heard them. When it became clear, thanks to pundits such as Paul Krugmanm that Obama was trying to peddle a health care plan that only an insurance company could love, he adroitly paid lip service to Edwards' plan -- after Edwards dropped out.

But as far as the media were concerned, Edwards might as well have been Mike Gravel or Ron Paul. His ordeal was summed up emphatically one recent night during NBC's brief report on the previous night's Democratic debate, as described by Mrs. Greenspan. Ninety-nine percent of the coverage, predictably, was devoted to Mrs. Clinton and Obama once again reprising "The Bickersons." The other 1 percent consisted of what Mrs. Greenspan described as Edwards injecting a note of humor into the proceedings, when he reminded the moderators that "there are three of us in this debate."

That was it. End of coverage. Mrs. Greenspan and Brian laughed. How many of those who were interested in what Edwards might have had to say, laughed along with them?

[asdjrocky]

1. Thanks for bringing this here Flyarm-

Wish I could K&R it.

[smokey nj]

2. Thanks for this, fly.

[flyarm]

3. :)..

[Plucketeer]

4. PER-'xactly!

I sure didn't think it was a funny moment. HEY! We were SWINDLED by the corporate media. I can not, in good conscience, support one of the two puppets left. Loaded dice are an ugly thing. :grr:

[Two Americas]

5. Greenspan and Brian laughed

That says it all right there.