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Say what?
December 17, 2007 11:49 AM
Say what? #1
MSNBC's Chris Matthews to Clinton adviser Mark Penn last week: "Did you tell him to step down?"
Mark Penn: "No, he stepped down."
Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, on MSNBC today: "We asked him to step down. He's not part of our campaign."
Say what? #2
Obama senior adviser David Axelrod this week on how John Edwards is new to the issue of lobbying reform, as opposed to Obama who worked on the Senate ethics reform bill.
Axelrod: "I can't think of one thing like that, that Senator Edwards did in the Senate."
Then-Edwards senior adviser David Axelrod on CNN, March 2004: "Washington is run by the special interests today ... John Edwards ran headlong into it when he led the fight for the patients bill of rights against the insurance industry in the Senate. He has never taken a dime from lobbyists or PACs. He said, let's ban lobbyist money, so you can't give people a bill to pass in the day and a check at night. And that's how we're going to start changing the culture in Washington. But you have to be able to do that. That's a fundamental difference between these candidates. Senator (John) Kerry accepts that lobbyist money. And we're trying to change that."
-- jpt
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John Edwards voted for the China Trade Agreement which he knew would hurt American workers, and he didn't push for labor or environmental standards. His rhetoric in 08 is completely different than anything he said in 04 or his Senate term.
Posted by: mike | Dec 18, 2007 7:21:06 PM
What does "lead the fight" mean? But what did he accomplish??? Nothing? Yeah that's what I thought. You try so hard (a little too much I think) to stir things up when nothing really exists. Not sure any of these things are worth noting. Be great if you just stuck to reporting the facts. That would be much more helpful.
Posted by: Uzoma | Dec 18, 2007 5:44:24 PM
Jake - you're still a trouble maker. I love it!
Posted by: Jen Q | Dec 18, 2007 2:28:04 PM
There's nothing inconsistent in what Axelrod said. A patient's bill of rights is not exactly lobbying reform and while Axelrod was putting positive spin on it in 2004, Edwards hardly led the effort (he was third on the bill behind McCain and Kennedy) and it was never passed into law.
Posted by: Mike | Dec 17, 2007 12:52:24 PM
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