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Elizabeth Edwards: "Republicans Scare Me"
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ABC News' Raelyn Johnson reports: Elizabeth Edwards, wife of Democratic hopeful John Edwards, lamented with Iowa caucus goers about her fear of the Republican Party.
"Republicans should scare us in a lot of ways," Edwards said as she was introducing her husband at a town hall in Dubuque, Iowa.
Speaking about Republican candidate Mike Huckabee, who recently surged ahead in Iowa polls, Elizabeth noted, "He seems like a nice charming guy," before saying that Huckabee, "doesn’t believe in evolution and has some nutty views about what it is we should do about ending violence in our inner city — we should make sure all of our young people are armed. Republicans scare me."
She went on to warn about the larger party, saying, "Karl Rove may not be working in the White House anymore but you can pretty much be sure he’s going back in the presidential race... I believe he’s going to be back and he’s going be doing that same kind of Rovian politics that we’ve seen before — the kind of attacks that we saw against Sen. McCain in South Carolina we can expect to see against our nominee, 'swift boating,' all of that kind of stuff again."
John Edwards has been spending the last week campaigning in Iowa. Elizabeth joined him recently and has been making her presence felt by speaking at various moments throughout town hall meetings. Actor and supporter Kevin Bacon joined Edwards on Saturday, surprising audiences with a performance from the Bacon Brothers Band, but it’s becoming increasingly clear that this bus tour is being headlined by Elizabeth.
Pleading her husband’s case, she told caucus goers that Edwards could survive the Republican attack machine: "We have to have a candidate who stands up, can take the punches and give it back to them."
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Elizabeth Edwards: "Republicans scare me."
Republicans: "The feeling is mutual."
Posted by: GradualDazzle | Dec 15, 2007 8:19:39 PM
I agree with GradualDazzle
Posted by: Walter | Dec 15, 2007 8:58:28 PM
John Edwards --- unifying the people by making sure nobody likes his wife.
-=Mike
Posted by: MikeinSC | Dec 15, 2007 9:00:24 PM
I agree with her and I'm not a fan of her husband.
Posted by: Mernt | Dec 15, 2007 9:04:59 PM
Democrats scare me. They are terrorist appeasers! They are more concerned about making sure a terrorist is not waterboarded than they are concerned about the safety of Americans, or about preventing a future incident.
The fact is, fortunately, we won't be hearing from loud mouth Elizabeth Edwards in 60 days because it will be all over for her loser husband!
Posted by: Alan | Dec 15, 2007 9:05:24 PM
I like anyone who isn't afraid to spaek his or her mind! We need more Dems like her.
Posted by: Dasmessenger | Dec 15, 2007 9:06:45 PM
Mrs. Edwards needs to stick a sock in it. It's amazing that she can say anything she wants and get away with it.
Posted by: Mark | Dec 15, 2007 9:06:53 PM
Like we shouldn't be scared of a pretty-boy lawyer (in the pocket of all the other lawyers) being handed the Presidency? Will people finally get up out of their wheelchairs and walk? HEEEYAYYY!
Posted by: TheMadKing | Dec 15, 2007 9:11:17 PM
Ever since 2004, I have felt she is just plain nasty. And I think less of her husband, especially after the story in Newsweek about his odd behavior with Kerry. Fortunately, Americans - or 85 percent of them at least- apparently feel the same way. They'll be out of the picture in a few months.
Posted by: ohioindependent | Dec 15, 2007 9:14:17 PM
She is as Rosie would say, "Delusional!"
Posted by: Thornton | Dec 15, 2007 9:19:43 PM
Republicans SHOULD scare her; they tend to expose and clarify the myths of populism. But her fellow democrats should scare her even more; they're about to relegate her and her shallow running mate to a footnote.
Posted by: RODOM | Dec 15, 2007 9:19:57 PM
What's really scary is no one from either party looks or is acting Presidential.
Have you looked at any recent photos
of hillary / now thats very scary.
Posted by: Dick Sicario | Dec 15, 2007 9:25:13 PM
No First Lady She. Now or ever.
Posted by: TheMadKing | Dec 15, 2007 9:26:25 PM
she should have been more concerned about her son Wade speeding down the highway in an SUV, and flipping it which killed him
she should have been more concerned about her morbid obesity, with obesity increasing cancer risk and she now has cancer
she needs to be less concerned about Karl Rove and more concerned about her own family and her behavior, surely chopping down trees on dozens of acres and building a 30-thousand square foot home was not too good for the environment
Posted by: Smithes | Dec 15, 2007 9:28:45 PM
If she gets too scared she can rush back to her ridiculous compound & raise the draw bridge.
Posted by: coventry manner | Dec 15, 2007 9:30:11 PM
scarry? marriage, military duty, relegion, sovreignty, lawful, employed, tax paying, hunters, flesh eaters, fur wearers, businessmen (ive worked 51 weeks a year for 41 yarrs employing 12 people and my children have a total of 7 college degrees paid by themselves by loans and jobs)oooh. Im scared.
Posted by: earl | Dec 15, 2007 9:30:23 PM
you inform the enemy how to escape us, you try to give the vote to felons, you leave the border wide open- 50 yrs of dem rule in congress- did nothing but try to destroy the USA.
Posted by: rimple dwimple | Dec 15, 2007 9:33:12 PM
Thornton my friend you have hit the nail right on the head. That said it all. You might think she was running. Can't the real laywer speak for himself?
Posted by: dommie | Dec 15, 2007 9:35:41 PM
haha, John Edwards can stand up to Republican attacks in a general campaign, but won't go near Fox or let one of its employees ask him questions. His courageousness should be a model to us all.
Posted by: Randy | Dec 15, 2007 9:36:49 PM
Elizabeth Edwards....... Paris Hilton's clone. SCARY !
Posted by: ralph m | Dec 15, 2007 9:39:07 PM
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