tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345275.post113019511327778661..comments2023-10-30T11:13:44.310-04:00Comments on The Ethical Werewolf ‡ by Neil Sinhababu : The John Edwards experienceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345275.post-1140815973908325322006-02-24T16:19:00.000-05:002006-02-24T16:19:00.000-05:00Well, six reporters/bloggers and John Edwards were...Well, six reporters/bloggers and John Edwards were in a room together and we asked him questions for about 20-30 minutes. They invited a selection of local reporters and bloggers -- I don't really know how they picked me, but it's probably because they'd seen me advocating for Edwards online a lot.Neil Sinhababuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15672033745772751532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345275.post-1140653235660474082006-02-22T19:07:00.000-05:002006-02-22T19:07:00.000-05:00"I and a few other reporters and bloggers"? The gu..."I and a few other reporters and bloggers"? The guy <I>must</I> be running if he's after the Kos crowd, eh?<BR/><BR/>Seriously, it is pretty cool that bloggers were included. How did that work, logistically?Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04272304569919320833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345275.post-1130720930116131142005-10-30T20:08:00.000-05:002005-10-30T20:08:00.000-05:00Ah, I really like both your writing and your persp...Ah, I really like both your writing and your perspective. I love the JE, too, and have high hopes that he will run and win in 2008. I still am shaking my head in bewilderment trying to figure out why we Dems elected Kerry in the primaries. yuck! Anyway... cool post and I like your blog!Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06828264362440079797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345275.post-1130274828985417052005-10-25T17:13:00.000-04:002005-10-25T17:13:00.000-04:00Brandon, are you kidding me? I had a bunch of repu...Brandon, are you kidding me? I had a bunch of republicans with me watching his daily show interview... and they thought he came across as a really personable guy. <BR/><BR/>Edwards' daily show interview was very well praised by everyone across the board on the net... as far as I saw it. <BR/><BR/>However, you are right that TV isn't good to him.... I remember that one person from a control group on MSNBC pointed out after Edwards' convention speech, that he came across as "too perfect" ... but I don't see that as too big a problem.<BR/><BR/>I think that after looking and tolerating Dubya for so many years... not to mention his broken sentences... I think the American people will appreciate competence in a candidate... someone who can speak from the top of his head, off the cuff. <BR/><BR/>Frankly, I give the candidate and his message priority over electability. But I think Edwards will have a hard time in the primaries, but if he gets the nomination... the general will be his to lose. I know he has crossover appeal, but it's the primaries that are going to be the real test.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345275.post-1130263506683523042005-10-25T14:05:00.000-04:002005-10-25T14:05:00.000-04:00Edwards pushes all my buttons, too. But i think yo...Edwards pushes all my buttons, too. But i think you far overestimate his appeal to people who aren't sympathetic. I haven't met ANYONE here at UVA, GOP or Dem, who doesn't think Edwards comes off as a snake oil salesman. I want to love him, and I think he'd be a great president, but I don't think we should get too excited about his electability. I think technology isn't good to him, either - I think he's good on a stage in front of a crowd, but on TV he looks slick. I saw him on the Daily Show just the other day and I agreed with everything he said, but got the feeling that he had practiced every word in front of a mirror.Brandonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02578347079961234153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345275.post-1130241518833904722005-10-25T07:58:00.000-04:002005-10-25T07:58:00.000-04:00Hi again, Neil. Just posted my take on Edwards wi...Hi again, Neil. Just posted my take on Edwards with a link to your story. Stole the pics from IN THE PINK TEXAS (linked & credited). Thanks much.Neil Shakespearehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06228133426669625273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345275.post-1130237254405542512005-10-25T06:47:00.000-04:002005-10-25T06:47:00.000-04:00Great story. I voted for Edwards in the caucus la...Great story. I voted for Edwards in the caucus last year but Kerry won, alas. I saw him declare his candidacy on 'The Daily Show' and thought that was pretty cool. It kind of shocked Stewart, I think, but there was Edwards and he did it. But I really decided he was the guy to beat Bush when I a debate in Iowa on C-Span of the 7 candidates. Hillary was the moderator and each candidate got 7 minutes, I think it was. He blew me away. I found myself going 'Holy Cow! What a speech!' It was like a throwback to a bygone era of great American speechifiers. (I grew up listening to Humphrey.) It was the first time I heard the 'Two Americas' speech and it hit right to the core. Alas, the Dems with what they figured was their 'safe' candidate. And it's too damn bad. I believe Edwards would have fired up this nation. I hope he runs again. And thanks for the post!Neil Shakespearehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06228133426669625273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345275.post-1130232637031407152005-10-25T05:30:00.000-04:002005-10-25T05:30:00.000-04:00EG, I think one of the things that made the exampl...EG, I think one of the things that made the example work was that he ran it as a Katrina story at first, rather than as a antipoverty policy story. So I didn't know what was coming. <BR/><BR/>You've swapped the A and not-A positions from my post (I have A as the liberal view). In any case, the conservative doesn't need anything as strong as you suggest. "A lot of poor people are lazy" is enough to make the conservative argument against social programs appealing to many people. The contradiction to that -- "Not a lot of poor people are lazy" is something that would probably be taken as controversial. <BR/><BR/>dadahead, Edwards mentioned during the speech that Elizabeth is doing well.Neil Sinhababuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15672033745772751532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345275.post-1130225661463467492005-10-25T03:34:00.000-04:002005-10-25T03:34:00.000-04:00I saw him use the "I just want to work" example in...I saw him use the "I just want to work" example in a speech on C-Span a while back. It seemed immediately to me that its purpose was to show that poor people aren't all lazy. In fact, I think I remember that he followed up the example with a sentence pretty much to that effect, although maybe I'm misremembering.<BR/><BR/>As an aside, I wonder whether in this case it really would be better to avoid saying "not-A." In this case, A = "Poor people are lazy," and when that's said explicitly it sounds pretty awful. Far right-wing advocates of A need to avoid saying A explicitly; they have to support it indirectly using the tactics you suggest, and I think that's exactly what right-wing pundits do. But I think that those who believe not-A can just come out and say it -- "Not all poor people are lazy" -- because that sounds to most people like an obvious truth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345275.post-1130205796697125912005-10-24T22:03:00.000-04:002005-10-24T22:03:00.000-04:00I felt very similarly when he gave his 2 Americas ...I felt very similarly when he gave his 2 Americas speech here at Athens,Ohio a year ago(has it really been that long :-( ). it was a big rallying place for the Dems, and prior to his arrival we saw mike moore and jesse jackson and (gasp) jerry springer. <BR/><BR/>but edwards was awesome. his timing was amazing, and his delivery is impeccable and he has that great winning smile that i hear drives the ladies wild.<BR/><BR/>glad to see you got to meet him :)adihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02298348063697121169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345275.post-1130204993710470202005-10-24T21:49:00.000-04:002005-10-24T21:49:00.000-04:00Ah crap! That was today? I meant to go. Thanks for...Ah crap! That was today? I meant to go. Thanks for the summary/reaction. :)<BR/><BR/>-<A HREF="http://blendor.com" REL="nofollow">Ali</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345275.post-1130202301975719982005-10-24T21:05:00.000-04:002005-10-24T21:05:00.000-04:00That is a great report. I got to hear Edwards at ...That is a great report. I got to hear Edwards at Harvard.. and I was as ecstatic as you ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com