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1.2.07 @ 12:01AM

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TWO-TIMER
Re: Philip Klein's Two Americas, Take Two

It's a funny thing, this "Two Americas" paradigm of John Edwards. As a one term bust of a senator, who couldn't even think of running for a second term and who, as a vice presidential candidate, couldn't come close to putting a Southern state in the blue column for Jean-Francois, Edwards clearly finds himself in the wrong America. Fortunately for him, the MSM and the Washington pundits are still gaga over this blow-dried lightweight and this situation could yet change. But, when it comes to being in the right America, you know, the moneyed and privileged one, well, ole John is doing just fine. So, the other day in New Orleans, Edwards, the tort phenom of a magician that he is, attempted to bridge the "Two Americas" for himself, once and for all. With one hand he staged his Katrina- themed announcement, with rolled up denim sleeves and shovel and, oh yes, the media in tow, while with the other, he sold his toney Washington, D.C. digs for a cool $5.3 M. The good folks of New Orleans can easily be forgiven for having missed this sleight of hand. Add this to his 100 acre Carolina spread and his recent cushy university appointment and things in the other America look pretty good. So when Edwards told his enthralled audience that it's "great to see a problem and to take action to do something about it," truly he is a man who knows of what he speaks.
-- A. DiPentima

Living in North Carolina, I have seen John Edwards first hand and after he was elected Senator, North Carolinians tended to not see John at all. Now his political plank as a candidate for President is a country of two Americas.

Hillary Clinton's and Barack Obama's messages are the same thing but packaged in different cans of spam. How does John Edwards plan to unite these two Americas to, "One nation under God?" More intrusive government programs of course, because as Hillary Clinton's mentality is, "The masses are incapable of making decisions about health care on their own."

Is the situation going to change? No, because much of America does not want it to change because America is comfortable of delegating to government the difficult decisions of life, because America is way too busy and wrapped up with it's self-absorbed lives to take command of raising their children, choosing their health care, and always looking out for that free government handout.

The problem is that nothing is ever free; someone has to foot the bill. America has become a nation of financial burdens to those who want independence and less intrusive government in their lives. John Edwards and Hillary Clinton have found a fertile ground of Americans looking to suckle off the government teat, because these politicians know that these freeloaders to American independence and self reliance don't want the milk and honey to dry up.

Is this a harsh analysis of America today? No it is not, it is only the plain spoken truth that America must wake up and respond to, because we cannot continue to do business as usual and leave a country to a younger generation that is a fiscal and moral wreck of malcontents who are unwilling to take charge of their lives.

The only victim is this case is America herself because we allowed the John Edwards and Hillary Clinton's to degenerate us into spineless quivering masses of self-doubt, and pathetic shells of our former selves who have lost our self-reliance and independence. But I don't know about you, but my New Year's resolution is that I'm going to fight back,

I'm going fight back just as hard as the founders of this country did. I'm going to fight for less government in our lives, private property rights, and put more of what I earn back into my wallet and not the governments. I'm going to tell anyone who will listen to me to spread the message of, "If government wants to truly help us then don't give us another government program, just let us keep more of what we earn."

We are not a nation of hyphenated victims standing on the street corner with our tin cups waiting for alms. We are proud, we are strong, we are independent, we are Americans . Happy New Year America.
-- Melvin Leppla
Jacksonville, North Carolina

Regarding "Two Americas, Take Two": John Edwards has no chance at a presidential nomination, but he's desperate to get Hillary or Obama to look at him as vice president material. Edwards provided entertainment in November when he had a staff member call Wal-Mart to get a PlayStation 3 for his son. Edwards revealed his own liberal hypocrisy and that of Big Media, which completely ignored the double political incorrectness of his action -- shopping at Wal-Mart and using a political underling like a hired servant to conduct personal business.
-- Caroline Miranda
North Hollywood, California

THE ILYUSHIN SOLUTION
Re: George H. Wittman's Happy New Year, Vladimir Vladimirovich:

Please inform George Wittman that if he's looking for a hands-on example of corruption in the U.S. government affecting U.S.-Russia relations he need look no further than the U.S. Forest Service which for many years has kept superior Russian firefighting away from the American victim community.

For details, consult the links page at our website.

Only Rep. Dana Rohrabacher fights the Forest Service on this issue.

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