by Jill Zuckman
Manchester, NH – With one month to go until the first votes are cast, Sen. John Edwards told an audience of seniors Friday, the silly season has begun.
Case in point, he said, was the recent back and forth between Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama.
"Senator Clinton said Obama said he had not spent his whole life wanting to be president. But lo and behold, he wrote an essay when he was in kindergarten talking about how he wanted to be president," he said.
Somehow, said Edwards, the contretemps had become an issue of character.
"When I was in kindergarten, I either wanted to be a cowboy or superman,'' he confided. "I think some of this is silly and no one cares about it."
But Edwards engaged in a little silliness of his own, drawing loud laughs from the crowd at AARP's Divided We Fail luncheon.
First, Edwards was asked whether he would insist that the government negotiate the cost of drug prices with the pharmaceutical companies when he is president. "Yes," said Edwards, leaving it at that.
But then, he had another thought. The government should do something about all of the prescription drug advertisements on television, he said.
"I just love the ads that say if you take this medicine soon you'll be skipping through the fields with your spouse,'' he said, in a sly reference to all of the erectile dysfunction drugs being marketed on television.
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Comments
And when GW was in kindergarten, he wanted to be a cheerleader, a brave fighter pilot, and President. Two out of three ain't bad.
Posted by: Rick/Sneads Ferry, NC | December 7, 2007 4:51 PM
Edwards would make a great president, and be less polarizing and scapegoated as Hillary or Barak.
Posted by: Oscar | December 7, 2007 4:52 PM
Edwards would make a great president, and be less polarizing and scapegoated as Hillary or Barak.
Posted by: Oscar | December 7, 2007 11:29 PM
go edwards presdent, go richardson, v.p.
Posted by: tony sacco | December 8, 2007 12:13 AM
Edwards is now directly borrowing from Obama.
On December 3, Obama told ABC News reporter David Wrights, "It's silly season. I understand she is even quoting my kindergarten teacher in Indonesia."
Now the News and Observer reports: Edwards, at a couple of campaign stops in New Hampshire today [December 7], talked about the "silly season" - the final month before voters start casting ballots in Iowa and New Hampshire, reports Barb Barrett from New Hampshire. "Lo and behold, in kindergarten...you think I'm joking...they found a kindergarten essay..." Edwards told crowds in Manchester and Bedford.
The Chicago Tribune reported on November 25 that Obama said, "People are running through the fields, and they're all smiling, but you don't know what it's for," he said. "You just hear about the side effects. You know, this may cause diarrhea. ... It's like, what is this drug for? I don't know. Except there's that one you do know, right? The middle-aged couple is all smiling at each other. You know what that one's for."
Now Edwards says, "I just love the ads that say if you take this medicine soon you'll be skipping through the fields with your spouse,'' he said.
The Edwards campaign is trying its best to steal Barack Obama's thunder by blurring the lines the distinctions between the two. Can Edwards at least try do it without plagiarizing Obama?
Posted by: Nate | December 8, 2007 2:52 AM
"JUST NOT FEELING YOU SEN. EDWARDS"
WHEN IT'S TIME TO FORGET YOUR FOE, AND SHOOT STRAIGHT ABOUT GEORGE BUSH AND HIS ADMINISTRATION AND WHERE WE ARE TODAY, THE FOCUS IS NOT IN STEP WITH CONGRESS!
HELP FILLIBUSTER SOMETHING, LIKE EMERGENCY SPENDING BILLS.
HELP AMERICA UNDESTAND WHY THE "BOY WHO CRIED WOLF" SIX MONTH IMMUNITY REPRIEVES FROM I DON'T RECALL, AND SEE IF HE RECALLS WHY IT'S A NEW EMERGENCY SPENDING BILL THAT NEEDS TO BE PASSED, OR A SUPPLEMENTAL EMERGENCY SPENDING BILL.
IOWA IS JUST AROUND THE CONER!
Posted by: Roger Morris | December 8, 2007 10:35 AM
Edwards is now directly borrowing from Obama.
On December 3, Obama told ABC News reporter David Wrights, "It's silly season. I understand she is even quoting my kindergarten teacher in Indonesia."
Now the News and Observer reports: Edwards, at a couple of campaign stops in New Hampshire today [December 7], talked about the "silly season" - the final month before voters start casting ballots in Iowa and New Hampshire, reports Barb Barrett from New Hampshire. "Lo and behold, in kindergarten...you think I'm joking...they found a kindergarten essay..." Edwards told crowds in Manchester and Bedford.
The Chicago Tribune reported on November 25 that Obama said, "People are running through the fields, and they're all smiling, but you don't know what it's for," he said. "You just hear about the side effects. You know, this may cause diarrhea. ... It's like, what is this drug for? I don't know. Except there's that one you do know, right? The middle-aged couple is all smiling at each other. You know what that one's for."
Now Edwards says, "I just love the ads that say if you take this medicine soon you'll be skipping through the fields with your spouse,'' he said.
The Edwards campaign is trying its best to steal Barack Obama's thunder by blurring the lines the distinctions between the two. Can Edwards at least try do it without plagiarizing Obama?
Posted by: Nate | December 8, 2007 5:17 PM
NO thank you mama - I'm for Obama !
Obama 2008.
Posted by: PulSamsara | December 9, 2007 7:42 PM