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June 9, 2003, 07:50 AM
http://www.newsmax.com/showinsidecover.shtml?a=2003/6/7/84355
Saturday, June 7, 2003
Senator Edwards Apologized for Hunting Squirrels and Rabbits
In several interviews now being publicized by a delighted Republican National Committee, Sen. John Edwards, the darling of the nation's trial lawyers, backed away from his good ole boy image, claiming he no longer listens to country music, pays no attention to NASCAR races and even no longer owns a gun, according to The Hill. "Haven't hunted in years," millionaire Edwards told the Charlotte Observer. During another interview, in a revelation bound to warm the bleeding hearts of liberals in New York, Martha's Vineyard, the Hamptons and Hollywood he also begged for forgiveness for the heinous crime of having once hunted rabbits and squirrels .
And in a bow to the anti-fishing PETA extremists he told a questioner who asked if he still murdered innocent fish that 'I haven't fished in years either.' He even distanced himself from the honorable profession of farming In response to another Observer question "Have you ever done any farming?" he said "No", but then corrected himself, saying. "I shouldn't say never. When I was a young kid, we'd go sometimes and pull tobacco and stuff. But I never did any serious farming." Tobacco? That won't go down well in Hollywood where smoking is viewed as a crime that should be punishable by death or dismemberment.
Edwards' retreat from his rural North Carolina roots and disdaining remarks about the things that really matter to his fellow tarheels show why polls indicate he could not only not carry his own state in an election battle with President Bush, but also will probably lose his senate seat in 2004 if he runs again.
Saturday, June 7, 2003
Senator Edwards Apologized for Hunting Squirrels and Rabbits
In several interviews now being publicized by a delighted Republican National Committee, Sen. John Edwards, the darling of the nation's trial lawyers, backed away from his good ole boy image, claiming he no longer listens to country music, pays no attention to NASCAR races and even no longer owns a gun, according to The Hill. "Haven't hunted in years," millionaire Edwards told the Charlotte Observer. During another interview, in a revelation bound to warm the bleeding hearts of liberals in New York, Martha's Vineyard, the Hamptons and Hollywood he also begged for forgiveness for the heinous crime of having once hunted rabbits and squirrels .
And in a bow to the anti-fishing PETA extremists he told a questioner who asked if he still murdered innocent fish that 'I haven't fished in years either.' He even distanced himself from the honorable profession of farming In response to another Observer question "Have you ever done any farming?" he said "No", but then corrected himself, saying. "I shouldn't say never. When I was a young kid, we'd go sometimes and pull tobacco and stuff. But I never did any serious farming." Tobacco? That won't go down well in Hollywood where smoking is viewed as a crime that should be punishable by death or dismemberment.
Edwards' retreat from his rural North Carolina roots and disdaining remarks about the things that really matter to his fellow tarheels show why polls indicate he could not only not carry his own state in an election battle with President Bush, but also will probably lose his senate seat in 2004 if he runs again.