Faux News on Edwards

[andysocial]

Just caught a piece of the Fox News commentary on Kerry's selection of a running mate. They were questioning his experience, since he has only been in the Senate since 1998, never holding an elected office prior to that. Gee, let's see now...How many elected offices did the current President hold prior to becoming the highest-ranking person in the country? Oh, just the one? And how many years did he serve there? Five? Hmmm... I can see how the Fox folks would question the ability of a U.S. Senator with six years of experience in national politics but think a governor with five years of local politics is acceptable. Sure.

Oh, and for those of you outside Texas, the governorship here is largely ceremonial, except for all those death penalties they get to sign (152 in five years for Governor Bush).

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[rillifane.livejournal.com]

That's John Kerry's take on Edwards actually. It was JOhn Kerry who said ""In the Senate four years — and that is the full extent of public life — no international experience, no military experience, When I came back from Vietnam in 1969 I don't know if John Edwards was out of diapers."

[andysocial]

Well, campaign trash talking is not too surprising. I think Kerry is probably regretting that statement, though.

Regardless, you've been in Texas a long time, you know that leveling experience attacks against Edwards is absurd compared to the national and international experience the governor of Texas gets.

[rillifane.livejournal.com]

Actually, as governor of Texas he had dealings with the President of Mexico and negotiated substantive agreements.


Be that as it may, its hardly unfair to repeat, word for word, what Kerry said about Edwards.

[andysocial]

You mean to tell me that the governor of Texas is allowed to make foreign policy decisions? What sort of boundaries are there on this? I'm assuming there has to be a pretty strict limit on what sort of federal powers the states are allowed to assume.