John Edwards Needs You!

R and I have been discussing the Democratic cast of possibilities today.

We're annoyed.

I want to first state that I am incredibly proud that we have both a woman and an African American as potential nominees. Super. BUT. John Edwards would be the best president. I almost feel a little guilty wanting the white dude, you know? Before I knew he was going to run again, I was fantasizing about an Oprah/Obama ticket. Women of the United States rise up!

But poor, mistreated, ignored John Edwards. He gets accused of being a rich lawyer. Well, ok. Let's look at that a little bit. When was the last time a middle class person ran for president and won? Whether anyone wants to admit it or not, rich people run our country. Us poor people? We're busy doing things like working our asses off to get some money for, um food? And medical insurance, since we're one of the few industrialized countries without national healthcare? (We are lazy bastards, we poor folk. If only we would work harder and pull ourselves up by our bootstraps, huh?)

So John Edwards, rich lawyer. Rich lawyer that got rich helping poor people. Oh, yeah, you read that right. He got rich HELPING OTHER PEOPLE. I just want to make sure that is clear. He made his money HELPING OTHER PEOPLE. You're probably thinking, what a commie, right? But I ask that you wait a second more- he made his money HELPING OTHER PEOPLE fight evil corporations that were taking advantage of poor people. I know that you're thinking, why would we want a president that CARES ABOUT PEOPLE?

So America- pay attention here- shut up and listen to John Edwards for a minute. You too, NPR- I have had just about enough of your snarky little comments after every Edwards' quote.

We are, despite our probable recession, a quite wealthy nation full of incredibly poor people who are purposefully kept poor by our nation's rich elite. Oh yes, America, the "man" is keeping you down. And John Edwards wants to change that.