Now we know why John Edwards doesn’t like Dick Cheney

Isn’t Edwards the same guy who said this about the Vice President and his family as an effort to “out” Cheney during the VP debate at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland during the 2004 campaign:
“Now, as to this question, let me say first that I think the vice president and his wife love their daughter. I think they love her very much. And you can’t have anything but respect for the fact that they’re willing to talk about the fact that they have a gay daughter, the fact that they embrace her. It’s a wonderful thing. And there are millions of parents like that who love their children, who want their children to be happy.”
I guess that statement goes in the Edwards household as long as you’re not gay.















[…] To some extent, it would appear that this book will be Shrum’s swan song. According to what I’ve read about and confirmed in the book, Shrum sheds some unfavorable light on those for whom he’s worked - John Edwards for example. In doing so, Shrum breaks the first commandment of political consulting - “though shalt not speak ill of the client (whether former or current). By breaking this commandment, Shrum has sealed his fate as a consultant who cannot be trusted - and I would be shocked to see someone retain him in the future… […]
May 25th, 2007 at 7:48 am