Caption John Edwards, slumming it in a Cleveland neighborhood

Yahoo! News Photos ^ | 7/17/07 | staff

[redstates4ever]

"Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards sits for a moment with Dupree Whitlow, 7, on the steps of his home in Cleveland, Ohio, Tuesday, July 17, 2007. Edwards was doing a walking tour of the neighborhood and meeting with local residents. Edwards told the boy that he has a young son also."

[redstates4ever]

John Edwards caption *ping*

[weegee]

Why won’t John Edwards visit the Polish community in Parma. Is he some kind of a racist?

[bray]

You know I got $50 Million and I ain’t buying you lunch??

[JohnLongIsland]

look up in the sky, and my helicopter is going to drop neck braces, you’all put them on and magically i’ll make you rich just like me and it will only cost you a 40% retainer fee.

[Thrownatbirth]

"That angry man said I'm pandering. Don't worry, son, a pander is like a friendly bear..."

[Thrownatbirth]

"Watch it, white boy! I ain't Curley and you ain't Moe."

[OESY]

The Two Americas meet as stereotypes are perpetuated for crass political gain

STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS — John Jost is investigating social stereotypes and asking a more complicated question than whether they are true or false. Jost, an associate professor of organizational behavior at the Business School, is asking how being exposed to stereotypes affects our responses to and feelings about the larger social order. He is particularly interested in the ways in which stereotypes stifle social change and help to maintain existing systems of inequality.

Social scientists have long argued that stereotypes simplify an overly complex environment and create prejudices that function mainly to release frustration and make people feel superior to others. Jost and his colleagues argue that stereotypes serve an even broader set of social and psychological functions and that seemingly benevolent stereotypes — such as the belief that someone is “poor but honest” — sustain the perception that inequality in society is fair and justified....

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[reagan_fanatic]

"See that - that's my new Jaguar XKR. Thanks to liberals like me, you'll never be able to own one unless you're on the street selling smack!"

[dblshot]

Can you spell whore? H O E - hoe.

All us blond headed VP candidates are good spellers.

[AppyPappy]

Dupree: DAMN! You paid THAT MUCH for a haircut?

[mikrofon]

"There's another America out there, Dupree-
remind me to show you sometime..."

[AppyPappy]

Edwards : No maam, I don't want to buy an 8-ball. I don't play pool. But it is nice to meet you.

[AppyPappy]

Edwards: No maam, my house is bigger than both those buildings. But I know what it is like to be poor. I've represented them in court.

[Long Island Pete]

You see that house over there? My closet is that big in my house.

[MotleyGirl70]

"I wonder what this little negro boy thinks of my hair."

[jmyrlefuller]

That's one awfully nice picture phone to be carried around by poor folk. And yet another appearance by ACORN... hmm... looking more and more like this Poverty Tour is little more than a fine little orchestrated farce.

Why, ma'am, I'm flattered, but no, I didn't get the role of Edna Turnblad in Hairspray. Can you believe that role went to Travolta?? Disco Boy doesn't know a thing about hairspray-- and believe me, I know hairspray.

[TexasCajun]

ACORN is nothing but a bunch of NUTS!!

[TexasCajun]

"Here's come Liz, she'll tell ya what I think. "

[spotbust1]

Yes I know I paid $400 for a hair cut, but I am only paying you $.50 to shine my shoes.

[redstates4ever]

"Here's come Liz, she'll tell ya what I think. "

ROTFL. You win.

[farmer18th]

"Heah, now, that BETTER be the security detail, because I do NOT want to be around here after dark. Capiche?"

[tcrlaf]

Hey there scooter! Where do I get a Dime?

[mnehrling]

Almost every picture of Edwards, I see him with this same watch or a similar one. The way he wears it, screams ‘look at me’, ie, he wants people to look and admire his watch. I’ve been doing some comparisons to try to find out what kind it is but I’m thinking Bell & Ross which would mean his watch cost more than the houses he is walking by.

[monkapotamus]

[AnnaZ]

"Say 'Hallo' to my little friends."

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LOL!!! Love the man-boobies, and Chavez!! LOL!

And guess what? I FOUND WALDO!

[monkapotamus]

Hehe!

[SevenofNine]

WHOA Class picture with Looter guy and everybody

[AnnaZ]

"And all the girls say I'm pretty fly, for a white guy"

[monkapotamus]

ROFL

[exile]

Breck Girl - So tell me Tito... Kid - Actually, it's "Billy". Breck Girl - Whatever, Jamal. So anyway, who's buns do you have to pinch to get a latte around here? You know, you'd look great dressed as a jockey on my front porch.

[monkapotamus]

[AnnaZ]

We play that song often around here, and actually a LOT of the lyrics are pretty apropos to Edwards:

Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)

You know it‘s kind of hard
Just to get along today
Our subject isn‘t cool
But he fakes it anyway
He may not have a clue
And he may not have style
But everything he lacks
Well he makes up in denial

So don‘t debate, a player straight
You know he really doesn‘t get it anyway
He‘s gonna play the field, and keep it real
For you no way, for you no way
So if you don‘t rate, just overcompensate
At least you‘ll know you can always go on Ricki Lake
The world needs wannabe‘s
So do that brand new thing

He needs some cool tunes
Not just any will suffice
But they didn‘t have Ice Cube
So he bought Vanilla Ice
Now cruising in his Pinto, he sees homies as he pass
But if he looks twice
They‘re gonna kick his lily ass

Now he‘s getting a tattoo
He‘s gettin‘ ink done
He asked for a ‘13‘, but they drew a ‘31‘
Friends say he‘s trying too hard
And he‘s not quite hip
But in his own mind
He‘s the dopest trip

So don‘t debate, a player straight
You know he really doesn‘t get it anyway
He‘s gonna play the field, and keep it real
For you no way, for you no way
So if you don‘t rate, just overcompensate
At least you‘ll know you can always go on Ricki Lake
The world needs wannabe‘s
The world loves wannabe‘s
So let‘s get some more wannabe‘s
And do that brand new thing

[SevenofNine]

OH MONK you are so bad LOL!

I was thinking of White and nerdy just now

[SevenofNine]

Is me or what but I think it safe to say that Pretty little Pony never appear on SOULLLLLL TRAIN LOL!

I think majority of Freepers have more soul to them than Pretty little Pony

[AnnaZ]

LOL!

(Believe it or not, that's one of my 4-year-old's favorite songs. Poor thing, her iPod playlist -- yes, she demanded one -- has Incubus and Rancid as well. Oh, we're an interesting household...)

=: o

[monkapotamus]

"You know it‘s kind of hard
Just to get along today
Our subject isn‘t cool
But he fakes it anyway
He may not have a clue
And he may not have style
But everything he lacks
Well he makes up in denial..."

LOL you're right - perfect.

[IM2MAD]

Bet he’d like one of these...
“On 23rd April 2004, Wilhelm Rieber presented his first Maybach watch before an audience of 70 (Mercedes Benz) VIPs at a special event held by the car company. The timepiece was a flying tourbillon, available in a choice of yellow gold, white gold or platinum at a starting price of 120,000 Euros. The manufacturing of these exclusive (handmade) watches is strictly limited to 12 pieces, according to the 12 cylinders of the car. The warranty lasts for twelve hundred days. Each timepiece takes Wilhelm Rieber six months to complete.”

Read more here...picture about half way down.

http://www.europastar.com/europastar/magazine/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002951096

[AnnaZ]

I figured you'd agree. (And, yes, that first verse is PERFECT.)

Is that picture real?!

[monkapotamus]

I’m not sure but it appears to be real. I found it on a blog.

[edzo4]

see that house over there?

I could buy that house with the money I spend on haircuts

[monkapotamus]

"Is me or what but I think it safe to say that Pretty little Pony never appear on SOULLLLLL TRAIN LOL!

I think majority of Freepers have more soul to them than Pretty little Pony"

[honolulugal]

[redstates4ever]

LMAO!

[SevenofNine]

MONKKKK that funnnyyy ROFL

Down on the SOUL TRAINNNNN BABY

OMG is that Looter guy on the left DAMN he did get around back in da day

[SevenofNine]

OHH that so cuteee LOLOLOL!

[SGCOS]

Why yes, that IS the poverty tour bus.. and it has more bathrooms than this red house right behind us.."

[honolulugal]

“Wizzabeth” will rescue them. ;)

[SevenofNine]

That pretty little pony high school or college photo OH LORDY THAT FUNNY Monk

LOLOLOL!!!

[ct_libertarian]