Posted on 05/08/2005 3:15:59 PM PDT by Deetes
May 16 issue - It's traditional for out-of-work politicos to head to Harvard's Institute of Politics for genial wonk talk. It's also traditional for failed veep candidates to put major distance between themselves and their old campaign. The two customs intersected when John Edwards stopped by Cambridge last month. Over lunch, Edwards held a Q&A session with students, faculty and political bigwigs, including Kerry-Edwards campaign manager Mary Beth Cahill, a visiting fellow at the institute. Edwards was asked for one lesson he'd learned from the 2004 campaign. His answer: "Don't listen to Mary Beth Cahill." The response in the room was stunned silence, observers later recalled. "No one laughed when he said it, and Mary Beth grew bright red," said one attendee. "It was very awkward."
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Oh, gosh, they're eating their young.
I think Cahill and what's the other guys name that lost 8 elections are about done. But the Rat party is in bad shape so you never know:)
Uhhhhhh, body armor and a lot of ol' crusty jokes?
Insist on Kerry signing the Form 180.
Get a brain transplant.
But if Elizabeth is dead he can trade her in for a woman with a glamour quotient to match his own. That's on like page 3 of the Kennedy manual on campaigning for office.
His answer: "Don't listen to Mary Beth Cahill."
He's right, of course...but he should know by now that you can't reach the top of a dem ticket by telling the truth.
ping
I think they had a few bigger problems than Mary Beth Cahill. What a crass classless thing to say by putting the blame on her and sharing none of the blame himself! He can't say he was an outsider on his own campaign! Also, if he's so bright, how come he didn't know about the unspent $14 million?
I would vote for you before hairboy ;-) And you're right what a waste of money .
Won't it be great to watch the two Johns beat each other over the head again in 2008?
Ambulance chaser Edwards should remember the #1 rule for a speaker:
Know your audience.
We in NC are glad to be rid of this opportunist.
Its no secret that Kerry had no real choice but to have Cahill.
She was Kennedy's COS and alot of the operatives on the Kerry campaign came from Kennedy, she's like family to them.
That said, democratic tradition dictates then whenever dems lose a national election, a woman must be blamed. Its like some kind of rule.
It's hilarious or hair-lie-ius to think that $14 million spent would have made a bit of difference. Both Johns were dead in the water from the beginning. Kerry made Edwards look good by comparison, but that is about it.
Both Johns had fake hair, fake resumes, fake speeches, and fake claims to represent the little people. They are just as clueless now as they were then.
Edwards got one thing right!!! Cahill!!! HA HA HA
It is a sure sign of a coward that he shifts blame to others rather than taking the blame himself. By the way, why did they have $14 million unspent?
What a charming fellow!!!
I know some liberal doctors who didn't vote dem last year because he was on the ticket.
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