Up late again?
I couldn't bear to watch Edwards today,
on any of the Sunday shows, and I understand
he was on every dang one of 'em.
In your debate last week with Vice President Cheney, he attacked your record in the Senate. But what got all the attention was the question of whether or not the two of you had met.
But there's another part of what he said that I want to ask you about. According to the news reports, you attended just three of 36 meetings of the Judiciary Committee, the worst record of any member of that panel, and you attended just four of 13 public meetings of the Intelligence Committee.
For someone who's been in the Senate less than a full term, isn't that a problem?
EDWARDS: No, I'll tell you exactly what happened. I was in -- the first several years I was in the Senate, I had almost a perfect attendance record. And then I watched what was happening under this administration.
I mean, I had to fight this administration tooth and nail in their efforts to roll back our clean air laws. John McCain and Senator Kennedy and I wrote the patients' bill of rights, got it passed in the Senate. They blocked it. We fought to make sure we did something about drug company advertising on television. They blocked it.
I helped write the laws after September the 11th to keep this country safe, but at that point, I came to the conclusion that the only real solution to this was to get George Bush out of the White House. And that's when I decided to run for president, and that's the period of time that they're talking about.
I don't see an answer to Wallace's question in there, do you?
Oh yes, I've often times decided I wanted a promotion and so then decided not to show up for work and continued to get paid. Works like a charm.
I say they start clocking in and out, just like the union folk that support them.
We won't see much of Edwards after Nov. 2. At about eight p.m., he and Nuancyboy will both become nonpersons. The only RATs worth talking to will be Hill and Bill, just the way she likes it.
Too bad you didn't watch at least Fox News Sunday. Chris Wallace put Edwards on a skewer, then roasted him.
It was a joy to watch.