Guess which one he lives in? Do I begrudge him the home? No way! That’s what is so cool about this country. What I do take issue with is a man that portrays himself as the child of poor parents, (his father was the plant manager) and talks about redistribution of wealth. That redistribution will be of other people’s wealth, not his. What I take issue with is a man that points a finger at another and then turns around and does the exact same thing that he pointed to!
Knight approved the building plans that showed the Edwards home totaling 28,200 square feet of connected space. The main house is 10,400 square feet and has two garages. The recreation building, a red, barn-like building containing 15,600 square feet, is connected to the house by a closed-in and roofed structure of varying widths and elevations that totals 2,200 square feet.
The main house is all on one level except for a 600-square-foot bedroom and bath area above the guest garage.
The recreation building contains a basketball court, a squash court, two stages, a bedroom, kitchen, bathrooms, swimming pool, a four-story tower, and a room designated “John’s Lounge.”
Edwards was the Democratic candidate for vice president in 2004 and a former N.C. senator.
Thursday afternoon, the Edwards for President press office was unable to provide information on any additional buildings planned for the estate.
But surely the poor feel much better knowing that their wonderful advocate, john edwards, lives in a 28,000 sq ft home?
Typical Democrite! I have a Liberal Democrite brother with plenty of money. He is always telling me that “we need to pay more taxes!” Then in other conversations, be brags about his clever tax shelters.
Typical Liberal Democrite…
My first question is why today to appraise former Senator John Edwards? Would it be related to the Drudge Report, the Carolina Journal Online and limited bandwidth of hte latter?
Does having wealth preclude one from being altruistic? And do you have a source for his father being plant manager? Even if he was, with 36 years at the mill, it seems doubtful he would have started at that position. If his parents were well off, why did Mom run a store and work at the Post Office?
I know there’s a temptation to scorn politicians, but I haven’t seen much to complain about Edwards yet. Especially when there are so many more worthwhile targets.
There are two Americas: One for trial lawyers and one for everyone else.
2- The sources can be found in any number of threads in our archives. Look it up. I didn’t say his parent were “well off”, I said they wern’t poor as Edwards portrayed them. He portrayed his dad as the guy that punched the clock and swept floors, hardly the truth. Why did his mom work? For much the same reason that many many women worked in those days..they could and it put extra money in the savings account, because yes they did do that in those days!
Why bring it up? Well because he is running agfain and I would bet we will hear about the 2 Americas again?! Gee that sounds logical
Hey you eco-freaks look what your JOHN EDWARDS did and you jerks acuialy supported him for vice president in 2004 and he chops down all those trees and maybe killed a few spotted owls and he clear cuts his property just like AL GORE has probibly done and what DADDY GREENBUCKS has done eco-wackos freaks greennuts:razz:
I vote for letting him continue with his campaign of two America’s. Personally I can’t think of a better way to divide this country than by claiming we even have two America’s. It’s just a little hard for me to get worked up over the class warfare thing though when the policies his party represents have actually hurt the poor and working class.
But let him go on and with it the demise of any hope for re-election. Most presidential candidates run on the premise of uniting Americans, not dividing them. That alone should secure his demise.