John Edwards' turning the death of actor-turned-activist Christopher Reeve into a political speech to rah-rah John Kerry is sickening and could backfire.
It’s just like the Democrats turning the memorial service for Senator Paul Wellstone of Minnesota into a political rally. The Democrats paid dearly for their campaigning at Senator Wellstone’s funeral. A furious then-Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura stormed out of the service and chose an independent to take Wellstone’s seat for the remainder of the term, and the Democrats lost in national elections that they were expected to win eleven days later. The Republicans captured control in the Senate and widened their lead in the House. The liberal Democrats were moaning for months afterwards. Oh, and they lost Wellstone’s seat in the election too, in spite of popular liberal Democrat Walter Mondale taking Wellstone's place in the campaign.
Edwards' making wild promises that defy logic and science could cost the Kerry ticket dearly as well. The solution to spinal cord injuries is not four years, or eight years away. It’s decades away; for all the research that has been done so far, the kind of research that could have helped or cured Christopher Reeve is still in its infancy.
This is the worst kind of politics that there is, and I thought that John Edwards would be above that kind of politicking. Revolting!
Opportunistic politician.
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