What is John Edwards up to?

[jsamuel]

Found myself wondering about that recently and found an article from a reporter who ran into him at a fast food restaurant in an airport.

Turns out he was at the airport coming back from a debate with Karl Rove. Nice to see that he is still not letting Rove get away with his crap.

He also said he is working at the UNC anti-poverty center that he helped found.

The reporter asked him about Obama too:
http://www.thomastontimes.com/pages/full_story?page_label=home_top_stories_news&id=1204656-Airport-encounters-of-the-real-kind&widget=push&article-Airport-encounters-of-the-real-kind%20=&instance=secondary_news_left_column&open=&

By the time I realized I was starring at him, he was looking at me.

His eyebrows raised and he smiled. “Hey,” he said very southernly and politely.

“Uh, oh, hi,” I answered. “Okay, I know this is so silly,” I said, most definitely before I thought about it, “but man, you look like John Edwards.”

With a laugh, he replied, “I am.”

“Oh wow! You were my boy at the start,” I blurted out (ugh) again without thinking for even one millisecond.

I honestly hope that none of you have to experience that horrible, sick feeling of realizing you have said something so ludicrous you simply want to instantaneously dissinigrate.

[aikoaiko]

1. Or who?

:shrug:

[dysfunctional press]

2. edwards/blagojevich 2016 -the comeback kids!

that's what.

[MichiganVote]

3. Taking care of his wife and family by any chance?

[karynnj]

4. Interesting story - but very weirdly written

The timing of it is hard for me to figure out, though for JRE fans, it might be easier. Wasn't the Rove debate in SF in November or early December? Also, I thought he ended his Poverty program back around September. It is interesting that he was still involved with the UNC.

(I also found this paragraph rather PR ish -
"Edwards spent years in the U.S. Senate championing public policy that aids low-income families (initiatives such as raising the minimum wage, expanding the earned income tax credit, creating matching savings accounts for low-income families, and providing incentives for teachers to teach in low-income schools)."

Edwards only spent 6 years in the Senate and 2 of them were spent running for President - in addition he did NOT "champion public policy for low income families" for the most part - he was a centrist very Conservative Senator who voted for the bankruptcy bill. That paragraph sounds more like a Teddy Kennedy than a John Edwards"

[foo_bar]

5. "dissinigrate": what happens when you confuse "integrate" with "nigra"

We increased speed and height and after 30 minutes or so, we began circling again and again.

“Guess you have been able to tell by now we’re still in a holding pattern,” the pilot announced.

After another 30 minutes or so, the pilot increased height and speed once again <...>

http://www.thomastontimes.com/pages/full_story?page_label=home_top_stories_news&id=1204656-Airport-encounters-of-the-real-kind&widget=push&article-Airport-encounters-of-the-real-kind%20=&instance=secondary_news_left_column&open=&

Great moments in journalistic minimalism. I take it this was her first time in a flying thingamabob.