October 15, 2004
It's Spreading
Whatever malady Teresa Heinz has - she gave it to Elizabeth Edwards...
WARNING: This post contains very funny Dungeons & Dragons references that will likely render catatonic those unable to parse the slyly written gaming humor. If you are pregnant or may become pregnant, you should skip this article.
In some extremely ill-considered remarks, the wife of Senator John Edwards has borrowed from Teresa Heinz her Wand of Unseemly Outbursts (+3 against Democrats) and is wielding it like a child who found their dad's gun.
In response to the discussion over Senator John Kerry's invocation of Mary Cheney during the final Presidential Debate, Liz Edwards used her wand to create a Miasma Of Innuendo (range 20'):
"She's (Lynn Cheney) overreacted to this and treated it as if it's shameful to have this discussion. I think that's a very sad state of affairs...I think that it indicates a certain degree of shame with respect to her daughter's sexual preferences."
This was not good. There is an old saying - it's worse than a crime, it's a mistake. The Democrats do not want to be talking about this - when the Democrats keep the news and agenda focused on Kerry's talking points on Iraq and the economy, he hangs in with the President. But as soon as the President is off the defensive, Kerry's poll numbers suffer. Case in point is the latest Reuters Poll Of Helping (+4 to Republicans).
Elizabeth Edwards should know better - even outside of politics, it is not a good idea to talk about someone else's kids in public. Edwards makes a bad but manageable situation worse.
Who knows what other self-destructing magic items Edwards has in her Bag of Holding (+6 to Hostess products/+4 to Little Debbie's snack cakes)...
UPDATE: If you've read this far, you deserve to know what a Bag of Holding is - it's something akin to Mary Poppins' carpet bag - it's small but holds a near infinte quantity of items...
Posted by MEC2 at October 15, 2004 08:49 AM