Over-the-top stuff from Edwards...

Um, OK, this stem-cell thing is getting silly. For those that haven't
seen the quotes, here they are, and I suspect this might just cause a
swing toward Bush, at least until the Bush campaign's next ****-up:

At a rally in Newton, Iowa, Edwards stated that if Kerry is elected,
they "will stop juvenile diabetes, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and other
debilitating diseases" and will enable the crippled to "get up out of
that wheelchair and walk again," He also said, "We will do stem cell
research," "We will stop juvenile diabetes, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's,
and other debilitating diseases," and worst of all, "If we do the work
that we can do in this country, the work that we will do when John Kerry
is president, people like Christopher Reeve will get up out of that
wheelchair and walk again..."

A couple of things from my point of view:

1.) At least Bush is sticking to his position on this, even seemingly
knowing it is probably a voter turnoff to a varying degree, and
2.) Kerry and particularly Edwards are beginning to sound like Miss
America contestants-turned-politicians. I can hardly wait for the "John
Kerry and John Edwards have a plan for world peace in 24 hours or less!"
and the "John Kerry and John Edwards have a plan to give everyone
everything they might want, desire, or imagine within a week of taking
office and pay for it with two shopping carts of aluminum cans..."
speeches. Of course, on the flip side, the transcript of Cheney's call
to Liddy and Segretti ought to be a hoot, too...

R