  Well,  the decision has been made. nbsp;  I could lie and say I was shocked,  excited, nbsp;
 about to wet my pants,  and all the other things& nbsp;  that people& nbsp;  have said &
nbsp; since yesterday morning,  but I am not a liar. nbsp; nbsp;  Kerry selected John Edwards to be his VP ,
 a nd it was h ardly a shock. nbsp; nbsp;  L et's face it ,  Edwards is the best person Kerry could have chosen for a number of reasons.  &
nbsp;  I will outline& nbsp; a few here.  & nbsp;
 & nbsp;  1st -  He is pretty.  People are calling him the " Breck Girl"
 or, nbsp;  the much cuter " Opie" nbsp;  We know how American women are swayed by a pretty face ,
 and speaking out of honesty,  Kerry is not a pretty man . nbsp;  One of the reasons Clinton saw two terms in the White House& nbsp;  was his "
good looks" nbsp;  ( I for one never got that. nbsp;  I saw a slime ball,
 but I go for substance,  not the pretty package) nbsp;  Edwards gives this ticket charm,  wit, nbsp;
 youth,  and the much needed charisma that Kerry lacks.  & nbsp;  Note that the Kerry poll numbers would not move in his favor after a big week of campaigning and ads? nbsp;
 Now that the spunky Edwards has joined the team they expect soccer moms and brainless twits to go ga- ga.  & nbsp;  2nd -  He is from the South.
nbsp;  This does two things for Kerry ( in theory,  mind you) nbsp;  &
nbsp;  One,  it takes some of the hard " Yankee Liberal"  off. nbsp;
 Southern democrats are supposed to be more moderate than their& nbsp;  N orthern counterparts. nbsp;  ( Lets ignore for a second that Edwards voted with Hillary and Ted "
the swimmer"  90%  of the time,  and is ranked as & nbsp; the 3rd most liberal senator in Washington )
nbsp;  Since Edwards has& nbsp;  a more moderate image it makes the duo more accessible to the average working Joe. nbsp; nbsp;
 ( Visit www. GOP. com and look up info on Kerry and Edwards voting records. nbsp;  Their liberal agenda is quite clear by their past actions)
 & nbsp;  Two,  Edwards is supposed to have some kind of Juju - Mojo over southern voters. nbsp;
 I guess just being from the& nbsp;  S outh is enough,  in the eyes of the DNC,  to have& nbsp;
 redneck morons& nbsp;  flocking from the trailers to vote. nbsp;  You know us Southerners,  we are dumb as hell!
nbsp; nbsp;  You just HINT you are a 'good ol' boy' and we can't resist! nbsp;  Let's forget that the South is a Republican stronghold,  that the majority of the Southern states went Bush in 2000.
nbsp;  Edwards was well on the road to losing his senate seat this election. nbsp;  The people in NC call him Senator Gone because he missed so many important votes. nbsp;  Yeah,
 we Southerners are too dumb to know better.  & nbsp;  3rd -  He brings a lot of donors to the table. nbsp;
 Trial lawyers and their rich patrons. nbsp;  This,  however,  can backfire. nbsp;
 The new campaign finance reform laws put some pretty strict limits on the amounts that can be spent from private donors.  & nbsp;  I do not think it would take much digging to see that the fat checks sent to Edwards during his primary run for President were made up of illegal funds. nbsp;  It will be hard to spend the first few months of the campaign defending the money your VP raised.
nbsp;  & nbsp;  http: www. nypost.
com/ postopinion/ opedcolumnists/ 24531. htm & nbsp;
 Also,  Edwards does not draw the big Union support& nbsp; that Kerry needs. nbsp;  (
If I were Kerry& nbsp; I would not worry too much about that. nbsp;  The Unions always vote for the Democrats,  even when the Democrats do all they can to hurt the American&
nbsp; worker. nbsp;  Can we say,  NAFTA? nbsp;
 & nbsp;  4th -  The following is important. nbsp;  Listen up now.
 & nbsp;  The Boston Herald has already said& nbsp; Kerry/ Edwards swing&
nbsp; farther to the left than Ted " The Swimmer"  Kennedy. nbsp; nbsp;
The liberal group& nbsp; Americans for Democratic Action said that the Kerry/ Edwards ticket is& nbsp; more liberal than the Mondail/
Ferraro ticket. nbsp;  BE AFRAID! nbsp;  They claim that the Kerry/ Edwards ticket is balanced.
nbsp;  How? nbsp;  One is old and dull,  the other young and exciting?  &
nbsp;  Liberal is as Liberal does. nbsp;  & nbsp;  &
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