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Monday, April 09, 2007
Such Nice Neighbors
When you move into a new house, you want to get to know your neighbors, right? Not if you're Elizabeth Edwards.
Well, let's see. People are trespassing on his property, so he goes out to find out what's going on. He has no idea who are what is on his property, so he decides to protect himself. And he's "rabid"? He didn't pull his gun because "he didn't like somebody"- he pulled it because he felt threatened on HIS OWN PROPERTY. Those people should have known better- called first, or at least knocked on the front door before they start wandering around someone else's property. That's just common courtesy. Too much to ask, I guess.
But, you know, that's really beside the point. Elizabeth Edwards has just made herself out to be a petty gossip and a snobby, judgemental harridan. "I don't want my kids around him." Why? He might be a nice guy. Oh, wait... he owns a gun... he can't be a nice guy, right? His property is "sloppy." He lives on 42 acres, and he doesn't have millions of dollars to sink into it. Oh, I know what the problem is- there's a *gasp* garage on the property- people actually work for a living there. Can't have that, now, can we?
If you don't like someone, take it up with the person (which she won't do because she doesn't want to try to get to know him) or let it drop. You don't talk trash about people, especially if your husband is running for President. Even if the person in question has a "Rudy" sign in his yard.
You know... it's really quite sad. I'm sorry that Mrs. Edwards has to deal with cancer again, and I wish her family nothing but peace and good health. I wouldn't have voted for her husband, but I always try to think the best of people until they prove me wrong. I think she just did.
Elizabeth Edwards says she is scared of the "rabid, rabid Republican" who owns property across the street from her Orange County home -- and she doesn't want her kids going near the gun-toting neighbor.How... quaint. She hasn't actually met her neighbor, and she's basing her opinion of him on hearsay. Quite the Southern Bell, aren't you, Lizzie? You wouldn't be nice to him? Because he carries a weapon on his own property?
Edwards, the wife of Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, particularly recalls the time neighbor Monty Johnson brought out a gun while chasing workers investigating a right of way near his property. The Edwards family has yet to meet Johnson in person.
"I wouldn't be nice to him, anyway," Edwards said in an interview. "I don't want my kids anywhere near some guy who, when he doesn't like somebody, the first thing he does is pull a gun out. It scares the business out of me."
Well, let's see. People are trespassing on his property, so he goes out to find out what's going on. He has no idea who are what is on his property, so he decides to protect himself. And he's "rabid"? He didn't pull his gun because "he didn't like somebody"- he pulled it because he felt threatened on HIS OWN PROPERTY. Those people should have known better- called first, or at least knocked on the front door before they start wandering around someone else's property. That's just common courtesy. Too much to ask, I guess.
But, you know, that's really beside the point. Elizabeth Edwards has just made herself out to be a petty gossip and a snobby, judgemental harridan. "I don't want my kids around him." Why? He might be a nice guy. Oh, wait... he owns a gun... he can't be a nice guy, right? His property is "sloppy." He lives on 42 acres, and he doesn't have millions of dollars to sink into it. Oh, I know what the problem is- there's a *gasp* garage on the property- people actually work for a living there. Can't have that, now, can we?
If you don't like someone, take it up with the person (which she won't do because she doesn't want to try to get to know him) or let it drop. You don't talk trash about people, especially if your husband is running for President. Even if the person in question has a "Rudy" sign in his yard.
You know... it's really quite sad. I'm sorry that Mrs. Edwards has to deal with cancer again, and I wish her family nothing but peace and good health. I wouldn't have voted for her husband, but I always try to think the best of people until they prove me wrong. I think she just did.
