February 11, 200719 yr John Edwards , a very wealthy man, has built a monster estate in North Carolina. Here's a pic: http://carolinajournal.com/exclusives/display_exclusive.html?id=3848 Does this preclude him for speaking on behalf of the poor? http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17043005/
February 11, 200719 yr Not necessarily. Although it is a bit over the top, if I had the money I would probably build a house like that too.
February 11, 200719 yr It looks like a nice estate to me. I want it. This guy sounds like he's got a nice family. The message it sends to me is "work hard, and maybe in time, you too can have this." I'm reminded of the old adage that "I've been rich and I've been poor. Rich is better." He absolutely can campaign on the rich-poor platform, pointing to the amount of money he gives to charity and the work he does for the poor. You don't have to live in a hovel to support poor people.
February 11, 200719 yr It looks like a nice estate to me. I want it. This guy sounds like he's got a nice family. The message it sends to me is "work hard, and maybe in time, you too can have this." I'm reminded of the old adage that "I've been rich and I've been poor. Rich is better." He absolutely can campaign on the rich-poor platform, pointing to the amount of money he gives to charity and the work he does for the poor. You don't have to live in a hovel to support poor people. :thumb: I agree!
February 11, 200719 yr Some, like Sister Treasa, take a vow of povertyy and live and work among the poor. Others, like John Edwards feel they can be more helpful through their successes in law practice and politics. Personally I think the Edwards approach reaches more people.
February 11, 200719 yr Wow, nice digs. Does seem kind of over the top but if we waited for a politician who's poor to speak for the poor they would never get any representation.
February 12, 200719 yr Some, like Sister Treasa, take a vow of povertyy and live and work among the poor. Others, like John Edwards feel they can be more helpful through their successes in law practice and politics. Personally I think the Edwards approach reaches more people.It puts more money in his own pockets too. I don't care what kind of house a politician lives in. But if a candidate is claiming to help the poor, I'd like to see it come out of his pocketbook in the form of charity. I don't know if that's the case with Edwards or not.
February 12, 200719 yr Some, like Sister Treasa, take a vow of povertyy and live and work among the poor. Others, like John Edwards feel they can be more helpful through their successes in law practice and politics. Personally I think the Edwards approach reaches more people. Wow. The Missionaries of Charity throughout the world are aided and assisted by Co-Workers who became an official International Association on March 29, 1969. By the 1990s there were over one million Co-Workers in more than 40 countries. Along with the Co-Workers, the lay Missionaries of Charity try to follow Mother Teresa's spirit and charism in their families. Mother Teresa's work has been recognised and acclaimed throughout the world and she has received a number of awards and distinctions, including the Pope John XXIII Peace Prize (1971) and the Nehru Prize for her promotion of international peace and understanding (1972). She also received the Balzan Prize (1979) and the Templeton and Magsaysay awards. But if you say so I'm sure that more have been helped by the works of John Edwards. Is it too early to begin the canonization process?
February 12, 200719 yr Mother Teresa is a saint. John Edwards is a personal injury lawyer. Surely no one feels that the two can be remotely compared. We need more of the former and less of the latter.
February 12, 200719 yr Well, I'm not Catholic, and I'm not really certain that I buy into "sainthood", but I CAN say (unequivocally) that Mother Teresa was in very rare company, in terms of her impact on the lives of the poor. Let's call her the Babe Ruth of charity. Frances
February 12, 200719 yr Well, I'm not Catholic, and I'm not really certain that I buy into "sainthood", but I CAN say (unequivocally) that Mother Teresa was in very rare company, in terms of her impact on the lives of the poor. Let's call her the Babe Ruth of charity. Frances Beautifully stated.
February 12, 200719 yr By the looks of this property, Edwards not only chased many ambulances, he caught several of them. I guess being a personal injury slime has its advantages (obviously).
February 12, 200719 yr John Edwards , a very wealthy man, has built a monster estate in North Carolina. Here's a pic: http://carolinajournal.com/exclusives/display_exclusive.html?id=3848 Does this preclude him for speaking on behalf of the poor? http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17043005/ I care that he stumps about global warming, and brags about being an enviromentalist, yet he clear cuts acres of trees for his fortress to set on. Looks like a Wal-mart parking lot from the air. What a flake.
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