John Edwards Is A Spineless Wuss

One individual who we will be returning to frequently on the Wussification of America blog is Senator John Edwards, who is a complete wuss on a number of levels.

To begin with, he is a pretty boy who gets fake tans and $400 haircuts and thinks he's some kind of modern-day John F. Kennedy when he's not. The man desperately wants to be President, so desperately that he uses the tragedy of his son’s death for personal gain and refuses to end his campaign even though his wife has terminal breast cancer--both of which are very wussified actions. He has also taken a very wussified approach to the fact that he spent his formative years making millions for himself by parading sick kids in front of juries. Instead of playing up his trial lawyerness on the campaign trail, he instead trys to gain points with the working man by talking about his daddy's tough guy life as a coal miner.

Beyond all of that, Senator Edwards changes his positions on important issues depending on which way the socio-political wind is blowing. The most blatant example is his multiple positions on the Iraq war. This is wussification at its worst. In the old days, real men used to take a stance on an issue, and then stick by it, even when it became unpopular. This was called sticking by your guns. Not John Edwards.

The most recent example of Senator Edwards’ wussification is his multiple positions on the gay issue. According to Bob Shrum, who has run numerous failed Democratic political campaigns, Edwards once told him, "I'm not comfortable around those people." Translation: I don't like gay people. But now he’s trying to gain the gay vote by favoring an end to the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy in the U.S. military. All for his own personal gain. Memo to Senator Edwards: PICK A POSITION AND STICK WITH IT! STOP BEING A SPINELESS WUSS!