Monday, October 09, 2006

Eerie Political Coincidence

Blogger "Benny," a John Edwards acolyte (and we'd guess that more people know the meaning of "acolyte" than remember John Edwards), objects to our recent assertion that the only thing keeping John Edwards from being forgotten entirely is the inability of Kerry supporters to remove the bumper stickers from their Saabs and Volvos. In his words:

I guess the professor forgot that John Edwards was in Cincinnati not too long ago doing a minimum rally and to help do a private fundraiser for John Cranley, who is running for Congress.... I guess Seldom Wrong is wrong here.
Sorry, Benny, but you just proved our point. Who knew that Edwards was here? No one! Who cared? Even fewer! Minimum rally indeed! What if they gave a rally and no one came? What do you call such a rally? Absolute minimum rally.

But here's what's really weird. We compare this picture of Edwards at the Cranley event ...

... to this one of an acquaintance of SWNID.

Lay aside the shifty eyes and telltale red nose of the former, and allow for the extreme wholesomeness of the latter, and you've got identical cousins separated at birth. It's all much, much too close for comfort.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

You think the first one has the shifty eyes?

Anonymous said...

Which one is the political acolyte?

Anonymous said...

are identical cousins somehow different from regular cousins that are also separated by birth?

Anonymous said...

Both are fine looking fellows, but that second guy needs to lose the turtle neck and get a little sun. He must spend too much time in front of the computer. By the way, did SWNID take the Edwards photo while he was attending the Cranley rally?

benny06 said...

Those two do not look anything alike, good try. Edwards' eyes are a deep crystal blue and they are very focused whenever someone talks to him.

No one looks like Edwards. Like his own career and possible another run for the Presidency, he's own man.

I liked what you called me. That fits, albeit I would say closer to an apostle (to use a marketing word as much as one of a spiritual nature) as my interest in Edwards has to do with his spiritual nature, which shows when he gives a speech about poverty or some other social ill.

Keep visiting my blog and you'll see he's definitely in the news--mainly the local news-- but that's where it counts the most in the long run.