--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <LEnglish5@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > <snip> > > > Again, it's not where he lived, it's the alleged > > > dual citizenship that he supposedly never renounced. > > > To some, that suggests dual loyalties. > > > > > Perhaps, but in fact, dual citizenship... is that an issue at all, > > constitutionally speaking? > > Probably not (as I said earlier), but that isn't > the point. > > > Also, the repbulicans would be very silly to make it a campaign > > issue given the issue with McCain's place of birth. > > Different issue entirely, and McCain's > eligibility was confirmed by Congress in > any case. > > > > He'd have to be pretty dumb > > > > to try to stage a cover-up like this, and he ain't dumb. > > > > If there's any truth to this, it'll come out, as the > > > > Edwards thing did. > > > > > > Edwards isn't dumb either, nor was Clinton, nor Gary > > > Hart. And Obama didn't think his membership in Trinity > > > Church and his association with Rev. Wright would cause > > > him any problems. > > > > > > In the statement he released, Edwards says, "In the > > > course of several campaigns, I started to believe > > > that I was special and became increasingly egocentric > > > and narcissistic." That may be a more common > > > affliction among politicians than we realized, that > > > they begin to feel invulnerable and can just do > > > anything they feel like doing. It would certainly > > > explain a whole raft of dumb behavior from otherwise > > > very smart people. > > > > I wouldn't say its something that I hadn't realized. As Jon > > Steward says, these guys are running for President of the > > United States, the most powerful position in the world. DO > > you expect them to somehow NOT be elitist? > > Did I say I expected them to somehow NOT be elitist? > Did I even use the word "elitist"? > > What I said was...well, read what I wrote again, > please. >
Well, egocentric and narcissistic apply here as well, I suspect. Lawson
