Some of My Best Friends are John Edwards

Increasingly, Democrats are saying publicly that they just love John Edwards...and that they won't vote for him. As one blogger has mused, it is odd that the candidate with by far the best favorability ratings is only polling 12% among likely voters.

How to explain? Well, this appears to be a case of people wanting to appear progressive by giving lots of self-congratulatory confessions: "I prefer Edwards--I really do! But, this is the real world, and he can't win, so I'll vote fr Obama or Clinton. But I really, really, love John Edwards! Really!"

And I suppose "many of (your) best friends are black," too. You'd hang out with them more, except somehow, it just doesn't ever seem to work with your schedule.

Either Democrats really believe in what Edwards is pushing, and they just lack the guts to follow him, or else Democrats don't believe in Edwards but rather in self-interest, hawkish defense policy, punishing the poor, and all the Republicans' "feel good" issues but are just afraid to be seen for what they are: self-centered American assholes.

Look, you want to be an asshole? Then be an asshole. But, you don't get to play hurt feelings when other people, other nations, the world, treat you as one. Either be liberals, or fuck off.