John Edwards has an answer for all the criticism about his expensive haircuts and expansive home: A man can be wealthy and care about the poor, too.
Just look at a Democratic hero — Robert F. Kennedy.
Edwards plans a poverty tour reminiscent of Kennedy’s 1968 trip. Edwards even plans to end his journey where Kennedy did some 40 years ago, in Prestonsburg, Ky.
The eight-state tour shifts the spotlight to an issue that has been the focus of Edwards’ campaign since his first run for the White House four years ago. In recent weeks, publicity about his personal wealth — $400 haircuts, construction of a 28,000-square-foot house, hundreds of thousands of dollars in salary to speak about poverty and advise a hedge fund for the superrich — has opened him to charges of hypocrisy and threatened to undermine his message.
That’s bullshit and I’d offer his campaign this advice: Just remind voters that rich Democrats do what they can to help the poor, which rich Republican bastards say “I have mine, ‘F’ ‘em, they can get their own.”
Bush promised tax cuts, then gave the super-rich most of it. John Edwards wouldn’t do that because he’s a Democrat and we have hearts.