MAUREEN DOWD: Phantom at the Opera

[kevinmc]

WASHINGTON

Here are five things you might not know about John Edwards:

¶He never saw a single episode of “The Sopranos.”

¶He doesn’t like the opera, but his favorite musical is “Phantom of the Opera.”

¶His first date with Elizabeth was dancing at the Holiday Inn in Durham or Chapel Hill — he can’t remember which — sometime after which she made an ironclad rule that politicians should never dance.

¶He became a lawyer because as a kid he loved watching “Perry Mason,” “The Defenders” and “The Fugitive.” (Richard Kimble really needed a lawyer.)

¶His top sex symbol is a fellow North Carolinian, Andie MacDowell.

John Edwards has not written soulful poetry, like his old running mate John Kerry or his current rivals Barack Obama and Dennis Kucinich. And he says that “if I have a Saturday off, I’m not going to the ballet.”....

http://freedemocracy.blogspot.com/2007/07/maureen-dowd-phantom-at-opera.html

[madinmaryland]

1. Very nice MoDo. Now you have Edwards Envy.

When is she ever going to grow up. :shrug:

[pnwmom]

3. She makes him sound like a very appealing guy

with the gift of being able to laugh at himself.

She put away her poison pen for this one. It sounds like she's a fan.

[tblue]

2. "The literary character he is 'inspired' to identify with is Atticus Finch." -- Works for me!

MoDo is oh just so superior to the rest of us.

[dsc]

4. What a waste

Dowd is clearly a talented writer with an ability to turn a phrase but she chooses to wallow in shallow muck instead of actually covering anything which matters. She is literally the sole woman with the editorial real estate she has and she chooses to use it to tell us vapid drivel. An honest shame. We all deserve better.

For the record this post is in no way, shape, or form about Edwards.

[Cha]

5. This reminds me of an incident

today at work when I was talking to a customer and a friend about who she thought was going to get the nomination. She thought Hillary because the media likes her and we agreed they like Obama too. I said they don't like John Edwards and we were interrupted by this male customer who said he thought John Edwards was a "fake". She turned around and said.."oh no, he's not a fake!" The guy said..he's a lawyer, yada, yada, yada..I said.."Way to paint with broad brush".."This country was ready for a retarded president(sic)! That kinda broke the party up!

[Catchawave]

6. She was rather sweet to him....

whew.