Carla Marinucci Threatens to Obliterate Edwards’ Campaign Theme
Sigh, and I was about to let it go.
In her latest unnecessary article on former Sen. John Edwards making money, San Francisco Chronicle writer Carla Marinucci includes her own blog post as the latest in a “pileup of headlines” supposedly undercutting the Edwards’ campaign theme:
“The problem now facing the Democratic presidential candidate is whether the pileup of headlines, including the latest regarding hefty fees from university speeches reported Monday by The Chronicle, threatens to obliterate Edwards‘ dominant campaign theme.”
Marinucci fails to mention that she wrote that latest headline, attributing it to The Chronicle instead.
If former Sen. John Edwards’ campaign theme deals with combating poverty as a moral issue and providing every American the opportunity he had, where is the contradiction in Edwards’ continual pursuit of the American Dream? At what dollar amount do you have to stop talking about poverty?
Carla Marinucci’s incorrigible fixation with quasi-dichotomous comparisons between lifestyle and rhetoric is stretching at best. Do we expect those in financial straits to lead the charge in curing poverty in this country? Who else but those with wealth, power, or the media spotlight can punctuate the need for addressing this issue?
This sets a troubling precedent for those candidates spotlighting their views on the issues most important to us. Will poorly premised articles like these expand to disregard presidential candidates’ views on the military if they have not served in uniform? Or perhaps the candidates’ ideas on helping the middle class should be shunned if they fall out of a certain tax bracket.
Of all the presidential candidates, it should be noted that former Sen. Edwards is the only presidential candidate highlighting poverty as a top issue (check the candidates’ websites), though Rep. Duncan Hunter does list the alleviation of poverty at the bottom of his online issues list, as the 25th most important to him.
Carla Marinucci’s fruitcake post has now drifted into small potatoes - the food pyramid continues.
In keeping with the posting-about-your-own-post spirit, here is a link to my previous post commenting on her previous post which she highlights in her latest article. Whew!
Tag! Carla, you’re It.
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