Kindergate Update: Edwards Reveals Third Grade Desire To Be Superman Or Cowboy

What do John McCain and Frankenstein have in common? Thompson promises he'll never, ever change. Edwards' third grade full disclosure.

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Edwards reveals third-grade ambitions: Mocking Hillary's attack on Obama for not admitting he wrote a theme in third grade saying he wanted to be president, Edwards told an Iowa audience Monday, "I want to confess to all of you right now; in third grade I wanted to be two things: I wanted to be a cowboy, and I wanted to be Superman." We think he'd better be prepared for a Hillary attack on his childhood machismo.

From GI Joes to Santa's Elves: Complaining about imported toys from China, Duncan Hunter advises consumers to buy American for the holidays. "...it might help that young person coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan in uniform to have a job when they get back," he said. Sounds like Duncan's solution to the problem of unemployed vets is to put them in green spandex and pointy hats, making toys in Santa's workshop.

McCain's slip is showing: On his MTV-MySpace forum at Southern New Hampshire University Monday, the No Surrender candidate told students, "I'm older than Frankenstein and have a few scars." Catching himself, he explained, he meant to say, "I'm older than dirt and got more scars than Frankenstein." Freud must be laughing in his grave.

Is Thompson now stumping for his opponent? On Monday Fred Thompson spoke to the Republican Club of Laguna Woods Village, CA, assuring the 700 faithful in attendance, "What you see is what you'll get and it will not change. You are looking at a guy concerned about his country - we need senior leadership." We'd say that's a pretty fair description of the most senior of all candidates, John McCain.

It's a good thing they didn't get a truck: Team Huck announced they've set a new goal of raising $1,150,000 by December 15th. "On December 18th Governor Huckabee will begin a bus tour across Iowa. The money we raise towards this goal will help keep the Huckabus rolling." If they were using a plane instead of a bus, would they dub it the "Flying Huck"?

Dodd campaign launches its own vanity press: Dying to get published? Follow the instructions in this latest email to supporters: "Please contribute $25 to the campaign and attach a note to the Senator in the comment box--we'll highlight many of them on the homepage as we get 'em."

Rudy's profile of courage: A crowd at the Villages, the Florida dreamland for New York retirees, nearly drowned out Giuliani's words with chants of "Roo-dee, Roo-dee" as he regaled them with tales of how he tamed the most dangerous, most corrupt, most Democratic city in the land. "I'm gonna tell you why I'm such a determined person and I fight so hard for what I believe in. You know why? Because I was born in Brooklyn--and I was a Yankee fan. I was a Yankee fan in Brooklyn!" That should scare off the terrorists.

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Comments

[blabberwocky]

These moments are what make Edwards seem like an actual human not just another sound bite politician.

[gobble]

According to Hillary's bios, she told everyone that the guy she was dating (Bill Clinton) was going to be President of the United states; And at that point she was far more mature than a 3rd grader.

In between playing with my paper dolls and riding my bike, at the age of 8, I was planning on being a famous movie star and lawyer, and mommy to my dolls, and teacher, and nurse. You see, I was very multi-facted. Not like Obama, who seemed to aim for one thing, I wonder how Hillary would analyze that. Perhaps I was schizophrenic.

[grannysharp]

Good for John Edwards on the cowboy comment, he sounds like my little brother who at that age wanted to be a cowboy when he grew up and just this past week in talking about how he still hadn't grown up (he is now 58) he said he still wanted to be a cowboy when he grows up. John Edwards will be a great president, just hope the rest of the voters agree, he could just lasso in those "evil doers, Lets give him the badge

[LanceBoyle]

Hillary's own 3rd-grade essay expressed her intent to grow up to be Snow White, surrounded by worshipful dwarfs.

[JoseyJ]

John Edwards is a shining example of leadership - not accepting donations from corporate lobbyists.

Who have Lobbyists endorsed? Candidates like Obama whose entire political careers have been funded by corporate lobbyists...

http://www.rollcall.com/politics/kstendorsements.html