[KellyB369]

Very interesting, especially that last part.

Originally posted by Rudey
This says it more elegantly (as of July 2004):

Prior to being elected to the United States Senate in 1998, John Edwards never served in public office. In fact, he wasn’t even active in politics, never having worked on a political campaign or run for any elective office. Between 1991 and 1998, Edwards failed consistently to even exercise his most fundamental civic duty — he voted in merely half of the elections in which he could have during that seven-year period. His justification? According to The New York Times, "[Edwards] says, he was too busy with his legal work."

As a Senator, Edwards has no legislative accomplishments to speak of — NONE. During his short tenure in the world’s most deliberative body, Edwards has been the lead sponsor on 74 pieces of legislation, none of which has emerged from a relevant Committee and been voted on by the full Senate. In fact, in March of 2001, one of Edwards’ home-state newspapers, the Wilmington Morning Star, editorialized, "Our junior Senator is smart, charming, a smooth talker, nice looking, and a progressive Southern Democrat. … He’s built a solid record on TV talk shows, but not a solid record of legislative accomplishment…"

On national security issues, one need only look at what John Kerry himself had to say earlier this year regarding Edwards’ inexperience. In February, Kerry said of Edwards in the Los Angeles Times, "I think the American people want an experienced hand at the helm of state. This is not the time for on-the-job training in the White House on national security issues." Just one month earlier, Kerry was quoted in The New York Times as saying, "When I came back from Vietnam in 1969, I don’t know if John Edwards was out of diapers then."

-Rudey