Daily Gut: Thinking Globally, Screwing Locally
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By Greg Gutfeld on Reille Hunter
So Elizabeth Edwards was on Larry King last week, doing her best to defend her cad of a husband - while, of course, pumping her book. At one point she maintained that despite his philandering, her husband still did a great thing by bringing up the issue of poverty on the campaign trail. But when the crypt-keeper asked her if her husband would take a DNA test to prove that Reille Hunter's daughter isn't his, Elizabeth replied that she had no idea. Finally, when King pushed again about the DNA test, she said, "I don't need this."
Now, first of all: I find hard it to believe that this DNA question never came up over breakfast at the Edwards' home. But no matter - that`s not what boils my bacon. If John, as his wife claims, cares enough about poverty to make it a campaign issue, then why doesn't he care about the poverty of a single baby? Even more, you'd think Elizabeth - so proud of her husband`s stance - would urge him to take the test, and be a father to a baby who probably needs cash for diapers - and in a few years, hair gel. I mean, the baby can't hold a job yet - and Edwards is beyond loaded. If you're going to talk about the despair of poverty, put your money where your big mouth is.
Well, progressivism doesn`t work that way. It`s the maxim of the typical lefty: if you think globally, you can screw everyone else locally. Those grand ideals - evident in greater concern for the world - always disappear when it's closer to home, where it matters most. Anyone who has ever had a lefty roommate knows this: he will protest against greed, but he won`t pony up for the groceries. He will rail against injustice, but he will never clean the bathroom - which is a real injustice. He screams about war crimes, but refuses to take responsibility for his own crummy life.
So, as a strike against poverty - Edwards should take the DNA test.
And then his poor wife can write another book about it. |
