I Guess My Sons Will Be Running For President Some Day

Because we have done the same thing.

Check out this devastating childhood incident from Senator John Edwards:

A childhood incident galvanized his political thinking at an early age --- much as, he suspects, similar slights and setbacks have shaped the politics of the entire South for generations.

"Our family went to a fancy restaurant one Sunday after church. I was still looking at the menu, when my father announced that we had to leave. Everything cost too much. At the time, I was young and embarrassed. But it shaped the way I look at the world. Why does somebody who works in a mill 40 hours a week get less respect than someone who was born into a rich family? That's an outrage. And it's a lot of what drove me after that. Growing up, whenever I felt in over my head, which I felt a lot, being from a small town, I would think, 'Wait a minute. We can compete with anybody, if we just get the chance.' "

Remarkable. If this is the best he can do in terms of explaining his interest in politics and justice, he might as well quit the race now. He expects to take tales like this up against an incumbent President who has overseen victory in two wars in the last year? I think not.

Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution: ajc.com: Democrat Edwards' Southern strategy? Respect

(Hat Tip: the Michael Medved Show)