Axelrod slams Edwards for being too angry, He wants to "Storm the Bastille"

[Herman Munster]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/27/AR2007122701936.html

"The Edwards campaign is 'Storm the Bastille,' " said Axelrod in a colorful description of the former senator's fierce attacks on drug companies, oil companies and all others who would stand in the way of reform. This is appealing to the many Democrats who are in a fighting mood.

But Obama is running as the candidate who can transcend these fights. In offering his closing argument at a Masonic hall here yesterday, he poked fun at Clinton's recent embrace of change as her own magic word. No, said Obama, change "has been our message when we were down, and our message when we were up. And it must be catching on because . . . everyone is talking about change."

Clearly but obliquely referring to Edwards, Obama preached that anger won't cut it, either. "There's no shortage of anger and bluster and bitter partisanship out there," he said. "We can change the electoral math that's been all about division and make it about addition."

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

1. Lameness, thy name is Obama.

[maximusveritas]

2. That's a slam? I'm sure his supporters think it's a positive n/t

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. I say, good for Edwards.

Sometimes Bastilles need storming, and he seems by far the most inclined to take on the corporations. Obama's a good guy but he wants to make nice with everybody, and Hillary seems pretty happy with her corporate donors.

[ShadesOfGrey]

7. Yep, his passion is an asset. n/t

[Hieronymus]

43. Of course it's an asset .. since when is passion for good a bad thing? Seems

to me the moderates and the republicans don't want Edwards causing problems for the status quo.:popcorn:

[ShadesOfGrey]

50. Oh, I agree with you.

It's one of many reasons that I'm voting for him.

:toast:

[PresidentObama]

4. Aren't you a Hillary supporter? Whats with HRC supporters posting Edwards vs. Obama threads today?

Fishy, isn't it?

[maximusveritas]

5. Yep, it is fishy

They could at least try to find a real dispute instead of making one up like this.

[Nailzberg]

6. Final week's HRC campaign strategy

Fishy indeed

[hayu_lol]

11. Offhand, I'd say that Axelrod has one hell of a big mouth and also has a ...

matching ego to go along with it. Too much mouth and too much ego for a mere functionary.

He claims that Hillary stole the 'change' concept from Obama. Gleefully, I'd like to point out that the owner of 'change' in this campaign belongs to Dennis.

As a Hillary supporter, I still like to see the flacks stay honest.

[Renew Deal]

9. Maybe he's an AFSCME member

:shrug:

[Cha]

10. Just more conniving

from hillary's surrogates. All they see are straws.

[ClarkUSA]

21. My thoughts exactly. Playing a little "Divide and Conquer" on Mark Penn's orders, perhaps?

Fool me once, shame on Hillaryworld. Fool me twice... but we don't have to worry about that, do we? ;-)

[Forkboy]

42. It's called divide and conquer, and it's been a gameplan for a couple of weeks now.

Sadly for them the tactic is as obvious as a flaming Buick speeding down the highway. They've been trying to get Obama and Edwards supporters fighting for awhile now.

[chascarrillo]

8. "Storm[ing] the Bastille" is a negative?

???

Huh.

I think that this is the real Axelrod gaffe. Oy vey.

[liskddksil]

12. Viva Revolutian

Lets storm the gates of Washington and put the power back in our hands. Its about time.

[liskddksil]

13. Viva Revolutian

Lets storm the gates of Washington and put the power back in our hands. Its about time.

[BeyondGeography]

14. Shop talk from an insider

He and Trippi will laugh about it when it's all over.

[Gloria]

15. Transcend, my ass. We been "transcending" for years....I'm so sick

of this crap.

[mitchtv]

16. Beats " giving away the store"

also a colorful description

[bread_and_roses]

17. yeah, anyone speaking anything close to the truth about the Corporati

is always "too angry" or "too confrontational" or "waging class warfare" or whatever the current buzz word is among the bought and sold MSM enablers.

[MrSlayer]

18. Yeah well, we should be angry, really fucking angry.

And I'm standing with the guy who is displaying that anger and "bitter partisanship". There is no making nice with those Republican bastards and even considering it is ridiculous and weak. We need to fight them tooth and nail and step on their fucking necks.

[saltpoint]

19. When the Bastille needs storming, I honor the stormer over the stormees.

Good for John Edwards.

Axelrod isn't interesting to me one way or the other. But Edwards' anger is not a sole trait of one man. Many people are in despair over their plight under the Bush administration, and no relief is in sight unless there is a dramatic change in the Whtie House personnel, beginning with the top two spots.

Edwards' team has prepared extremely thoroughly for this campaign. They're awfully thorough on the issues, drawing praise from Mario Cuomo and many others. If Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice, and the other rodents who comprise the Bush adminsitration represent the Bastille, it's damned time it was stormed.

I'll say it just one more time on this Thursday evening: Good for John Edwards.

[Nutmegger]

22. Absolutely!!!

A pleasure to see you OC! :hi:

[saltpoint]

32. Hey there, Nutmegger! And hi right back to ya.

It's a smoker out there in the Hawkeye State!

The recent polls are real, real, interesting!

[Nutmegger]

38. It's going to be a nail-biter no doubt.

I'm eagerly looking forward to an Edwards "surge"! Is there going to be a party OC? :shrug:

[saltpoint]

40. Nutmegger, I'm in if there is. I'll help organize. Do you think enough

folks will be up for it?

I can't bear to watch the damn thing on Wolf Blitzer et al.

I'll likely do either here or C-Span!

[Nutmegger]

41. Definitely!

An Edwards win will blow the roof off of DU!

I can brings lots of stuff.

I'll be with the Span on Thursday. I hope they show converge of the caucus. I'm very facinated with this process.

[peoli]

20. Edwards has spent more on his hair than all costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

[venable]

24. grow up nt

[Donnachaidh]

25. uhh dear -- DO keep up

the hair meme is soo yesterday. I know they still whinge on about it on Free Republic. Home of the Supercuts bucket cut. :eyes:

[MadBadger]

29. Welcome to DU

Jackass

[pauldg0]

33. Hey, see my Edwards logo??

I changed it over just a few weeks ago from my OBAMA LOGO. I think Edwards is now the one to support.

Edwards 08

[pauldg0]

31. Ah, one of those lame hair digs again....

Friend.....

John Edwards is way ahead of this and ahead of you too!!
He knows how to turn positives out of negatives....
He's flying high now.

Go John Edwards 08

[ellisonz]

49. "He knows how to turn positives out of negatives...He's flying high now."

I guess he did learn something in his time at Fortress!

[texastoast]

34. Methinks you took your moniker

from the wrong end of the animal.

:eyes:

[gmudem]

46. Wow

The sheer stupidity of that post is astonishing and possibly record-breaking.

[JTFrog]

48. Why do they leave the door open around here? n/t

[LSK]

52. thats funny and sad

That someone could be that woefully ignorant. If you are serious.

[Two Americas]

23. the people are angry

The people are angry, and with good cause. Anger is not a tactic or a style, it is a genuine human emotion, a sane reaction to the insane conditions we are living under.

The anger of the people will express itself one way or another. Immigrants are being scape-goated and targeted, for just one example. Even here among those who should be allies, the anger and hostility directed at one another is almost overwhelming in its ferocity.

The solution is not to put on a happy face and mouth soothing words of reconciliation. The justifiable anger people feel must be given focus and direction so that positive things can result from it, rather than more rancor and hatred. The cause of people's anger must be acknowledged and eliminated.

You can't tell people to not be angry about what is happening. The people will stop being angry when they are no longer being abused. The goal should not be to feel good about things, it should be to build something we can feel good about.

[MadBadger]

26. While I appreciate Edwards' passion, I dont think his approach is realistic

[David Dunham]

27. Axelrod is going after both Hillary and Edwards today. Dumb.

[desi]

28. delete

sorry...

[ladjf]

30. Include me in with Edwards. (n/t)

[The Gunslinger]

35. And this is a bad thing.......

I rather have change than a 4 to 8 year placeholder for Jeb Bush, or the next neocon they throw at us.

[TransitJohn]

36. I don't like Obama's campaign.

What we need is some righteous anger....fuck bipartisanship...we tried that after 9/11 and what'd we get for it? IRAQ!

[antiimperialist]

37. Me either

F*** bipartisanship. You cannot negotiate with the Republicans.

[pauldg0]

39. I don' t like his ways ...

He steals his idea's from Edwards.

Edwards has a answer for anything and turns negatives to positives and turns no money into a gold mine as you can already see.

EDWARDS 08

OBAMA People...sign up right here, its time to support John Edwards....

SIGN HERE....at the "X". X___________________________________.

[dmosh42]

44. Follow the corporate money! No change-Obama, Clinton n/t

[depakid]

45. and wouldn't you know- supporters of both of them seem irony impaired

Usually a Republican trait... which might get one thinking.

[xchrom]

47. oh brother --

:eyes: -- edwards is too angry?

oh please....

[AzDar]

51. I've got my pitchfork at the ready. Mr. Edwards, let's take that mofo!

:grr:

[GreenArrow]

53. I don't think Edwards is angry at all

(other than at facing the prospect of failing to assuage the needs of his ego by winning the Presidency); rather, he's playing at it, in order to play others.