You can’t make this stuff up, folks. Last week, during a speech to a labor group in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards told the crowd: “One of the things [Americans] should be asked to do is drive more fuel-efficient vehicles.” Asked if by saying that he was specifically telling Americans to give up their SUVs, Edwards replied, “Yes.”
t’s a wonder we Americans haven’t choked to death on all the hypocrisy we’ve been force-fed of late. Naturally, Edwards owns and drives an SUV himself — several, in fact. In Washington D.C. he often pilots his Cadillac SRX, while at his North Carolina spread — a 28,000-square-foot manse more than ten times the size of the average American home — one can easily spot several more those-aren’t-Priuses (click to enlarge accompanying photo). Asked at the labor-group speech how he can reconcile asking other Americans to sacrifice while he’s living so large, Edwards replied: “I have no apologies whatsoever for what I’ve done with my life. My entire life has been about the same cause, which is making sure wherever you come from, whatever your family is, whatever the color of your skin, you get a real chance to do something great in this country.”