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Re: UNC student's news story

rafeco — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 15:11:14 -0400

The Onion had a story on this very topic the other day.

Re: UNC student's news story

zoobatmania — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:21:26 -0400

Compared to the other impoverished areas of Chapel Hill?

Plus, go find the HUGE space they are renting that a national campaign requires in Chapel Hill.

Or, perhaps compared to the low, low prices of D.C. where Obama and Clinton are based?

This is Republican b.s. by a registered Republican "reporter" who wants her 15 minutes.

Re: UNC student's news story

greenlamp — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:16:02 -0400

plus no one really cares about your neighborhood's "villageness", that wasn't the point of the story. The point was more that Edward's preaches a doctrine of spreading the wealth yet he has his campaign headquarters in an extraordinarily affluent part of Chapel Hill.

Re: UNC student's news story

greenlamp — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:14:42 -0400

I love how you keep harping on the fact she's a registered republican as if that will automatically discredit her --

Actually babbs

zoobatmania — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:59:15 -0400

minds aren't split at all. I wonder why this registered republican didn't bother to mention the following:
1. Because of its "village"ness, most of the Edwards campaign staff live within walking or biking distance of the headquarters.
2. Because of its "affluent" villageness, most of the Edwards campaign staff can walk to lunch or to get a cup of coffee, or for dinner afterwards.
3. Because of its "too green" grass, the Edwards campaign staff can sit on that grass and watch movies and listen to music on the weekends, without driving.
4. Because of its "village" setting, the Edwards campaign staff can go out for a drink after work and WALK home instead of driving.
5. Because it is a village, complete with bookstore, grocery store, gym, dry cleaners, bank, movie theater, and many other shops, the Edwards campaign staff can take care of their daily business without hoping in their car and driving all over town.

It might be nice if the Republican interviewer had mentioned these facts, but then again we know Republicans don't believe in global warming, so the positives of a walkable neighborhood probably escaped her notice.

UNC student's news story

ryanteaguebeckwith — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 08:54:40 -0400

A news segment from a UNC-Chapel Hill student that John Edwards' campaign tried to have pulled.