When I saw yesterday that Matt Drudge was promising to reveal the results of his "investigation" into the "mystery man," John Edwards, I have to admit my stomach did a quick back flip or two. Just what kind of sludge was about to get dumped on Edwards' head?
Well, it turns out that Drudge has caught Edwards -- get this now -- speaking kindly of a Clinton administration proposal to let an independent commission of some kind experiment with investing a small percentage of the Social Security surplus in the market, while leaving in place the guarantee that seniors now and in the future would get the benefits to which they're entitled under current law.
Wow! Next, Matt will be revealing that Edwards has been ... a good husband and father! And a terrific lawyer who's really helped people!
Sheesh.
Posted by Jack O'Toole on January 22, 2004 11:03 AMYou know, I wondered what Drudge was going to dredge up from the past. The people who put John Edwards through the vetting process every candidate goes through before running said they'd never seen someone with so few skeletons in his closet. If the best a professional muckraker can come up with is that Edwards once agreed with something Clinton said about privatizing Social Security, I think he's got very little to worry about.
Posted by: susanna on January 22, 2004 11:24 AM