Elizabeth Edwards (who lives in 29,000 square foot mansion and flies in private jets with husband John to campaign events) will fight global warming by never eating tangerines again.
From the story:
The politics of global warming got very concrete, and oddly difficult, In a meeting with local environmentalists in the coastal town of McClellanville today, where Elizabeth Edwards raised in passing the importance of relying on locally-grown fruit.
"We've been moving back to 'buy local,'" Mrs. Edwards said, outlining a trade policy that "acknowledges the carbon footprint" of transporting fruit.
"I live in North Carolina. I'll probably never eat a tangerine again," she said, speaking of a time when the fruit is reaches the price that it "needs" to be.
Edwards had talked about "sacrifice," at the meeting, but Elizabeth's suggestion illustrated just how difficult it is to sell the specifics of sacrifice.
-- seeing how Well this article was written, it's either fake or another blogger taking the piss.
Either way, it illustrates how silly and hypocritical ALL our politicians are. It doesn't change the fact that her husband is still the devil's offspring.
Impious since 2006
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