I've thought many things about John Edwards.....vacuous is the word that most springs to mind.  And I don't have a huge affinity for tort lawyers, especially the kind that make obscene amounts of money using the Pity Argument (something bad happened to this poor person...it must be SOMEBODY'S fault!)  Or for people who live in 28,000 square foot homes who shed crocodile tears for "the little guy".  And yes, he hired patently bigoted writers to work for his campaign, then got all mealy-mouthed about attempting to "disavow" what they wrote while defending their right to write it (was somebody questioning that?  No.)  OK, so vacuousness, greed and hyposcrisy are the big  three irritants of mine when it comes to him.  Just off the top of my head, anyway.  But anti-Semitism and stupidity?  Those are new ones:


 H/T to The Corner:

Edwards: "Perhaps the Greatest Short-Term Threat to World Peace Is the Possibility That Israel Would Bomb Iran's Nuclear Facilities"

Hillary Spot reader Michael points out this little gem in Peter Bart's column on John Edwards' comments in Hollywood:

There are other emerging fissures, as well. The aggressively photogenic John Edwards was cruising along, detailing his litany of liberal causes last week until, during question time, he invoked the "I" word — Israel. Perhaps the greatest short-term threat to world peace, Edwards remarked, was the possibility that Israel would bomb Iran's nuclear facilities. As a chill descended on the gathering, the Edwards event was brought to a polite close.

Really? Israel is the biggest threat? Not Ahmedinijad? Not al-Qaeda? Not a coup attempt in Pakistan? Not a complete breakdown in Iraq drawing in the Saudis, Turks, and Iranians?

Or, you know, perhaps not.

UPDATE:  JUST KIDDING!  Oh, John, John, John.  Take your foot out of your mouth.  Stop backpedaling.  It's really unbecoming.

WASHINGTON John Edwards’ presidential campaign wants to make it clear that he doesn’t consider Israel a threat to world peace.

A spokesman for the 2008 Democratic candidate issued a statement today denying such a report on Variety.com.

Columnist Peter Bart reports that Edwards told a Hollywood fundraiser last month that the possibility that Israel would bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities is perhaps the greatest short-term threat to world peace.

Edwards’ spokesman Jonathan Prince says the article is erroneous. He says Edwards says one of the greatest short-term threats to world peace is Iran acquiring a nuclear weapon.

Bart and the host of the fundraiser, Adam Venit of the Endeavor talent agency, didn’t immediately respond to messages for comment.