Without Irony, 'Rural' Working Man John Edwards On Cover of Trendy, Upscale 'Men's Vogue'

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There are two Americas. One fans the flames of class warfare while running for office and the other knows that there is something disingenuous about a class-warfare spokesman posing on the cover of high-end fashion magazine. Yes, that's John Edwards on the cover of “Men's Vogue.” The same John Edwards who decried the "Two Americas" in 2004 (emphasis mine throughout):

Today, under George W. Bush, there are two Americas, not one: One America that does the work, another that reaps the reward...One America that is struggling to get by, another America that can buy anything it wants, even a Congress and a president.

For a magazine that seemed determined to pump up the Edwards campaign, describing Edwards as “the person who may shape our immediate future more than anyone in these pages is North Carolina's John Edwards...who just might be the boldest—and most refreshing—choice for 2008” and “a passionate advocate for rural America,” it strangely kicked off with a description that only reinforced Edwards' preening, very non-rural, metrosexual, hair-obsessed “Breck Girl” image:

The hair, up close, is peppered with tiny strands of blond. Chestnut brown and so finely trimmed, mellifluous, smooth, and feathery, it could almost be a weave, the Platonic ideal as imagined by the Hair Club for Men. Along with the piercing blue eyes, slashing V-shaped smile, and a shimmering burgundy shirt tucked into stonewashed Levi's resting low on the hips, the hair completes the man: John Edwards, a populist Adonis, a golden god of a Southern Democrat.

Ooooh, sassy!

Further disputing Edwards' “Two Americas” claim was this comment near the end of the article that “Mens' Vogue” unsurprisingly didn't link to the candidate's constant class-warfare theme:

"I've lived the American dream," Edwards explains when I ask him about it. "No one ever gave me anything, and I'm proud of what I've been able to do." Then he adds: "And I'm particularly happy for Elizabeth's sake now, that she has a nice place to live."

Sounds like the system isn't rigged, and factory floor sweepers can live “the American dream.”

The most amusing part of the article concerned Edwards' top shelf lifestyle contrasting with his homespun and Average Joe-Bob shtick. (Edwards' supporters, don't worry. Keep reading the article, and you'll be reassured in his chicken-fried bona fides):

After two decades as the most successful trial attorney in North Carolina state history (with a net worth as high as $60 million), Edwards has a decidedly New South profile, a peculiar blend of country flavor and newly minted wealth. He prefers white wine with his NCAA March Madness, imported suits with his GMC truck.

And he prefers a 102-acre $6 million estate to house his tractor...and so on and so on and so on...

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"Wizzabeth! When can I t

"Wizzabeth! When can I take off this itchy hot coat?!"

"Wizzabeth! This truck bed is huwting my hiney?!

"Wizzabeth! This dog is smewwy, and he's scawing me!"

"Wizzabeth tell them to huwwy, and take the pictuwe the wind keeps bwowin my hair, and it's all dusty!"

Americas first woman president, Americas first black president, and now officially Americas first Gay president.

 "You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "

                   - Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.

I just can't stop laughing

I just can't stop laughing at this one.

Morals....? Who needs those?

"He looks just like a ho

"He looks just like a hog, don't he!"

Vogue Proud

Vogue should proud to take up expensive space on this usless excuse for a human being.

I wonder if he borrowed the t

I wonder if he borrowed the truck, the coat, and the dog from his neighbor across the street?

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-04-09-edwards-gop-neighbor_N.htm?POE=NEWISVA

 "You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "

                   - Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.

The coat he probably borrowed

The coat he probably borrowed from his old 2004 buddy John Kerry.  My fellow Ohioans, do yunz recall Kerry coming to our neck of the woods in that jacket during hunting season, strolling in and asking, "Can I get me a huntin' license here?"

“a passionate advocate for

“a passionate advocate for rural America,”

I wonder just how many of those rural Americans there are who can no-longer get access to a doctor because of the actions of John Edwards and his fellow trial lawyers?

Help Fred Thompson defeat the RINOs, along with the Hitllary/Obama axis, & win the White House in '08.

OMFG, he's wearing a Carhart.

OMFG, he's wearing a Carhart.  That is not his jacket.  Not once chance in h*ll.  This is just another sick joke by the MSM.  And Edwards' "Two Americas" B.S. is going up there with Al's "Assault on Reason" as the front runners in the "Hypocrite of the Year Award".

Carhart...standard rich guy l

Carhart...standard rich guy lib reaching out to the average joe photo op...

Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened. -Winston Churchill.

I noticed that too, no way th

I noticed that too, no way that is his jacket.  Carharts are for working.  Thank goodness it was not a used carhart (faded, a tear here or there), that would have been an insult to hard working people everywhere.  The jacket is in pristine condition.

Oh, and Bush, Cheney, Giull

Oh, and Bush, Cheney, Giulliani, Romney, Obama, at. Al are so different from Edwards.

WTF??What kind of mixture of

WTF??

What kind of mixture of politicians do you have there?  I call sauce on that, first of all, second of all, I guess I forgot that Bush was a $60 million man who tried to sell himself to the American people as a rural, down to earth family man.  Oh wait, that IS who George Bush is, and he didn't even have to have "Men's Vogue", or "GQ", or the "Tonight Show" do a feature on him with his Carhart's on.

On face value, I think what you're trying to do is to say that most politicians are: 1. wealthy

2. power hungry?

That's about all I can draw from your little hodgepodge of politicians.  BUT...John Edwards has also made his fortune from taking advantage of hurt and sick people, while simultaneously screwing doctors.  His image, as its portrayed on this magazine cover, is just about as diametrically opposed to his real life as one thing could be.

Bush was a "cheerleader" at Y

Bush was a "cheerleader" at Yale you simpleton. To believe he actually would be anything but a girly-man is preposterous. Yeah, he goes down to "clear weeds" alright. LOL. You MORON

Doctor! Case of BDS here!

Doctor!  Case of extreme BDS here!

The truth hurts that much, eh

The truth hurts that much, eh? I didn't even mention the BS song & dance where Bush dressed up like a real pilot on the front of that aircraft carrier. Oh yea, I forgot, he was in the Guard...he just never showed up.

MM,Uhh, I don't recall GWB gi

MM,

Uhh, I don't recall GWB giving a speech in front of the CAIR crowd and exclaiming that the term "War on Terror" was only a political slogan.

John Edwards, however, did exactly that.

Help Fred Thompson defeat the RINOs, along with the Hitllary/Obama axis, & win the White House in '08.

"The War On Terror" is nothin

"The War On Terror" is nothing BUT a political slogan. How do you have a "war" against a means of waging battle? That is like saying we were going to have a "War on Missiles" or a "War on M16's". That slogan has grown tired because the thought of having a *WAR* on an inanimate being (i.e. "terror") is deceptive.

kinda like LBJ

Yeah...Kind of like the LBJ's War on Poverty? ...War on Drugs?

Why fight terrorism, just sit back and ignore it, right?...Burry your head in the sand and hope you are not victimized...typical spineless liberalism.

If conservatives are RIGHT, then liberals must be WRONG.
Thompson/Rice

Yeah, the "War On Poverty" re

Yeah, the "War On Poverty" really did some good. Poverty is gone now, right? Yeah, the "War on Drugs" really did some good. Drugs are gone now, right? Who's the enemy in this War? Iraq? Iran? The Palestinians? The entire Muslim community? Anyone that disagree's with Israel? Oh,

are you brain dead?

Did anyone say these wars were over?

So..your approach is if it cannot be won quickly, just surrender. [Liberal = coward, check]

btw, most people in the world would love to live at the poverty level in the US. [The real reason were are so hated is because even the poor have it btter than the rest of the world.]

Mostly moderate? You look mos

Mostly moderate? You look mosty un-hinged.

These are the boys of Pointe du Hoc.
Ronald Reagan- 40th Anniversary of D-Day

You guys just keep saying that, faux moderate

You guys just keep saying that, faux moderate.   The American public already doesn't trust the left when it comes to defending the country, and that will just seal the opinion.   We'll laugh all the way to the polls......

Oh yeah, and the Republican's

Oh yeah, and the Republican's are *so* good at defending this Country. Wonder who let 3 planes on three different incidents in the same day fly into the WTC and the Pentagon. Hmmmm....yeah I really feel protected. Cheney can't even go hunting without screwing up and shooting one of his own friends. Can you imagine that softie in battle? And then there is Bush...Social Security overhaul: FAILED, protect us on 9/11: FAILED, find Osama Bin Laden: FAILED, Eliminate Illegal Immigration: FAILED, drilling in Alaska: FAILED, show his leadership in Katrina to pick up more Republican votes: FAILED, Gonzales as Attorney General: FAILED, War in Iraq: FAILURE, Afghanistan: FAILURE. Only thing this President has managed to accomplish in his Presidency is make the public NOT trust the G.O.P (hence the elections of 2006 and soon to be 2008) and make the World so unstable that we have to pay close to $4.00 for gasoline and can't travel on an airplane without fear of our lives.

Full blown BDS, faux moderate....

Wow.  Full blown BDS, faux moderate...

Your list is mostly silly BDS, but I will say that there's many things our politicans from both sides have done that pi$$ me off, but the point your rant can't change is that the public trusts the left less than they do the right to protect the country.....

Basically, that is my problem

Basically, that is my problem: BOTH sides pi$$ me off. I don't like the Clinton's, I don't like the Obama's. but I am not too happy with the Bushes a of lately either. I must admit, the BEST thing Bush did was put Robert's in the Supreme Court, so I have to give him credit for that.

Sorry, I am sticking with our

Sorry, I am sticking with our current administration on this one.  We have not been attacked in 6 years.  Can you even comprehend what that means?  No ships, no embassis.  How many times were we attacked under clinton?  It was quite a lot.  If anything shows me that we are doing the right thing in Iraq, it is that.  could we fight harder?  Of course, but the first thing we need to do is untie the hands of our troops, stop making them do a report on every shot fired, give the command the ability to handle problems, don't make a court martial out of everything, get the media out of there, inflict a lot more fear and dominate Iraq.  Then we will win, but you do not want that do you?  Too many people balk at it because "what about the women and children?"  well, screw them, they are terrorists too.  Pansy ass.

Wow, you are stultifyingly un

There was a war on Naziism and Fascism and Imperialism during WWII.  Sometimes the war was framed as against Germany, Italy and Japan.  As far as I know, you can't kill a concept or wage a war on dirt, rocks and trees.  But you can kill people that act on that concept and those that defend dirt, rocks and trees.

As trite and trivial as you make "the war on terror" seem, if you don't understand concepts as they relate to actual humans then you should change your name to "mostlyconcretethinker".

Speaking of your name, I just read your bio on NB and now understand why you are defending the Edwards'.  Could it be that you're hoping Edwards will win so you can even more professional protections and make more money.  So, in support of your great white hope, you attack the "other" side for now.

amen

amen

You oughta get that treated, faux moderate

You oughta get that BDS treated, faux moderate.    Apparently, it's eating you up.....    ;^>

Now that's bigoted.Most of th

Now that's bigoted.

Most of the males on the cheer squads I've known from several schools were definately not girly-men or bi or gay.  A lot of them cheer in the off seasons of their actual sport(s).

Of course they are.  They do

Of course they are.  They don't talk to the dead.  They do not prey on hatred and division.  They are serious ethical men with integrity.  They don't live like Edwards. Just watch the Utube hair video and tell me that McCain, Rudi or Mitt are anything like this airhead.

Are you kidding me?  Bush wo

Are you kidding me?  Bush works his behind off at his ranch.  Even the lib media hates his look, you are more likely to see Bush in a flannel and jeans.  The media hates it at Bush's house because he always wants to go on hikes an work and his house is no mansion.  One reporter even wrote about about the aweful experience of having to do an interview with the President while he was chopping down trees.  Bush's home is also more eco friendly than any of the other people you mentioned.  He collects rainwater from his roof, his wife is reintroducing native flowers and grasses to their property....How many chemicals did Edwards spray on his lawn to get it so green and weed free?  Where is any kind of conservation plan implemented at John Kerry's residence?  and don't even get me started on "lets flood a river at the total wrong time and potentially destroy the habitat and damage the economy so I can get a better nature photo" Gore.  Cheney is often seen in hunting clothes, he loves outdoor sports.  Romney, now I think a Carhart jacket is a little far fetched for him too.  I know nothing about Guilliani's hobbies.

Bill Clinton, if I recall cor

Bill Clinton, if I recall correctly, had to take a poll to find out the best place to vacation to enhance or maintain his approval rating. How phony baloney can you get! 

I remember that poll! I think

I remember that poll! I think I suggested something like "out of the country -- one way". Didn't take me up on it, though.

Go girl, go!Reminds me of Rea

Go girl, go!

Reminds me of Reagan with his horses versus Carter and his rabbit.

...collects rainwater from hi

...collects rainwater from his roof...

It's useful to note that few things enrage a libtard more than a brand of environmentalism that doesn't try to destroy capitalism.

White wine with March Madness

White wine with March Madness?  In North Carolina?  Obviously, the author doesn't understand anything about the Old or New South in North Cack-a-lack-ee.  No true Carolina b-ball fans drink white wine.

I like the label metrosexual.  It's very appropriate for this dandified ambulance chaser.  Opponents ought to send their operatives to Edwards' rallies with signs proclaiming John Edwards is a Metrosexual.  That will summon the death knell in NC.

Oh, yeah, I'm glad that Elizabeth finally has a "nice place to live," rather than the hell-hole they used to struggle in.

He is just a big phony. When

He is just a big phony. When will people realize that? Only a snot would drink wine while watching basketball. Maybe they meant to say WHINE.

A bonafided and certified member of the beer guzzling, NASCAR watching middle class.

Forcing the dog to participat

Forcing the dog to participate in something so crazy and ridiculous may indeed qualify as cruelty to animals!

No NCConservative, I am sure

No NCConservative, I am sure Mrs. Edwards was a willing participant.

 "You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "

                   - Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.

Unless I'm mistaken, the dog

Unless I'm mistaken, the dog is a yellow lib-rador retriever...trained to keep Massa John safe from white trash neighbors, and to BITE Ann Coulter on sight!

Sunrise at sea; a breeze across the deck, salty spray tickles the face, the aroma of fresh coffee, stack gas, and haze-gray paint is in the air.  Another Navy day aboard ship as a Navy Chief...the perfect life! 

Is this a reach-around, er, r

Is this a reach-around, er, reach-out to American gay men? Do any straight men read this magazine?

Of course straight men read i

Of course straight men read it Roger, all none of them.

 "You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "

                   - Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.

Classic, absolutely classic.A

Classic, absolutely classic.

As he sits in his 40,000 square foot mansion, which displaced hundreds of beautiful trees and denuded the hillside, in his private gym sized "office" while his wife occupies the kitchen, I just know that like his heros, Jimmy Swaggert and James Baker, that he really loves the little people and he loves god. 

Be healed  and  keep that money comming!

Is there ANYTHING this guy would not say or do to get more money or higher office?

I just have to laugh at liberals who buy into this guy.  I am really disspointed in women voters.  I think Edwards polls about 15% support among men but 50% plus among women.  Kind of pathetic.

But he's cute!

But he's cute!

I was not aware that on 20 Ja

I was not aware that on 20 January 2001 there was no poverty in this country and that all citizens could afford anything they wanted.

I guess I wasn't paying attention.

You know, for a brief second,

You know, for a brief second, I thought I was looking at the cover of Blueboy magazine. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

john edwards

Hey..........what a coincidence. I wear Carharts too. The one big difference(s) is ,I actually do physical labor,and mine get dirty. Other than that,I reckon John is just like me,right?

That's what he wants us to th

That's what he wants us to think, anyway.

What is a Carharts?

'Carharts' are a brand name o

'Carharts' are a brand name of the type of jacket Miss Edwards is wearing on the cover of his sissy magazine. Edwards wearing Carharts is like John Kerry wearing the blaze orange hunting vest for his desperate photo op.

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." --Thomas Jefferson

Carharts, sold at just about

Carharts, sold at just about every Fleet and Farm across the nation....Definately not sold at the local REI

Thank you, Amber and Dr. Gene

Thank you, Amber and Dr. Gene.

Real men don't read Men's Vog

Real men don't read Men's Vogue.

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." --Thomas Jefferson

Very good.

Very good.

Hell, I'll do him one-bette

Hell, I'll do him one-better. I knew there's a "Vogue" magazine, but I was not aware a "men's" version existed! :^)
JMR

We agree for a second time Sa

We agree for a second time Sarc.

This may turn into a trend if we're not careful.

I doubt it, considering how

I doubt it, considering how far-from-reality you've been so-far...
JMR

}}----> Men's Vogue?

I hear you can find back issues at the Pink Sapphire.

Ewww! something disgusting about 'back issues'

Lysdexics untie!

HA!

HA!

Real men don't spend $400 on

Real men don't spend $400 on a haircut...they cut their own hair with a dull pocket knife. I'm not quite there yet...I still use hair clippers and a razor, but I do it all myself.

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." --Thomas Jefferson

Ha! Ha! The jacket and dog re

Ha! Ha! The jacket and dog remind me of the photo of Kerry on a "hunting trip" in Ohio. He was "slogging" through the brush carrying a hunting rifle and showing off the wild goose he'd "bagged". "Wild" geese are so common in Ohio that one could easily "bag" one with a broom near any small body of water. They were a real nuisance in the apartment complex where my daughter lived near Cincinnati. And you can hardly walk around any golf course with water hazards without stepping in goose poopl.

This magazine cover is priceless. Edwards trying to convince people who wouldn't be caught dead with this magazine that he's just a regular guy. LOL

Johnboy: Your hairdresser called and "he's" not amused.

We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. - Queen Victoria

"Can I get me a huntin'

"Can I get me a huntin' license here?"

Elmer Fudd looked much better in the coat.

Stick a fork in John Edwards

Stick a fork in John Edwards and his TWO America's ....

He is DONE!

Edwards is NOT wearing a carh

Edwards is NOT wearing a carhart.

He is wearing a $7,500 Louis D'llarange topcoat from Paris, that was professionally altered and resewn to look like a carhart for this photo op.

I thought everybody knew that?

I don't know what either of t

I don't know what either of those are but I'll put my money behind your knowledge of haute couture.

statman: I hope you didn't p

statman:

 I hope you didn't put too much money behind my knowledge of haute couture.

I made up the french name. I'm a beer and pretzels type of guy.

I don't even know what haute couture is!

Sounded good!  And perfectly

Sounded good!  And perfectly plausible.

LOL.Sounded official to me.

LOL.

Sounded official to me.  Besides, the French made up the words too, like "haute couture"!

There's a new career out there for you Mica - Minister of Made-Up French Words.  (hehe)  Of course you'd have to move to France and no speaka da english once there.  But you'd get all the good food and wine you'd want.  Maybe not so bad after all!

There's a men's version of Vo

There's a men's version of Vogue?  Who knew?

What man in his right mind would even read such a thing, much less allow his picture to be plastered on its cover?

Oh, I see: One who's finely trimmed, mellifluous, smooth, feathery, piercing, slashing, shimmering, and resting low on the hips.

Apologies for answering my own question.

--Mike

www.thebrattonreport.com

Dam, now I just might have to

Dam, now I just might have to sell my Carhartt jacket. The big difference is.. I have worked in mine, not put it on for a photo op. Its like Kerry: “I want to get me, a hunting licence”.
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These are the boys of Pointe du Hoc.
Ronald Reagan- 40th Anniversary of D-Day

Drillanwr, Did not notice yo

Drillanwr,
Did not notice your post, (great minds think alike.)

These are the boys of Pointe du Hoc.
Ronald Reagan- 40th Anniversary of D-Day

Does Edwards know just how st

Does Edwards know just how stupid that makes him look?
MENS VOGE??? ARE YOU KIDDING ME??
We are going to let a man that “poses” for Mens Voge run our country??

These are the boys of Pointe du Hoc.
Ronald Reagan- 40th Anniversary of D-Day

Wouldn't it have been more ap

Wouldn't it have been more appropriate for him to be wearing a dress, or hiding behind a skirt?

The hair, up close, is pepp

The hair, up close, is peppered with tiny strands of blond. Chestnut
brown and so finely trimmed, mellifluous, smooth, and feathery, it
could almost be a weave, the Platonic ideal as imagined by the Hair
Club for Men. Along with the piercing blue eyes, slashing V-shaped
smile, and a shimmering burgundy shirt tucked into stonewashed Levi's
resting low on the hips, the hair completes the man: John Edwards, a
populist Adonis, a golden god of a Southern Democrat.

This sounds more like one of those 'Men Seeking Men' ads rather than a magazine article.

Yuk.

D


I don't support our liberals or their mission.

Mrs. Edwards: Oh John you loo

Mrs. Edwards: Oh John you look so.. manly in that jacket, it makes my knees weak.
John: Ya know, I think this wool lining has given me a rash, call my secretary and start a class action suit for me. Then have the butler return this truck and take this mutt back to the shelter.
Mrs. Edwards: (Thinking to herself,) what a candy ass. No wonder I have to defend him.
Mrs. Edwards: John maybe you can take me for a ride in that truck before Mr. Belvedere takes it back?
John: Hell it has this extra peddle next to the brake that I don’t even know what it does? How the hell can I drive it? Not only that, it does not have a GPS, I could get lost before I get to the big gate “again.” The only way I got back last time is I channeled the spirit of a dead Indian that use to own this property before we moved in. (John thinking to himself: what a nag).

These are the boys of Pointe du Hoc.
Ronald Reagan- 40th Anniversary of D-Day

Has anyone else noticed that

Has anyone else noticed that the blurb to the right says "Nazis On The Run"? Strangely appropriate in my opinion.

Where would we be without the agitators of the world attaching the electrodes of knowledge to the nipples of ignorance?

"The hair, up close, is

"The hair, up close, is peppered with tiny strands of blond. Chestnut brown and so finely trimmed, mellifluous, smooth, and feathery, it could almost be a weave....."

No doubt about it ---  John "Breck Boy" Edwards now owns the gay vote!