Greenville, S.C., January 29 John Edwards has a serious look on his face. He’s a few seconds away from taking the stage at the Allen Temple AME Church, and for a moment he looks almost, well, normal. Then his name is announced and BAM! —Edwards puts on a huge smile, bounds up the stairs, faces the crowd, and thrusts his hands in the air, thumbs up, radiating energy and enthusiasm. After a brief I’m-honored-to-be-here-with-you today, he’s off on his standard stump speech, picked up by the wireless microphone he wears on his tie. “The truth is, we live in an America where there are two different Americas,” Edwards begins. “There’s one for all those families who have everything they need, they never have to worry about a thing, and then there’s one for everybody else.” In Florence, S C.
The America for everybody else, as described by Edwards, is a pretty awful place. People can’t get health care, can’t pay the rent, can’t even dream of buying a house. Children go hungry. College is not even a remote possibility.
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