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From Our Two Americas File

We all know that the elitists in politics expect us to believe they are just like us and that they know what is good for us. In reality, they do not know (or they have forgotten) what it is like to live on a budget, shop for themselves or actually have to make ends meet. They say one thing and do another. Bill Clinton was delayed while getting a couple of hundred dollar haircut and Hillary has a stylist on her staff (she needs the help) and this is like the rest of us how?

John Edwards, the man with the Two Americas theme has shown once again that he lives in that America that he loves to deride publicly. John loves to tell everyone that there is an America for the elite rich, and America filled with extravagance and luxury and then there is an America where the rest of us (and he likes to say us as if he is one of us) live. The fact is John Edwards owns a home big enough to put both of those Americas in and he uses his wealth to his advantage like when he tries to get a game (Play Station?) ahead of those who waited in line. It has been recently reported that John Edwards paid $400 for a haircut and not just one. It appears that this is his custom when it comes to pruning his hair.

I get a haircut every two weeks and I could cut my hair for a year for $400 and still have a bit left. That includes the $3.00 tip I give my barber. Now John’s hair is no different than mine. It is comprised of the same elements and it has human DNA. It does not require some special pair of scissors or a fancy comb but he feels it is necessary to pay $400 to cut it. And John probably thinks that this is a perfectly normal thing to do.

You see, in his two Americas, all the folks that live with him on the poor side spend $400 for haircuts, live in homes large enough to be designated a country and all kinds of other bad stuff while the elite in this nation enjoy a good life. The real problem is that John thinks this is normal. He actually believes that he is one of us and that the rich exploit us without ever realizing that he is one of the rich elitists who exploits.

Another real problem is that a person who can not understand the value of a dollar well enough to know that $400 is way too much for a haircut will not understand the value of YOUR dollars when he is deciding how to spend them.

John Edwards really believes his two Americas theme. Unfortunately, in his America he is likely to run into Alice and the Mad Hatter.