http://belowthebeltway.com/2007/07/05/john-edwards-the-little-people-and-400-haircuts/ I believe in the free speech that liberals used to believe in, the economic freedom that conservatives used to believe in, and the personal freedom that America used to believe in. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:41:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://belowthebeltway.com/2007/07/05/john-edwards-the-little-people-and-400-haircuts/comment-page-1/#comment-145971 Kevin the Dem Sun, 22 Jul 2007 16:44:22 +0000 http://belowthebeltway.com/2007/07/05/john-edwards-the-little-people-and-400-haircuts/#comment-145971 Would we be shocked if someone were to discover that JFK's people, at one time or another in the 1960 campaign, paid close to $60 to bring in a classy haircutter for the candidate (who grew up in one of the richest families in America)? Maybe didn't happen but certainly could have. Sixty bucks then would be worth about $400 today. For all we know the patrician FDR may have gotten $10 haircuts in 1932, a similarly relatively huge sum in the Depression. We think of both as champions of the downtrodden and oppressed. Sounds like Edwards grew up lower middle class at best, giving him some right to the populist label, no? Would we be shocked if someone were to discover that JFK’s people, at one time or another in the 1960 campaign, paid close to $60 to bring in a classy haircutter for the
candidate (who grew up in one of the richest families in America)? Maybe didn’t happen but certainly could have.
Sixty bucks then would be worth about $400 today. For all we know the patrician FDR may have gotten $10 haircuts in 1932, a similarly relatively huge sum in the Depression. We think of both as champions of the downtrodden and oppressed. Sounds like Edwards grew up lower middle class at best, giving him some right to the populist label, no?

]]> http://belowthebeltway.com/2007/07/05/john-edwards-the-little-people-and-400-haircuts/comment-page-1/#comment-144824 Candidate Profile: John Edwards at DailyWrit Thu, 05 Jul 2007 15:27:41 +0000 http://belowthebeltway.com/2007/07/05/john-edwards-the-little-people-and-400-haircuts/#comment-144824 [...] Sixth, make a decision about the word “populist.” John, you might want to consult our friends at Below the Beltway for some suggestions. [...]

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