Reply #1: That makes a great deal of sense. [View All]

[Mythsaje]

But there are those of the base who see right through stuff like that and it puts our back up. Words can be like smoke, drifting away as soon as you try to grasp them in your hands, or they can have a solidity and substance of their own.

Many people don't like Edwards because of his perhaps "less than stellar" voting history, but he actually took chances with his votes rather than always taking the easy route, and that's going to leave scars. Sure he was wrong on some of them and freely admits it. But his words now have weight, and substance, and actually MATTER. Obama's pretty speeches have none of this.

And that can make all the difference in the world.