Massacring Memorial Day

I thought the Democratic candidates for president couldn't shock me. I really thought I had such low expectations that no one could fall below them. That is, until I read John Edwards' reprehensible recommendations to violate Memorial Day picnics and parades with anti-war protests. Honestly. If he thinks that the troops will feel supported by protests implying they are wrong to fight, if he thinks the new war widow will be comforted by thinking her husband died in vain, if he thinks the children whose Daddies are in Iraq will be cheered up by wondering if Daddy's doing right, he just plain doesn't have the judgement to be dog catcher, much less president. I thought about calling this post "John Edwards: Shameless Self-Promotion" because that's what it is.