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  Edwards misrepresentations?

  First to sukumar:  Edwards didn't say "terrorism" was a bumper sticker.  He said Bush's "war on terror" phrase and appeal was a bumper sticker.  That's a big difference.  Indeed Bush has plied this phrase as a glib emotional appeal to fear and of the kind that Bush predicts will be neverending, thus 'entitling' him to extraordinary (and civil-liberties-abandoning) powers.  

  Second, to Maywa and others:  I don't hear Edwards making any prognoses or predictions about Africa becoming a biofuel 'hotspot'.  What he's saying is that if the US takes the lead on generating crops for alternate fuels that Europe will feel the need to do so as well and that they would plausibly find in that the impetus to contribute technology to Africa as a remaining land for new crop development -- which, he hopes (and there's the rub), would also benefit Africans by bringing vast new improvements to their capacity to produce and withstand the effects of drought, etc.  I don't think there's a basis for calling this a "scheme" of Edwards.  It's his projection of a possible offshoot resulting from US leadership on cleaner energy and notably biofuel production.
  On An interview with John Edwards about his presidential platform on energy and the environment posted 2 years, 2 months ago 15 Responses