John Edwards 2008: What’s not to like

Democratic front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday called rival Barack Obama’s debate response that he would be willing to meet with leaders of rogue nations “irresponsible and frankly naive.”

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Rival John Edwards, who campaigned in South Carolina on Tuesday, echoed Clinton’s comments in the debate.

“I would not commit myself on the front end openly to meet with [Iranian President Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad, [North Korean leader] Kim Jong Il, [Venezuelan President] Hugo Chavez,” Edwards told reporters in McClellanville, S.C. “I think there’s a real potential that would be used as a propaganda tool.”

Associated Press 7/25/07
http://www.buffalonews.com/180/story/126613.html

“I mean, we have three different countries [Iran, Iraq, North Korea] that, while they all present serious problems for the United States — they’re dictatorships, they’re involved in the development and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction — you know, the most imminent, clear and present threat to our country is not the same from those three countries. I think Iraq is the most serious and imminent threat to our country.”

CNN Late Edition, 2/24/02
http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0202/24/le.00.html