Two Americas (give or take about 300 million)

John Edwards is back at it again - not only running for president but resurrecting the same "Two Americas" theme that did not resonate a few years earlier:

Edwards said no city better symbolizes the "two Americas" -- haves and have-nots -- that he spoke about during his 2004 campaign.

Political America may be divisble into two parts, but it is not the haves and have-nots, it is the moral and immoral. The rich/poor dichotomy does not work: Republicans are both greedy Corporate leaders and Nascar fans; Democrats are both rich trial lawyers like John Edwards and the Ninth Ward residents that Edwards is using for political gain. The moral/immoral divide is what separates voters: the dignity of life, the role of the family, etc., are the key issues, not economics.

But the the Edwards mind-set* is not one that seeks to unite the two Americas of morality, but to splinter it into millions of pieces--about 300 million pieces to be more precise. According to the liberal's "sweet mystery of life" mantra, there can not be one united America:

At the heart of liberty is the right to define one’s own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life.

When you offer everyone the right to define their own concept of existence, you are not trying to unite the country. Edwards can run on whatever foolish platform he wishes, I only suggest he use a new, more accurate slogan to describe the America he envisions.

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*the typical liberal mind-set anyway. Perhaps it is unfair to state that this is exactly what Edwards believes, although his views on abortion, for example, suggest that I have not overstepped the boundaries of reckless blogging into the realm of libel.