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Just Muttering, Instapundit and I'm sure many others noted John Edwards position on fighting global warming and driving SUVs.

The story, as reported by FoxNews.

Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards told a labor group that he would ask Americans to make a big sacrifice: their sport utility vehicles.

"I think Americans are actually willing to sacrifice," Edwards said Tuesday during a forum held by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. "One of the things they should be asked to do is drive more fuel efficient vehicles."

The former North Carolina senator was asked specifically if he would tell them to give up their SUVs, he said, "Yes."

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Edwards was asked during his appearance how he explained the contradiction of asking Americans to sacrifice while he's living in a 28,000-square-foot (2,600-square-meter) mansion.

He said he came from nothing, worked hard all his life, has always supported workers and fought big corporations as a lawyer.

"I have no apologies whatsoever for what I've done with my life," he said to loud cheers. "My entire life has been about the same cause, which is making sure wherever you come from, whatever your family is, whatever the color of your skin, you get a real chance to do something great in this country."

The Hedgehog Report covered the story showing an aerial view of Edwards estate with several large vehicles parked in the driveway.

I'm wondering what constitutes coming up from nothing and how that relates to gaining license to harm the planet more than us poor plebeians. Who is going to decide who gets to pollute and who doesn't. How far up do you have to go to say you have "come up?"

Do you get extra points for fighting the evil corporate dragons? Oddly, reading the Wikipedia entry linked to in the previous sentence, Edwards doesn't appear to have spent as much time fighting evil corporations but mostly sued people for big bucks of which he kept a bunch. Of course, to get a rise from mindless Democrats all you have to say is "fight big corporations" or "fight corporate greed". Paradoxically, these same mindless Democrats manage to ignore the speaker's greed.

Fortunately, Edwards doesn't seem to have much of a chance of winning the Democratic nomination, let alone the White House. Edwards may well be a white collar psychopath.

Psychopaths have a profound lack of empathy. They use other people callously and remorselessly for their own ends. They seduce victims with a hypnotic charm that masks their true nature as pathological liars, master con artists, and heartless manipulators. Easily bored, they crave constant stimulation, so they seek thrills from real-life "games" they can win -- and take pleasure from their power over other people.

"Hypnotic charm" (along with really good hair), "real-life 'games'", pleasure from power over other people. Callousness and lack of remorse show in comments covered in this story, i.e. you sacrifice, but I'm going to live high on the hog and make no apologies to you little serfs.

Obviously, he sees himself as being "above" the rest of us. (After all, he came up from nothing.) Many of the psychopathic elements certainly are present. He's a conceited, ego-centric individual who pictures himself in the typical psychopathic view of being above everyone else. Even Hillary seems almost normal in comparison.

Plus, Edwards is a somewhat effeminate pretty boy who probably thinks a VW Bug convertible is a really cool car for a guy to drive when the SUV is in the shop.