Terry Sanford…Reincarnated?

It’s frightening how Cal Cunningham, the Democrat’s new boy-wonder, has begun to remind me of John Edwards. Just look at Cunningham’s picture in Wikipedia. It’s eerie. The same impish grin. The same hair. And Cunningham, like Edwards, is a candidate straight out of central casting: He steps onto the stage, opens a script and starts reading – and it’s like he’s reading one of John Edwards’ old scripts.
 
Cal says (with the same sincerity as Edwards): “North Carolina families need someone to fight for them…”
 
He says he’s a ‘change agent.’
 
A ‘revitalizer.’
 
And a man of ‘practical, common sense solutions.’
 
Then, Call adds, serving a year in the JAG Corps (Army lawyers) in Iraq makes him the soul mate of Terry Sanford – who jumped out of an airplane over Normandy on D-Day as a paratrooper.
 
Young Mr. Cunningham has his script and he’s sticking to it…but it sure sounds like we’ve seen this movie before.
 
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Terry Sanford…Reincarnated?

It’s frightening how Cal Cunningham, the Democrat’s new boy-wonder, has begun to remind me of John Edwards. Just look at Cunningham’s picture in Wikipedia. It’s eerie. The same impish grin. The same hair. And Cunningham, like Edwards, is a candidate straight out of central casting: He steps onto the stage, opens a script and starts reading – and it’s like he’s reading one of John Edwards’ old scripts.
 
Cal says (with the same sincerity as Edwards): “North Carolina families need someone to fight for them…”
 
He says he’s a ‘change agent.’
 
A ‘revitalizer.’
 
And a man of ‘practical, common sense solutions.’
 
Then, Call adds, serving a year in the JAG Corps (Army lawyers) in Iraq makes him the soul mate of Terry Sanford – who jumped out of an airplane over Normandy on D-Day as a paratrooper.
 
Young Mr. Cunningham has his script and he’s sticking to it…but it sure sounds like we’ve seen this movie before.
 
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