Presidential Candidate John Edwards is building his presidential campaign on the values of socialism, redistribution of wealth and the like. He talks about the two Americas, the very wealthy and the very poor. He has pledged to alleviate poverty and help the working poor.
He has gotten off to a good start by giving a whole lot of people jobs in construction. Surely it was Americans that built his house. They had jobs anyway.
The Breck Girl candidate has built himself a 29,000-square-foot mansion. TWENTY-NINE THOUSAND SQUARE FEET!!!!
Elizabeth Edwards says it’s not pretentious though ….
She said there is nothing ‘grandiose’ about the house and that it was designed to be a functional home with room for her children to play outdoors and a large kitchen to entertain friends and family.
‘This house is a truly fabulous family home,’ she said. ‘The house has one fireplace, no grand staircase. Its not unlike our lives in smaller quarters for over 30 years, starting with John’s apartment in Oakwood.’
She portrayed their lifestyle as lacking pretension.
‘We don’t take fancy vacations,’ she said. ‘When the kids were young, we used frequent flyer miles to take a trip to Europe. We don’t have jewelry. We don’t have furs. We don’t have fancy cars. Those kinds of accoutrements don’t matter to him. What matters to him is home.’
That’s good - it’s just a nice family home 
From the Carolina Journal Online
The rambling structure sits in the middle of a 102-acre estate on Old Greensboro Road west of Chapel Hill. The heavily wooded site and winding driveway ensure that the home is not visible from the road. ‘No Trespassing’Â signs discourage passersby from venturing past the gate.
Ambulance chasing has obviously paid quite well!! I hope he doesn’t lose votes on account of this. I’m thinking the tree huggers are going to be a little upset because of all the trees that had to be laid to waste so that he’d have enough room for this non-pretentious structure. And what about PETA?? Think of all the displaced animals who’ll have to find another home somewhere to make room for the Edwardses’ new digs.
One thing I have not ever understood about socialism in America, the people who want to re-distribute wealth the most are the wealthiest. I would think that was noble on their part except they don’t seem to ever be thinking of re-distributing their own wealth.
They just want you and me to pay more to help alleviated poverty. I guess their contribution is in telling us how much we are obligated to give to other people.
The upside is that no one in the family will ever have to see anyone else in the family if they don’t want to.
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January 10th, 2008 at 9:07 pm
Bet Dick Cheney is greener than John Edwards.
January 23rd, 2008 at 4:53 pm
Take a look at the celebrities who help the poor. Many of them own much more costly and lavish real estate than John Edwards and we see them helping the poor often. Are they Hypocrites?! Why is it that people think owning an expensive home and having money suggests that the wealthy do not care about the poor. I don’t like John Edward’s personality and I think he is fake in some ways but I am sick of hearing that he is a Hypocrite JUST because he is rich and owns a large home. Give me some sort of other evidence that he is a Hypocrite, such as proof that he hasn’t personally donated his own time or money to assist the poor.
January 30th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
Why is everyone making such a big deal about the total square footage of Edwards’ buildings???
29,000 sq.ft. is pretty big either way, but…
The house is actually only about 11,000 sq. ft.
Another 16,000 for the “Barn”, which houses some courts, pool, etc… for recreation + about 2,000 of the passageway to connect the house to the barn. The barn is just a big building big enough for a couple of courts and a pool. (250ft X 64ft= 16,000 sq. ft.).
This is VERY different than having a 29,000 sq. ft. home.
I’m not defending Edwards for anything he says or does, but as far as his home, it’s not too outrageous. (Maybe only the 2000 sq. ft. of passageway… come on…)
By comparison, Bill Gates’ home (living space) is 50,000 sq. ft. + 16,000 sq. ft. of garage and outbuildings. It is valued at around $130,000,000 (yes 130 million).
11,000 sq. ft. home: not that outrageous.
16,000 sq. ft. rec. center: nice if you can afford it.
2,000 sq. ft. passageway: a little over the top.
Get over it.
May 16th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
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