Elizabeth Edwards afraid of neighbor

[Gan]

Elizabeth Edwards says she is scared of the "rabid, rabid Republican" who owns property across the street from her Orange County home -- and she doesn't want her kids going near the gun-toting neighbor.


Edwards, the wife of Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, particularly recalls the time neighbor Monty Johnson brought out a gun while chasing workers investigating a right of way near his property. The Edwards family has yet to meet Johnson in person.

"I wouldn't be nice to him, anyway," Edwards said in an interview. "I don't want my kids anywhere near some guy who, when he doesn't like somebody, the first thing he does is pull a gun out. It scares the business out of me."

But Johnson defended the occasion he brandished a gun, saying those on his land didn't have the proper approval.

"I use the gun for protection, and I considered that an appropriate time," Johnson said. "Sometimes you have to take drastic measures."

Edwards views Johnson as a "rabid, rabid Republican" who refuses to clean up his "slummy" property just to spite her family, whose lavish 28,000-square-foot estate is nearby on 102 wooded acres.

Johnson, 55, acknowledges his Republican roots. But he takes offense to the suggestion he has purposefully left his property, including an old garage he leases for use as a car shop, in dilapidated condition.

Johnson said he has lived his entire life on the property, which he said his family purchased before the Great Depression. He said he's spent a lot of money to try and fix up the 42-acre tract.

"I have to budget. I have to live within my means," Johnson said. "I don't have millions of dollars to fix the place."

Johnson, who has posted a "Go Rudy Giuliani 2008" sign on a fence just 100 feet from the entrance to the Edwards' driveway, has criticized Edwards for the scale of their nearby home. The property and home, which includes an indoor basketball court, an indoor handball court and an indoor pool, is valued at $5.3 million.

The Edwardses are still putting the final touches on the property, which they purchased in 2003.

"I thought he was supposed to be for the poor people," Johnson said. "But does he ever socialize with any poor people? He doesn't speak to me."

Johnson said he has put his property on the market, in part blaming the high property taxes for his decision to leave. He also wants to move for another reason.
"I don't want to live somewhere where someone's always complaining about me," he said.



http://www.charlotteobserver.com/112/story/79067.html

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You gotta love it.

:lol:

[CrystalTears]

Rabid Republican... :lol:

[Gan]

I wonder how trespassers on the Edwards property would be greeted. With a glass of sweet tea and a basket of cookies???

You bet your sweet ass anyone traipsing across the Edwards plantation would be met with the business end of a rifle. ;)

[TheEschaton]

Actually, I think the sweet tea and basket of cookies is far more likely, honestly.

-TheE-

[Skeeter]

LOL she's killing his campaign. I love when public figures can't keep their ignorant / moronic SOs quiet.

I can think of 3 sports figures right off the top of my head. Anna Benson, Brenda Warner, and Donovan McNabb's Mom.

[Gan]

Actually, I think the sweet tea and basket of cookies is far more likely, honestly.

-TheE-

I definately understand how you could believe that...



And I'll live in an idealist world as long as I want, when the real world is an unjust one. -TheE-

[DeV]

Blasting your neighbor in the press. What a dumb move.

If the neighbor was a Democrat she would not be pulling this.

[Anebriated]

I wouldnt put mcnabb's mom in that group tbh. She said she was worried when her son went down injured last season, what mom wouldnt be? Shes also said the same thing every year when he gets injured. The only difference is this year some random newspaper in New Jersey decided to blow it out of proportion using unidentified(and probably nonexistant) sources and it made national headlines.

[Landrion]

LOL she's killing his campaign. I love when public figures can't keep their ignorant / moronic SOs quiet.

I can think of 3 sports figures right off the top of my head. Anna Benson, Brenda Warner, and Donovan McNabb's Mom.

Can you imagine that conversation?

Honey, look, Im gonna need you to stop talking to the press anymore. This thing with the nieghbor probably cost me an entire state. No I dont think youre stupid. No No, Im not angry, I just.... look, No, honey, cmon. Jesus, dont cry. Yes I know theyll want to talk to you even more when you become first lady. No, you didnt look fat on camera. Honey, listen.....

[Parkbandit]

Actually, I think the sweet tea and basket of cookies is far more likely, honestly.

-TheE-

RING RING - Hey TheE.. this is Reality. Come back.

[TheEschaton]

I can't imagine the Edwards owning a gun, personally. :P

There is the whole South Carolina thing, though, so maybe, I guess.

-TheE-

[Latrinsorm]

So wait the rich white people living on the plantation don't want their poor neighbors to be armed? I wonder why.

[Ilvane]

Oh please, don't you guys have better things to talk about?

Slow news day?

Angela

[Gan]

Oh please, don't you guys have better things to talk about?

Slow news day?

Angela

Just because it does not hold interest to you in the political realm does not mean its not newsworthy.

Welcome to politics.

[Parkbandit]

Just because it does not hold interest to you in the political realm does not mean its not newsworthy.

Welcome to politics.


LOL... if this was a Republican, she would be all over it.

[Gan]

LOL... if this was a Republican, she would be all over it.

I was thinking the same thing...

:lol:

[TheEschaton]

You keep on saying this. It's not true. If it was a Republican, I still wouldn't give two shits.

-TheE-

[Parkbandit]

You keep on saying this. It's not true. If it was a Republican, I still wouldn't give two shits.

-TheE-

My apologies.. when I used the phrase "she" I wasn't referring to you this time.

Sorry for the confusion.

[Latrinsorm]

Oh please, don't you guys have better things to talk about?I didn't realize we were restrained to such momentous news as some guy making stupid remarks on the radio.

[Hulkein]

My apologies.. when I used the phrase "she" I wasn't referring to you this time.

Sorry for the confusion.

rofl

[Skeeter]

I wouldnt put mcnabb's mom in that group tbh. She said she was worried when her son went down injured last season, what mom wouldnt be? Shes also said the same thing every year when he gets injured. The only difference is this year some random newspaper in New Jersey decided to blow it out of proportion using unidentified(and probably nonexistant) sources and it made national headlines.

When McNabb got hurt she publically stated that she was worried Garcia would out play Donovan and lose his job. By her stating this it automatically makes it look like Donovan has said it too. Guilt by association. Incredibly embarassing for him. If multi-million dollar athletes are capable of shame and embarassment.

[Hulkein]

McNabb's mom is a fucking moron. I hate her and McNabb.

[Ilvane]

That she is afraid of a man who pulls a gun out on people who go on his property? Sure..I would be too.

And um, what is newsworthy??

Imus' comments are a bit more newsworthy, at least.

And it has nothing to do with Republican/Democrat, yet again.

Angela

[DeV]

It's fluffer news, which is still news, just not as newsworthy.

Don't worry, Anna Nicole's baby's paternity test result will pwn all other news tomorrow unless something earth shattering happens overnight.

[Gan]

That she is afraid of a man who pulls a gun out on people who go on his property? Sure..I would be too.

And um, what is newsworthy??

Imus' comments are a bit more newsworthy, at least.

And it has nothing to do with Republican/Democrat, yet again.

Angela

Thus you wont find it in the Politics folder because of that [see bold in quote above]. So quit bitchin.

[Gan]

My apologies.. when I used the phrase "she" I wasn't referring to you this time.

Sorry for the confusion.


:rofl:

Winner.

[Back]

It's fluffer news, which is still news, just not as newsworthy.

Don't worry, Anna Nicole's baby's paternity test result will pwn all other news tomorrow unless something earth shattering happens overnight.

Yeah, this is diversion from other top stories of the day which were far more damaging and important to people actually in office, let alone their spouses.

[Parkbandit]

That she is afraid of a man who pulls a gun out on people who go on his property? Sure..I would be too.

And um, what is newsworthy??

Imus' comments are a bit more newsworthy, at least.

And it has nothing to do with Republican/Democrat, yet again.

Angela


You've lost all credibility sister.. sorry.

[Parkbandit]

Yeah, this is diversion from other top stories of the day which were far more damaging and important to people actually in office, let alone their spouses.


Speaking of lost credibility.. here comes the King.

[Back]

Speaking of lost credibility.. here comes the King.

From the King of Kill the Messenger, I suppose I could take that as some kind of crude adulation. That you would actually expend the effort, as you consistently do, to try and smear mine and others characters instead of actually facing the reality of the issues does not help your arguments to become anything more than rants fired off by a malcontent.

If you even had any objective notion about credibility we would not have anything to bash each other about.

[Warriorbird]

There's reasons Edwards didn't win his state. This is tame.

Parkbandit has gone off into General Ripper from Dr. Strangelove land, however.

http://freemasonry.bcy.ca/fiction/other/dr_strangelove.jpg

(Backlash and Parkbandit)

Commies are clearly corrupting Parkbandit's vital bodily fluids! Oh noes!

[Parkbandit]

From the King of Kill the Messenger, I suppose I could take that as some kind of crude adulation. That you would actually expend the effort, as you consistently do, to try and smear mine and others characters instead of actually facing the reality of the issues does not help your arguments to become anything more than rants fired off by a malcontent.

If you even had any objective notion about credibility we would not have anything to bash each other about.

It's hard to smear that which you've never been known to have.