John Kerry, 2004:

I can choose only one running mate, and this morning I have done so.

I have chosen a man who understands and defends the values of America; a man who has shown courage and conviction, as a champion for middle class Americans, and for those struggling to reach the middle class; a man who has shown guts and determination and political skill in his own race for the presidency of the United States; a man whose life has prepared him for leadership and whose character brings him to exercise it.

I am pleased to announce that, with your help, the next vice president of the United States of America will be Senator John Edwards from North Carolina.

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This campaign for the presidency really began — this campaign — now, wait, we’ve got plenty of those. Don’t worry. We’ve got four months for you to get a hold of those things. We’re going to get them around.

This campaign for the presidency really began two years ago, and throughout those two years, as well as for four years before that, I have worked with John Edwards, side by side and sometimes head to head.

I’ve seen John Edwards think, argue, advocate, legislate and lead for six years now. I know his skill. I know his passion. I know his strength. I know his conscience. I know his faith.

He has honored the lessons of home and family that he learned in North Carolina. And he brings those values to shape a better America together with all of us.

John Edwards is ready for this job. He is ready for this job.

Oh wow. Gushy. He really liked John back then. He was really “ready.”

Either he was full of shit then (most likely) or John Edwards has completely gone off the reservation (not likely considering he’s still spouting off the same tired stories as he did in 2004, the only difference being he’s doing it now on top of the bodies of Katrina victims instead of on top of the bodies of dead girls he channels while suing doctors)…

Barack Obama is being endorsed by fellow Sen. John Kerry, the Democrats’ 2004 presidential nominee who lost to George W. Bush that year with John Edwards as his running mate and gave up his own plans for a 2008 run a year ago.

Kerry, a senator from Massachusetts, planned to announce his support Thursday at a rally with Obama at the College of Charleston, arguing that the Illinois senator can best unite the country, said a Democrat familiar with the decision. Kerry was timing his announcement before South Carolina’s Jan. 26 primary, a contest that has taken on extra importance for Obama after Hillary Rodham Clinton beat him in New Hampshire.

So you run with the guy in 2004, and in the announcement you say this:

As so many of you know, throughout this campaign, John talked about the great divide in America, the two Americas that exists between those who are doing very well and those who are struggling to make ends meet in our country.

That concern is at the center of this campaign. It is what it is all about. It is what the 35 years of my struggle have been about. And I am so proud that together John Edwards and I are now going to fight to build one America for all Americans.

And now in 2008 you tell us that someone else entirely is the best person to do that?

This brings two things to mind immediately…

1. John Edwards never really was that good a choice for Vice President.

2. John Kerry has no integrity and loyalty whatsoever and he’s just as slimy as I thought he was back in 2004.

It’ll be interesting to see, when his office gets around to releasing a press release, exactly what his rationale is and how it conflicts with his rationale for choosing Edwards in 2004.

I can’t wait.