Jay Honeck wrote:

Since so many are having trouble distinguishing the salient point of my
post, let me say it again. This time in super-sloooow-mooootion, for the
reading impaired:

John Edwards isn't the President. He isn't the Vice-President. He is
nobody but a run-of-the-mill Senator.

I have no problem with giving the President of the United States the
tightest possible security. If George Bush had been in Des Moines, I would
have completely understood the treatment I received.

Giving a dime-a-dozen politician this kind of protection, however, is
patently absurd.

Regarding why your point might have been obscured, let me remind you
what you wrote in your original posts:

"Mr. Liability-Attorney's 727"
"Mr. Ketchup's side-kick"
"If this is what we have to look forward to under a Kerry/Edwards
presidency, I fear the worst is yet to come."
"The Democrats claim to be the "party of the people" -- yet they treat
potential constituents like this?"

Had you not provided the political slant and directly blamed the
Democratic candidates for the inconvenience, you would not have obscured
your own message.

To provide my own political slant, I might note that "this kind of
protection" is being offered under the Bush/Cheney presidency, so you
don't have to look forward, it is here now under the present
administration.

Regarding the fact that the candidate has protection, even though he is
not in fact the VP, that's just the sort of soft target a terrorist
might look for, because of the news coverage it would get, and some form
of protection is probably justified.