John Edwards needs to learn the diff between fair trade and industrial pandering

Especially when the issue at hand involves global warming and Peak Oil issues.

Actually, the more cynical liberal part of me knows he damn well knows the difference, and he’s being “just another politician.”

Edwards said in Michigan he opposes a U.S.-South Korea automotive free trade agreement because it lets Seoul keep a tax on engine displacement, calling that “unfair.”

Hey, we have a tax on gas-guzzlers here that falls most heavily on German imports. Get real, Edwards; you’re pandering to the auto industry and auto workers with the same scare tactics the Big Three have used on UAW rank and file for years to oppose further CAFÉ increases.

If you then claim to be worried about global warming (no Democratic candidate has talked seriously about Peak Oil), I’ll bust you in the chops.