Elizabeth Edwards afraid of "rabid Republican" neighbor

Have you ever had a neighbor who would protect his property with the barrel of a gun? Chances are, if you have never lived in Montana, you have not had such a neighbor. Well, there's at least one exception: John and Elizabeth Edwards. Apparently they own property next to Monty Johnson, a "rabid Republican" (according to Elizabeth) who last year took out a gun in an effort to chase away government workers investigating a right-of-way issue on his property.

"I wouldn't be nice to him, anyway," says Ms Edwards. Oh no! That would be the worst thing. I wonder what she'd make of me? For nearly two years I lived in a remote shack 15 miles outside Missoula, Montana while I was attending UM. In my heydey I had 11 guns in my house - one for each room, plus a few antique rifles on display in the foyer. If some developer wanted to build a development behind my house forcing me to allow right-of-way, frankly I'd tell him to fuck off with the flash of my sexy M40 (currently sitting with mom in Montana; can't own assult rifles in New York State). Call me a "rabid Republican" if you must, but I would merely be defending my Constitutional right to excercise jurisdiction over my own property. The entire point of the Second Amendment is to provide a means of protection of the other inalienable rights, including the right to own property (as well as the right to free speech, free association, etc). God forbid Mr Johnson use his weapon as it was intended to be used.

I also find it very funny that Ms Edwards, wife of the supposed crusador for the poor and downtrodden, has demeaned Johnson's property as "slummy." Need he remind her that he was there first? Unfortunately, he did need to remind her and he did: he has lived on the property his entire life (the Edwards moved there in 2003) and bluntly states, "I have a budget. I have to live within my means. I don't have millions of dollars to fix the place." He says he's now planning on moving out, due to exploding property values and because "I don't want to live somewhere where someone's always complaining about me." He has yet to move, however, and is currently proudly displaying his Rudy '08 signs 100 feet from Edwards' driveway.

For this, I salute you Mr Monty Johnson. You win my Great American Hero Award for April 2007. Congratulations! John Edwards blows.

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