Either that, or he wants you to believe his son is a child genius.

While everyone is focusing on Edwards’ trying to back away from the report his staff tried to get his family a PS3 from Wal-Mart on the same day he was rallying troops against the evil Wal-Mart, this little gem caught my attention:

Edwards, the Democrats’ vice-presidential candidate in 2004, spoke Wednesday to supporters of union-backed WakeUpWalMart.com on a conference call launching the group’s holiday season campaign to pressure Wal-Mart for better labor standards.

In the call, he repeated a story about his son Jack disapproving of a classmate buying sneakers at Wal-Mart. “If a 6-year-old can figure it out, America can definitely figure this out,” Edwards said.

This kid is amazing! At the tender age of 6, he can understand the economics of market value and supply and demand and the complexities of fair compensation. He’s the next Stephen Hawking!

Or, what’s more likely to have happened - the little kid turned his nose up at his classmate when he heard the sneakers were from Wal-Mart because it’s Wal-Mart and not Neiman Marcus.

Of course… Edwards could also be implying Americans are about as smart as a 6 year-old and I could have a completely wrong angle on this.