Address book is glitchy and unresponsive

Address book Version 6.1.3 (1091) not working right OSX 10.7.5
I'm having a problem I can't figure out -
When I click on an entry (list display/book open) it does not display the contact's information - instead it is frozen on one name no matter what I do.
I can scroll through and click on the names - I can edit the one unchangable name that is showing on the RH side.
The program opens and closes like it is fine - no freezes there.
It's like the whole program is just barely functional. For a while out of the blue it started working correctly again yesterday, and popped up a whole bunch of cards that I had clicked on earlier - but it's back to the same thing again today. Useless.
I've tried quitting it and restarting noth just the program, and the Mac - same thing. No problems with memory or HDD space or CPU - I can run Photoshop or anything else no problems.
It's working fine on my iPad 2 and I can see the data in there if I'm in Mail's address book to edit something.
And Ideas?
Should I try trashing some or all of these?
com.apple.AddressBook.plist
com.apple.AddressBook.abd.plist
com.apple.AddressBook.plist.lockfile
com.apple.AddressBook.sync.plist.lockfile
Even after restart repair premissions - It's still really messed up with no resolution -
Can someone at least tell me if I'm OK with trashing all of the following preferences files?
(should be all OK - but just in case)

Back up all data.
Quit Contacts or Address Book if it’s running. If you use iCloud, disable contact synchronization in the iCloud preference pane.
Triple-click the text on the line below to select it, then copy it to the Clipboard:
~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook/Metadata
In the Finder, select Go ▹ Go to Folder from the menu bar, paste into the box that opens, and press return.
A Finder window will open with a folder selected. Move the selected folder to the Desktop, leaving the window open for now.
Relaunch the application and test. If there’s no improvement, quit and put back the item you moved, overwriting the newer one that may have been created in its place. Otherwise, delete the item.

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