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John Edwards speaks the truth. He doesn't take corporate money so he won't owe them a dime. He will be working for us The People.
Marilynn_Murray

15 responses // We Need A President Who Will Fight For Us

  • When Edwards talks of the powerfull insurance conglomerats maybe the congress and senat should also look into the fact that the present administration has allowed the health insurance industry to become a monopoly. This is bad for the people of this nation because it basicly give one man who is looking to line his own pokets the right to decide what kind of care is given by doctors and hospitols. The man at the top allways looks to the bottom line and never in history has a human life been more important than a CEO's wallet. Say yes to regulating the monopolys and getting things so we don't have a buisness deciding our lives for us.
    Toughth
  • Everyday I'm more and more convinced this is the man we need to lead this country. Seems Edwards and Obama are defending their positions together against Clinton now? The polls in NH this morning showed Edwards running a far distant third again, hopefully as bogus as the Iowa polls were. My little bit of money is going to Edwards campaign this week. An Edwards / Obama ticket seems very electable at this point, I'm also wondering if they're thinking the same thing?
    Chique
  • They may be. I think they are kind of banding together to make sure Clinton doesn't get it. She will just be more of the same, and they know it. Howdy Doody would be better than her.
    Marilynn_Murray
  • Edwards pulled a virtual tie with Wes Clark last time -- within 1000 votes, which was technically fourth place.
    He'll likely do better than that this time, but not much. I'm thinking somewhere between 14 and 17 percent. Which still matters, because one vote under 15 percent and he gets zero delegates from NH. ((the ratio is 1 delegate per 3 1/3 percent of the vote, but the cutoff is 15.))

    First, I'm a Barack fan and a Hill-fearer. Not that I dislike the NY senator, I just see that she lacks BC's singular best trait -- the impulsive need to sell, sell, sell to anyone who'll stand still long enough to seem to listen.

    I think JE looked at the table, saw that the NY senator has built-in advantages that don't lean toward his strengths. Its just easier for him to move on her than Barack. When it's just JE and Barack, then he'll move over.

    And frankly, if Barack didn't run, I know I wouldn't be for her.

    I don't dislike JE, I just think he seems over-rehearsed to me.

    Rich in Henniker NH.
    richchenniker
  • richchenniker, That is not over-rehearsed. It is having strong opinions and sticking to them. If you are changing your opinions all the time to please a different segment of the population it must be hard to remember where you stand. He doesn't have that problem.
    Marilynn_Murray
  • His words do seem to just roll out naturally. That happens when you're telling the truth! Same thing happens with Obama and Richardson.
    Chique
  • Edwards tops my list also. He GETS the fact that the single biggest threat to the U.S. is "terrorism" but NOT Islamic terrorism - Corporate Terrorism that has bought and paid for lax regulation, corporate welfare through tax incentives and laws that give corporations the very same rights as individuals and worse, allowing them to finance the political fortunes of those who make the laws and appoint the regulators.

    Edwards DOES get it. Fascist Corporatism is the enemy that will kill countless millions of ordinary Americans - not Radical Islam.
    Inofuilwell
  • We need to fight for the president we want, or we won't get him......
    Marilynn_Murray
  • As much as I like what Keith Olbermann has to say, on tonight's countdown he has just about relegated John Edwards to an "Also-ran".

    At least his guest analyst said that Edwards had a chance if one of the two front-runners "stumbled".

    Let's hope we can push the envelope more thanthat by a little grassroots activism.
    Inofuilwell
  • If I was John Edwards I'd make a campaign brochure out of newspaper stock, same size as two pages of a newspaper. I would tell about where I came from and about my family and my life. Then I would clearly state what I'm running on, all the things I want to change and why. He has great ideas, but no one knows about them because he gets no news coverage. Then I would send them to my supporters and have them roll them up like a mini newspaper and toss them into every yard they can. Simple, tacky, and better than the coverage he is getting now. Got any ideas?
    Marilynn_Murray
  • Info - just remember with hope how many media annointed candidates have stumbled before. Dean in recent memory.

    I agree MM, maybe you should email the man with that idea. Hey, I will too. And before the day is over I'm going to email every news station and on line site I can think of in support of Edwards. Can't hurt! Actually, I've read a few sites where some of Edwards supporters are doing just that. They're stating why he's the candidate to support and wanting to know why, when he came in second in Iowa, was he being virtually ignored.
    Chique
  • Chique, Thank you. Please feel free to edit and add. Any ideas will be appreciated.
    Marilynn_Murray
  • that's actually a really good idea. Hey, I drive around and pass them out. I want people to know about him. Since the media has failed us...let's not fail each other. We can still make a difference by getting more involved. Yes, current works. But so does old-fashioned way.
    nkeg87
  • Thanks 87!
    Chique
  • Maybe we should all write. I'd even pay for the printing of my 500-1,000 "newspapers" at a Kinko's or and Office Depot - I think we should all write and ask them to make a newspaper pdf file or some other kind of printable file available online for supporters to print out and distribute. (Sometimes they might want you to go through approved printers to make sure the content is not changed in file form before the printer prints the paper at least it is that way with brochures and bumper stickers sometimes.)

    Someone tell me what you think would be a good way to contact the campaign and suggest that. Of course, it would help if those newspapers were distributed in the respective primary states about 3 weeks before a primary and then again the week before.

    I'm ready - I'll check in later, troops.
    Inofuilwell

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