Video of Edwards' MLK speech at Riverside Church in Harlem ("Realizing the Dream")

[JohnLocke]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1XnH6eBR9A&mode=related&search= (Edwards' preview of the speech)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RKyl2vL_xU (Part I)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oFsVvmHzLc (Part II)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3oV0Y6VrL4 (Part III)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq1iSit7K60 (excerpts)

[enigmatic]

1. Thanks for this

K&R

[ruggerson]

2. Thanks, recommended n/t

[chimpymustgo]

3. K&R. nt

nt

[brer cat]

6. Thanks, K&R

[illinoisprogressive]

4. I am not an Edwards fan but, I thought I'd say how much I loved his smackdown

of queen Hillary. She needs to be put on notice that she is not going to float into the nomination and that the big boys are going to fight her and be tougher and meaner than her.
Way to go, John.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

5. K&R! here's your 5th vote, just for the NAME you chose, John Locke...

“The great question (about power) is who should have it” ~ John Locke

[JohnLocke]

8. Indeed.

I like your name too. ;)

[ultraist]

12. K&R

For all those who are willing to take a stand to BLOCK FUNDING FOR THE ESCALATION and to begin to BRING OUR TROOPS HOME!

:kick:

[jazzjunkysue]

7. I was there. K&R. Here's my account from the 20th pew:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=3121595&mesg_id=3121595

[ultraist]

10. Wow!

Thanks for the link. What an incredible experience to have been there.

[Catchawave]

19. Nice work jazz!

I just left a comment on your thread :hi:

What an amazing experience that must have been !

[NastyRiffraff]

9. The more I see of John Edwards...

..the more I like him. I'm not going to commit to ANY candidate right now, but I like Edwards' passionate advocacy of the poor all over the world.

[ultraist]

11. To learn more...

Check out his website: http://www.johnedwards.com/

And be sure to visit the newsroom: http://www.johnedwards.com/news/

And...the multimedia section: http://www.johnedwards.com/media/

[NastyRiffraff]

15. I've bookmarked the site...

and have been watching all the videos. The man has my attention.

[McCamy Taylor]

13. K&R

[ultraist]

14. Kick!

Great videos!

[JohnLocke]

16. Kick (nt).

[ultraist]

17. Edwards is getting off to a strong start!

Edwards' inspiring speech at Riverside has been very well recieved and today, Edwards won the DailyKos 2008 Straw poll by a wide margin, ( http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/1/16/105611/138 ) which further evidences that the progressive netroots have not only forgiven John Edwards for his IWR but are favoring him as their first choice as a Presidential candidate.


Call on Congress to block the funding for the escalation, sign the petition here: http://johnedwards.com/action/sign-petitions/nofunding/


SILENCE IS BETRAYAL

SPEAK OUT: STOP THIS ESCALATION NOW!

[Catchawave]

18. Wolf Blitzer just showed a clip

So am glad I found the rest of the speech! Edwards was able to difuse his critics about the Hillary Camp finger wagging :D

...and welcomes Obama into the race!

Edwards is CLASS :patriot:

[ultraist]

20. VIDEO: Edwards on Blitzer's Situation Room tonight

If you missed John Edwards on the Situation Room tonight, you can watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s21msGTlqwY

[Catchawave]

21. Thanks ! I found part of the transcript on Dkos:

*****
BLITZER: Here is what you said Sunday in New York City. I want to play this little clip.

Listen to this.

EDWARDS: Sure.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

EDWARDS: Speak out and stop this escalation now. You have the power, members of Congress, to prohibit this president from spending any money to escalate this war. Use that power.

(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)

EDWARDS: Use it now.

(APPLAUSE)

(END VIDEO CLIP)

BLITZER: As you know, that was widely seen as a slap at Senator Hillary Clinton, who has refused to say she's ready to use the power of the purse, congressional authority, to go ahead and stop funding an increase, an escalation, or a surge, in the war.

Did you see that as a direct attack against her?

EDWARDS: I wasn't, Wolf, thinking about anybody in particular. It was directed at members of Congress who, I believe, as a matter of conscience, should stop this president from escalating this war and from continuing in a long series of really tragic mistakes that -- that he's made in Iraq.

And, as I said in the clip you just ran, Congress has the power to stop this escalation. It's been done before in Lebanon, in Colombia, and toward the end of the Vietnam War. I mean, there is an historical precedent for it. And there's clearly constitutional authority for it.

It's time for members of Congress on both sides of the aisle, by the way, not just Democrats, but those who know, in good conscience and principle, that this war should not be escalated, to speak out and to take action.
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Edit to add link to Dkos diary: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/1/17/4258/31254