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AmericanDream Donating Member (714 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 05:04 PM
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John Edwards in NOLA with 600 student volunteers; also on hardball
Edited on Thu Mar-16-06 05:34 PM by AmericanDream
Edwards helping with clean up:



To view full size picture: http://blog.oneamericacommittee.com/story/2006/3/16/123547/329

Edwards welcoming students yesterday:



To view full size picture: http://blog.oneamericacommittee.com/story/2006/3/16/94659/4048


A student volunteer from NOLA writes:

As John Edwards spoke at dusk Wednesday to a group of about 600 students gathered
in an outdoor hotel courtyard in downtown New Orleans, even the setting sun could
not dim his obvious pride at the hope and determination on our faces. With a bounce
in his step, Edwards thanked us for volunteering to spend Spring break clearing rotting
debris from homes when we could have chosen instead to party all night and sleep all day
in Cancun. He said our generation's sacrifice should set an example for all Americans.

Indeed, just one year ago the notion that thousands of college students would trade
swim trunks and bikinis for construction helmets, gloves, goggles and sanitation suits would
have been unthinkable. Then came Katrina. For students like me who will graduate college
this Spring, the start of senior year in high school and college has been marked by 9/11
and the hurricane -- the greatest man-made and natural disasters in recent American experience.

Out of our feelings of helplessness and despair emerged a new youth consensus -- the belief
that our generation can rebuild the world by our example of empathy and compassion. Edwards
helped foment this energy during his university speaking tour this Fall. While I learned about
this week's initiative through a friend's email, many students learned of the program
from Edwards's personal appeals.

Our trip is just one of many making a difference. New Orleans is so overwhelmed with thousands
of student volunteers from hundreds of campuses this week that most of our group is sleeping
on the floor of a basketball arena 90 minutes away in Baton Rouge. We leave our accommodations
at 6:00am each morning for the bus ride to our work site, where some of our tasks include
throwing away long-spoiled food, scooping away sewage, fending off rats that have settled
in with the flood waters, and helping strangers pick up the pieces of shattered lives.
We plan to completely empty debris from 100 homes over the next two days.

I had my own personal inconvenience when the airline lost my sleeping bag, but helpful
employees at a local hotel loaned me blankets and a pillow - a small reflection of the
kindness and compassion blooming in the aftermath of tragedy. Those who think student
motivation to heal and improve America is absent in my generation should take a trip
to Louisiana. In his remarks before our training session,
Senator Edwards told us "we are the leaders we have been waiting for." The thousands
of students gathered in New Orleans this week couldn't agree more.


source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11860058/


Read more, including live blogging at edwards website: http://blog.oneamericacommittee.com/

And, watch him tonight with tweets... wonder what made tweety give any attention to this endeavor.

Edwards has actually been to New Orleans several times since the devastation; talking with and helping the evacuees and now helping with the rebuilding efforts.
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Gabi Hayes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 05:06 PM
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1. I kin hardly see the pictures....can you please
make them a little bigger?
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AmericanDream Donating Member (714 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 05:10 PM
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4. I didn't take them...
and didn't have time to resize... I'm sure you'll sacrifice a little and strain your eyes ;)
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Gabi Hayes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 05:41 PM
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10. thanks!
he's on with tweety right now
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dogday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 05:08 PM
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2. Edwards is just one good looking Man
I would vote for him and Feingold in a heartbeat...
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progressivebydesign Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 06:01 PM
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15. okay, hate to sound shallow.. but he IS a damn fine looking man. n/t
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bklyncowgirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 09:33 PM
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40. Elizabeth Edwards you are one lucky woman--damn he is hot.
Dressed casual in workshirt and jeans, whew. I like his serious, thoughtful look too. During the campeign he always looked like he was trying too hard.

The campeign managers should have let him out in jeans more often.
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Clark2008 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 12:57 AM
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54. He's too pretty.
Sorry. I like my men rugged.
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AmericanDream Donating Member (714 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 01:06 AM
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57. He was a football player...
Edited on Fri Mar-17-06 01:07 AM by AmericanDream
he was a star athlete (lettered in football, basketball, Tennis, and Track) in high school & played for the clemson Tigers for a while (& is a marathon runner)... he can't change his face though I guess.

Do you have to be ugly to be rugged?
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Triana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 01:04 AM
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55. I agree. He's VERY easy on the eyes....
...but I love Elizabeth too! She's extremely lucky! They're both great folks and they have their hearts in the right place and their heads screwed on straight.

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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 05:08 PM
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3. What a wonderful act of citizenship.
Salute to real citizen patriots who are wearing their compassion openly.
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BootinUp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 05:17 PM
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5. Bandwidth alert.
uh, you really need to downsize those pics.
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AmericanDream Donating Member (714 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 05:28 PM
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9. Resized.
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hedgehog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 05:20 PM
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6. My baby's down there working with a bunch of her friends
That could even be her in the blue hard hat in the first picture (probably not, but who knows!) We're all so proud of them, especially her grandma. This is the happiest her grandma's been since Bush has been elected. Seeing all those kids head to New Orleans to do what FEMA couldn't has given her hope that the county might make it after all!
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AmericanDream Donating Member (714 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 05:59 PM
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13. We are all proud of them... and the blog entry above shows
why our future indeed might be brighter than our present. I am very hopeful abou tthe next generation of Americans.
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hedgehog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 07:31 PM
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28. She called - it's not her - there's dozens of groups down there
She said the students she's running into want nothing to do with Bush but that doesn't mean they're with the Democrats yet, either. You can't beat even a negative with nothin', folks. We're going to have to run more than another empty suit come 2008.
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AmericanDream Donating Member (714 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 07:40 PM
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29. Really, and is that "another empty suit" you are referring to
Edited on Thu Mar-16-06 07:41 PM by AmericanDream
Edwards? If so, then truly, you are just as ignorant as anyone else. Anyone who has heard or talked to Edwards, knows he is far from an empty suit.

And, yes, you can't win by just being an anti-whatever; you have to stand for something just like Edwards has on many important issues of the day: healthcare, poverty, minimum wage, Sudan, unions, etc.

Who should we run hedgehog in your opinion?
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hedgehog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 07:49 PM
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31. Edwards an "empty suit"? Absolutely NOT!
I'd love to see him run!

Just please oh please don't run another Washington insider who's a "safe" candidate selected as someone who won't scare the horses. I am so tired of settling for a candidate that I feel that I have to apologize for the entire campaign. ("Well, yes he's Skull and Bones, but at least he's our Skull and Bones and you should have seen him 30 years ago when he actually acted like a real person....")


Please oh please let's have a candidate who dares to suggest that we can actually solve some problems in this country instead of the haves hunkering down in gated communities.

(John Edwards, are you listening?)
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Imagevision Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 11:34 PM
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46. Edwards an "empty suit? - Ther's always Feingold
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blue neen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 09:59 PM
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43. Tell your baby thank you from all of us.
I truly admire what they are doing. :hi:
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funkybutt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 05:23 PM
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7. Thanks to all the NOLA spring breakers
I've seen them all over town working their asses off, exhausted, uncomfortable, and dirty. These young people could have easily chosen a more fun filled destination for spring break. My hat goes off to each and every one of them. What an amazing outpouring of support from the younger generation!

y'all rock!

:hi:
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CottonBear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 05:23 PM
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8. If you can edit your title, please add *dialup warning.*
Great pictures! Thanks!
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AmericanDream Donating Member (714 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 05:41 PM
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11. He is on hardball right now... they have cleared up 50 properties today.
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WI_DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 05:43 PM
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12. I wouldn't have any problem with Edwards leading an '08 ticket
1) he is making poverty a very important issue and 2) he has actually come out and said he was wrong to vote for the Iraqi resolution. Not too many who voted for it actually have admitted they were wrong.
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DemDogs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 06:04 PM
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16. Exactly one
Others have excuses but only he says the words I was wrong or anything remotely like it.
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karynnj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 06:23 PM
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17. Believe what you like, but you're wrong
Edited on Thu Mar-16-06 06:27 PM by karynnj
Harkin came out and said it was wrong in early 2003.
Kerry said the war was wrong in 2003, 2004 and in October said the vote for authorization itself was wrong. (Edwards was actually FOR the war even in late 2003). Kerry spoke against the war before it started.
Rockefellow said the vote was wrong way before.

I like Kerry's words that he accepts his share of responsibility , which to me goes beyond simply saying his vote was "wrong". I could say an answer on a test was "wrong". I do think Edwards meant more than inaccuracy. It's semantyics.
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AmericanDream Donating Member (714 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 06:26 PM
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18. FINE.
He wasn't the only one. And, if Kerry said the war was wrong in 03 and 04 and then said that he would still have voted for the war knowing what he knows now (as I heard him say during the election), then he is just as idiotic as he was portrayed to be.

I am glad all these guys realize this and are on the right side now. Can we get over the "who's first" contest.
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karynnj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 06:27 PM
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19. He said he would vote for the authorization
not the war.
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AmericanDream Donating Member (714 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 06:34 PM
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20. There was only one vote.
Yes, I understand the nuance there, but most people don't ... and that has always been Kerry's problem - he has intelligence, he doesn't have the common sense to know how simply people view things (like Clinton and Edwards do). This is not a dig - I prefer intelligence, but this is a major political weakness.
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karynnj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 10:46 PM
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44. If it was such a weakness
Edited on Thu Mar-16-06 10:55 PM by karynnj
How was he able to beat Edwards so easily in getting the nomination. The huge super-tuesday really lets a southern candidate who loses both Iowa and NH catch up. (This is what Bill Clinton did).

I know there was only one vote. At the time of the vote, Bush himself said it was not a vote for war but a vote that would let him say at the UN that America speaks with one voice. There are Kerry interviews before and after the vote that consistently show that he was trying to push Bush in the direction of diplomacy, hoping that war could be avoided. So, for Kerry, the IWR vote was not seen as voting for war, except under a small set of circumstances - which made his answers very complicated. The problem was that those were the only honest answers and Kerry is honest to a fault.

I think on all other issues Kerry was very very clear.

Also, as to the who was first - my first response was to a post that was "bait". Look at the wording - the poster was saying that only one person had dealt with his IWR vote then indicated that all the others weren't as good. Now, you and I both know that there have been threads on this since November. By the way it was written, the poster knew others had disavowed their votes - so it was just snark.

If you bothered to learn much about Kerry in 2004 - you know that he, of all people, took very very seriously the role of sending troops to battle. I know a Pressident Kerry would not have invaded iraq. The words rejected by that poster were said with great sincerity.
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Catchawave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 06:42 PM
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21. Good response AmericanDream !
Just don't mention "James Webb" :rofl:

And thanks for a wonderful peak into Edwards and his truly wonderful human self. The kids just love him ! Catching up reading the One America Blog now, it always lifts me up to be with his "family" :hi:

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karynnj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 10:56 PM
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45. You mean the Repub in Dem clothing
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sandnsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 07:50 PM
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32. Nothing wrong with correcting errors
You might be surprised how many times you correct an error only to see the exact same person pop up with it the next day or week. That's because some people have ulterior motives themselves, has nothing to do with "who's first" contest. Just has to do with the truth.
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ultraist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 07:11 PM
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25. Edwards for President 2008
He kicked ass on Hardball tonight, particularly with his answer about his vote for the Iraqi resolution.

He is THE MAN for 2008.
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Skwmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 07:57 PM
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34. He said he was wrong AFTER polls showed a large drop in the
support for the war. Rockefeller came out and said he was wrong for his war vote a long time ago. In Pelosi's book on the 04 primary she wrote that Edwards steered clear of her after she overhead him saying he would have to take a poll to determine his position on an issue.
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AmericanDream Donating Member (714 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 08:13 PM
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35. Welcome back.
I always expect to meet you in the Edwards topic. I'm sure Edwards polled the environment to make sure Katrina was going to hit and expose American poverty before he actually opened his poverty center and campaigned on the theme of Two Americas.
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Skwmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 12:45 AM
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49. I've really been ignoring the Edwards threads but when the personal injury
Edited on Fri Mar-17-06 12:45 AM by Skwmom
attorney turned "populist" during a political campaign is praised for saying his vote on Iraq is wrong when the ONLY thing that has changed is the polls, it's really hard to remain silent.

As far as the Katrina comment, please don't use Katrina to try to score political points for your candidate. Edwards PR team has been trying to repackage Edwards as a "populist" candidate long before Katrina occurred.

I've noticed a trend to try to link Edwards with Clark and Gore. Hmmm... trying to repackage Edwards as a non DLC outsider? Maybe a Clinton/Edwards ticket is in the offing. The only question is would the Clintons be stupid enough to put him on the ticket? Imagine two people on a ticket that their opponents can easily paint as politicians who would need to take a poll before deciding what position to take on a national security issue. Clinton/Edwards definitely a dream ticket.... for the Republicans that is.

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1932 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 12:56 AM
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52. Have you read Lakoff's Don't Think of an Elephant?
There's a great part at the end when he talks about how Democrats should reverse the RW spin on personal injury lawyers.
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Skwmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 01:15 AM
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58. The problem is that Edwards didn't just sue corporations,
he sued doctors using very weak science. Edwards channeling comments alone are pure gold for the Republicans.
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1932 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 01:17 AM
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59. Have you figured out which A.Pelosi quote is the one you remember?
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AmericanDream Donating Member (714 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 01:22 AM
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60. They've tried that trick before... didn't work then, won't work now
I think you are going nowhere with your Edwards bashing. You can't find the "polls" quote and then you come forth with some vague Republican propaganda, which if effectively countered (as Edwards did in 98), does NOTHING.
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Skwmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 09:26 AM
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62. You think the Republicans really took on Edwards in 04?
Edited on Fri Mar-17-06 09:42 AM by Skwmom
Why in the heck would they want to kill the golden goose/Democratic nominee who will guarantee an 08 Republican victory? Give me a candidate who was actually a populist BEFORE he entered a presidential campaign then you might have something (oh that's right he's another Bobby Kennedy... I wonder what genius PR person came up with that spin. Not that the whole "Camelot" maneuvering hasn't been obvious from the beginning. The problem with this approach is that once the Republicans actually go after Edwards instead of trying to move him to the head of the pack, the Kennedy legacy (by association) can end up tarnished in the minds of young voters.

Regarding the poll comment in Pelosi's book. As I told the other poster I will look up the quote at the library and make sure I have it handy in the future.

About that war vote - WHY did Edwards only recently say he was wrong for his vote? What new information was out there? Rockefeller came out MONTHS before Edwards. The only thing that changed was that support for the war eroded.

I forgot to include Feingold in the list of people they are trying to constantly link Edwards with. Do you seriously think Edwards would be acting like Feingold if he was in the Senate? I can't help but wonder whether Edwards is getting advice from his good buddy Clinton on how to remake his political image.
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1932 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 09:52 AM
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65. You can look up the poll reference at Amazon.
The book's full text is searchable.

I also searched 'poll' and 'polling' and couldn't find anything.
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Skwmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 11:16 AM
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66. I know what I read and will be sure to post once I find the quote. n/m
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1932 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 10:07 PM
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67. Looking forward to the cite.
I'll try to keep this thread alive and you can post it here.

Thanks.
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1932 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 12:22 AM
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47. Here are all (Bush's videographer) A. Pelosi's references to Edwards:
1. on Page 29:
"... to hear all the nasty things people are saying about their daddy, but that has not stopped all the Kerry, Edwards , Lieberman, and Graham kids from hitting the trail on their dad's behalf All the candidates have their families out ..."
2. on Page 39:
"... that bus?" That was the question of the day here in eastern Iowa. Today was day one of the John Edwards "Real People, Real Solutions" bus tour. Iowans came out to meet the junior senator from North Carolina, but all they ..."
3. on Page 40:
"... When we arrived at Main Street, Mr. Edwards got off the bus, walked one block to the ice cream parlor, politely accepted some cookie dough ice cream from ..."
4. on Page 41:
"... room. It's Saturday night in Ottumwa , Iowa. Where in the heck does he have to go?" On paper, John Edwards has it all: He's a handsome young senator from the South. But when I asked people at the party how ..."
5. on Page 60:
"... Dean has Joan Jett, Melissa Etheridge, and Carly Simon. Gephardt has Barry Manilow, Michael Bolton, and Tony Bennett behind him. Edwards has Hootie and the Blowfish. Bush has Ricky Martin and Ted Nugent. Of all the musical endorsers, Moby prefers Willie ..."
6. on Page 104:
"... candidate they love. One time a frustrated local who was sick of hearing the kids scream asked a group of Edwards supporters what in the hell they were doing. The head cheerleader told him, "We are doing visibility." (Visibility? You mean ..."
7. on Page 110:
"... important to you?" or `Are you going to win ?" or "Senator Edwards, is America ready for another good-looking senator to be president?" This is why, in 2000, Bush denied the networks interviews ..."
8. on Page 111:
"... Register Dean said, "I still want to be the candidate for guys with Confederate flags in their pickup trucks." John Edwards and Al Sharp- ton jumped all over Dean, calling him an elitist and a racist. Nowwe've Handling Howard - 111 ..."
9. on Page 114:
"... Dean tells people that their government is lying to them, the less they are going to want to hear. John Edwards Is Hottt! But Boring West Ossipee, New Hampshire JANUARY 16, 2004 JOHN E D WA R D S DOESN'T FLIP ..."
10. on Page 115:
"... cipline of a religious disciple spreading the word of salvation. As the political currents change, John Edwards is unflappable; he is consistent and on message, never deviating from his script. All of the candidates have their stump ..."

11. on Page 116:
"... Whenever I am backstage with another candidate and Senator Edwards sees us, he says something like, "What are you doing here?" As if he does not approve of or understand ..."
12. on Page 117:
"... him, I just don't get it. But maybe there's nothing to get. The day I decided to stop covering John Edwards was the day I followed him going door-to-door in Nashua, New Hampshire, to invite people to come hear him speak ..."
13. on Page 118:
"... After the speech, a local who saw John Kennedy here over forty years ago said of Edwards, "He arouses nothing in me. I don't love him, I don't hate him. I have no opinion whatsoever. At least ..."
14. on Page 133:
"... has all of his old war buddies by his side, reminiscing about their good old days at war; and John Edwards, aka the nice one, has what the New York Times called "the best hair in the business." The candidates have ..."
15. on Page 135:
"... said of Gephardt, "He's a nice man, but nice people don't make good leaders." Another confessed that he voted for Edwards, even though "I don't know anything about him, but those other guys are all the old guard. I wanted to ..."
16. on Page 141:
"... compared to the 71 percent of positive coverage of John Kerry's campaign and 86 percent of positive coverage that John Edwards got. Since the infamous event, everyone I have talked to who was there admits that they still don't know what ..."
17. on Page 171:
"... a young lady wearing a T-shirt that she had made in honor of Valentine's Day: MY HEART BELONGS TO JOHN EDWARDS. She said she came to support John Edwards because "he is so dreamy." (When the results came in we found ..."
18. on Page 180:
"... authority in favor of your idea). When reviewing the transcripts of interviews conducted with women of all ages at the Edwards rally in Hempstead, New York, I discovered that seven of them identified traces of propaganda in Edwards's speech. They came ..."
19. on Page 182:
"... have a battle of the celebrities, let them fight it out, because all the candidates do is name- drop, like Edwards says, "My friend Glenn Close is with me 'cause she endorses my campaign" . AP: What's it like ..."
20. on Page 185:
"... in to make it look really busy and crammed and it looks like there's hundreds of people there cheering for Edwards and the cameras are right behind. And it's set up. It's like a little stage with the American flag in ..."
21. on Page 186:
"... S THE CROWD CHANTED "We want John, we want John," I couldn't help but ask, "Which one?" To which John Edwards lashed out, "You are so obnoxious." It seemed like a perfectly good question now that the race is down to ..."
22. on Page 187:
"... sharing (a mysterious eye infection has been making its way around the Kerry plane). Kerry has the bigger plane, but Edwards has a mirrored airplane with'70s-style couches, Abba playing on the sound system, and a carpet in the pattern of a ..."
23. on Page 188:
"... front-running campaign." As Edwards races back and forth to the Super Tuesday states that he hopes to win, huge crowds are coming out to ..."
24. on Page 189:
"... reporters could not spy on the senator's activities in the front of the plane. In an attempt to look accessible, Edwards has press conferences on the airplane, but only right as the plane is taking off, to make sure they are ..."
25. on Page 190:
"... a southern gossip, he tells us things we aren't supposed to know about other people. In his off-the-record mode, John Edwards tries to act natural, likable. Some find it totally phony; others who have not spent as much time around politicians ..."
26. on Page 191:
"... issue once the courts get a hold of it. Edwards said, "If you look at what George Bush is doing, he is trying to make it a political issue, he ..."
27. on Page 192:
"... this guy think he is going to get if he doesn't face issues head-on? After spending a week on the Edwards campaign, which cost HBO over $12,000, I still have not gotten one good scene that will ever make my movie. ..."
28. on Page 195:
"... were performing some street theater without an audience. It was a mock debate, with one man dressed up like John Edwards, the other like John Kerry. A pretend moderator asked them each the same question and while the puppeteer hovering over ..."
29. on Page 197:
"... gift bag loaded with campy'70s items, including Breck shampoo, which I brought back to give to my friends in the Edwards traveling press corps, since John Edwards's nickname is "the Breck boy." Back at the Century Plaza hotel bar, where the ..."
30. on Page 211:
"... back on the bus since Super Tuesday, I am reminded of how much time and money I wasted following John Edwards . If only I had known. That was a news paradise compared to the Kerry campaign. Even though the election ..."
31. on Page 241:
"... he's going to give parking instructions to that dry-cleaning van," Ms. NBC noticed. "Maybe that's a decoy. Is that John Edwards getting out of the back of that dry-cleaning van?" the CNN producer joked. "No, that guy is Chinese." 9:05 A.M.: ..."
32. on Page 253:
"... him to do. Deep down we all knew that this was going to be the ticket, but many speculated that Edwards would never get the job because of the animosity between the two men. But then again, who else was there? ..."
33. on Page 255:
"... ELIZABETH EDWARDS: I thinkwe are in for-we need to start looking right now for silver anniversary gifts. This is a marriage that's ..."
34. on Page 256:
"... the TV executive tells him, "That was quite a show" Who does this remind you of? When I saw John Edwards's traveling staffer Miles Lackey (yes, that is his real name), I asked him if he plagiarized the McKay speech and ..."
35. on Page 259:
"... one hour, my boyfriend counted three Kerry-Edwards posters and twenty-eight animal rights signs (not including the one that asked, WHO LET THE DOGS OUT? because that could ..."
36. on Page 269:
"... mouth, but of course everyone had to spoil this moment by jumping all over Bush for being defeatist. Mr. Sunshine Edwards was sent to the cameras to say that this war is "absolutely winnable." Who is responsible for perpetuating this conflict, ..."
37. from Index:
"... airplanes, 20-21, 129, 227-30 author kicked off, 223-24 of Bush, 227, 228, 229,234 caste system and, 227-28 of Dean, 48 Edwards on,187,189-90 of Kerry, 187, 222, 223-24, 227, 229-30,234-35 zoo, 227 airports, 18-21, 215, 242, 243 alcohol, 221-22 Alexander (nephew), 232-37,236 ..."
38. from Index:
"... term, 254,256 Drudge Report, 173-74,218 Dukakis, Michael, 10, 68, 208 economy, U.S., 211 Editors, The (TV show), 142 education, 217 Edwards, Elizabeth, 39, 255 Edwards, John,111,114-18,141, 180-92,192,269 appearance of, 116, 133, 135, 171, 195 as "the Breck boy," 197 children of, ..."
39. from Index:
"... 198, 199 Flynt, Larry, 121 Ford, Gerald, 34 foreign policy, 75 anger and, 79-80 Dean's inexperience with, 60, 71, 106,112-13,142,177 Edwards's inexperience with, 191 in election of 2000, x, 71 in election of 2004, 60, 71, 106, 112-13,142,177,191 40/40, 64-66 Fox, ..."
40. from Index:
"... TV, xiii-xiv white, 102,131,13-91 176,226 see also media jury trials, 142-43 Kay, David, 152 Kennedy, John F., xii, 9, 80 Edwards compared with, 116, 118 speeches of, 17 Index - 291 ..."
41. from Index:
"... helping of, 146, 178 in debates, 70-71 demise of, 90-94,105,144,146 Drudge Report and, 173-74, 218 as early favorite, 9-11, 272 Edwards vs., 186-89 electability of, 72 endorsements for, 10, 59-61, 166 family factor and, 29 fund-raising of, 232-34, 237, 242-43 "fun" ..."
42. from Index:
"... media (cont. ) at conventions, 261 Dean's coverage by, 44, 46, 48, 49, 51-52,83,86,87,98,112,118, 119,122-32,13-91136-43,154-55, 164-66,168-70,176-79 Dean's criticism of, 177,179 Edwards's coverage by, 141, 180-82, 184-92,189,211-25 Edwards's problems with, 114-17 front-runner and, 203 Gephardt's lack of coverage by, 15-16,118-20,166 Kerry's relations ..."
43. from Index:
"... in South Carolina, 164 Super Tuesday, 190, 198-202 in Wisconsin, 166 privacy, 230, 239, 241 propaganda: devices of, 180 in Edwards's speech, 180-86 protests: at Bush's second inauguration, 275-76,277 at Republican Convention, 258-60 public's right to know, the, 77 Puff Daddy, ..."
44. from Index:
"... 232 scream speech, of Dean, 136-43, 146 Seattle, Wash., Dean in, 164-65 Secret Service, 69, 194-95 Bush and, 3-4, 5 Edwards and, 188-89 Kerry and, 188,196, 212, 233, 235, 241 security, 236, 245, 257 at airports, 18-19 media and, 188-89, 194-95, ..."
45. from Table of Contents:
"... Is Done .................90 AcT II The Invasion ...................................97 Not Ready for Prime Time ...................... 105 Handling Howard ............................. 110 John Edwards Is How! But Boring ................ 114 Gephardtpalooza .............................. 118 Everyone Says Kerry Is Surging .................. 121 The Deanies Versus the ..."

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Skwmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 12:51 AM
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50. I suggest you read Flying Circus... by Pelosi. She clearly states in
Edited on Fri Mar-17-06 12:55 AM by Skwmom
her book that Edwards steered clear of her after she overhead him wanting to take a poll to determine his position. I heard it mentioned more than once on the net so I looked up the comment myself at a bookstore.

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1932 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 12:53 AM
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51. That's where I got those references above.
That's a list to every reference to Edwards. Which one do you think it was that you remember? I can look up the full text of the page if you can identify the right quote/page.
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AmericanDream Donating Member (714 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 12:56 AM
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53. And this is the woman who said George Bush has a great "personality"
Every single observation you've cited above is both petty and doesn't really say anything about Edwards. Can you point to the "polls" story... couldn't find it.

Btw. I was getting tired of listening from everyone (in the media and from all who worked on his campaign) that edwards might not be experienced, but he has not a single boring bone in his body. I'm guessing that since Pelosi found Dubya to have a great "personality", she and I probably don't have the same definition of "personality" ... she seems shallow to begin with. Reasonable people like John and Elizabeth Edwards are bound to be boring to those who like the "empty vessel" noises that Bush is capable of making.

Once again, is the poll reference there & did I just miss it?
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1932 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 01:05 AM
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56. Can't find it. Hoping skwmom will help us out.
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Skwmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 08:58 AM
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61. I'm going to the library in a couple days. I'll make sure to write down
the exact quote - page number and all.
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1932 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 01:02 AM
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68. ?
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progressivebydesign Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 06:01 PM
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14. I love what Edwards has been doing lately with the poverty issue. n/t
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Carla in Ca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 06:54 PM
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22. Wow, what great young Americans
to do this during their vacation time. I'm not surprised John Edwards has enlisted himself in this effort. He is wonderful!

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sandnsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 06:57 PM
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23. Awesome!!
He has been doing a wonderful thing with the students across the country. I'm really proud of these kids, although in truth it should have easily been 60,000 in a country with as many wealthy kids as we've got.
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AmericanDream Donating Member (714 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 07:05 PM
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24. Well, there are other groups too...
Edwards' is only one of the many groups in NOLA. You are right, we could do better, but this looks good.
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sandnsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 07:46 PM
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30. No space, apparently
Just saw a repeat and he said they had more but it's hard to find a place for all of them to stay. I can see that being a problem too. And yeah, I'd seen another program yesterday with some other kids. I think they're all great.
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Shakespeare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 07:17 PM
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26. I (heart) John Edwards.
I've always had a gut impression that he's a genuinely good person--when I found out that Kucinich adores him, that only reinforced my impression. I'd LOVE to see Edwards lead the ticket in 2008.
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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 07:18 PM
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27. UP going to Slidell with 2 or 3 student volunteers, NOT on hardball
spring break for our kids is in another couple weeks, so I am taking a couple down to Slidell and NO to do this stuff too. I'm glad Edwards has been pushing for this. The more kids that get there, the better, both for the work they can do and what they see/who they talk with and what they bring home.
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MoonRiver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 07:52 PM
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33. I really like the fact that he admitted he was wrong on IWR.
That needed to be said. And, yes, he is one hot papa! :D
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harpo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 08:40 PM
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37. ditto on the admittance of being wrong
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myrna minx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 09:31 AM
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64. Taking responsibility for one's actions is not only noble, but
very, very sexy. :bounce:
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Vox_Reason Donating Member (589 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 08:38 PM
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36. Folks, John Edwards is the real deal.
Only Barack Obama is in the neighborhood of having as much upside as John Edwards.
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hedgehog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 09:35 PM
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41. Tell us more about Obama
I'd liked to like him, but I'd like to know more than his back story and name recognition.
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1932 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 12:32 AM
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48. He wrote a book and he has a regular podcast.
Try the library or any good bookstore for the book, and iTunes will take you right to the podcast.
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mandyky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 08:47 PM
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38. After tonight, I could support John Edwards in 08
Edwards/Feingold anyone?
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AmericanDream Donating Member (714 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 08:56 PM
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39. I've been rooting for Edwards/Feingold for long.... nt
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Digit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 09:56 PM
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42. I really admire John Edwards
In everything he does, he demonstrates his strength of character, and compassion for the disadvantaged.

I like the fact that he is not afraid to speak up, but doesn't engage in personal attacks.

During the 2004 campaign, I managed to see John and Elizabeth at one of the rallys, and I was truly impressed.

:loveya:
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Chimichurri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 09:30 AM
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63. Beautiful. Just beautiful. But, I haven't seen anything on my teevee
about this.

How sad this isn't shown EVERYWHERE.
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