Edwards Cancels Visit to Iowa Poverty Conference

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Edwards Cancels Visit to Iowa Poverty Conference

Updated: Aug 15, 2008 08:53 AM

August 15, 2008--Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards won't be coming to Iowa next month, as had been originally planned. Governor Chet Culver's office has confirmed that Edwards has canceled his visit.

Edwards has withdrawn from a conference on poverty organized by Mari Culver. Edwards was set to be the keynote speaker. Last week, Edwards admitted to having an affair with a filmmaker working on his campaign in 2006.

http://www.whotv.com/Global/story.asp?S=8846840

[TwilightGardener]

1. Yeah...might want to lay low for a while there, buddy.

[XemaSab]

2. .

:cackle:

[Dreamer Tatum]

3. All he has to feed anyone is bullshit, anyway nt

[PurityOfEssence]

5. He knows the place would be filled with people like you

What's the point in showing up for abuse? If he DID show, you'd all call him out for being arrogant FOR showing up and distracting from the good work. Obscurity must be a drag...

[Dreamer Tatum]

9. You mean a habitual liar has a hard time catching a break?

Wow. Whoda thunk it.

[global1]

10. Given The Fact That We've Had A Habitual Liar As A President......

over the last 8 years - you'd think that Edwards would be our presumptive nominee.

[Mojambo]

15. Try over the last 16 years.

Bill Clinton was a lot of things, and liar is on the list.

[DS1]

4. Sorry, John. You go back home and lick your wounds

I supported you, just go away for a long time.

You = Fail

[depakid]

6. If he'd been the keynote speaker, what do you all think the focus would have been on?

The root causes of poverty?

[Vickers]

7. His affair caused all the poverty in America.

That motherfucker.

:mad:

[Jim Sagle]

11. That's right - it killed thousands of Americans in an elective war.

No, wait - w did that.

Never mind.

[cali]

16. Edwards was an enthusiastic cheerleader for the Iraq war

he helped W perpetrate it.

[Jim Sagle]

20. And so did Obama, once he actually got a chance to vote on it.

Same as Clinton, actually.

Their choices, and ours, were limited, and still are.

[cali]

21. bzzzzt. wrong. Obama voted with Ted Kennedy and Pat Leahy

on Iraq. And they are two of the most fervent leaders of the opposition to war. Little Johny was with Holy Joe, even sponsoring an ugly IWR with him.

There's a huge difference between those who voted and argued against going to war in Iraq and subsequently voted for some funding and those who straight out supported the war.

[Jim Sagle]

22. Obama and Clinton voted identically once Obama reached the Senate.

And yes, I switched topics. Call it payback.

[cali]

23. Yeah, and Obama and Kennedy voted identically.

But Obama and Kennedy were AGAINST going to war in Iraq. Clinton voted for it with caveats.

Edwards voted for it enthusiastically and was one of the dems in the Senate who supported bushco most wholeheartedly.

[Jim Sagle]

24. And he later changed his mind.

It happens.

[goclark]

28. Thanks Cali for explaining that so well

My head had been in the sand ~ I am so disappointed in Edwards.

I thought he was the perfect husband. :cry:

[Kahuna]

26. Nonsense. nt

[Jim Sagle]

34. Your rebuttal lacks content.

[question everything]

30. No, but poverty lost a good champion

If he does show up whatever he says would be viewed with cynicism. Any sincerity that he shows would be viewed as lip service.

[Forkboy]

31. Yup. He undermined a great thing.

See foot, pull trigger.

[ShenandoahAspen]

8. He did the right thing.

If Edwards HAD shown up, the focus would have been more on him and his affair than the actual event. Appearing at events like these only gives the media another excuse discuss his affair instead of issues that really affect us. He needs to lay low for a while, at least until after the election.

[Breeze54]

12. I don't care what he does.... or says. n/t

[madeline_con]

13. He can't be trusted tto leave the house?

ho dog.

I love him anyway.

[Mojambo]

14. I'm sure he'd rather not distract from an issue he's spent a lifetime advocating for

It's a no brainer.

[Kahuna]

25. You for got your sarcasm smilie...

Or did you? I don't know what "lifetime" of advocating you're talking about. Dude never even took a case "pro bono." Face it. Poverty was just his schtick as a means to get into the white house.

[karynnj]

27. He did not spend a lifetime advocating for poverty elimination

unless he is younger than Jack Edwards. This was not an Edwards issue in Congress - he voted for the bankruptcy bill! You can go to the searchable Senate record (Thomas) and see how often "poverty" or "affordable" or other words are used in speeches by Senator. I did this a long time ago using 2000 and 2001 - after he was in the Senate for awhile but before he was actively running for President. Kennedy worked for programs on that, as did Kerry, Dodd, and many others. If you are looking for a populist - try Sherrod Brown or Tom Harkin. They have the records Edwards didn't have.

[Hubert Flottz]

17. "affair with a filmmaker"

I just wonder what kind of films they were making?

[Naturyl]

18. KUCINICH

Told you so...

[Tennessee Gal]

19. Just stay home, John.

Get out of the limelight.

I am embarrassed to admit I once supported you.

[undeterred]

29. He doesn't need the poverty gimmick any more

and I really think that's all it was.

[rainbow4321]

32. He's supposed to be keynote speaker at a Houston Dem conference

Judging from this, he may want to give them a call, also:


http://www.burntorangereport.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=6471

The local party's key fundraiser will take place September 20 this year. Every year a top figure in national Democratic politics flies to Houston to help us out. (When I volunteered two years ago, Russ Feingold spoke to us.) Enough GOP scandals exist in the county, and we can't have a guy with Edwards' new stain being our headliner if we want to win big.

Most likely, the Dems in Harris County don't stand alone in this dilemma. Chances are that he was scheduled for other speaking arrangements in the future in Texas. For those explicitly for the Democratic cause, I sincerely hope his spot is replaced.

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[Canuckistanian]

35. Has he donned the sackcloth and ashes yet?

Or is he more of the self-flagellation type? Maybe he can attend if he makes a pilgrimage on his knees.

This is so wrong.

[question everything]

36. Obviously, the best thing for him is to lay low

at least until after the elections. With most people's short attention span, perhaps he can come back and do good.