Reply #86: About John Edwards and War....

[KoKo]

John Edwards totally supported this war and kids who tried to deliver an "Anti-Iraq Invasion Petition" to him at his Raleigh office were faced with litigation to be thrown in jail unless they got a good lawyer. Edwards didn't take kindly to his constuents who were opposed to Iraq Invasion.

There are many bitter, angry NC'linians who didn't want the Iraq Invasion even though they supported the Afghanistan Invasion..who worked hard and gave what they could for Edwards to defeat our RW/Repug Faircloth. We thought Edwards would be the first STRONG DEM to be in the SENATE for North Carolina.

We never saw anything from him but DINO Votes on every Bill ...and that he hit the ground running for the Presidency. His vote for Invasion of Iraq was the last straw when he wouldn't even meet with those of us AGAINST THAT.

His Wife...is a horse of a different color. Elizabeth always "Got It."

But...he never has... He might be a wonderful human being...but his sense of Politics and his own Constiuents' who "brung him to the party" was LACKING...every step of the way as he crossed his loyal supporters and ran after the DLC Crown.

I don't think much of him. But, I and other NC'linians walked the streets for Edwards and Kerry...we worked our butts off...even knowing what we did because we knew Kerry would be the President and Edwards would be Vice-President. We thought he might have time to grow in that slot.

Sadly...it's what it was...and they lost. But, if only they had listened to the information that was coming out about PNAC/NeoCon's and the lies that got us into the Iraq Quagmire.

And, if only, they had listened to those who knew "Something Crooked was going on in Ohio."

They didn't. So, I have no "respect" for them. When a politician doesn't listen to their constiuents...they will always lose no matter how many "High Profile Dem Public Relations Ops they bring in to "Spin their Message" in the end...they should listen to those who voted them in. Neither Kerry nor Edwards ever understood that ...it seems, anyway.