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annie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 03:05 AM Original message |
Sorry for the silly question, but who do you think will do more for the poor? Hillary or Obama? |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 03:06 AM Response to Original message |
1. Edwards... |
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annie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 03:07 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. he would, yes, but btwn the 2, hil and Obama. what do you think?... |
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piesRsquare (960 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 03:13 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Neither. |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 04:21 AM Response to Reply #10 |
32. "owned by corporate interests." |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 01:13 PM Response to Reply #32 |
45. Edwards owns interests in corporations. |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 06:14 PM Response to Reply #45 |
56. In Soviet Russia, car drives you! |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 06:16 AM Response to Reply #10 |
36. only one candidate has actually done anything real for the poor |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 02:28 PM Response to Reply #36 |
46. Edwards has done a lot for the poor. |
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AmBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 03:16 AM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Edwards is already working for the poor and the voiceless. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 03:08 AM Response to Original message |
3. Both have a very good record, both in activism and in votes cast. I give Obama the edge. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 03:09 AM Response to Original message |
4. There Would Be Very Little Substantive Difference Between The Two Administrations IMHO |
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LaPera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 03:23 AM Response to Reply #4 |
18. Edwards without a doubt with his agenda & platform, no question about it. It's why the rich & |
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2rth2pwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 03:09 AM Response to Original message |
5. Give me an example of doing something for the poor. |
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annie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 03:11 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I don't know. Probably ... |
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AmBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 03:19 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. How about jobs for people who have lost them? |
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annie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 03:23 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. i trust HRC for that more. that is going to be skill and drive.. |
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AmBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 03:37 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Again, Edwards is already doing it by working with unions. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 04:05 AM Response to Reply #19 |
30. China and India |
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CyberPieHole (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 03:10 AM Response to Original message |
6. Clinton... |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 03:11 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. How so? |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 03:11 AM Response to Original message |
9. The answer is based on political skill not desire to do something |
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annie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 03:15 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. yeah. |
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GreenTea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 03:13 AM Response to Original message |
11. Edwards, is a social progressive, an FDR liberal. Moderates keep status quo not quite as bad as |
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AmBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 03:21 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. self-delete |
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GreenTea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 03:31 AM Response to Reply #16 |
22. A bit of perception..... |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 03:21 AM Response to Original message |
15. Obama |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 03:23 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. There are poor white people, too. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 03:38 AM Response to Reply #17 |
24. Yeah...... |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 11:26 AM Response to Reply #24 |
40. I guess you missed where Obama has praised it. nt |
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annie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 03:25 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. i know it didn't. that was sad. i think that's what i was thinking too... |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 11:27 AM Response to Reply #20 |
41. Obama has talked about |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 03:26 AM Response to Original message |
21. Obama by default - simply follow the money |
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liberalla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 03:43 AM Response to Original message |
25. Edwards. Clearly. |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 03:44 AM Response to Original message |
26. The actual choice is between Obama and the Republican candidate... |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 03:52 AM Response to Original message |
27. Edwards will do the most for the poor and for the middle class. |
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Digit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 03:58 AM Response to Original message |
28. Edwards will n/t |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 04:02 AM Response to Original message |
29. Obama understands low income living |
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AmBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 11:23 AM Response to Reply #29 |
39. Obama never in his life lived it. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 12:45 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. Not the same thing |
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Dawgs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #39 |
51. Sorry, but you're talking out of your ass here. |
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AmBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 04:55 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. It's different when you know you get to leave. n/t |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 04:15 AM Response to Original message |
31. Obama. |
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Naturyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 04:41 AM Response to Original message |
33. Neither will do very much. |
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Bitwit1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 04:57 AM Response to Original message |
34. Hillary HAS SUPPORTED AND HELP PASS more bills for the poor and |
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magatte (323 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 06:22 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Bitwit1234 - One more LIE- TWO more LIES.... do I hear THREE? |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 06:09 AM Response to Original message |
35. Edwards |
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magatte (323 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 06:26 AM Response to Original message |
38. Obama. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
42. Edwards. /nt |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
44. Only Edwards has really taken on this issue |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
47. Edwards. (nt) |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
48. Depends on who you ask on DU or look at how the people voted in New Hampshire. |
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antiimperialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
49. Clinton will do this for the poor in other countries: blow them up |
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no name no slogan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
50. Unless they roll back 1996's welfare "reform"... |
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ChiciB1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
52. JOHN EDWARDS... So Many HERE At DU Seem To Understand It.... |
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Dawgs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
53. Obama, because he has and lived around real poverty. |
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jlake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
55. I think that all of our top 3 candidates will do ALOT for the poor. |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
57. No members of the Wealthy Ruling Class will. Hillary won't do anything. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
58. Obama. Why? |
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Desertrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
59. None of them. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
60. So the best answer I can give you is... |
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