Back to Edwards

[itsrobert]

Thought about voting for Obama or Clinton. It felt dirty. I took a shower and now firmly voting for Edwards.

[sunonmars]

1. good for you, stick to your guns

[cali]

2. *shrug*

who cares?

[saracat]

6. The more votes you lose the better! You don't care and neither does your candidate.

[cali]

16. what nonsense

Obama obviously cares. He's working his ass off to get votes. duh. As for DU? I don't think it represents the real world.

[saracat]

26. No evidence of Barak "caring'.And fortunately neither do you represent the "real world"

[cascadiance]

33. Yes, Barack has a choice and a great opportunity...

Even if he DIDN'T negotiate with Edwards to pull out, he and Edwards can postfacto make like they did, and Obama could offer some of the same support for issues that Edwards offered to help "explain" why Edwards got out. But he has a VERY limited time to do so to win over people like the OP and myself before Super Tuesday voting happens. If he doesn't, he WILL lose our votes and we will go on and vote for Edwards to show that we will not be taken in by candidates any more that don't fess up as to what their REAL substance is, not just their style.

We learned the hard way in 2006 with Nancy Pelosi and many of the Blue Dogs we voted in to congress! Not Again! The DLC can go SHOVE IT with their two faced BS!

[foxer]

28. When they feed you shit, you don't have to swallow,

You can spit it up. Just not here please!

[cali]

34. babble on, little fox.

and welcome to DU.

[foxer]

36. Babylon, didn't we bomb the fuck out of them

[Tennessee Gal]

7. Your attitude does not attract people to your candidate.

[cali]

17. Sorry, I've long thought it was exceedingly pointless to

have any part of one's choice of a candidate based on what people on DU or other political sites have to say.

[saracat]

23. Than why do you bother to post?

[cali]

30. What does that have to do with anything?

I post because I'm interested in politics.

[saracat]

32. Right .You are constantly tring to change minds, which is okay but that is the reason

[saracat]

3. Yay! Good choice.Lets get John some delegates! The pols and MSM

need a message sent to them! If we hang together we have a voice. Maybe not much of one but still a voice! I will not be silenced.

[foxer]

Their heads would explode, sounds like fun

[kurth]

4. Do it for Elizabeth

[foxer]

10. We should have run Elizabeth, could have been "Historic"

[SammyWinstonJack]

13. ...

:evilgrin:

[Tennessee Gal]

5. Vote your heart!

I already voted for Edwards.

[ChiciB1]

8. Thanks.... I Saw Your Avatar Yesterday... Gkad To Have You Back!! n/t

[iris5426]

9. w00t!!

Good for you!

:applause:

[PerpetuallyDazed]

11. This absolutely thrills me.

I'm totally STILL voting for Edwards!

[SammyWinstonJack]

12. ...

:thumbsup:

[polichick]

14. Obama said in a clip played last night (msnbc or cnn)...

That he's not making a deal with Edwards regarding a spot in an Obama administration, though he would really like his endorsement. Wonder if that means Edwards is trying to cut a deal ~ how would you feel if he's selling his endorsement to the highest bidder??

[eowyn_of_rohan]

19. maybe Obama is being intentionally oblique? nt

[Liberal Dose]

15. I'm still voting for Edwards, too!!!!!!!!

I simply can't bring myself to vote for Hillary because she has nothing I look for in a candidate, and Obama's supporters have turned me off to the point where I don't know and now don't care if he has a message beyond the 2 words.

:hi:

John Edwards may have pulled out of the election, but I have not lost hope that his message can and will be heard!!!!

[golddigger]

18. K&R...Still voting for Edwards in the primary.

:kick:

[TomClash]

20. Why vote for a candidate who is no longer running?

A protest vote is like a tree falling in a forest when there is no one there to hear it.

I supported Edwards in '04 and briefly and belatedly in '08. I've met him several times and I like the guy and what eh was saying, but he said it and now it's over.

As for showers, no one is innocent and no one is squeaky clean. Not even John Edwards.

I'm for Barack.

[saracat]

24. Because he can still get Delegates and is still on the ballot?

Barak is a corporatist and the antithesis of Edwards.

[TomClash]

35. Are you really so sure of that?

That sounds a little too easy to me.

[foxer]

25. Because" they" don't represent us

[BuelahWitch]

40. Obviously it is not

Or there wouldn't be so many people trying to talk us out of our "protest" vote.

[FlyingSquirrel]

46. And what are a million protest votes?

[the other one]

21. I can't bring myself to even consider them. EDWARDS!!! nt

[SammyWinstonJack]

22. I won't vote for Obama. I try to consider Hillary, but I just can't bring myself too, either.

:shrug: EDWARDS!

[balantz]

27. Welcome back!

[toadzilla]

29. I hope he will still be on the ballot in my state!

I dont know what I'll do if he isnt....

[AnneD]

31. It's called a right -in....

it's legal and they have to count you vote if you are a registered voter.

[Yael]

39. I believe I will have to write him in as well

[tritsofme]

37. I have a gift for you.

Put your vote on top.

[Yael]

38. Would you prefer that we all vote against your candidate?

Just sayin'

[tritsofme]

41. DU is a wallled garden.

What happens in here has no significant effect on election outcomes.

[Yael]

42. Thank you for completely missing the point.

Lets try again!

You say -- "a vote for Edwards is straight into the trashcan".

I say -- "Would you prefer that we vote AGAINST your candidate instead?"

Can you do the math here?

Here is a little word problem illustrating the point:

You get one vote and I get one vote. Where do you want me to vote. For Edwards or for your candidate's opponent?

(Partial credit will be given for incorrect answers if you show your work).

[tritsofme]

44. In the larger scheme of things.

Its going to be irrelevant if a few Edwards supporters get pissed about what happens at DU.

[Yael]

45. You are making no sense at all

[cgrindley]

43. This is an example of Darwinian politics

lack of political survival of the unfit to vote

[Helga Scow Stern]

47. I'm with you. n/t

[liberalla]

48. I'm voting Edwards too!

:kick:

[midnight]

49. I m so glad to hear this. That is what I will be doing too.