John Edwards Will 'Kick Republicans In The Balls' (NOLA Org Endorsement)

[kpete]

Karen Dalton-Beninato
NOLA Org Endorsement: John Edwards Will 'Kick Republicans In The Balls'
Posted January 7, 2008 | 02:41 AM (EST)

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Gulf Coast voters have an Edwards endorsement today from Levees Not War with the unambiguous headline, "Democrats need a tough candidate who won't hesitate to kick the Republicans in the balls." They say:

"It is not often we wish we lived in New Hampshire (nice place to visit), but we sorely wish we could be there on Tuesday to 'vote early and often' for John Edwards . . . It is not only that John Edwards had the good sense and correct priorities to launch his campaign for the presidency from New Orleans (take note, presidential debate site committee). And it's not just Edwards' plan to remove all U.S. troops from Iraq within 10 months--something his competitors haven't offered. We don't favor Edwards only because he alone has spoken consistently as a populist public defender against the 'iron grip' of corporate special interests on Washington. Nor is he our favorite merely because he has the best health care plan (Paul Krugman's praise sounds right to us).


We vote for John Edwards for all of these reasons, but especially because Democrats need a tough, combative lead candidate to whip the Republicans, who are vicious fighters in a presidential campaign--especially when they're desperate. Barack Obama is marvelous and would also be a good president, but we worry he doesn't have the aggressiveness to kick the Republican operatives in the balls, the way they always do to Democrats. In Nov. 2004 it was Edwards the courtroom attorney who wanted to challenge the Ohio vote counts before conceding, but John Kerry decided otherwise.

John Edwards has the optimism, the intelligence, and the gut-fire and bulldog tenacity to get the job done . . . He's also a realist. He knows the status quo won't give an inch without a struggle. About dealing with corporate interests such as the drug and oil and insurance companies, he says, "Some people argue that we're going to sit at a table with these people and they're going to voluntarily give their power away. I think it is a complete fantasy; it will never happen." We often say 'We Want Roosevelt Again.' We know we're not going to get Franklin Delano, but in John Edwards we see just about the closest thing to FDR we've seen in many years."

more at:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/karen-daltonbeninato/nola-org-endorsement-joh_b_80151.html

[woodsprite]

1. Call me slow, but I was thinking this morning

that John is the natural candidate and will have the most fight in him for the challenge - especially since he had the Vice Presidency stolen from him last year because of the whole combination of Repub dirty tricks and corruption.

I had been in Biden's camp and was SOOOOO disappointed that he withdrew. So now John has me in his camp :) I would vote for Barack if he wins the nomination, just like I'd vote for Hillary if she wins the dem nomination, but I feel John would be THE best person to lead our country.

OK - I'll slink off and finish my coffee now and wake up some more......

[frazzled]

2. An endorsement that will surely appeal to 19-year-old males

Kicking someone in the balls: a good qualification for the sensitive job of the presidency, charged with restoring our national image in the world.

[Ninga]

Le'ts re-frame your thought: Kicking the health care insurance companies who have a

strangle hold on this country in the balls.

Or how about this: kicking FEMA in the balls

Or how about this: kicking NAFA and CAFTA and off shore jobs in the balls.

Try as you will to diminish the good fight that John Edwards intends to wage....will get you nowhere.

You know very well the people he intends to kick in the balls...

[Ninga]

3. Le'ts re-frame your thought: Kicking the health care insurance companies who have a

strangle hold on this country in the balls.

Or how about this: kicking FEMA in the balls

Or how about this: kicking NAFA and CAFTA and off shore jobs in the balls.

Try as you will to diminish the good fight that John Edwards intends to wage....will get you nowhere.

You know very well the people he intends to kick in the balls...

[Echo In Light]

4. It stems from the frustration of popular dems who are rightists and ass kissers

People are seeking real change which requires someone who will, figuratively speaking, kick ass. This is why the MSM tries to guide the public mind in the opposite direction. Much how polls are actually used to shape opinion, not reflect it.

[Orsino]

5. Can't we leave the violent rhetoric to the Baptist minister? n/t