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Mythsaje Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 11:41 PM
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I'm not a hypocrite...
I've said that the message is the most important thing. The message that ordinary Americans are more important than the corporations, that the industrial giants who are stealing our resources out from under us need to become our servants once again rather than our masters is the MOST important thing for Americans to hear.

This has been John Edwards's major contribution to the race, and now I have to extend my thanks to all the rest of the candidates for realizing this and stepping up to deliver it.

I'll support ANY candidate who's willing to tell the people the truth about this stuff, that we need to take our government back from the greedy corporate dragons guarding their hoards at our expense. That means Hillary, Obama, OR Edwards.

I'm silently cheering Hillary's speech tonight because she said it. Now I realize that she's the candidate in whom many of the corporate interests have most heavily invested, but there's something in that message that's going even farther than we might have expected. Hillary and Obama are what would have been the outside candidates--a black man and a woman--but somehow that whole dynamic is changed. But they're speaking of the People, about defending the middle class, about looking out for the little guy.

They're sounding more and more like Democrats by the day.

And that's a good thing, no matter how you slice it.

Now we can question their sincerity. I'm sure there's plenty of that going on. But like I have said before, it's the message that means the most to me--the idea that the PEOPLE begin to grasp how this country is being torn apart by vast corporate interests. Hell, even the Repugs are trying to hit that note (sour as their efforts have been).

When the GE comes along, I'll be happy and proud to cast a vote for any one of our fine Democratic candidates.

In the meantime, however, I'll continue to support JE until he wins or decides to drop out. And then I'm going to be firmly on the "John Edwards for Attorney General" bandwagon.

It's a great time to be a Democrat!
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Coexist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 11:44 PM
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1. I agree - I think the tougher this primary fight gets,
the more they will remember they need to appeal to their party and not to the "centrists" voting in November.

I think Edwards and Kucinich are working hard at keeping them honest.
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Double T Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 11:46 PM
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2. There is definitely a place for John Edwards in a new Democratic Administration.
An AG of the people and for the people; what a novel idea.
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Kingofalldems Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 11:48 PM
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3. Or even better---- Secretary of Labor
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jgraz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 11:48 PM
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4. I tell everyone I'm a hypocrite but I don't really believe that
:P
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ninkasi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 11:56 PM
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5. I agree completely
I'm also an Edwards supporter, but any of our Democratic candidates are so many light years better than the pathetic group Republics have to chose from, I'll fight for whichever of our candidates wins the primary.

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Stop Cornyn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:08 AM
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6. K & R # 5
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flyarm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:24 AM
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7. her guy was on MSNBC..and he said after her speech.."actions don't matter words do"..
my son even called me from LA to tell me he heard that..
and that the guy almost said it twice..

I missed it..but my son was appalled at that.

and i sat here wondering where all the kids came behind Hillary..as in Iowa in the cacus i worked all Hillary's voters in the caucis i worked were well over 60 yrs old.

I just have some questions i am not comfortable with!

fly
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Naturyl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:30 AM
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8. Yes... but here's the "but"
Saying it and doing it are two different things. Can Hillary and Obama be trusted to deliver? I'm very skeptical.
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Mythsaje Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:31 AM
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There are those that don't trust Johnny either...
I want the words out there. I want the PEOPLE talking about it. I want the corporations put on notice that it matters.
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Mythsaje Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:31 AM
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9. Self-delete--Dupe
Edited on Wed Jan-09-08 12:32 AM by Mythsaje
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