Comments on: John Edwards Scandal: Edwards Attempts Political Comeback http://www.bloggernews.net/118623 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Fri, 17 Feb 2012 04:09:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Cherubim http://www.bloggernews.net/118623#comment-844723 Cherubim Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:25:39 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/118623#comment-844723 President-Elect Barack Obama has chosen, mostly, Wall Street promoters and corporate lawyers to be in his cabinet. He hasn't included anyone who knows how to interact and relate with everyday American citizens, and then report back to him concerning: (1) what the people need, and (2) whether his administration’s new initiatives are working. During the Great Depression, Eleanor Roosevelt fulfilled this role for President Franklin D. Roosevelt. I nominate Senator John Edwards for this role. John Edwards would be a refreshing change. Is not change what Obama is supposed to be about? As a rival of Barack Obama, for the Democratic Party Presidential nomination, John Edwards, consistently spoke up for average Americans, i.e. Main Street, not Wall Street. During his “Road to One America Poverty Tour” John Edwards demonstrated that he is uniquely qualified for this role. The video evidence follows: He has walked with and comforted people whose homes were being foreclosed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9i_GWrYkcCI Defined the “Great Moral Test of Our Generation”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eS1x88ZmohM He has visited workers employed in the new renewal energy economy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50yOR5bvMV0 John Edwards is, also, the only candidate for President that actually went down to New Orleans on several occasions and worked along side those striving to try to bring back the areas that remain so devastated from the effects of Hurricane Katrina: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAqktFnA4nk&feature=PlayList&p=EB1EC8919DC5DC52&index=0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DaofQCkbA8 President-Elect Barack Obama has chosen, mostly, Wall Street promoters and corporate lawyers to be in his cabinet. He hasn’t included anyone who knows how to interact and relate with everyday American citizens, and then report back to him concerning: (1) what the people need, and (2) whether his administration’s new initiatives are working. During the Great Depression, Eleanor Roosevelt fulfilled this role for President Franklin D. Roosevelt. I nominate Senator John Edwards for this role. John Edwards would be a refreshing change. Is not change what Obama is supposed to be about? As a rival of Barack Obama, for the Democratic Party Presidential nomination, John Edwards, consistently spoke up for average Americans, i.e. Main Street, not Wall Street. During his “Road to One America Poverty Tour” John Edwards demonstrated that he is uniquely qualified for this role.
The video evidence follows:
He has walked with and comforted people whose homes were being foreclosed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9i_GWrYkcCI
Defined the “Great Moral Test of Our Generation”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eS1×88ZmohM
He has visited workers employed in the new renewal energy economy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50yOR5bvMV0
John Edwards is, also, the only candidate for President that actually went down to New Orleans on several occasions and worked along side those striving to try to bring back the areas that remain so devastated from the effects of Hurricane Katrina:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAqktFnA4nk&feature=PlayList&p=EB1EC8919DC5DC52&index=0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DaofQCkbA8

]]> By: Petra Machar http://www.bloggernews.net/118623#comment-820816 Petra Machar Sat, 13 Dec 2008 05:19:15 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/118623#comment-820816 John Edwards: FAUX POPULIST...needs to get permanently lost! 1. IF HE TRULY CARED ABOUT 'THE POOR,' HE WOULD HAVE SUPPORTED HR 676-HEALTHCARE FOR ALL. 2. IF HE HAD ANY 'IDEA' HOW THINGS WORK IN THIS COUNTRY---HE WOULD HAVE KEPT HIS PANTS ZIPPED...NOT A VERY GOOD DECISION MAKER. 3. DOES ANYONE REMEMBER THAT HIS LIVING WAS EARNED AS AN ATTORNEY FOR BIG BUSINESS! 4. THIS GUY WAS PAYING 15,000 PER MONTH TO A MISTRESS -- TO KEEP HER MOUTH SHUT--WHILE HIS WIFE IS DYING OF CANCER (WITH INSURANCE, BY THE WAY--UNLIKE 50,000 AMERICANS!! DOES HE EVEN KNOW THAT MANY AMERICANS DON'T EVEN MAKE 15,000 PER YEAR??? HE STANDS FOR NOTHING! NO MENTION OF: HR-676-HEALTHCARE FOR ALL, MASS TRANSIT, CLEAN AIR, ORGANIZED LABOR, THE ARTS, NADA! John Edwards: FAUX POPULIST…needs to get permanently lost!

1. IF HE TRULY CARED ABOUT ‘THE POOR,’ HE WOULD HAVE SUPPORTED HR 676-HEALTHCARE FOR ALL.

2. IF HE HAD ANY ‘IDEA’ HOW THINGS WORK IN THIS COUNTRY—HE WOULD HAVE KEPT HIS PANTS ZIPPED…NOT A VERY GOOD DECISION MAKER.

3. DOES ANYONE REMEMBER THAT HIS LIVING WAS EARNED AS AN ATTORNEY FOR BIG BUSINESS!

4. THIS GUY WAS PAYING 15,000 PER MONTH TO A MISTRESS — TO KEEP HER MOUTH SHUT–WHILE HIS WIFE IS DYING OF CANCER (WITH INSURANCE, BY THE WAY–UNLIKE 50,000 AMERICANS!!

DOES HE EVEN KNOW THAT MANY AMERICANS DON’T EVEN MAKE 15,000 PER YEAR???

HE STANDS FOR NOTHING!
NO MENTION OF: HR-676-HEALTHCARE FOR ALL, MASS TRANSIT, CLEAN AIR, ORGANIZED LABOR, THE ARTS, NADA!

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