diogenes @ 5

CHS,

Gotcher dander up this mornin’! Excellent piece.

The fact is most poor folks work harder than the elite. The elite must find some way to label the poor as ‘other’ so as to ease their consciences and justify their exploitation.

Here are two Edwards links.

http://johnedwards.com/

http://blog.johnedwards.com/onecorps

I think Edwards is the strongest progressive voice in the field and I can’t wait to see him engage Hillary and Obama on these issues.

Response:

I, also, cannot wait to see John Edwards engage Senator Clinton on the issues of poverty. She has been fighting for the victims of Katrina since two weeks after the hurricane. Google “Hillary Clinton Katrina” and numerous articles will come up. Hillary also sponsored the increase to the minimum wage Bill which you can read about right here:

THIS IS A LINK

56. S.2725 : A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for an increase in the Federal Minimum wage and to ensure that increases in the Federal minimum wage keep pace with any pay adjustments for Members of Congress.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 5/4/2006) Cosponsors (13)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 5/4/2006 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Fighting poverty is extremely important, but John Edwards is not a pioneer or the sole candidate who brings credence to the issue. Not by a long shot. He will have to bolster his foreign policy credentials as well if he plans to come up against Hillary Clinton.

Sounds like you support Hillarys foreign policy decisions. Edwards and Hillary both made a mistake and cast a vote for war on Iraq. At least Edwards admitted his mistake quite some time back. Hillary is a disaster in this area and beyond repair, imo.

A lot of comments have been drowned out by the Hillary vs Obama fest on the news. Other than those two, the media can barely spare the time.

Edwards called for 40k immediate withdrawl some time ago and repeated that call on his Hardball College Tour thing weeks ago.

How did John Edwards come up with the 40K number? Did he construct an overall plan that enables him to justify 40,000 as opposed to, say, 20,000 or 60,000? Or did he pull the number out of the air because it sounded impressive? Are you really fooled by this?

CHS,

Gotcher dander up this mornin’! Excellent piece.

The fact is most poor folks work harder than the elite. The elite must find some way to label the poor as ‘other’ so as to ease their consciences and justify their exploitation.

Here are two Edwards links.

http://johnedwards.com/

http://blog.johnedwards.com/onecorps

I think Edwards is the strongest progressive voice in the field and I can’t wait to see him engage Hillary and Obama on these issues.

Response:

I, also, cannot wait to see John Edwards engage Senator Clinton on the issues of poverty. She has been fighting for the victims of Katrina since two weeks after the hurricane. Google “Hillary Clinton Katrina” and numerous articles will come up. Hillary also sponsored the increase to the minimum wage Bill which you can read about right here:

THIS IS A LINK

56. S.2725 : A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for an increase in the Federal Minimum wage and to ensure that increases in the Federal minimum wage keep pace with any pay adjustments for Members of Congress.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 5/4/2006) Cosponsors (13)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 5/4/2006 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Fighting poverty is extremely important, but John Edwards is not a pioneer or the sole candidate who brings credence to the issue. Not by a long shot. He will have to bolster his foreign policy credentials as well if he plans to come up against Hillary Clinton.

Edwards called for 40k immediate withdrawl some time ago and repeated that call on his Hardball College Tour thing weeks ago.

And the Saddam hanging coverage is so jumbled right now I can’t make head or tail out of it. No wonder a detail gets missed here or there.

Thanks, RedJet at 142 — I thought I remembered that from the speech and then the subsequent coverage. Good to know I wasn’t misremembering it. Appreciate the follow-up. :)

You are quite welcome – lovely post by the way.

Edwards is talking about our position and respect in the world as well. Something I think is very important. When I look at all the candidates, even the R’s I try to gauge how they will be perceived and received as president around the world.

Our issues here at home are very important and I think we need a president who is willing to address them but we can’t forget that our influence around the world is important. We have been tarred by the current administration and when Edwards says that repairing those relationships is vital to national security and to the benefits we have here at home, I have to agree.

I want a president that I don’t need to hang my head in shame should I step out of these borders. Well, heck, inside these borders.

I believe his announcing from New Orleans was not only a call to address poverty but to show that NO is still suffering under this administrations ability to get its shit together.

I also like that Edwards said that we can work now to improve things and not wait for the next president is elected. That we can volunteer, be a part of the solution. This goes to the environment as well. I like that he expects me to do something. Makes me feel important! lol.

Empathy is the missing element from the political scene. Certainly, on the right the politicians don’t care about people (except their rich friends) and most don’t even PRETEND to care.

I saw Edwards in person just before the last election. He spoke about Robert Kennedy——the last politician with true empathy to make a splash. It’s a tragedy we lost Kennedy…I sure hope Edwards is real and wins this time.

I think the smear people can’t really beat sincere empathy…People can tell when their being manipulated——when they have something real to contrast it with…