John Edwards quits the race
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Holding press conference.
SIN EATERS--We take the moral excrement we find in this equation and we bury it down deep inside of us so that the rest of our case can stay pure. That is the job. We are morally indefensible and absolutely necessary.
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As David Lee Roth would say in "Unchained"..."woooooooo weeeeeeeee"
I wonder who he will throw his supporters to. If it's not Obama, then that is fucking weak.
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Gravel has outlasted Mr moneybags a.k.a. $400 haircut Edwards?
It's starting to heat up.
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
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An Obama endorsement would be sweet, though i doubt he will endorse either candidate. He will probably remain neutral. We'll see. i also heard a rumor of a soon pending Obama endorsement from Al Gore. i can't back that up with anything substantial though. Gore and Edwards would be huge endorsements.
This isn't a dig on Gravel, but, simply refusing to drop out does not quite equal "outlasting".
Can't wait for the blow back this time around.
kaboom...
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
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:rolleyes:
Did you just post something that didn't have the word "zionist" in it?
I think I just pooped my pants in shock.
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I'm hoping for a Obama/Biden ticket but wouldn't mind seeing Obama/Edwards.
I pop your head a lot too...
there a few layers of knowledge you're behind on when it comes to foreign policy.
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You got a fucking bell chart to back that up too?
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Don't need one...
it all right here in black and blue...
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"does not plan to endorse clinton or Obama at this time, but may do so in the future."
i'm thinking sometime after he sees how tsunami Tuesday shapes up. :rolleyes: Opprotunist.
amazing how you provide ZERO intellectual content thus far.
but tons and tons of pointless opine and blather...
that's about it...nothing more to you it seems
Oh well...
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over specific principles, goals, and policies.
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Gotta love it.
Post #16 applies to you more actually.
You can't even discuss actual issues of what your candidate stands for. All you do is spin in air based on opinions of how you feel about him.
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He's the BEST guy for the job, and we deserve whatever we get now. :(
Edwards expected to drop out of race
Presidential candidate steered his rivals toward progressive ideals
BREAKING NEWS
The Associated Press
updated 9:43 a.m. ET, Wed., Jan. 30, 2008
DENVER - Democrat John Edwards is exiting the presidential race Wednesday, ending a scrappy underdog bid in which he steered his rivals toward progressive ideals (DAMN STRAIGHT) while grappling with family hardship that roused voters' sympathies but never diverted his campaign, according to The Associated Press and NBC News.
The two-time White House candidate notified a close circle of senior advisers that he planned to make the announcement at a 1 p.m. ET event in New Orleans that had been billed as a speech on poverty, according to two of his advisers. The decision came after Edwards lost the four states to hold nominating contests so far to rivals who stole the spotlight from the beginning — Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama.
The former North Carolina senator will not immediately endorse either candidate in what is now a two-person race for the Democratic nomination, said one adviser, who spoke on a condition of anonymity in advance of the announcement.
Family duty
Edwards waged a spirited top-tier campaign against the two better-funded rivals, even as he dealt with the stunning blow of his wife's recurring cancer diagnosis. In a dramatic news conference last March, the couple announced that the breast cancer that she thought she had beaten had returned, but they would continue the campaign.
Their decision sparked a debate about family duty and public service. But Elizabeth Edwards remained a forceful advocate for her husband, and she was often surrounded at campaign events by well-wishers and emotional survivors cheering her on.
Edwards planned to announce his campaign was ending with his wife and three children at his side. Then he planned to work with Habitat for Humanity at the volunteer-fueled rebuilding project Musicians' Village, the adviser said.
With that, Edwards' campaign will end the way it began 13 months ago — with the candidate pitching in to rebuild lives in a city still ravaged by Hurricane Katrina. Edwards embraced New Orleans as a glaring symbol of what he described as a Washington that didn't hear the cries of the downtrodden.
Edwards burst out of the starting gate with a flurry of progressive policy ideas — he was the first to offer a plan for universal health care, the first to call on Congress to pull funding for the war, and he led the charge that lobbyists have too much power in Washington and need to be reigned in.
The ideas were all bold and new for Edwards personally as well, making him a different candidate than the moderate Southerner who ran in 2004 while still in his first Senate term. But the themes were eventually adopted by other Democratic presidential candidates — and even a Republican, Mitt Romney, echoed the call for an end to special interest politics in Washington.
Loyal following
Edwards' rise to prominence in politics came amid just one term representing North Carolina in the Senate after a career as a trial attorney that made him millions. He was on Al Gore's short list for vice president in 2000 after serving just two years in office. He ran for president in 2004, and after he lost to John Kerry, the nominee picked him as a running mate.
Elizabeth Edwards first discovered a lump in her breast in the final days of that losing campaign. Her battle against the disease caused her husband to open up about another tragedy in their lives — the death of their teenage son Wade in a 1996 car accident. The candidate barely spoke of Wade during his 2004 campaign, but he offered his son's death to answer questions about how he could persevere when his wife could die.
Edwards made poverty the signature issue of both his presidential campaigns, and he led a four-day tour to highlight the issue in July. The tour, the first to focus on the plight of the poor since Robert F. Kennedy's trip 40 years earlier, also was an effort to remind voters that a rich man can care about the less fortunate. It came as Edwards was dogged by negative coverage of his personal wealth, including his construction of a 28,000-square foot house, his work for a hedge fund that advised the superrich and $400 haircuts.
But even through the dark days of summer and as Obama and Clinton collected astonishing amounts of money that dwarfed his fundraising effort, Edwards maintained a loyal following in the first voting state of Iowa that made him a serious contender. He came in second to Obama in Iowa, an impressive feat of relegating Clinton to third place, before coming in third in the following three contests.
The loss in South Carolina was especially hard because it was where he was born and he had won the state in 2004. But Edwards performed well enough to pick up 58 delegates.
Check back for more on this breaking news story.
© 2008 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22913001/?GT1=10755
"Obama's main opponent in this election on November 4th (was) not John McCain, it (was) ignorance."~Michael Moore
"i'm feeling kinda righteous right now. with my badass motherfuckin' ukulele!"
~ed, 8/7
Actually, you're full of shit. Talk about spin. Sheesh. Are you going to follow me around from thread to thread all day popping off about ubsubstantiated "zionist, warmongering, Obama bullshit all day, or are you tired yet?"
FUUUUUUUUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This truly sucks.
"Obama's main opponent in this election on November 4th (was) not John McCain, it (was) ignorance."~Michael Moore
"i'm feeling kinda righteous right now. with my badass motherfuckin' ukulele!"
~ed, 8/7
This just in.... YOU CAN'T EITHER
We have tried with you in the past and it was a waste of our time. We've given you articles, speeches, and other little goodies to support our cause and the fact that someone doesn't think the way that you do just doesn't get through your bell graph head.
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You can't even see the sky before your face, I bet car salesmen love to see you coming.
You're an easy sell(out)
too easy..
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
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Its been a two person race for sometime now. This way he can sit back and watch who performs well on super Tuesday, endorse that person, and hope to be chosen as running mate. i respected him, but he is starting to look like an opprotunist which has always been my concern with him.
Ok how is Obama going to fix foreign policy by supporting the MIC route?
what has he said about that? your answer pls?
better yet... do you even understand what blowback is and why it happens?
two very easy to answer questions...
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg
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"Obama's main opponent in this election on November 4th (was) not John McCain, it (was) ignorance."~Michael Moore
"i'm feeling kinda righteous right now. with my badass motherfuckin' ukulele!"
~ed, 8/7
my bad...
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg
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You havent discussed a single issue on this thread that I can see. Other than Edwards haircut of course.
To be quite honest Roland I don't know what the fuck the MIC route is or blowback. There, ya got me beat there on your bell graph. What I know are political campaigns and strategy. Here's why I am supporting Obama:
1) I know the man personally. I've worked with him in the past. I've been around politics for much of my adult life and he is the most genuine person I have ever met in this arena.
2) I was against this war since December 2000 when George Bush got awarded the Oval Office. While I know that there are other candidates who did not vote for the authorization of force, I chose Obama. (See answer 1)
3) This country is as divided now as it has been in 40 years. The president had a 90% approval rating after 9/11 and now it's below 30%. Barack Obama worked both sides of the aisle unlike anyone I have seen in the Illinois statehouse, which is saying a lot because Illinois is not very bi-partisan at all.
While I am sure you will admit the country is divided, you are supporting a candidate who would divide EVERYBODY against him. That's not what we need now. No Republicans or Democrats would work with Congressman Paul.
4) We are in a war that is closing in on 4,000 US soldier deaths, the economy is in the crapper, and people are dying because they cannot afford healthcare. When times are bad like they are now, sometimes the best thing to get behind is something you can believe in. If it was all about the best ideas than Joe Biden would be the candidate.
Obama sparks something in millions of people that is a once in a generation. Not since RFK has there been this sort of luster to a candidate that people really believe there could be a change.
That is, in short, why I am supporting Obama. If you want to play alphabet soup with me I will dig into all of them and form my own opinion. I'm sure Ron Paul has all the answers to this campaign, but this country needs to be put back together and he is not going to do that.
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