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mbali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 05:17 PM
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Senator Edwards Opposes President's Iraq Request
WASHINGTON--Senator John Edwards said Tuesday he will vote against $87 billion for Iraq because President Bush has failed to outline a credible long-term plan for rebuilding the country, failed to persuade allies to help shoulder the costs, and failed to stop sweetheart deals for politically-connected companies.

"I believe we have a responsibility to support our troops in Iraq. I believe we have a responsibility to help rebuild Iraq. But our troops will not be safer and this mission will never be successful unless the president dramatically changes course," enator Edwards said.

Read Full Statement at: http://edwards.senate.gov/press/2003/1014a-pr.html
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Catch22Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 05:53 PM
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1. Good job John!
That's great news and I'm glad to hear it. I really like this guy.
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CarDean Donating Member (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 09:07 PM
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6. John Edwards
I really like John.
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spooky3 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 09:24 PM
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7. Welcome, CarDean!
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newyawker99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-03 06:31 AM
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10. Hi CarDean!!
Welcome to DU!! :toast:
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chimpymustgo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 07:53 PM
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2. Bold move on his part. And the correct one.
nt
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RichM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 08:20 PM
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3. Edwards continues to do great stuff. Look at the last 2 lines in the link
He also cited recent disclosures that the President's 2000 campaign manager, Joe Allbaugh, has created a business to use connections with administration insiders to land lucrative business deals in Iraq. ...

Senator Edwards renewed his call for an independent panel to oversee reconstruction contracts to ensure they are awarded fairly and through a competitive process, not for political payoffs.

These are FANTASTIC statements, exactly the right points to be making. Try to imagine what would happen if ALL the Democrats had the guts & good sense to be hammering away on exactly these points.:thumbsup:
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AP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 08:24 PM
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4. He just needs to make it clear that this is TAX money that is going
towards making Republican insiders rich off of, no doubt, no-show jobs.

The Democrats should revive all the slurs directed at unions by Republicans in the 70s and 80s and use them to describe what Republicans are doing.
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spooky3 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 08:35 PM
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5. he made all these points on Hardball
though Tweety did not like hearing them (and just wanted him to say " * is a bad man").
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BeFree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 10:07 PM
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8. Hot damn
We got us a dem raising hell. If only the rest of the Senators would take a clue and realize * is way out on a limb, get some courage and go on the friggin' attack!!
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tjdee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 10:22 PM
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9. That's my smart guy!
Alllrrrriiight.

I keep telling y'all, the Democratic Party has really got something with this guy.
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ErasureAcer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-03 06:54 AM
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11. kucinich has rubbed off on him
yay!
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spooky3 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-03 07:07 AM
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12. Maybe--I think it's Dean's influence if any.
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mbali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-03 07:28 AM
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13. It's not all about Dean . . .
especially since Dean has yet to stake out a clear position on this issue.

But, I'll bet you that if Dean comes around and opposes the $87 billion package, John Edwards won't try to take credit for his decision.

Jeez!
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