NOLA.Org Endorsement: John Edwards Will 'Kick Republicans In The Balls'

Posted January 7, 2008 | 02:41 AM (EST)

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"It is not often we wish we lived in New Hampshire (nice place to visit), but we sorely wish we could be there on Tuesday to 'vote early and often' for John Edwards . . . It is not only that John Edwards had the good sense and correct priorities to launch his campaign for the presidency from New Orleans (take note, presidential debate site committee). And it's not just Edwards' plan to remove all U.S. troops from Iraq within 10 months--something his competitors haven't offered. We don't favor Edwards only because he alone has spoken consistently as a populist public defender against the 'iron grip' of corporate special interests on Washington. Nor is he our favorite merely because he has the best health care plan (Paul Krugman's praise sounds right to us).


We vote for John Edwards for all of these reasons, but especially because Democrats need a tough, combative lead candidate to whip the Republicans, who are vicious fighters in a presidential campaign--especially when they're desperate. Barack Obama is marvelous and would also be a good president, but we worry he doesn't have the aggressiveness to kick the Republican operatives in the balls, the way they always do to Democrats. In Nov. 2004 it was Edwards the courtroom attorney who wanted to challenge the Ohio vote counts before conceding, but John Kerry decided otherwise.

John Edwards has the optimism, the intelligence, and the gut-fire and bulldog tenacity to get the job done . . . He's also a realist. He knows the status quo won't give an inch without a struggle. About dealing with corporate interests such as the drug and oil and insurance companies, he says, "Some people argue that we're going to sit at a table with these people and they're going to voluntarily give their power away. I think it is a complete fantasy; it will never happen." We often say 'We Want Roosevelt Again.' We know we're not going to get Franklin Delano, but in John Edwards we see just about the closest thing to FDR we've seen in many years."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/karen-daltonbeninato/nola-org-endorsement-joh_b_80151.html

Now THAT'S an endorsement! :rofl:

Good for them! :patriot:

Saying it was Edwards is a lie. He may have too, but so did Kerry.

Love all of him!

I hate how he talks about helping the poor and hungry of this country and ridding the influence of corporate greed in our democracy. How dare he! :eyes: :crazy:

With Obama and Clinton!

Not to mention major energy reform. You have to bring the moderates to our side, not entrench the wingnuts.

K&R

and realized it was the same as Huffpost...so sorry for the dupe :hi:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3980397

...BOTH are getting rec'd like crazy!

HA!

Appears to me that (on DU at least) people WANT a fighter in the White House. They're SICK of apathetic representatives.

What's nice, DU supports positive threads. :hug:

Found an interesting comment in the comments section which reflects my own suspicion: