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Hawkeye-X Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-21-08 10:26 PM
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I think John Edwards is the epitome of JFK.
Just from the South.

Discuss.
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patrice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-21-08 10:27 PM
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1. Sharp! Sharp! Sharp! with A Cooper just now. I mean WOW!!! nt
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mth44sc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-21-08 10:28 PM
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2. I'd say more like RFK n/t
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BeatleBoot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-21-08 10:29 PM
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3. Presidential Material
Edited on Mon Jan-21-08 10:30 PM by BeatleBoot
He's presidential material.

Absolutely.
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stravu9 Donating Member (945 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 10:20 PM
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19. John Rocks!
!
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iris5426 Donating Member (697 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-21-08 10:30 PM
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4. My mom has actually likened him to RFK...
I am too young to be able to make a true comparison (only 28) but I get the same chills and feeling of hope from hearing Edwards speak as I do/think people did when I see clips of JFK and RFK...I've always been interested in, but not so much involved in politics. Now I am so passionate about Edwards as my candidate that I am more involved than I would have ever imagined I'd be...all of my non-political friends think that I am crazy...I think they're crazy for not caring what's going on...
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-21-08 11:23 PM
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9. we lost everything when bobby was killed
that was the death of liberalism in america
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avaistheone1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-21-08 11:24 PM
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11. Listen to your Mom. She's right.
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cloud75 Donating Member (737 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-21-08 10:36 PM
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5. i've been waiting for a jfk in my lifetime and i'm still waiting sorry edwards
is not jfk...Bill was a lot closer...he came during a time when republicans controlled the us for 12 consecutive years and i will always remember when he appointed his cabinet he had african-americans, an asian, hispanics and women in his cabinet that was such a change from what i saw growing-up. i know bill is not that popular with du but in the early 90's he was an inspiration.
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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-21-08 10:47 PM
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6. The fight of Truman and the compassion of RFK
Edited on Mon Jan-21-08 10:48 PM by rurallib
with the egalitarian attitude of Eleanor Roosevelt.
Hasn't got a chance with today's dems.
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lisainmilo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-21-08 11:01 PM
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7. he more like FDR to me....and the Lord knows we can use a FDR now!
He is the peoples president. Our economy continues to go south.....This is the time for JRE!
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OzarkDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-21-08 11:28 PM
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13. Agree, he's like both of them
I've been thinking the same thing during the last few debates.
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-21-08 11:21 PM
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8. nope
a good mash-up of bobby and jimmy.
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ursi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-21-08 11:24 PM
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10. Yep, and I've had Repugs tell me that.
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Occam Bandage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-21-08 11:25 PM
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12. I think JFK is the epitome of JFK.
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stravu9 Donating Member (945 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-21-08 11:36 PM
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14. Even Better
because he is a poor kid made good not to the manor born!
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ClericJohnPreston Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-21-08 11:41 PM
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15. I find it quite funny when the Obamites claim he
is like JFK or RFK.

Channeling Lloyd Bentson: Obama "is no JFK" or RFK for that matter!

That distinction belongs to EDWARDS, a FIGHTER!
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-21-08 11:44 PM
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16. I think it's totally absurd when anyone compares
either Edwards or Obama to JFK, RFK or FDR- except for Ted Sorenson, he gets a pass.

And I don't see threads by Obama supporters comparing him to JFK. On the other hand, not a day goes by when Edwardians don't compare him to JFK or FDR. Quite funny really.
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JI7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 12:41 AM
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21. i think Ethel can be given a pass also

"I think he feels it. He feels it just like Bobby did," Ethel Kennedy said, comparing her late husband's quest for social justice to Obama's. "He has the passion in his heart. He's not selling you. It's just him." Ethel Kennedy invited Obama to deliver the keynote address at a ceremony commemorating the 80th birthday of Robert F. Kennedy. She said she had carefully followed the career of the Illinois senator, whom she referred to as "our next president."


http://commoniowan.blogspot.com/2007/08/ethel-kennedy-about-obama-he-has.html
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stravu9 Donating Member (945 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 09:39 PM
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17. So True!
Go Johnny go!
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avaistheone1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 09:41 PM
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18. Edwards has shown himself to be the star of these debates that is for sure.
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stravu9 Donating Member (945 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 12:28 AM
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20. Show 'em his Supporters have class too!
don't deign to answer all the attack posts .
it just perpetuates them .
do like John , keep positive and on point.
they want nastiness, don't drink the kool aid!
let them wallow in their own filth!
they seem to enjoy it!


be better than the rest, GO JOHN!
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