EDWARDS FRIENDS: Your "place shall never be with those cold and timid souls"

"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." -- Teddy Roosevelt

"Citizenship in a Republic,"
Speech at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910

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From one corporate trust-buster to another: Maybe Edwards will become the best trust-busting, white-collar-crime-prosecuting AG since RFK.

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- Dave

We have a cause to further and support.

And some candidates' ears to bend.

- Dave

I think he could take some of these corporations to task in that role.

... there'd be some quaking, uneasy CEOs and CFOs, for sure.

- Dave

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... but that's in the Top 3, for sure.

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- Dave

:hug:

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From all of your Biden friends, we understand. I'm sorry.

:grouphug:

:hug:

:toast:

- Dave

Those are good today.

:hug:

- Dave

I know I speak for others when I say
it's beyond sadness- it's like a good friend
passed away.

:hug:

... the debates for signs of a growth spurt in one.

- Dave

... didn't know whether to laugh or weep, but it sure was an arresting thought.

- Dave

Dylan Thomas

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One of my favorite non-sequiturs in a movie ever.

- Dave

They need our support and love.

I hope the two remaining on our side take a cue from the elegance and dignity and maturity and the Light - from him in New Orleans today. What a classy guy! Time for everybody to step up and follow his example. And keep his campaign priorities alive - AND kicking! He basically just said "TAG! You're IT!"

Let's all just give each other some extra room today, some extra support. No sniping, no judgmentalism. Just friendship and solidarity and sympathy. AND let's keep our eyes on the prize, 'eh? That's certainly the first thing John Edwards would want us to do. Let's win the White House in his honor!

you -- fought passionately for what is right, for what this country needs. He's still going to be working for the poor and peoples' rights - you can take comfort in knowing that.

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... and the intent. Glad to know it's helping a little for someone else.

I tend to recover quickly from a setback like this; we'll all bounce back, and apply the lessons learned in exciting ways.

Just you wait and see.

- Dave

not with corporatist presidents

... you have me stumped.

- Dave

Perhaps we should start a thread on snuffling in this forum and introduce a little levity. All the gravity is giving me a migraine.

:evilgrin:

:rofl:

Now there's a happy word.

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Thank you!

- Dave

... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4289353&mesg_id=4289353">devilishy thought, which you may not have seen.

- Dave

That would do much to put some teeth into Obama's change message.

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Needed it.

... will happen, Eowyn.

- Dave

Teddy is an inspiration, and so are you.

That is very kind of you to say. I enjoy TR's quotes quite a bit, don't you?

- Dave