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Dbdmjs1022 Donating Member (369 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 01:52 PM
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'I just voted for him on Tuesday" - John Edwards
When asked on the Today Show who he would eventually endorse, Edwards said "I just voted for HIM on Tuesday." He didn't give a full out endorsement, but he wasn't hiding his preference either.
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SharonRB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 01:53 PM
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1. Woo hoo!
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Greyskye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 03:58 PM
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32. EDWARDS DID NOT ENDORSE ANYONE TODAY
(Not directed at you, SharonRB - just getting to the top of the thread)

Please see post #25 below. He later clarified his remark - he said "'em" (gender neutral).
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Cant trust em Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 01:55 PM
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2. Mike Gravel was still on the ballot?
LOL.
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RaleighNCDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 02:55 PM
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17. True enought - it could have been THAT him.
maybe he saw the new Gravel/Obama Girl video, and it swayed him toward Gravel.
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tledford Donating Member (633 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 03:06 PM
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18. Yes, Gravel was on the ballot and he got 0.79% of the vote n/t
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NJmaverick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 01:55 PM
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3. I would be more impressed if he made a more forceful statement
Although he might have been threatened by Hillary supporters, like Pelosi was.
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 01:56 PM
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4. Sounded like "voted for 'em" to me. Gender-neutral.
No counting chickens for me just yet.
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Shakespeare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 01:59 PM
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6. No, it doesn't make sense that he would refer to them in plural.
One vote, one candidate--I really do think it was a slip on Edwards' part. Not counting chickens; it just doesn't make sense to say (or interpret) a plural there.
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 02:10 PM
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9. Not plural... Southern for the gender-neutral "them"...
there's no singular gender-neutral pronoun but "it", so... it has to be "them".

Makes sense to me, but... heh... well I'll just stop there. :P
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Shakespeare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 03:14 PM
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20. I AM southern. It still doesn't make any sense to me.
I'd never refer to my having voted as "voted for 'em." :shrug:
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 03:33 PM
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30. Maybe it's a Texas thing?
:shrug:
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Greyskye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 03:26 PM
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26. Good call.

According to a news scroll I saw about an hour ago, that's exactly what he said. I posted as much below.
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bobbert Donating Member (548 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 01:57 PM
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5. Maybe he voted uncommitted!
They were allowed to do so in NC
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Greyskye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 01:59 PM
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7. Keeping my fingers crossed

From an original supporter of Senator Edwards.
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bpeale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 02:05 PM
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8. and maybe he voted for himself. he would you know.
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goldcanyonaz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 02:13 PM
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10. em, not HIM. It is a southern thing, the word em.
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scheming daemons Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 02:16 PM
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11. Denial. Besides this statement, he made it perfectly clear who he voted for.
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goldcanyonaz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 02:17 PM
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12. Can you ever just be nice to a fellow Democrat?
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TexanDem Donating Member (786 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 02:26 PM
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13. You're right. He clearly said "em." Being from the South, I know "em" from "him" :)
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Shakespeare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 03:16 PM
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22. I'm about as hardcore southern as you'll find, and that makes no sense.
That's as bogus as non-southerners who (mistakenly) use "y'all" to refer to one person in an attempt to parrot the idiom.

I think it was simply a slip on Edwards' part.
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Catchawave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 02:35 PM
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14. John Edwards did not endorse a PRONOUN !
Mika on Morning Joe tried to drag it out of him much later.

She almost had a stroke playing gotcha' with him :rofl:
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 02:52 PM
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15. John Edwards voted for Obama
on Tuesday!!!! How Sweet is that? That's the biggest endorsement you can get..thank you, John Edwards:patriot: :bounce: :kick: :party:
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anonymous171 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 02:52 PM
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16. Can he write himself in?
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balantz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 03:13 PM
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19. He did not say "HIM". n/t
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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 03:15 PM
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21. at another point he made a reference to "her"
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 03:18 PM
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23. As long as that lie is spread, we'll continue looking at the actual video....
http://www.redlasso.com/ClipPlayer.aspx?id=3b356d3c-c94c-4063-a5ec-79a206133113
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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 03:22 PM
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24. or where I watched it about an hour ago
Edited on Fri May-09-08 03:22 PM by LSK
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=385&topic_id=129786&mesg_id=129786

Must be a doctored video then????????????
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Greyskye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 03:24 PM
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25. Edwards makes clarification of his remark:
While at lunch, a TV was on. According to the scroll, Edwards clarified his statement.

Paraphrased: "I said 'em', as in gender neutral. It's a southern thing."

So as much as I would like him to have endorsed Obama, he did not.

Move on folks. Nothing to see here.
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 03:34 PM
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31. I sure do like that Edwards.
:)

Can't wait to see how he fits into the next administration...
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Major Hogwash Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 03:31 PM
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27. Did Edwards endorse Obama?
You'd better think about it before you respond, because John wants everyone to know that he isn't going to say anything that may give anyone any idea of what he was thinking about.
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barack the house Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 03:32 PM
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28. You can't get more endorsed than a vote. Thank you John. Obama folk appreciate it.
Edited on Fri May-09-08 03:33 PM by barack the house
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midnight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 03:33 PM
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29. I have said this before, but isn't it possible that he voted for
himself. And I do love the fact that this man knows that if he speaks for his wife, it would get him in a complicated mess. He is so darn smart.
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