Chris Dodd on John Edwards: "I am surprised at just how angry John has become."

Bonus Quote of the Day
"I am surprised at just how angry John has become. This is not the same John Edwards I once knew."

-- Sen. Chris Dodd after John Edwards refused to confirm he would support Hillary Clinton should she be the party’s nominee.

Source: http://politicalwire.com/archives/2007/11/13/bonus_quote_of_the_day.html

Dodd hit the nail on the head. I've been saying this about Edwards for some time now. He's more mean-spirited than I remember him being from the 2004 campaign (i.e. his comment about not liking Sen. Clinton's clothes at one of the debates).

I am a whole lot angrier at what's happening to our country since 2000 but my spirit has actually become kinder. I can seperate my anger at the bushites/enablers but I've been working on my spirit for more acceptance of this life we all have..just don't ask me to enable the fascists-bushits.

or is that booshistan?? we are turning into a 3rd world nation where we only have rich and poor..it is the truth and EVERY FUCKING AMERICAN SHOULD BE ANGRIER! :grr:

:shrug:

now that Dennis was asked...a kook, hardly. I will vote for him in the primaries..or Edwards and Clinton ONLY in the general..(hopefully not, though)

:loveya:

I've been too busy to zero in on it but thanks to angstlessk I'm going to copy that down and say it when the need arises, at work. :)

On Edit! Your link doesn't work.. :(

:hi:

I love that picture of Dennis..He's a good looking man and more importantly he's a good man who cares about things like integrity, honesty, and our CONSTITUTION.

:hi:

and the rest of world is just watching and shaking their heads.

Three more extra years of this shyte admin.

Anybody who isn't this angry is still asleep.

at the direction this country is taking.

It's a good strategy.

I'm mean. Why aren't you?

:P

With his wife battling cancer and his campaign in the toilet I think the pressure has gotten to Edwards and he is buckling under the strain. Maybe he should get some help and advice on whether he should continue or withdraw early.

I'm afraid Edwards will have an episode in public and it would be very embarrassing for him.

before the first vote is cast?

:wtf:

of the current state of the race. And its bad news all around for John Edwards. If his supporters want to play in la la land and pretend everything is going swimmingly and Edwards is winning then more power to them, what do I care. But the evidence shows otherwise.

well nevermind... I'll just wait for the votes. :)

CBSNEWSNYT POLL SET FOR RELEASE ON WEDNESDAY:

IOWA: HILLARY 25%; EDWARDS 23%; OBAMA 22%

I'll wait for the votes, and go by that.

clear winner. I think Billary got 1 vote. 2 for Obama. It was like everyone who called in stated they are supporting Edwards.

rumormongering that a candidate has "emotional problems". Its a huge disappointment to see Dem candidates resort to such negative, personal smear tactics.

Wow. Just wow.

luckily I'm not a Dem candidate. I guess that means I can state my opinion that Edwards needs help.

Do you have a degree or some type of certification that qualifies you to make an assessment on someone's mental health?

As a cancer survivor, I'm very sensitive to the kinds of prejudices that others have towards those affected by cancer.

How's Holy Joe these days?

CORPORATIONS AND THEIR MONEY AND INFLUENCE...it is NOT about how american people feel...READ THE REAL POLLS...AMERICANS WANT FEDERALLY FUNDED CAMPAIGNS...TO TAKE MONEY OUT OF POLITICS...ONLY KUCHINICH AND EDWARDS EVEN TOUCH ON MONEY IN POLITICS...HILLARY AND OBAMA JUST COLLECT IT :grr:

I wish more of us saw through this BS.

"Maybe he should get some help"?

C'mon, you can do better than that.

Edwards is angry. I'm angry, too, and frustrated as proabably JE is about how this campaign is as much about money and power brokering as it is about issues. Blech.

forgotten how much he pandered to the right and corporations during his Senate career?

For the working class, my ass.

health care, if they don't do something to help the rest of us.
Go Brother John.
Dodd, Richardson, Biden those backdrafters are trying to suck their way into a Hillary cabinet.

I'd be angrier yet if Edwards weren't angrier too.

over the years, DU would not be so angry

I am glad we have one Candidate who has some passion and concern.

The "Anger" meme. Were you really bummed at Dean, too, cause he was such an "angry man"?

Disingenuous bull. I guess they have to have something "different" and their advisers come up with some boring ones.

too be any angrier than I was in 2000. It is. As for "mean-spirited, Edwards ain't got nothing on Resident bu$h, who wrote the book on that.

Every time a democrat speaks the truth with passion, it becomes an anger management issue.

Edwards isn't the only angry one Senator Dodd. We've been waiting seven years for change and it's started to become obvious we are getting to choose between four more years of the same or four more years of a watered down version of the same. Maybe if you became a little angrier about the way things are heading in this country Senator Dodd, you might be polling higher than 2%.

I don't know about you Senator Dodd, but I just got laid off and then watched the hills around my city burn due to an enormous lack of man power to fight the fires. I see that fires are only going to become a bigger and bigger issue due to climate change. I see that firefighting budgets are only getting smaller as property values go down and the amount of taxes paid goes down. I only see one man who speaks to any of the problems I've experienced or witnessed and that man is John Edwards. Firefighters may support you Senator Dodd, but this one doesn't.

Truer words never spoken.

time. I'm surprised Dodd isn't.

jeez

I'd have shot someone by now.

nt

They do not understand how scared we normal, middle-of-the road Americans are. Edwards sees the economic and social injustice that is going on in the U.S. today. And it is that injustice that is making him angry and causing me to support Edwards. I am not by nature a crazy, angry person. If you saw me, you would not think that I am as angry as I am about the political mess we are in.

I am angry about the economic situation. And here is why. Because of my work, I sometimes see the most private details of ordinary Americans' finances. DUers, you have to see it to believe how terrifying the economic situation is. People owe and owe and owe. Most owe more than they have saved. Those few who have "assets" mostly have houses and stock market investments (mostly retirement funds). As we know, those are high risk investments. If you have owned your house for a long time, the likely loss you will suffer in the next recession is not that great. But, that loss will devastate those who have recently bought homes in the bull market. A lucky minority have the promise of a pension -- someday, and at the whim of the employer. Many, many people, however, live paycheck to paycheck. Very few are getting raises high enough to keep up with the rising costs of their everyday necessary expenses like healthcare, transportation and gas. Far too many pay high rents or mortgage payments. And many, many Americans drive huge cars and take vacations they can't afford. And don't forget the cost of college and graduate school. We are living beyond our means.

And we are losing our rights. It strikes me as especially odd since Dodd has shown that he understands the threat to our freedom, to our rights, to our Constitutional government that the Bush administration poses. After all, it is Dodd who is talking about the abuses of warrantless surveillance and the violations of FISA. Knowing what he knows, he should be a lot angrier.

I'm sure that Senators Obama and Clinton and Biden are asking the same question Biden is asking. But it is they who are out of touch with the American people. Sometimes I wonder if they put tranquilizers in the water the senators drink. (Just kidding.) It seems like the senators now serving in Congress just don't understand that Edwards is expressing our anger and our frustration. I'd like to see Dodd get a lot angrier about what is going on.

I know what the hell is going on, but being just a working stiff I don't have much pull.
When John Edwards talks, he speaks for me. When the rest of them (other then Dennis Kucinich) talk, their talking past me to someone or something else.

He was trying to be funny....Like Biden about Kucinnich's wife....

Americans everywhere are ANGRY. They are fed up. They are tired of hearing the old lines by the long time politicians, how they will eventually fix things(but not right now).

Look at the poll numbers regarding approval of Congress --Lower than Bush's numbers.

IF you are not angry about the dismantling of our Constitution, loss of American lives, ringing up a $1.5 TRILLION tab for a war that was put on credit, and vetoing medical insurance for kids and heating assistance for the poor.

These candidates taking John Edwards to task for being angry don't have a clue. But they will get one --and soon.

BTW Last CBS Poll in IOWA shows a statistical dead heat.

He's really showing his true colors.

And rightfully so.

And these are debates, not tea parties. Edwards is up against Obama, and 2 Clintons. Let him get angry!!!! All he has to do is tell the truth.

not by "winning" it-but by cheating, and lying and fucking up a country and HE's STILL NOT DONE. :scared: :nuke: Iran-thanks Hillary!

...about all the corporate money Hillary is raking in! I'm angry that we may elect another administration that is bought and paid for by corporate interests. Once again, the people lose! :grr:

among all this anger, do you think it would wise now to have a third party, just to shake up the Dems and Repigs. They know they have us over a barrel, and we have only two party system. Just asking.

when he started showing his "anger". And I am a Kucinich supporter. :shrug:

If you aren't rip-roaring angry over the past 6+ years of Bush and some of the shit the current Dems are peddling, you haven't been paying attending.

GOD Edwards is angry too!

I'm angry, too. Furious, in fact. That doesn't make me mean. :shrug:

He sees the nomination slipping away, and he can't seem to find a way out of it.