My Support Stays With John Edwards

Everyone is talking about Obama being a candidate of "change." If so, where is all his money coming from to keep him going? I totally agree with John Edwards that if you claim to be a candidate for "change," then you should take no corporate or PAC money. And of course for this statement and the other statements he made right on target last night about special interests that I believe won the debate for him he is being marginalized. I do see a bit of Bobby Kennedy in his message. Others criticize Mr. Edwards and claim that such a "populist" message is unnecessary in this campaign. Make no mistake about it then, the same interests some candidates claim they want to fight they still take money from. How does that make them credible?

I will continue to support John Edwards who stands up for the middle class, stands up for ending the war and more inportantly crafting a new foreign policy that includes getting nuclear weapons out of this world totally, and stands up for the environment ( even though he wasn't allowed to announce his plan last night) more than the others there including Obama who is from Illinois and supported liquid coal ( wonder why he never mentions that,) Hillary Clinton who thinks climate change is just something you weatherize your homes to fight, and Bill Richardson who said Al Gore's idea of a carbon tax is wrong. Does he even know what it is? He didn't sound like he did.

All in all, I see this as a corporate candidate of the DLC going up against another corporate candidate trying to make believe he isn't one, and a man who cares about the middle class being marginalized yet again because he dared to go on a debate sponsored by one of those companies and tell the NH crowd the truth about them. I will truly be sad to see him lose in NH should that happen, because the small bit of hope I did have will lead me to not support anyone and just hold my nose again in November. So I hope NH keeps the hope alive, otherwise the real dictators of our policy will elect a president who will continue this war, and that will do nothing to bring "change."

Those are my preferences, in order.

Previously:

1) Kucinich
2) Edwards
3) Obama
4) Richardson
5) Dodd
6) Clinton
7) Paul
8) Biden
9) Jonathon Sharkey
10) 9u11ani
11) Insane McCain

Obama went from #2 to #3 on my list when he enlisted the help of the fundie gay-bashing dude.