Edwards reaches out to black Ohio voters

Times Picayune, LA ^ | August 26, 2004 | LIZ SIDOTI , AP

[Cincinatus' Wife]

CLEVELAND (AP) — Vice presidential candidate John Edwards on Wednesday sought to assure black supporters that he and John Kerry have "fought for this community our entire lives" — and would continue doing so — on a day devoted to reaching out to the base in the Democratic stronghold of northeast Ohio.

Edwards briefly mentioned the "false, negative attacks" by a veterans' group assailing Kerry's Vietnam war service and again blamed President Bush for being behind the group, a claim the Republican's campaign denies.

However, Edwards spent much of the nearly hourlong event at a Cleveland community center talking about jobs, housing assistance, small-business funding, predatory lending and post-incarceration programs, salient issues among blacks.

Later, Edwards was heading east to Warren, a Rust Belt bastion of union faithful hit hard by unemployment. Then he was traveling to Oklahoma City for a fund-raiser.

Bush won Ohio by 3.6 percentage points in 2000. With its 20 electoral votes, the state is considered one of the top prizes this year.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Edwards seeks to validate Kerry candidacy in South, rural Midwest (voters uncomfortable w/ Kerry)

[ProudVet77]

Why, does Kerry need a new butler?

[RichInOC]

"Otis! My man!"

[Cincinatus' Wife]

As uncomfortable as voters are with Kerry (LINK in Post#1) I imagine Kerry is just as uncomfortable with voters outside of Massachusetts.

[VisualizeSmallerGovernment]

Vice presidential candidate John Edwards on Wednesday sought to assure black supporters that he and John Kerry have "fought for this community our entire lives"

How is suing baby doctors in North Carolina out of existence using junk science remotely connected to fighting for the Cleveland black community?

These same people say there was no possible connection between Iraq and Al-Qaeda, but they can make a leap like that.

[Watery Tart]

"Can we dance wiff yo' dates?"

[Experiment 6-2-6]

"Can we dance wiff yo' dates?"

No! No! No!

If yer gonna cite a line, get it right... It goes:

"DO YOU MIND IF WE DANCE WITH YOUR DATES?"

[endthematrix]

Selling the old story of the promised land speech. "Keep on a votin' and the welfare is a flowin'!"

[Cincinatus' Wife]

I'm sure "Two Americas" was trotted out.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Bump!

[Mo1]

Vice presidential candidate John Edwards on Wednesday sought to assure black supporters that he and John Kerry have "fought for this community our entire lives" — and would continue doing so —

Oh yea .. like what have you done your entire life .. examples please

[Watery Tart]

Late-night sKerry rules--close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. How about, "Otis loves us!"

[Cincinatus' Wife]

NOW if this had been a GOP candidate making that remark, the paper would have questioned it.

[Watery Tart]

Oh yea .. like what have you done your entire life .. examples please

Why, he took his earnings from his last lawsuit and had electricity installed in the servants' quarters.

[WestVirginiaRebel]

"My fellow Other Americans..."

"I was born a poor black child..."

[MissTargets]

Later, Edwards was heading east to Warren, a Rust Belt bastion of union faithful hit hard by unemployment.

"The Warren Community Amphitheatre was jammed Wednesday as U.S. Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., the party's vice presidential candidate, led a Democratic rally. There were an estimated 4,000 people at the rally."

I had to work, or I would have been with the few brave Bush supporters. I wonder how many of those 4,000 were union, General Motors workers paid to attend.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Thank you for the post and picture!

[MissTargets]

Your welcome.

I work inside a steel mill in Warren. The local union had cards printed, for this rally. I would be complaining, if I was in that union, for wasting my dues money.

That picture might change tomorrow. I had that happen before from the Tribune's web site..lol

[finnigan2]

"I'm here to talk to you about politics, but before we get to that, hands up anyone here that's had a medical dispute with their HMO."