Posted on 09/07/2005 11:17:07 AM PDT by Millee
John Edwards says the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina underscores the "two Americas" theme of his presidential campaign last year.
"We see the poor and working class of New Orleans who don't own a car and couldn't evacuate to hotels or families far from the target of Katrina," Edwards said in e-mail messages to supporters Friday "We see the suffering of families who lived from paycheck to paycheck and who followed the advice of officials and went to shelters at the Civic Center or the Superdome or stayed home to protect their possessions."
Edwards added, "We have been too slow to act in the face of the misery of our brothers and sisters. This is an ugly and horrifying wake-up call to America."
The subject of Katrina is likely to come up when Edwards today launches a lecture series at the UNC Law School's Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity.
Edwards is director of the center, and he recently named as deputy director Marion Crain, a law professor, and Laura Hogshead as assistant director.
The Democratic vice presidential nominee last year was in Chicago last week raising money for Democrats at the Knickerbocker Hotel, meeting with Englewood activists and U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush.
Edwards, who left office in January as North Carolina senator, will help Rep. Brad Miller raise money for his re-election kitty. Edwards, a former senator, is scheduled to appear at a Miller fund-raiser Oct. 10 at the home of Frank and Julia Daniels. Frank Daniels is the former publisher of The News & Observer. The cost of entry to the event ranges from $250 to $1,000.
Meanwhile, Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana, Edwards' former jogging buddy and closest friend in the Senate, has been wading into Edwards' political turf.
Bayh, who like Edwards is considering a presidential run, attended a South Carolina Democratic Party fund-raiser in Columbia last week. Edwards, a native of South Carolina, carried that state in the Democratic presidential primary last year.
Edwards may see TWO Americas, he only has ONE line of bull....
I guess that's why he chose to go work at UNC-CH rather than NCCU.
He apparently has two left eyes........
Get on your horse silky pony, and STFU - idiot!!!
Can't they come up with something new? That "Two Americas" is way too old!
Or are they counting on the Dumbed Down American not to remember what they said or did last week. That usually works for their voters.
He's like one of those Japanese soldiers in a cave somewhere, who still don't know the war's been lost.
I almost thought this would be a Scrappleface article...sadly, it's not...
I was waiting for this assclown to show up.
So very predictable..
"We see the poor and working class of New Orleans who don't own a car and couldn't evacuate to hotels or families far from the target of Katrina," Edwards said in e-mail messages to supporters Friday "We see the suffering of families who lived from paycheck to paycheck and who followed the advice of officials and went to shelters at the Civic Center or the Superdome or stayed home to protect their possessions."
And we see the ambulance-chasing, money-grubbing pirates called "attorneys" like Edwards getting ready for another series of suits to rob the taxpayers over Katrina and its aftermath.
God, not this sh*t again. It didn't work the last time he yanked this idea off the shelf, and it won't work this time either.
Reality to Breck Girl - your fellow DemonRATs are the ones that continue to run that "Second America" into the ground.
So what do you suggest John, sue?
This fits :)
He's talking to dead people again.
I see two incompetent doofuses, Mayor Naggin' and Governor Blankout.
If you could do the honors of a ping,....
edwards has been hanging out with teddy kennedy.
God, I love that graphic! You should send it to Mr. Edwards! Hah!
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