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John Edwards has tough words for Bush (...hesitates to put himself into the presidential race)
Akron Beacon Journal ^ | Fri, Jan. 27, 2006 | Sandra M. Klepach

Posted on 02/02/2006 1:27:05 PM PST by presidio9

He's quick to call George W. Bush ``the worst president'' of his lifetime and criticize Bush's lack of vision. But former U.S. senator and vice presidential candidate John Edwards hesitates to put himself into the next race for president. If he does run, he'll keep a close eye on Ohio, still ``the consummate swing state,'' he said Thursday before a speech at Mount Union College. ``Had Ohio voted differently in 2004, I wouldn't be here right now -- or I'd be here with a different title,'' he said. ``... I think this is a state that will be critical for us in the 2008 presidential election.'' A lot has changed in the past year -- especially the number of poor Americans, he said. Edwards is the head of the Center of Poverty, Work, and Opportunity at his alma mater, the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, and he has embarked on a grass-roots campaign to promote a minimum-wage boost at a time when 37 million people are affected by poverty. A year ago, that figure was 1 million fewer, he said. ``Five dollars and fifteen cents an hour, I think, is a national embarrassment,'' he said. ``Since we can't (raise the wage) in Congress, we'll do it on the ground.'' A product of a middle-class North Carolina family, Edwards, 52, doesn't approve of hurricane-recovery efforts in New Orleans and other areas. Nor does he support the confirmation of Judge Samuel Alito. ``With a president who believes that he has the kind of executive power he thinks he has -- which is wrong, by the way -- that marriage to a Supreme Court nominee who believes in broad, expansive power is extremely dangerous to our system of government,'' Edwards said. ``The most important thing is for the will of the American people to do something about (poverty). I think it's there. What's missing is leadership.'' So will he run in 2008? ``I haven't made any kind of decision,'' he said. ``I'm working on these poverty issues (and) making sure my wife (Elizabeth, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004) is completely well, which she seems to be.''

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: ambulancechasers; breckgirl; dork; edwards2008; eggsucker; gocutiego; johnedwards; silkypony
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To: presidio9
He's quick to call George W. Bush ``the worst president'' of his lifetime and criticize Bush's lack of vision.

That's original. /sarcasm

George W. Bush kicked your butt, John. What does that say about you?!

21 posted on 02/02/2006 1:33:34 PM PST by kcvl
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To: presidio9

GIS for "silky pony"
22 posted on 02/02/2006 1:33:52 PM PST by HolgerDansk ("Oh Bother", said Pooh, as he worked the bolt.)
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To: presidio9
He's quick to call George W. Bush ``the worst president'' of his lifetime

But he's only twelve, so that's not saying much.

23 posted on 02/02/2006 1:33:57 PM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: presidio9
Had Ohio voted differently in 2004,

Yeah, and in 2000 it was Florida. And in 2008 it will be whatever state has the closest vote tally, and in 2012...

24 posted on 02/02/2006 1:34:19 PM PST by frgoff
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To: Rummyfan

25 posted on 02/02/2006 1:35:38 PM PST by presidio9 ("Bird Flu" is the new Y2K virus -only without the handy deadline.)
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To: presidio9

26 posted on 02/02/2006 1:35:44 PM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: presidio9
``Five dollars and fifteen cents an hour, I think, is a national embarrassment,'' he said. ``Since we can't (raise the wage) in Congress, we'll do it on the ground.''

Not even at the Wendy's restaurants he claims to frequent are unskilled workers paid only $5.15 per hour. I realize Breck Girl doesn't have a clue what it's like in the real world, where people actually work for a living, but anyone with two active brain cells who starts at minimum wage probably will get a raise in a short period of time. The only reason Dems support raising the minimum wage is because their labor union backers have tied their own contracts to it. Whenever the federal minimum wage goes up, so do their inflated wages.

27 posted on 02/02/2006 1:35:58 PM PST by steelcurtain
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To: presidio9

28 posted on 02/02/2006 1:36:35 PM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: DesertWalker
The pretty pony from two thousand and FOUR.


29 posted on 02/02/2006 1:36:46 PM PST by weegee (Happy Holidays! Tis the season of MLK, Chinese New Year, Tet, Valentine's, Presidents...)
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To: presidio9

It's going to be Hillary.


30 posted on 02/02/2006 1:37:20 PM PST by bnelson44 (Proud parent of a tanker! (Charlie Mike, son))
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To: presidio9

Someone hide this man's hairspray....


31 posted on 02/02/2006 1:38:51 PM PST by NRA1995 (GOOOOOOO STEELERS!!!)
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To: steelcurtain

What's the mimimum wage for ambulance chasing?


32 posted on 02/02/2006 1:38:57 PM PST by weegee (Happy Holidays! Tis the season of MLK, Chinese New Year, Tet, Valentine's, Presidents...)
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To: wideawake

33 posted on 02/02/2006 1:39:11 PM PST by presidio9 ("Bird Flu" is the new Y2K virus -only without the handy deadline.)
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To: bnelson44

If they had shown that Beast's face one more time during the SOTU, I was going to puke.


34 posted on 02/02/2006 1:39:17 PM PST by FearlessFreep
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To: presidio9
``The most important thing is for the will of the American people to do something about (poverty).

Would that be the people in "poverty" with color televisions, cell phones, $200 tennis shoes, etc.?!

BTW, tort reform would be a good start to shut up ambulance chasers like him.

35 posted on 02/02/2006 1:39:32 PM PST by kcvl
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To: presidio9
``the worst president'' of his lifetime

I guess he was born after Jimmy Carter's utopia fell.

36 posted on 02/02/2006 1:39:39 PM PST by Sthitch
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To: presidio9

Now that's funny. Someone should put him on a Bareback Mountain poster.


37 posted on 02/02/2006 1:40:18 PM PST by FearlessFreep
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To: presidio9

This whole "Ohio" thing is typical Democrat sour grapes.
We can say "If 60,000 votes in Pennsylvania had gone the other way, Ohio wouldn't have mattered". Or, this one's even better "if a mere 5,000 votes had been different in New Hampshire, Ohio wouldn't have even mattered".
They keep bringing up Ohio because it is the state they had "targeted" in '04 as Florida was in 2000.


38 posted on 02/02/2006 1:40:50 PM PST by threeleftsmakearight
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To: presidio9

39 posted on 02/02/2006 1:41:08 PM PST by Deo volente
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To: presidio9

maybe if he runs for president again people will rise up out of their wheelchairs...


40 posted on 02/02/2006 1:41:28 PM PST by dubie
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