Posted on 12/28/2006 10:51:11 AM PST by kingattax
Amid Iraq Talk, White House Hopeful Sticks to '04 Issue in '08 Run
For the roughly two dozen candidates considering a run for the White House, it is perhaps the jackpot question: What might be the winning message in a contest whose first nominating vote is still more than a year away?
Today, former Sen. John Edwards begins testing his hunch that Americans, though focused now on the war in Iraq, can be won over to a campaign built on what he calls "the great moral issue of our time" -- fighting poverty at home. He plans to do so with an unorthodox announcement of his candidacy, not standing on a flag-draped stage, but volunteering his labor in New Orleans's Lower Ninth Ward, which is still struggling to recover from Hurricane Katrina.
The North Carolina Democrat's theme of ending the "Two Americas" of haves and have-nots dates to his 2004 presidential bid. Mr. Edwards didn't win his party's nomination then, but his strong reception among voters helped him to secure a place as Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry's running mate. Mr. Edwards argues that the disparity between the richest Americans and the working class has widened since then.
"When I talked about poverty in the 2004 campaign, political types said it was futile," he said in a speech this year. "They said nobody cares about poverty except for the poor. Not true, and we saw it with Katrina."
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He could actually feed many starving children with the money he spent on that new Nintendo Wii for his son! :)
i've been thinking. He'd make a really good teacher on Charlie Brown.."Whaw..whaw,whaw,whaw,whaw..."
Poverty in the USA....cell phones, big screen TV's, cars, washers & dryers etc. etc.
Those who are truly in need and can't fend for themselves should be helped. Remember the Katrina sites..able bodied young people....too lazy to get a real job.
Edwards might as well use for his slogan "give me your tax money, and I will give some of it back to you, the rest of it I'll waste". Edwards represents the victim-mentality segment of Americans who can't understand that people can rise out of dire circumstances on their own. Which is why, of course, they're liberals.
He claims it the same way the libs claim hunger is a problem. You want to shake these people and say "for crying out loud, look around you. Where are the hungry people in America?". The government has revealed statistics proving that the fattest segment of the American population are the people in the lowest third of the income distribution. It's all about having an agenda and creating dependents.
This is coming from one of the richest SOB's in America. His hypocracy knows no bounds.
He is interested in getting elected. I suppose it would swell his ego, I cant think of any other reason,he damed sure isnt qualified. He isnt worried about the poor, only their votes. How many Insurance companies did he sue Pro-Bono.?
Exactly! I hate to be mean, but he really thinks he will win on the issues of poverty and bringing the troops home.....whatever!
Edwards sells Georgetown home for $5.2M -- http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1759555/posts
Edwards, the Democrats' vice presidential nominee in 2004, purchased the P Street property for $3.8 million in 2002 and extensively renovated it.
After his two younger children finished the 2004-05 school year, the Edwards family returned to North Carolina, where Edwards built a new home on a 100-acre estate in Chapel Hill.
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