Democratic presidential candidate former U.S. Senator John Edwards delivers coffee and donuts while campaigning door-to-door to meet voters in Nashua, New Hampshire December 26,2007. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES)
Posted on 12/26/2007 12:44:00 PM PST by NormsRevenge
CONWAY, N.H. - John Edwards tried to shore up his New Hampshire support Wednesday with promises of fighting the establishment, changing Washington — and even speaking with a Southern accent.
The former North Carolina senator, on a 300-mile, one-day campaign tour through New Hampshire, stuck to populist themes for what he hopes will be an Edwards presidency.
"You'd better choose someone as your candidate who's ready for this battle. Nice words will not change anything," Edwards said in this northern New England town.
He also cited his small-town, Southern roots as an asset.
"The last two Democratic presidents, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter," he said in his Carolina twang, "both talk like me."
While Edwards said he was talking about fighting "big business" and "corporate greed," he's in a tight race with rivals Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama in Iowa — where he was heading next.
"It's a very competitive race. From everything I see, it's a dead heat between the three of us," Edwards told reporters after going door-to-door looking for votes in Nashua.
"This is my last day here. We'll go from here to Iowa very late tonight. ... I, Elizabeth, my kids, my parents — everybody will be stationed in Iowa between now and Jan. 3."
Edwards has spent years building an organization in Iowa, where the caucuses will provide the campaign's first results a week from Thursday. Here in New Hampshire, polls show Clinton and Obama in a tight race for the Jan. 8 primary. Edwards remains a distant third but hopes a strong showing in Iowa will let him slingshot into New Hampshire with momentum.
"Having done this once before, this is crunch time, now's when it matters," Edwards said.
He refrained from criticizing his rivals, aware that Iowa voters tend to reject overtly negative campaigning.
"My fight is not with politicians. My fight is on behalf of those kind of people I grew up with who deserve a real chance in this country," Edwards said in Conway.
But he did say that he could help down-ticket races, such as those for Congress or governor, citing recent polls that suggest he would defeat Republicans in hypothetical matchups. He also suggested other candidates — without naming names — could hurt Democratic candidates in moderate districts and states.
"I beat all of (the Republicans). I beat most of them very handily. There's nowhere I can't go and campaign with our congressional candidates," Edwards said.
Democratic presidential candidate former U.S. Senator John Edwards delivers coffee and donuts while campaigning door-to-door to meet voters in Nashua, New Hampshire December 26,2007. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES)
If Edwards fell while walking thru the woods, would he make a sound?
Hey, Edwards. “Corporate greed” funds most Americans’ retirements, jackass.
He also has impersonated a dead child for a jury at one of his trials.
Democratic Presidential hopeful, former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards speaks during a campaign appearance at Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa, in this Dec. 15, 2007 file photo. Sure, the presidential candidates have their talking points on taxes, their policies on poverty, their white papers on war. But look beyond their top-tier issues and voters can find an eclectic assortment of ideas that reflect the candidates' particular passions, their attention to the arcane and, in some cases, outsized expectations. (AP Photo/David Lienemann, File)
Yes. His hair would go “swoosh!”.
Edwards needs to be furnishing the nursery and thinking up names for his soon due love child.
“The last two Democratic presidents, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter,” he said in his Carolina twang, “both talk like me.
BWAHHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
OK, I’m from the South, so I can this. Touting your similarities to Clinton and Carter — regardless of what they are — does NOTHING to enhance your resume, Pony Boy.
“The last two Democratic presidents, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter,” he said in his Carolina twang, “both talk like me.”
Just what we need...another goober with poor grammar.
President of Metrosexuals of America
To me he has always sounded like a politician trying to mimic the speech of someone raised in a turnip patch.
Hilluray tahks laik that too sumtimes.
He sounds like a jerk off to me
I’d rather vote for Junior Samples on integrity alone.
He can record his voice and listen to it all he wants.
What ever happened to that story? Was the love child thing just a one day news item, or has it been proven one way or the other? I have not heard anything on it.
Without the South, there’s no win. The South will not turn out for a woman or a black man.
Find the white male in this set:
Clinton
Edwards
Obama
While in the general, hopefully we won’t have this set:
Northeastern Republican
Southern Democrat
Hold on a second there...I’m Southern and probably sound like a goober to you, but I’m a smart conservative goober, thank you very much.
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