Reply #11: Just you wait. Obama does not really even connect with himself yet. [View All]

He just hasn't experienced that moment when a person comes to terms with himself. Obama is playing a part. Kerry has always been playing a part.

And, on top of it all, they are both Ivy League. They talk like college professors. As I pointed out. Obama uses the cadence of a gospel preacher, but his language is strictly Ivy League.

The immediacy of Edwards' language is the most compelling in the long run. The Obama people have heard a lot of Obama. If you go to Edwards' website and watch his videos, you will see a person who is really connecting to people and their problems.

Obama will be easily destroyed. People will become tired of his language. He is not talking about facts. He is talking about abstractions. He does not really know the facts.

Obama has been in government too long.

Edwards is the only one who mostly has worked in the real world. His view of the world was not created in a legislature or in D.C. We need Edwards to lead our country.

I was raised by a preacher. That cadence, the cadence that Obama uses, is extremely familiar to me. I look and hear beyond that voice and tone. Edwards tells the truth and he presents the facts to back it up. Edwards speaks from his heart and he evokes immediate images. Obama talks about things. I prefer Edwards' manner of speaking. You cannot disagree with what Edwards says. You can easily discount or even just ignore Obama's generalizations. Rush Limbaugh will have a hay day with Obama's language -- already has. Edwards brings the conversation back to the terrible facts about what is going on in our country over and over. There is no arguing with him. It is easy to argue and quibble over Obama's (and Kerry's) generalizations about what is going on. It is tough to ridicule or quibble with Edwards' stories. Is Rush Limbaugh really going to make fun of Mr. Lowe who could not speak for 50 years because he had no health insurance? I don't think he will get far with that.

As many have pointed out, all you need is one fact -- like a terrorist or supposed terrorist attack, and Obama's generalizations quickly seem irrelevant. His speaking style will seem powerless. Even if there is a terrorist attack, Edwards will be able to focus on the facts and the concrete measures he will take. Edwards is our best candidate by far.

Kerry is bitter because he lost the 2004 election. Kerry did not place a single TV ad in Edwards' home state. Kerry ran a disastrous campaign. He never found his authentic voice. He is backing Obama because he likes Obama's overly intellectual, ivy league style and because he is jealous that Edwards was able to run this time. Kerry tried to run for 2008 but no one wanted to support his candidacy.

Have you forgotten how the Republicans used the bit about the Democratic "elite" meaning the intellectuals against Democrats to win the election? Obama is going to be unable to beat that one back. He is very much a part of the intellectual elite that Americans have been rejecting since Adlai Stevenson.

Edwards is a brilliant man, but he is not a part of the intellectual, ivy league "elite." He comes from a small town. He is very ordinary in his speech. Edwards is our best candidate. Vote for Edwards.