Edwards Walks the Line ! (Writers Guild strike)

Fun diary by an Edwards supporter who was there:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/11/17/0261/3196

Includes photos and video....some exerpts from redjet's diary:









Much more :hi:

before the January caucuses. Having the likes of Leno, Colbert, and Stewart off the table can only help the Rethugs.

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rocknation

May the strike end soon! We still have Olbermann :D

And hypocritical.

And much too good looking.

Oh, and did you know that he lives in a really big house?

Once again, he is first for the workers. No other candidate cares as much about the workers as does Edwards.Some only care about corporate donors and lobbyists and their lack of interest proves it. Too busy collecting money in Beverly Hills and supporting the corporate masters the writers are picketing against!

some on DU will react in the way I parodied, no matter what he does or says.

The diary did include statements from Obama and Hillary supporting the WGA, which I thought was really classy of redjet, the "girly-fan" :D

the candidates, Edwards remains the staunchest advocate of unions - and union members. He seeks to strengthen the power of unions and to correct unfair union practices, including those that don't benefit the individual worker.

Go Edwards!

He understands having grown up in a union family.

Coming from a strong union family it's no wonder I like him.

against the global corporate hacks.

thanks for this and thanks to redjet!

suck up.

and real Americans!

I don't think so.

good grief, get a clue.

who have a right to be treated as worthy of their time and toil.

Edwards owns that turf as much as any Democrat in my lifetime and I've been around awhile.

Open up the landscape and watch candidacies jostle for position on key issues, yes. But don't align our Democrats who are pro-labor with the pandering of the Republicans for the fundies. Your assessment allows for no better than that, and that's what makes it dead wrong.

redefine himself, are all fake. So, at this point, anything he does, especially something so high-profile, looks fake to me. I am certain there are lots of people on strike who could use his support--yet he goes where the cameras are.

not, their cause is history-defined and immediately urgent.

A candidate either endorses their position or does not endorse it, and it is the workers' perception of that candidate's understanding of their plight secondary to his/her support for their position that provides the hinge.

Local news or cable outlets can cover or ot not, but the point is the strike, why it is the action undertaken, and what is at stake in its outcome.

Edwards has garnered significant union support. Said support is not media-contingent.

It is from the workers themselves to a candidate who meets their criteria for leadership and empathy.

That's the starting point.

Update your file.

go "update" your own "file."

excerpt from 2003:

"The president says he wants to have a debate about values. The basic bargain that we make with the American people if you work hard, if you act responsibly, you can build a better life for yourself and for your families. This is the bargain that George Bush is breaking every single day. He comes from a place where wealth is inherited, not earned. He comes from a place where opportunity is hoarded, not shared.
This is going to be a debate about values, Mr. President. It's going to be a debate about the future of America and the kind of country we want. They, the Republicans and George Bush, they honor wealth. We honor the work that produces wealth. They fight to expand special privileges fore special interests. We fight for opportunity for everybody. We believe in taking responsibility. They believe in passing the buck to somebody else.

This is a fight for the working people of America. It is a fight for our values, and it is a fight we will win."

--John Edwards, AFSCME union debate. Iowa. May 17, 2003

as is everything with this gentleman.

Answer- nowhere. The media ignores Edwards. Had Hillary been there it would have of course been all over the news.

But she didn't go- wouldn't look good to her corporate donors.

Kenneth Lay did not speak that language.

I believe Mr. Lay was a Republican.

I believe John Edwards is a Democrat.

I vote pro-union.

you have nothing to actually, substantially, object to, so you go all playground on us.


it's approaching creepy.

and I believe several of the other candidates know a good deal more about such activities than Edwards does.

Now let's criticize him more!!! Proof people don't know which way is up or down.

For bringing this over here to DU.

I'm RedJet by the way. I signed up a while back on DU and can't remember why I didn't use RedJet. Sometimes it is already taken, or I had issues with the sign-up - anyway, I'm RedJet.

Meeting Edwards was amazing. I wrote the diary in a lighthearted way because there have been many diaries written about the strike.

I think what I came away with, other than the obvious giddiness, was how much his presence really uplifted the crowd. No matter how you look at it or how you feel about his participating, it meant a lot to those who were there on the picket line.

And they are the ones who we are talking about right now.

I think the feeling is that this is a hard upward battle for them. I heard one person say they were grateful someone came out because they needed all the support they could get.

Anyway, back to the girly stuff - he's gorgeous in person!

:)

And if someone wants to call me a suck up, I'll take it and gladly. But I don't think it was an accurate description of either Edwards or the Writers. Just my opinion.

:loveya: :loveya: :loveya: Smart kind and good looking! What a great combination and with a wonderful wife!

Thanks for letting me drag your great diary over here :D

It was a lot of fun to read, almost like being there ! Thought the Edwards supporters would enjoy an upbeat read....the floors have gotten sticky over here since the last Debate :hi:

in your support of Edwards.

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Thank you so much for the first hand account! And I thought it was an honorable opinion!

nice to see you here! :hi:

Just ask Lauch Faircloth.

Edwards made the hike up Mt. Kilimanjaro and he's walking this very week with the strike workers, people he's aligned with for a long time.

The man is no stay-at-home.

Never has been.

Always bringing sunshine and common sense to the threads, thanks! :toast:

here in this thread.

I'm liking Edwards' candidacy even more than before and correspondent to the mainstream media's policy of marginalizing him, Kucinich, Biden, Dodd, Gravel, Richardson.

I'm liking the Kilimanjaro story. Not much oxygen up that far on that mountain, but the relationship he had with his son appeared to make the difference. That's top-drawer stamina for hiking but it's priceless instinct for parenting.

Two laywers raising four kids, then three kids. It seems to me John and Elizabeth did a hell of a good job.

I find myself counting the hours to January 3rd!

Very, very nice to see you on DU today.

I've got a strong hankering to hear "Carolina In My Mind."

I'm assuming Catchawave is providing the beer.

I may bring some lovely pinot noir too. Who's bringing the nuts? Oh wait, I see we already have them :rofl:

worried that we haven't heard back from James Taylor yet...

laughing children and warm hospitality.

Go John, don't give up......ever!

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By god I like it.

:toast: :hi: :dem:

be at the WGU Strike Walk unless they were really serious about supporting them..

"I also was able to overhear an interview with Assemblyman Paul Krekorian (D-43rd California) who was asked at the end of the interview; "John Edwards coming out today, photo-op or real?" To which Krekorian replied that Edwards was "for real" and gave a lengthy positive answer about Edwards and everything he has done for Unions and Union workers. Very nice answer indeed."

Edit~ to clarify "Stike Walk".

'Haven't seen you in a while and just wanted an excuse to say howdy.
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to see you again! :hi:

This is for you, in case you're interested..
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3727933 :party:

I feel he's owed a lot. He brought a lot of people into our party and a lot of people toward progressive social outlooks.

A lot of the people Dean introduced to the Democratic Party voted in our bit 2006 wins.

Thanks for the link!

I was hoping you'd be interested. :)

Dean's the Guv from Vermont who keeps on Givin!

I remember an interview when he was asked how he felt about the fundraising and the top two candidates getting all the money....in his fabulous snark mode he replied:

"If it was about about how much money you raise, I'd be giving this interview from the Oval Office"

Happy Birthday Governor Dean !

P.S. I had the thrill of seeing him speak in person at Yearly Kos last August, and he brought the house down! That was a tough room, believe me :D

history, Catchawave!~~

I haven't heard much from Dean lately..and I hope that will change soon..I miss his snark zingers. :D

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Edwards would take the general and bigtime. And yet they just keep saying he won't get the nom!

Go John Edwards!

:toast::bounce::hi:

Tomorrow Begins Today

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Full article: http://blog.aflcio.org/2006/12/09/edwards-miller-honored-at-afl-cio-organizing-summit/

Glad to see Edwards proving once again, he is the man of the people. Great first hand account!

K&R!

Love it - thanks for the lead. :dem: