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Nutmegger

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Thu Jan-03-08 02:48 AM
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Count Me for John Edwards

It's early. But I've decided to go with John Edwards.

Two recent items swayed me:

One, Harry Belafonte's support of Edwards. Belafonte is an immensely impressive guy. He finds Edwards the one major candidate addressing poverty for real. That Belafonte is not supporting the black candidate -- a strong candidate whose presidency by its very fact would have a powerfully salubrious iconic effect on America's profile in the world -- speaks much to me. (And yes, Belafonte is too leftie for some, calling Bush a tyrant etc., to the point where Edwards campaign kept a low profile about the endorsement. Ah, American politics.)

Second, Paul Krugman's recent column "Big Table Fantasies" sealed the deal. Krugman is not an oracle, but he's been one of the most bravely clear-eyed observers of Bush's dirty business from the beginning. He understands we don't need pieties of bipartisanship and common ground sea to warming sea.

What we need is our country back from the looters, the brazen despoilers, and the maniacs. We need someone to lead the fight -- and realize it's a fight, across the board.

Krugman: "Anyone who thinks that the next president can achieve real change without bitter confrontation is living in a fantasy world."

Full article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/barry-yourgrau/count-me-for-john-edwards_b_79319.html

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Triana

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Thu Jan-03-08 02:50 AM
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1. Absolutely. We need someone willing to take this country back from the ROBBER BARONS....

...ie: the Republicans and corprats who have taken it over to the detriment of the middle class, and poor (who ARE the majority of the country).

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Craftsman

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Thu Jan-03-08 08:38 AM
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7. I am supportin Edwards as well

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Seabiscuit

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Thu Jan-03-08 03:27 AM
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2. People like Krugman know Edwards is the only one who can lead that fight.

Edited on Thu Jan-03-08 03:29 AM by Seabiscuit

He's also the only one who clearly knows that there's a huge fight on the horizon that needs to be fought.

Hillary would join the other side and call it a "victory".

Obama would sweet-talk the enemy about compromise, get trampled and eaten alive, and call it "change" on the way down into the belly of the beast.

Biden or Dodd would be a huge asset to Edwards in the looming war.

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MalloyLiberal

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Thu Jan-03-08 03:30 AM
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3. Yay

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saracat

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Thu Jan-03-08 03:35 AM
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4. Good reasons all. I support Edwards because he is authentic and the Peoples Candidate!

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ShadesOfGrey

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Thu Jan-03-08 08:22 AM
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6. Ditto nt

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Kurovski

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Thu Jan-03-08 04:10 AM
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5. K&R. (nt)

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