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SammyWinstonJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-27-09 06:28 AM
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220. They'd have to stand in line behind many Dems and all of Corporate America.
The Repubs would rip him to shreds.


Just read the comments in this thread:

the hedge fund guy

phony populist

etc etc etc
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  -John Edwards was RIGHT... Blackhatjack  Jul-25-09 09:03 PM   #0 
  - You're completely right, of course.....  bobbolink   Jul-25-09 09:05 PM   #1 
  - Hey There... I Think I Know Who You're Talking About... Other Edwards Supporters  ChiciB1   Jul-25-09 09:21 PM   #16 
  - The sticker's still on my car  PurityOfEssence   Jul-25-09 10:47 PM   #33 
  - Still Got John Edwards On My Car Too! Edwards... " You Must Defeat Them!"  DaLittle Kitty   Jul-25-09 11:44 PM   #38 
  - All the Democrats were for universal health care - the differences were quite small compared  karynnj   Jul-25-09 11:52 PM   #40 
  - Edwards Had The Best Plan By Far in '08, That's Why HE Was Trashed!  DaLittle Kitty   Jul-26-09 11:26 AM   #98 
  - My Stickers Were Magnetic One... Still Have His Shirts & The Magnetic Stickers  ChiciB1   Jul-26-09 11:36 AM   #102 
  - My sticker is staying - as well as my avator  waiting for hope   Jul-26-09 12:22 PM   #119 
     - Second choice here  RufusTFirefly   Jul-26-09 02:00 PM   #140 
     - HI To YOU Too!!! I Changed My Avatar Because I Wanted More  ChiciB1   Jul-26-09 05:28 PM   #171 
        - Hey ChiciB1!  waiting for hope   Jul-26-09 08:34 PM   #199 
           - That Would Be Fantastic! I Will Gladly Use It. I See You're Still Here...  ChiciB1   Jul-27-09 09:01 AM   #226 
  - Another one checking in  Horse with no Name   Jul-26-09 08:49 AM   #57 
  - +1  nashville_brook   Jul-26-09 10:06 AM   #70 
  - DU is a juicy target for dark minded Trolls who live on Misinfo, Fear & Anger!!  HOLOS   Jul-26-09 03:38 PM   #156 
  - only working toward 10,000?  UpInArms   Jul-26-09 04:48 PM   #164 
  - I'm still here and I've got your back re John Edwards. I still have my  99 Percent Sure   Jul-26-09 05:26 PM   #169 
  - I supported Edwards from the beginning.  falcon97   Jul-26-09 07:12 PM   #196 
  - Another Edwards supporter checking in.  SammyWinstonJack   Jul-27-09 05:49 AM   #213 
  - I often wonder why the same people who were quick to  vssmith   Jul-26-09 09:04 AM   #62 
  - Curious, isn't it. nt  RaleighNCDUer   Jul-26-09 02:19 PM   #146 
  - I was an Edwards supporter and I am more disappointed than angry  question everything   Jul-26-09 02:34 PM   #149 
  - cannot bring themselves to do the same for Edwards.  AlbertCat   Jul-26-09 03:56 PM   #158 
  - Not Only They "Unwilling" Forgive Edwards... They Lambaste Him Every  ChiciB1   Jul-26-09 05:35 PM   #173 
  - I don't think the comparison is fair.  Laurab   Jul-26-09 06:25 PM   #190 
     - Gennifer Flowers?  Hawkowl   Jul-27-09 02:19 AM   #208 
        - Still a big difference.  Laurab   Jul-27-09 08:57 AM   #225 
  - And, you're completely right, but I wish you were wrong.  Atticus   Jul-27-09 11:29 PM   #242 
  - And that is why I supported him and wish he had a role someplace.  rurallib   Jul-25-09 09:06 PM   #2 
  - John was right about most things.  LostInAnomie   Jul-25-09 09:06 PM   #3 
  - Well, maybe because he had all new different positions in 2008  karynnj   Jul-25-09 09:11 PM   #10 
     - Obama certainly never changed views. Oh, that's right, he did. Never mind. nt  Captain Hilts   Jul-25-09 09:13 PM   #12 
     - Over Obama's entire career he made FAR fewer changes than Edwards  karynnj   Jul-25-09 09:18 PM   #15 
     - John never backed down on the IMPORTANT things like healthcare  Donnachaidh   Jul-26-09 08:37 AM   #53 
     - Really?!?!  Kalyke   Jul-26-09 11:12 AM   #91 
     - He never was in office after he changed to the more liberal position  karynnj   Jul-26-09 11:18 AM   #94 
        - Edwards Was For A "Pathway" to Single Payer... E.G. The Public Option and Health Care Markets...  DaLittle Kitty   Jul-26-09 11:54 AM   #110 
        - Many Democratic plans had possible long term pathways to single payer  karynnj   Jul-26-09 12:05 PM   #114 
           - Nothing Dishonest About Using OpenSecrets... That's All From FEC REports!  DaLittle Kitty   Jul-26-09 09:34 PM   #203 
        - Edwards ran on having a Medicare-type option.  JDPriestly   Jul-26-09 12:37 PM   #122 
           - And in messing up, he has guarateed BIG Democratic losses next election.  bobbolink   Jul-26-09 12:54 PM   #129 
           - Smoking after saying you were stopping is NOT equivalent to having a sleazy long term affair  karynnj   Jul-26-09 05:34 PM   #172 
     - I Like You... I Generally Like Your Posts... But I Personally Think YOU ARE  ChiciB1   Jul-26-09 05:40 PM   #174 
        - This Reply Was For karrynnj... It Doesn't Look Like It... Just Thought I Would Clear It Up... n/t  ChiciB1   Jul-27-09 09:05 AM   #227 
     - Edwards learned. The Democrats in power now never learned.  JDPriestly   Jul-26-09 12:29 PM   #120 
     - +1  XemaSab   Jul-25-09 09:23 PM   #18 
     - Phoney populist  Oregone   Jul-26-09 01:14 AM   #48 
     - Do you have something against  Madam Mossfern   Jul-26-09 08:15 AM   #51 
     - Yes I do  Oregone   Jul-26-09 10:28 AM   #76 
        - You must really hate FDR then. (n/t)  4lbs   Jul-26-09 12:37 PM   #123 
        - +1  SammyWinstonJack   Jul-27-09 05:55 AM   #214 
        - You're aware that BROAD BRUSH condemnations are against the rules here, right?  bobbolink   Jul-26-09 01:00 PM   #131 
        - My partner and I used to be comfortably middle class, but we are now both  jhrobbins   Jul-26-09 03:12 PM   #152 
     - yeah, and the appointment of Geithner and Summers shows what  Donnachaidh   Jul-26-09 08:39 AM   #54 
     - As if that was ever my argument  Oregone   Jul-26-09 10:30 AM   #77 
        - a little LESS?  Donnachaidh   Jul-26-09 10:44 AM   #79 
           - Oh, aren't you just a hater  Oregone   Jul-26-09 10:50 AM   #82 
           - That's WOULD HAVE, not WOULD OF  bobbolink   Jul-26-09 01:08 PM   #134 
              - People are always making that mistake-makes me crazy too.  jhrobbins   Jul-26-09 03:58 PM   #159 
                 - I only pointed it out because of the superior attitude of the poster....  bobbolink   Jul-26-09 04:08 PM   #160 
           - Dare I Say How Many "Goldman Sachs" People Who Have Been Picked  ChiciB1   Jul-26-09 11:47 AM   #107 
              - Another Edwards supporter here  MissDeeds   Jul-26-09 02:58 PM   #150 
                 - I Remember YOU!! It Seems So Long Ago, Yet It Wasn't! We Had Some Of The  ChiciB1   Jul-26-09 05:25 PM   #168 
                    - Hey ChiciB1  MissDeeds   Jul-26-09 06:56 PM   #193 
                    - Good Luck To You With Your Mother Too! It's A Very Sad Thing To  ChiciB1   Jul-27-09 08:50 AM   #224 
                       - Bless your heart  MissDeeds   Jul-27-09 01:01 PM   #233 
                    - Another Edwards believer here.  Plucketeer   Jul-26-09 06:57 PM   #194 
     - Edwards' dad worked in a textile mill. Edwards was a self-made man  JDPriestly   Jul-26-09 12:41 PM   #125 
        - +1 n/t  MissDeeds   Jul-26-09 03:01 PM   #151 
        - What does n/t mean?  JDPriestly   Jul-27-09 03:21 AM   #211 
           - It means 'no text'  MissDeeds   Jul-27-09 07:58 AM   #223 
              - Thanks.  JDPriestly   Jul-27-09 12:31 PM   #232 
        - Obama is a very gifted author  karynnj   Jul-26-09 05:46 PM   #176 
        - The contrast is clear.  SammyWinstonJack   Jul-27-09 06:00 AM   #215 
     - -10. n/t  Horse with no Name   Jul-26-09 08:51 AM   #58 
     - and apparently- he was trying most of them out with rielle hunter...  dysfunctional press   Jul-26-09 09:41 AM   #67 
     - Oh damn. Now you did it!  Oregone   Jul-26-09 10:31 AM   #78 
        - someone had to say it- especially with a set-up like that...  dysfunctional press   Jul-26-09 10:52 AM   #83 
     - Carter changed positions. Clinton changed positions. Obama changed positions.  onehandle   Jul-26-09 02:27 PM   #148 
  - He was right about lots of stuff  sandyd921   Jul-25-09 09:06 PM   #4 
  - If only he didn't let  Cha   Jul-26-09 02:23 PM   #147 
     - -1 nt  SammyWinstonJack   Jul-27-09 06:01 AM   #216 
  - Democrats have agreed to MANDATE private health insurance as "the only way to achieve universal HC"  Leopolds Ghost   Jul-25-09 09:08 PM   #5 
  - In other words: FUCK THIS SHIT.  Leopolds Ghost   Jul-25-09 09:10 PM   #9 
  - If the insurance co. write this mandate, then we have no reform.  midnight   Jul-25-09 09:23 PM   #19 
  - EDWARDS was also for this very same mandate  karynnj   Jul-25-09 09:15 PM   #13 
  - Costs aren't going to come down as long as the private insurers are involved  dflprincess   Jul-25-09 09:25 PM   #21 
  - link?  Donnachaidh   Jul-26-09 08:41 AM   #55 
     - You've got to be kidding.  denem   Jul-26-09 11:09 AM   #89 
     - True and he said that that could not be done without mandates  karynnj   Jul-26-09 11:25 AM   #97 
     - Will this help?  namahage   Jul-26-09 03:20 PM   #155 
  - I think you need to read up on Obama's plan  Nederland   Jul-25-09 11:07 PM   #36 
  - In the primaries, this was Edwards' and Clinton's positions  karynnj   Jul-25-09 11:55 PM   #41 
     - link? Again with the broadbrushing.  Donnachaidh   Jul-26-09 08:42 AM   #56 
        - links?  Aragorn   Jul-26-09 11:03 AM   #86 
        - Thanks - I just gave her a link - from JRE's own site  karynnj   Jul-26-09 11:37 AM   #103 
        - Here you go  karynnj   Jul-26-09 11:30 AM   #99 
        - Here you go  karynnj   Jul-26-09 11:30 AM   #100 
  - The MANDATE, including Private Insurers was THE EDWARDS POLICY.  denem   Jul-26-09 10:59 AM   #85 
  - Yep - here it is from his web site  karynnj   Jul-26-09 11:38 AM   #104 
     - Only by a miracle will we end up with the Edwards plan.  JDPriestly   Jul-26-09 12:47 PM   #126 
        - Edwards also said that if Congress refused to pass an adequate bill by July,  bobbolink   Jul-26-09 01:03 PM   #132 
        - One problem - the President does not have the power to do that  karynnj   Jul-26-09 05:50 PM   #179 
        - Obama is not "negotiating" with the insurance companies  karynnj   Jul-26-09 05:04 PM   #167 
        - You're right.  cornermouse   Jul-26-09 05:47 PM   #177 
        - Most fighting, we won't see  karynnj   Jul-26-09 05:53 PM   #180 
           - There is nothing to fight about.  cornermouse   Jul-26-09 06:09 PM   #183 
              - No - he does not own that place - and he and Michelle are not poor  karynnj   Jul-26-09 06:15 PM   #184 
                 - Maybe you missed it.  cornermouse   Jul-26-09 06:20 PM   #185 
                 - long term care? I know someone who has long talked of long term care  karynnj   Jul-26-09 06:51 PM   #191 
                    - I liked, probably still do like, Teresa Heinz Kerry.  cornermouse   Jul-26-09 07:08 PM   #195 
                       - Why contrast her to them? They are not doing the same thing.  karynnj   Jul-26-09 09:27 PM   #202 
                          - You're the one who went off on the tangent, not me.  cornermouse   Jul-26-09 09:36 PM   #204 
                             - Teresa's father was a doctor and Teresa spent  karynnj   Jul-26-09 10:31 PM   #205 
                                - Let's try a direct comparison.  cornermouse   Jul-27-09 05:44 AM   #212 
                                   - try reading - I said I never compared her to those women -  karynnj   Jul-27-09 06:05 AM   #217 
                 - continuation of the conversation.  cornermouse   Jul-26-09 06:24 PM   #189 
        - Edwards would do as many presidents have done: present a bill to  JDPriestly   Jul-27-09 03:18 AM   #210 
        - Of course the WH/Obama are negoiating with the insurance companies.  foginthemorn   Jul-27-09 06:27 AM   #219 
        - You got that right!  sandyd921   Jul-26-09 05:28 PM   #170 
  - I'm ashamed to belong to a party that will pull this kind of shit on citizens!  bobbolink   Jul-26-09 03:20 PM   #154 
  - Yep  Orwellian_Ghost   Jul-25-09 09:08 PM   #6 
  - Some of us are up to it. The rest of the population isn't hurting enough yet.  bobbolink   Jul-25-09 09:10 PM   #8 
  - Yes, that's very important.  Naturyl   Jul-25-09 09:21 PM   #17 
  - I've Been Saying "Revolution" For Years Now... Or Mass Uprising If You Will...  ChiciB1   Jul-25-09 09:25 PM   #22 
     - You've expressed my thoughts very well.  bobbolink   Jul-25-09 09:43 PM   #27 
  - Did John Edwards have the required 50 votes?  karynnj   Jul-25-09 09:09 PM   #7 
  - Had Edwards been elected, the story you hear in the press would have  JDPriestly   Jul-26-09 12:50 PM   #127 
  - You're so right. nt  valerief   Jul-25-09 09:12 PM   #11 
  - Would Edwards have actually kept his word, though?  Naturyl   Jul-25-09 09:16 PM   #14 
  - Is this over, or are we all speculating that it is,  FrenchieCat   Jul-25-09 09:24 PM   #20 
     - It never started  Orwellian_Ghost   Jul-25-09 10:28 PM   #30 
  - Whomever expected for the healthcare industry to totally go away  FrenchieCat   Jul-25-09 09:27 PM   #23 
  - I don't know who you're quoting, because Edwards certainly expected a FIGHT, and said so.  bobbolink   Jul-25-09 09:35 PM   #24 
  - Oh I remember Edwards alright......He was the Hedge Fund guy  FrenchieCat   Jul-25-09 09:38 PM   #25 
     - And we all remember you.  bobbolink   Jul-25-09 09:42 PM   #26 
     - I know that some folks will never forgive me for highlighting that other part of Edwards....  FrenchieCat   Jul-25-09 09:48 PM   #28 
     - There are many dems with skills, use their talents.  rwheeler31   Jul-25-09 10:41 PM   #32 
     - That's true.  FrenchieCat   Jul-25-09 11:00 PM   #35 
     - Deleted message  Name removed   Jul-26-09 09:36 AM   #64 
     - Anyone who still supports Edwards is a shill.  Kalyke   Jul-26-09 11:21 AM   #95 
     - I too remember her posts  karynnj   Jul-26-09 11:51 AM   #108 
     - thank you for saying what needed to be said.  bobbolink   Jul-26-09 12:58 PM   #130 
     - My off-the-wall theory about that...  MonteLukast   Jul-26-09 09:42 AM   #68 
        - Your theory is interesting, but definitely off the wall.  GreenEyedLefty   Jul-26-09 10:14 AM   #74 
     - Yes, Frenchie Cat is very passionate  Cha   Jul-27-09 08:40 PM   #238 
     - Yep That's What Dennis Kept Saying @ Every Opportunity. So What Was Dennis Running For?  DaLittle Kitty   Jul-25-09 11:52 PM   #39 
     - The primaries are back.....  FrenchieCat   Jul-25-09 11:58 PM   #42 
     - maybe you'll get a better rate per post next time. n/t  Donnachaidh   Jul-26-09 09:37 AM   #65 
     - This is a prime example of why we need to unrec INDIVIDUAL posts.  bobbolink   Jul-26-09 01:06 PM   #133 
     - We are on a timetable to leave in Iraq - and have recently left all the cities  karynnj   Jul-26-09 12:12 AM   #46 
        - What about Afghanistan?  Horse with no Name   Jul-26-09 08:55 AM   #60 
           - Afghanistan/Pakistan is where there still is a "lawless" area where  karynnj   Jul-26-09 11:11 AM   #90 
     - yeah, and the professional blogger army posted that little talking point everywhere.  Donnachaidh   Jul-26-09 09:34 AM   #63 
     - There were many many Edwards people posting constantly  karynnj   Jul-26-09 05:58 PM   #181 
     - And the only guy who knew that the economy was about to collapse  JDPriestly   Jul-26-09 12:52 PM   #128 
     - Sorry, he did not warn about the impending collapse before anyone else  karynnj   Jul-26-09 06:07 PM   #182 
        - Yes, lots of economists were warning. Edwards was the first  JDPriestly   Jul-27-09 03:09 AM   #209 
     - But Not Just ANY Hedge Fund...  MannyGoldstein   Jul-26-09 04:47 PM   #163 
  - "Industry" = disengenuous lumping together of parasites and actual providers.  eridani   Jul-26-09 12:02 PM   #113 
  - Yup that is why they had to mess him up.  rwheeler31   Jul-25-09 09:53 PM   #29 
  - He did that himself, when  karynnj   Jul-26-09 12:03 AM   #43 
  - Why do you think they had to destroy him?  liberal N proud   Jul-25-09 10:41 PM   #31 
  - He may have destroyed himself with his careless actions  Jennicut   Jul-25-09 10:49 PM   #34 
     - Oh, I See... No Other Democrats Have Had Any Such "Careless Actions!"  ChiciB1   Jul-26-09 05:44 PM   #175 
  - Edwards was right, but the problem is that he is a DU whipping boy.  earth mom   Jul-25-09 11:42 PM   #37 
  - Not exactly  karynnj   Jul-26-09 12:07 AM   #44 
  - Give it up. The 2008 elections are OVER. It's the MESSAGE that matters. nt  earth mom   Jul-26-09 12:12 AM   #45 
     - I'm glad you realize that the election is over. It certainly did not seem so in your post  karynnj   Jul-26-09 12:23 AM   #47 
     - THIRD request for a LINK to back up your rhetoric.  Donnachaidh   Jul-26-09 09:39 AM   #66 
        - What specifically are you questioning.?  karynnj   Jul-26-09 11:07 AM   #87 
           - I Was Sent An Email Recently Asking That I Sign Onto A Letter To "Certain"  ChiciB1   Jul-27-09 09:23 AM   #228 
              - Did you forget that John Kerry was the Nominee of the party  karynnj   Jul-27-09 08:57 PM   #240 
              - wow, this is just fucking bizarre, Kerry was a Presidential Candidate  JI7   Jul-28-09 01:23 AM   #244 
     - And just what was that "message" that matters?  bobbolink   Jul-26-09 01:18 PM   #137 
  - The centrists have their agenda  Horse with no Name   Jul-26-09 08:57 AM   #61 
  - Point is we HAVE TO TAKE IT FROM THEM!  jimlup   Jul-26-09 07:38 AM   #49 
  - Of course he was. nt  onehandle   Jul-26-09 08:09 AM   #50 
  - No wonder disrupter(s) disliked him so much.  Kingofalldems   Jul-26-09 08:32 AM   #52 
  - +1111111111111111111111  nashville_brook   Jul-26-09 10:09 AM   #71 
  - They were way in the minority. They were just the loudest.  onehandle   Jul-26-09 06:24 PM   #188 
     - nt  onehandle   Jul-27-09 02:27 PM   #235 
  - Sanders was right. And he cares. A lot of people were right.  Mass   Jul-26-09 08:52 AM   #59 
  - Why does one affair ruin John Edwards but multiple Republicans can have affairs with  kpominville   Jul-26-09 09:52 AM   #69 
  - Maybe because the Republicans in question don't threaten the Corporate State.  Jackpine Radical   Jul-26-09 10:13 AM   #73 
  - BINGO!  QC   Jul-26-09 10:48 AM   #81 
     - BINGO! BINGO! BINGO!!!! n/t  ChiciB1   Jul-26-09 05:47 PM   #178 
  - That is an excellent question, Kpominville.  Kajsa   Jul-26-09 10:19 AM   #75 
  - Hey, I Keep Seeing E. Spitzer On "The Meeting" Show With Dylan Somebody...  ChiciB1   Jul-27-09 09:29 AM   #229 
  - Because he denied it and lied about  Cha   Jul-27-09 08:43 PM   #239 
  - I couldn't agree with you more! I overheard a nurse talking in a cafe last week  enzymatic   Jul-26-09 10:10 AM   #72 
  - "people cheat insurance companies!"  dysfunctional press   Jul-26-09 10:57 AM   #84 
  - HR-676  CLANG   Jul-26-09 10:46 AM   #80 
  - Sorry, but it's lost a lot. Down to 83 at last count.  bobbolink   Jul-26-09 01:17 PM   #136 
  - Sorry, but Edwards was an opportunist.  Kalyke   Jul-26-09 11:08 AM   #88 
  - Perhaps because he was the only candidate..  JackDragna   Jul-26-09 11:14 AM   #92 
     - Wes Clark and Howard Dean in 2004 and Dennis Kucinich in 2008.  Kalyke   Jul-26-09 11:22 AM   #96 
        - You should add John Kerry in 2004 as well  karynnj   Jul-26-09 12:11 PM   #115 
  - We're going to need bipartisanship to get something decent passed.  MilesColtrane   Jul-26-09 11:15 AM   #93 
  - If what Obama was pushing was a meaningful change,  cornermouse   Jul-26-09 11:31 AM   #101 
  - Obama has already proven...  sendero   Jul-26-09 11:42 AM   #105 
  - We really needed Edwards to be fighting for us in some capacity or position. What a shame we  felinetta   Jul-26-09 11:43 AM   #106 
  - But A Lot Of Democrats... Many Here At DU Would Rip Him Even Worse!!!  ChiciB1   Jul-26-09 12:01 PM   #112 
  - I'm not sure he would have been anything but a distraction  karynnj   Jul-26-09 12:21 PM   #118 
  - They'd have to stand in line behind many Dems and all of Corporate America.  SammyWinstonJack   Jul-27-09 06:28 AM   #220 
  - John Edwards was attacked by the press starting 01/08 because he would have delivered health reform.  McCamy Taylor   Jul-26-09 11:52 AM   #109 
  - Worse than that. While they distract us w/ insurance "reform" they are laying plans to gut Medicare  clear eye   Jul-26-09 12:00 PM   #111 
  - Yes. It is naive to think that you can negotiate with huge corporations  JDPriestly   Jul-26-09 12:18 PM   #116 
  - I'm watching the Liar's Club who met on Thursday (Republican Senate  Cleita   Jul-26-09 12:20 PM   #117 
  - +1 zillion ...  waiting for hope   Jul-26-09 12:30 PM   #121 
  - That's why I voted for him.  robinlynne   Jul-26-09 12:40 PM   #124 
  - John Edwards is RICH ...  GeorgeGist   Jul-26-09 01:13 PM   #135 
  - Well, gee.... send him to hell for that.  bobbolink   Jul-26-09 01:21 PM   #139 
  - LOL! Is it any wonder that John Edwards was the overwhelming favorite at DU.  onehandle   Jul-26-09 02:04 PM   #142 
  - nt  onehandle   Jul-27-09 06:09 AM   #218 
  - And we all know rich guys NEVER make good presidents  RufusTFirefly   Jul-26-09 02:05 PM   #144 
  - Insurance companies have big $$. Into the pockets of members of Congress. Both parties.  Clear Blue Sky   Jul-26-09 01:21 PM   #138 
  - The members of Congress have great heath care...  spin   Jul-26-09 02:03 PM   #141 
     - That would be a great thing to change, but how?  Clear Blue Sky   Jul-26-09 04:22 PM   #161 
        - That's a hell of a good idea...  spin   Jul-26-09 04:55 PM   #166 
  - as long as we keep smacking each other in the nutz  onethatcares   Jul-26-09 02:05 PM   #143 
  - K&R Edwards supporter here.  pleah   Jul-26-09 02:06 PM   #145 
  - We'll never get anything that  shimmergal   Jul-28-09 12:42 AM   #243 
  - Hear, hear.  Laelth   Jul-26-09 03:18 PM   #153 
  - Remember the counter for the cost of war? If there is going to be a delay in taking back  peacetalksforall   Jul-26-09 03:54 PM   #157 
  - I was an Edwards supporter in the primaries, but I'm willing to give the President  mzmolly   Jul-26-09 04:35 PM   #162 
  - Agreed. nt  onehandle   Jul-26-09 06:21 PM   #187 
  - johny hedgefund was and is a duplicitous fuck who made money off the backs of  cali   Jul-26-09 04:51 PM   #165 
  - Way to miss the point.  onehandle   Jul-26-09 06:20 PM   #186 
  - Those who can't separate their personal animosity for Edwards from their fair evaluation of the OP..  Blackhatjack   Jul-26-09 06:56 PM   #192 
     - Nor would she admit that  waiting for hope   Jul-26-09 08:31 PM   #198 
  - Yes, yes, yes.....unfortunaletly Edwards is absolutely correct = I certainly supported Edwards ...-  LaPera   Jul-26-09 07:39 PM   #197 
  - He was right. Some of us were sure about that before the primaries. n/t  balantz   Jul-26-09 08:52 PM   #200 
  - Yes we were.  SammyWinstonJack   Jul-27-09 06:35 AM   #221 
  - If we want MEDICARE FOR ALL e-mails and telephones aren't going to do it --!!!  defendandprotect   Jul-26-09 08:53 PM   #201 
  - Kucinich, not Edwards had a medicare for all plan  karynnj   Jul-26-09 10:45 PM   #206 
     - My point was independent of either Kucinich or Edwards --  defendandprotect   Jul-27-09 01:13 PM   #234 
  - READ THIS NYT summary of the likely bill  karynnj   Jul-26-09 11:59 PM   #207 
  - Seat at the table: they eat ALL the food. nt  wroberts189   Jul-27-09 06:37 AM   #222 
  - I'm a little behind the times  hyphenate   Jul-27-09 10:33 AM   #230 
     - There is a small minority that attack upon the mentioning of John Edward's name.  onehandle   Jul-27-09 12:04 PM   #231 
        - Very true  hyphenate   Jul-27-09 08:13 PM   #236 
           - Hey hyphenate!  waiting for hope   Jul-27-09 08:32 PM   #237 
              - Hey yourself!  hyphenate   Jul-27-09 10:19 PM   #241 
 

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