NOLA Org Endorsement: John Edwards Will 'Kick Republicans In The Balls'

[benny05]

Source: Huffington Post

By Karen Dalton-Beninato


Gulf Coast voters have an Edwards endorsement today from Levees Not War with the unambiguous headline, "Democrats need a tough candidate who won't hesitate to kick the Republicans in the balls." They say:

"It is not often we wish we lived in New Hampshire (nice place to visit), but we sorely wish we could be there on Tuesday to 'vote early and often' for John Edwards . . . It is not only that John Edwards had the good sense and correct priorities to launch his campaign for the presidency from New Orleans (take note, presidential debate site committee). And it's not just Edwards' plan to remove all U.S. troops from Iraq within 10 months--something his competitors haven't offered. We don't favor Edwards only because he alone has spoken consistently as a populist public defender against the 'iron grip' of corporate special interests on Washington. Nor is he our favorite merely because he has the best health care plan (Paul Krugman's praise sounds right to us).


We vote for John Edwards for all of these reasons, but especially because Democrats need a tough, combative lead candidate to whip the Republicans, who are vicious fighters in a presidential campaign--especially when they're desperate. Barack Obama is marvelous and would also be a good president, but we worry he doesn't have the aggressiveness to kick the Republican operatives in the balls, the way they always do to Democrats. In Nov. 2004 it was Edwards the courtroom attorney who wanted to challenge the Ohio vote counts before conceding, but John Kerry decided otherwise.

John Edwards has the optimism, the intelligence, and the gut-fire and bulldog tenacity to get the job done . . . He's also a realist. He knows the status quo won't give an inch without a struggle. About dealing with corporate interests such as the drug and oil and insurance companies, he says, "Some people argue that we're going to sit at a table with these people and they're going to voluntarily give their power away. I think it is a complete fantasy; it will never happen." We often say 'We Want Roosevelt Again.' We know we're not going to get Franklin Delano, but in John Edwards we see just about the closest thing to FDR we've seen in many years."

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/karen-daltonbeninato/nola-org-endorsement-joh_b_80151.html

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You bet! Edwards will kick some elephant butt if he is the nominee.

Vote for the rebuilding of NOLA and the middle class in America!

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[AzDar]

1. Love it! Playing nice with these fools gets us nowhere.

Go, Johnny, GO!!

[benny05]

2. Absolutely

We cannot hope to bring the re-thugs to the table. We have to kick some butts!

[pnorman]

9. "Bipartisanship is another name for date rape,"

Who said that?

pnorman

[martymar64]

19. Dick Armey coined that phrase

n/t

[pnorman]

36. As far as I know, it was Grover Norquist who coined that phrase.

And every web-search 'hit' I've found, confirms it.

But as for "Edwards kicking him in the balls", I'm sure that referred to EYE-balls, which is equally painful. Try BOTH on a friend, and I'm sure he'll agree! :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin:

pnorman

[martymar64]

72. I read "somewhere" that Norquist heard Armey use it

and adopted it as his own.
Of course, I could be wrong . . . :dunce:

[Prophet 451]

30. Norquist, wasn't it?

If Edwards is going to kick Republicans in the balls...

Can I watch?

[TAGGLINES]

18. No Shit...

It's about damn time the Dems took the fucking gloves off...

Those Rip-Off-Publican freaks are in an idealogical war are...Read Al's "The Assualt On Reason"...and the book "Banana Republicans"...the Neo's are engaged in a civil war with this country, and are dumbing down this great land with the demolition of critical thinking, through insipid media fluff.

Hillary is so in bed with those chumps. :puffpiece:

All Bling...No Substance

Fuck 'Em

The Repub's are spinning around like whirling morons...no foothold except for the tired ole Theocracy bit, and the fear it creates...Patriots., my ass. :puke:

C'mon Johnny...kick some ass...it's righteous indignation. Look at what this country has "de-volved" into...

[Cynical Idealist]

41. You Identified Edwards' strengths well!

You said (capitalization is added for emphasis)

"We vote for JOHN EDWARDS for all of these reasons, but especially because DEMOCRATS NEED A TOUGH, COMBATIVE LEAD CANDIDATE TO WHIP THE REPUBLICANS, who are vicious fighters in a presidential campaign.

John Edwards has the OPTIMISM, the INTELLIGENCE, and the GUT-FIRE and BULLDOG TENACITY TO GET THE JOB DONE . . . He's also A REALIST. He knows the status quo won't give an inch without a struggle. About dealing with corporate interests such as the drug and oil and insurance companies, he says, "Some people argue that we're going to sit at a table with these people and they're going to voluntarily give their power away. I think it is a complete fantasy; it will never happen."

We often say 'We Want Roosevelt Again.' We know we're not going to get Franklin Delano, but in John Edwards we see just about the closest thing to FDR we've seen in many years."


May I say,
VERY WELL SAID!

:toast:

[wake.up.america]

56. Hate being not nice at times - but there is no being nice to these guys who are not nice at all.

[pleah]

3. Ya gotta love New Orleans. My neighbors!

[kittenpants]

48. nm

[orion9941]

4. I agree!

Other candidates have been speaking of reaching across the isle and willing to work on compromise. Which I normally would fully agree with. However this country needs a president that will NOT compromise.

Why? Because we cannot compromise when restoring the constitution. Restoring the constitution is an all or nothing task. Personally I think Edwards is our best chance to restore the constitution and this country.

[The Wizard]

35. Reach across the asile

to grab them by the nuts and rotate. Liebermann always talks about reaching across the asile, but who knows what side that Quisling is on.
When I think about Republicans it's more like that old Allman Brothers song, "Whippin' Post." Good lord I'd sure like to beat them.

[lisainmilo]

5. Simply the strongest, smartest, real candidate...No Glitz, pure meat!

All the way to the WH!

[nbcouch]

6. Republicans haven't got any

Balls, that is.

[mile18blister]

7. Kick 'em in the balls.

Beat them to a bloody pulp. As we stand with our foot on their throats, only then will we talk about unity.

That's the kind of talk I want to hear from Dems!!!

(All references to violence are metaphoric, of course).

[kestrel91316]

8. Go, Johnny, go go go!!!!!

I love this man.

[tinrobot]

10. Republicans have balls?

Kick them anyways...

[Wisperingvoice]

11. WhooHoo!! Go Johnny GO!!

Go Kick some Elephant BUTT. http://www.johnedwards.com/nh/

[jgraz]

12. Can we please stop using this sexist advocacy for violence against men?

heh -- made you look :P

[swimmernsecretsea]

15. Ooooo! That was good!

Nicely done!

[mnhtnbb]

13. Well said.

[swimmernsecretsea]

14. May I recommend...

My personal choice of instrument:
Timberland Pro Men's Pitboss 6" Steel Toe Boot!


And for a better selection...
http://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=15358371

[colsohlibgal]

16. JE Is The Man!

NOLA has it figured out correctly, good for them. The way to take down a bully is not to play nice with them, to appease them, ala Reid and Pelosi - and maybe Obama from things he's said.

The Bush crime family and all their wingnut tools and Corporate fat cats need to be taken to the woodshed, and John Edwards will do that.

[NOLALady]

17. Yes!

Now THAT's what I'm talking about! I would love to see an Edwards/Obama team. It would be unbeatable!

[Sivafae]

22. That's what I'm hoping for!!!!! nt

[unapatriciated]

20. Now is not the time for playing nice....

Nice guys finish last and we need to come in first place.

[BreweryYardRat]

26. Nice guys only finish last if they're being stupid sheep.

Edwards manifestly is not. Modern Republicans aren't Goldwater-era Republicans you can have a civilized discourse with, they are greedy, grasping scumbags, most of whom are insane and evil to the fucking bone..

[Bravo Zulu]

21. I'm throwing my support behind John Edwards 100%

The only thing puke criminals understand is total total war and being kicked where it hurts the most!

[surfermaw]

32. After CNN only reported John being in the top three days before Iowa, I am going to watch Fox

I think Fox Fiction has treat Edwards better than CNN. At least they want be any worst, Blitzer and Cafferty are I don't know what to call them...Republicn lovers I think might fit them

[donkeyotay]

23. How many names have the dems been called? Spineless, pink tutu, supine,

wimps, namby-bamby mealy-mouthed serial apologizers... and the plan is to move to the right, embrace the knuckledraggers that have brought the country to its knees while abandoning the left? How's that saying go, the only thing in the middle of the road is dead armadillos? This centrism is a lie. Now they're touting Bloomberg has someone to come in and snatch the middle that everyone seems to think is unrepresented. Screw the center. They voted for Reagan, and got him, twice. They kept Clinton on his Lewinsky leash. They put the kabosh on Gore. We did the 1000 points of light and the compassionate conservatism - America, where has it gotten you?

Barack Obama is marvelous and would also be a good president, but we worry he doesn't have the aggressiveness to kick the Republican operatives in the balls, the way they always do to Democrats.

Dems, don't pull a Charlie Brown here, get kicked in the nuts AGAIN, and apologize for it.

[Plucketeer]

28. The audacity of hope?

How about noting that it's audaciaous to THINK that HOPE would have any influence with the Right??? Either we get a FIGHTER in the Blight House, or we're doomed. Either we get someone in there that sports a clean bill of health (as opposed to being infected with corporate parasites!) or we are AT BEST, compromised!

GO JOHNNY GO!!! Kick some Pachydermal hindquarters! We KNOW you can do it and we know we won't have to HOPE that you will! :kick:

[donkeyotay]

71. Maybe it's pre-emptive surrender. The dems have figured out how to stop saying they're sorry

And pre-emptively surrender to the Republicans instead of having to capitulate bill by bill. Oops, I'm sorry. I apologize...

Don't you love how the CORPORATE media military psy-ops spin machine is convincing the country that the ONLY problem is the bitter divisivness that keeps anything from getting done? Hello, America. A LOT has been accomplished. The problem is that it's all been at your expense. This hope and unity crap is their way of keeping power. If you can convince the dems to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, you can have them pre-emptively surrender even though the might be getting ready to gain control of the WH and congress. Don't you think they could get something done then? Something for the people they supposedly represent?

(not yelling at you, Plucketter. I'm yelling at the dems.)

[MissDeeds]

24. Love it

I have a bumper sticker in my office that sums up bipartisanship perfectly:

"I'll hug your elephant if you kiss my ass." :kick:

[Politicub]

25. Cool endorsement!

That's one thing that I admire about John - he comes across as not pulling any punches.

[stickernation]

54. Hillary can be a fighter too !

I just wanted to thank you for that acknowledgement and send it right back at your candidate too, Hillary has definitely been a great fighter for justice over her career as well and I am happy to hear more and more fight out of her as well.

-s

[Politicub]

62. After the dust settles

from the primary, they would make a fantastic team - no matter which order they appear on the ticket!

[mother earth]

27. K & R! Edwards to win!

[lonestarnot]

29. Roop roop roop for the home team!

My 3 year old's version! GO JOHN!

[Catchawave]

31. Go JE

We have your back :hug:

[judaspriestess]

33. Rock On!!!

:)

[Greylyn58]

34. I love it...Give 'Em Hell Johnny!

Wonderful!!!

[Ellinorianne]

60. Aw, I love

your puppy face. Go John :)

[Nitrogenica]

37. Go John Go!!

[saltpoint]

38. K & R

[ClericJohnPreston]

40. We don't need hollow campaign platitudes...

market tested, like Obama's "we're riding the wave", today.

We need a Trial attorney, who like me, knows the enemy: CORPORATIONS and CORPORATISTS selling out this Country and it's Constitution for profit.

I don't want a candidate who takes corporate money or who wants to sit at a table with Repigs and sing Koombayah.

I want to knock Rethugs and Conservatism back to the STONE AGE. This is what makes our man Edwards dangerous and why he is being marginalized.

Tsk, tsk, no courage of pro-Obamites in this thread....

[saltpoint]

45. 'Evenin, ClericJohn.

Although Edwards would be a great fighter with the punch to knock the Republicans back into the Stone Age, it would be a redundant chore, since most of them inhabit it already.

Witness Tom Coburn of Oklahoma. John Cornyn of Texas. Ted Stevens. Jim Dobson. Etc.

I'm in this gaggle here because I like reading benny05's posts. I've received a genuine welcome from a lot of people in the Edwards group on DU and benny05 was among the first responders.

O -- and I like that nice Mr. Edwards fellow as well.

[customerserviceguy]

47. I think a lot of people who think Obama's going to win this thing

are letting the Edwards folks have their last night of viability. If the Rasmussen poll is anywhere near correct, the finish will be Obama, Clinton, and Edwards, in that order, separated by about ten points apiece. John Edwards might try to hold on till South Carolina, but he and Hillary will split the never-will-vote-for-a-black-man Democratic vote there.

Enjoy yourselves for another twenty hours or so.

[LibDemAlways]

52. I posted something about Obama being

the "Kumbaya" candidate the other day and was told my comment was "beneath contempt." I'm glad to see someone else say it. His naive meme that he can reach out to and work with repukes is laughable.They are about as interested in bipartisanship as they are in universal single-payer health care - in other words, not at all.

We need a candidate who will stand up to these thugs. We need Edwards.

[BrklynLiberal]

39. YES!!!!!!

[colorado_ufo]

42. NOLA has been through hell itself

and it's not going to start pulling punches now!

[waiting for hope]

43. I just knew my former home

would pull through! I love NOLA, cajun food and my husband (a certified "Bobby" Bouche) - what a wonderful endorsement.

[MilesColtrane]

44. John Edwards: The Bruce Lee of the Democratic Party

[jeanruss]

46. Obama does not equal change

at waynemadsen report.com, he is reporting that Obama has 2 neocon advisors on his foreign policy staff-Obama keeps voting for more troop funding and the Peru Free Trade Deal which continues Nafta-He takes lobbyist money...what is the fuss all about? Just because he is black, we're supposed to overlook his actions-America did this before and we got George Bush.

[MontanaMaven]

67. And add to this his support for new nuclear power plants

and over $200,000 from the nuclear energy executives at Exelon Corporation and you've got new boss, same as the old boss.

[Infinite Hope]

49. I think there's something quietly going on through the country. Edwards is increasingly catching on.

[ursi]

50. John Edwards is a fighter

too bad he got stuck in second place and then second fiddle to John Kerry the last time. Is America ready for someone to fight for them instead of against them, their wallets, their jobs, their privacy, their health, their lives?

[Skittles]

51. that Iraq war is costing a lot of money, things that could have been spent elsewhere

too bad Edwards co-sponsored IWR

[stickernation]

55. so let him hit ctrl-Z for us

obama doesn't even UNDERSTAND the mess we're in - neocons giving him foreign policy advice ?! unattributed jibe from above but if true, GAK. and i have seen his willingness to missile Iran. obama is naive with foreign policy and WILL get manipulated by his masters if elected... yikes.

[Skittles]

57. Obama ain't no prize either

I am thoroughly disgusted with ALL the so-called "front-runners" - surely this is not the best America has to offer :(

[Spiffarino]

53. This is the best endorsement yet

Finally, somebody lays it out straight! Tenacity and fearlessness are exactly what I like about Edwards and it's what we want to see in Democrats.


No more triangulating.

No more worrying about the media tools.

No excuses.

No apologies.

Just a solid punch in the nads.

[MrSlayer]

58. That's the way to do it.

Nothing worse than getting kicked in the balls.

[greyghost]

59. Way to go Johnny, way to go! eom

[Ellinorianne]

61. I'm sincerely at a loss

when I hear Obama talk about reaching across the isle. So far the only reaching we've had is the hand pushing back any hope of legislation getting through. And then you have the added bonus of Bush and his veto.

But really, are Republicans going to admit they were wrong and roll over?

[AlertLurker]

63. What a friggin' joke!

If past performance is any indication, Edwards will be licking, rather than kicking.

I wonder how the Katrina victims in NOLA foreclosed on by the sub-prime lenders that Edwards invested half his net worth in feel about him, these days?

I'm absolutely sure that they haven't been asked and I'm positive that Edwards couldn't care less.

The number of Democrats taken in by Edwards' newly-found faux-Progressive Poplism scares the crap out of me.

[redqueen]

64. By "newly-found" you mean what... five or six years ago?

Eh, whatever... I'm not exactly crappin my pants over it.

Which candidate do you prefer, then?

[AlertLurker]

69. Sure - 5 or 6 or even 7 years ago:

You remember, when Johnny-Come-Lately voted for the Bankruptcy Reform Bill, Homeland Security Act, Patriot Act, China Trade, Use of Military Force, etc...

I wouldn't mind Edwards so much if he wasn't such an awful LIAR regarding the hedge fund/sup-prime lenders fiasco. How anyone can believe that he sank $16 million (fully half his net worth at the time) into a hedge fund management group he was working for for over a year (for $459,000+$150,000 in donations) without knowing that the fund specialized in leveraging sub-prime lenders leaves me absolutely flabbergasted. I certainly and devoutly hope that not ALL progressives will be so easily flim-flammed.

I do not know if I can support any of the top 3, given their respective voting histories. None of them have anything to be proud about, there. There is just not much of a difference between the three, in my opinion.

I think it will come down to a choice between Edwards and Clinton, however, in the end.

Either an empty bag of promises or a bag of empty promises.



Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose, bien sur!

[redqueen]

70. I don't think anyone's being "flim flammed".

People are making their own judgments. There are no saints in politics, and definitely no perfect people.

[MontanaMaven]

65. Knock 'em on the lip and kick 'em in the balls

We want Levees and not more stalls.

[Hepburn]

66. OMG.........

.......John Edwards is sooooooooooo for-real. Check out the jeans! I love it.

[benny05]

68. Great Responses

Far more than I expected. Glad y'all feel the same as I do. I want someone to stand up and fight for us against the corporate machinery.