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Mike03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 05:00 PM Original message |
Why Do Voters Seem Not to Trust Edwards? |
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maddiejoan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. For me it's the disparity |
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Bicoastal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 05:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Agreed... |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 05:07 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Any idea what kind of smack they were talking with regard to Elizabeth's cancer? n/t |
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Bicoastal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 05:10 PM Original message |
I don't think you'll like it... |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
18. Thanks for the reply. n/t |
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Inspired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
30. Those are remarks of very naive young people. |
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Bicoastal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 05:32 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Nah...4 or 5 kids just a few years younger than I, walking together on the streets of NYC... |
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Inspired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 09:49 PM Response to Reply #35 |
54. Yeah, like all terminally ill people want to go the beach |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 05:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. I know my perspective changed when I got Cancer... |
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Bodhi BloodWave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 05:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. I might disagree with you on the majority of posts i've seen by you |
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slick8790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 08:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
43. I dunno if the average voter is really t hat informed about his time in the senate. |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. Because that's the message M$M is pushing on Edwards. |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 05:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
36. Bingo got it in one. The Corporate Controlled Media refuses to allow Edwards his voice |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
3. Because although his message is timely, I feel like a juror in a lawsuit when he speaks |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 05:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. lol...and if the defendant was deserving of being imprisoned... |
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DangerDave921 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 05:15 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. explain |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 05:16 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Thanks for the explanation. :) n/t |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 05:16 PM Response to Reply #9 |
22. Maybe. What I mean is that his delivery seems to sound to me like |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 05:20 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. LOL ... |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 06:01 PM Response to Reply #26 |
39. Wow. A civilized discussion on DU. Who knew? Have a good one. |
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NastyRiffraff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 08:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
48. You ARE a juror in a lawsuit |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
4. There's another thread here somewhere... |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
5. The "voters" you are referring to must be watching too much of this |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
6. cause he's a pretty, and he's a Lawyer. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
7. #1. His actual record vs. his policy plans/rhetoric. #2. his packaging/framing of message SUCKS |
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whatdoyouthink (295 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
8. I don't think its a trust Issue |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
13. "It must be a lack of trust, " |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 05:24 PM Response to Reply #13 |
29. where do you get that assumption? |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 05:29 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. It's not my assumption, I was quoting the OP, and saying that I didn't assume |
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GreenTea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
14. Because the corporate media constantly trashes Edwards - Don't let the MSM make up your mind for.... |
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skipos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
15. It isn't trust. He focused all of his energy on Iowa, thinking 2008 would be like 2004 |
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wundermaus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
16. It's not so much a question of trust... |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
19. Which one? Edwards of 2008 or Edwards of 2004 or Edwards of 2000? |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
21. Because he is running against his own record. |
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shenmue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
24. I do. I like him a lot. |
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Mike03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
25. Some great responses here, which I appreciate. |
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robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
27. His record. All the "oops". The fact that he didn't say a word about the 2004 theft |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 05:28 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. He didn't say a word about the 2004 theft? |
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robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 07:55 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. "impression he wanted" ain't a word. It's a rumor. 4 silent years followed it. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 07:58 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Nasty. |
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robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 08:08 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Am I wrong? Did I miss a speech? A campaign issue? Anything? |
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whatdoyouthink (295 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
28. Want to ADD |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
31. His record. His timing. His wealth nt |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
34. Personally, I trust him far more than the two "front runners" |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
37. Uh.... first of all, where did you pull that "trust" thing out of? nt |
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childslibrarian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
38. It's the press and the Repubs |
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PresidentObama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
41. Since when do people not trust Edwards? |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
45. Because he's an ambulance chaser, |
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FlyingSquirrel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 08:22 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Slurs, slams, slime |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
46. M$M Blackout of Edwards is a HUGE part of it. (ignore him or slam him) |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
49. Here's where the dissonance exists, (I think) |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
50. I support Obama. I think voters do trust & like Edwards. The media ignored him & it's criminal. |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
51. Got a link? Its not what the data shows |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
52. He Doesn't Get Enough Media Attention.... n/t |
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robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
53. Oh, and while DK is kicked out. let's not forget this one: |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
55. They do. Look at his favorable ratings. They are comparable to Obama's |
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