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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 06:11 PM Original message |
Can someone explain to me concretely and without rancor the love for John Edwards? |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. Not corporate lawyer |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 06:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. He defended a bank and corporation in his early legal career. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 06:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Good enough for me. |
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greguganus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
2. Mr. Hedge Fund could pay off Hillary's debts if he was VP. n/t |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
3. To me the biggest problem our freedom faces is corporatism. Mussolini called it fascism. |
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InvisibleTouch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
4. Regarding the "successful corporate lawyer" part... |
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BeatleBoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
5. Liberal without the "Star Trek Appeal" |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 06:20 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. I would need to read the specifics on all of his legal cases, granted. |
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LibraLiz1973 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
6. Read "Four Trials" |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 06:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. He's also VERY pro-union, and not by words only. |
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TeamsterDem (819 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 06:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
34. He's a professional role model of mine for that reason |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
7. I have never understood it |
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goodhue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
9. Populist Anti-Corporatist |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 06:24 PM Original message |
But he's not. |
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goodhue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
30. Oh well, I agree his Senate record was way too pro-corporate power |
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OhioBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
10. His populist message and his family's courage |
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etherealtruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
12. Edwards speaks to the issues that I hold dear |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 06:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. I edited my OP. As such, he speaks to these issues certainly. |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 06:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. And he was a consultant for a hedge fund group. |
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crankychatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
16. as a heterosexual male... I have to say.... I've never felt this way about man before |
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Malikshah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
17. He put the corporations on notice. Wish we'd take a page from the Netherlands |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
18. Because he's a little cutie-pie. |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 06:28 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Yes, he speaks passionately. See, this is the problem some people had with Obama. |
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tnlefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
20. I supported Dean in '04. Kucinich was my #1 choice this go around, |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 06:30 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. See, I don't detest him at all. I guess I'm just trying to understand his great appeal. |
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tnlefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 09:44 PM Response to Reply #22 |
37. How many politicians admit a royal fuck up and then go about |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 06:32 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. I think AG would be great, too. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
23. Because he behaves, shows class, and gets along with others. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
24. Well, I don't love him, |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 06:36 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. I sort of agree with some of this... my problem is... |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 06:48 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. I questioned it, too. |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
26. He is my least favorite politician in the Democratic Party. |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 06:36 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. What is it about him that you dislike? I guess I'm trying to get both sides here. lol |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 06:43 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I just can't view him as anything else but a shameless phony. |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
31. i agree with some points you made... i think he's an okay guy. AG Edwards would sound pretty good! |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
33. He blew them AWAY in the debates after Biden left - he was the only on point |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
35. I believe him and I believe IN him. I believe his cause and his message |
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WA98070 (782 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
36. He's slapped down corporations. His votes were political-which bothers me. Kucinich was the only... |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
38. Edwards began humbly and reached high, never losing his heart in the |
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