Members Roman Posted May 14, 2008 Members Share Posted May 14, 2008 Thank. You. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wales2004 Posted May 14, 2008 Members Share Posted May 14, 2008 I'm waiting to see it on tv. All I can hear right now is blah blah blah from the media and Stevie Wonder's hits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Roman Posted May 14, 2008 Members Share Posted May 14, 2008 Let me know when it happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EricaKane70 Posted May 14, 2008 Members Share Posted May 14, 2008 Actually what he said is that he and his wife couldn't decide who they wanted to back obama or hillary. But I don't buy that they went with the person that will most likely win the nom so they could have a shot at vp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DevotedToAMC Posted May 14, 2008 Members Share Posted May 14, 2008 Well I am glad she cleared that up. She really did not mean anything to sound racial or not...thanks for posting Wales! I think Obama also offended people over the bitter comments but hey they are human and make mistakes. Time to move on I saw that part of an interview they did but he did say, at the end, that they would not spend any money on an endorsement. Either way, it is great he is making that endorsement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Roman Posted May 14, 2008 Members Share Posted May 14, 2008 Thanks for this, Erica. I do remember him saying that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Roman Posted May 14, 2008 Members Share Posted May 14, 2008 From MSNBC: GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Democrat John Edwards endorsed former rival Barack Obama on Wednesday, fresh signs of the party establishment embracing the likely nominee even as Hillary Rodham Clinton refuses to give up her long-shot candidacy. Edwards appeared with Obama in Grand Rapids, Mich., as Obama campaigns in a critical general election battleground state. The endorsement comes the day after Clinton defeated Obama by more than 2-to-1 in West Virginia. The loss highlighted Obama's work to win over the "Hillary Democrats" — white, working-class voters who also supported Edwards in large numbers before he exited the race. Edwards, a former North Carolina senator and the 2004 vice presidential nominee, dropped out of the race in late January. Both Obama and Clinton immediately asked Edwards for his endorsement, but he stayed mum for more than four months. A person close to Edwards, speaking on condition of anonymity, said he wanted to get involved now to begin unifying the party. Obama also signed on to Edwards' poverty initiative, which was a major cause for Edwards in his campaign and since he left. When he made his decision, Edwards didn't even tell many of his former top advisers because he wanted to make sure that he personally talked to Clinton to give her the news, said the person close to him. Edwards' wife, Elizabeth, who has spoken favorably about Clinton's health care plan, did not travel with him to Michigan and is not part of the endorsement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Southofnowhere Posted May 14, 2008 Members Share Posted May 14, 2008 He already has said he doesn't won't to be VP! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DevotedToAMC Posted May 14, 2008 Members Share Posted May 14, 2008 Well I am glad he made his voice heard...thanks John! Now South it is possible that EK70 did not hear his plans of not wanting to be VP...don't get so excited now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wales2004 Posted May 14, 2008 Members Share Posted May 14, 2008 I think I read that too. I think he may be content with a good cabinet post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Roman Posted May 14, 2008 Members Share Posted May 14, 2008 Secretary Of State or Defense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wales2004 Posted May 14, 2008 Members Share Posted May 14, 2008 I'm sorry I missed this. Pat Buchanan is killing me right now. For whatever reason, I'm finding him and Chris Matthews going back and forth hilarious. John Edwards was super kind to Hilary Clinton with the accolades and all and then he moved on to endorse Obama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DevotedToAMC Posted May 14, 2008 Members Share Posted May 14, 2008 I want Secretary of State to go to another African American so they can be the number one figure for diplomacy and advancing civil rights for that race....Maxine Waters of California sounds like a reasonable choice. John Edwards or, if his wife gets better from the cancer, would be remarkable as Attorney General Secretary of Defense...I would like to see a woman in that post. Since Dianne Feinstein works on a sub committee dealing with terrorism, it seems like she knows a lot about defense. Plus, she wrote a bill that closed loopholes that terrorists could use to register for citizenship. He seems like an overall nice guy and the kind of attorney you would want fighting for you. I wish he was the nominee in 2004 instead of Kerry because he probably would have won. Kerry was just weak. I like him but again he was weak. He let their attacks get to him and not do what Bill Clinton did and just laugh them off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jess Posted May 14, 2008 Members Share Posted May 14, 2008 I wonder how John Edward's wife is faring. I think Edwards would make a very fine cabinet secretary. I hope he would entertain taking such a position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wales2004 Posted May 14, 2008 Members Share Posted May 14, 2008 I don't know how she meant to sound or what her intent was whether it was strategic or not well thought out but she did offend some people. I don't even know that her expression of regret necessarily clears it up for some people but as I said, I hope she keeps those kind of comments private in the future. I'm not sure why you're equating what she said with what Obama said because they're not similar and he said right away he phrased what he said wrongly and he apologized numerous times. Besides that, I'm not sure how you say it's time to move on when you've mentioned the bitter comments yet again. I'm skeptical, are you moving on until you see fit to mention it again or are you going to drop it now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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