Edwards campaign slams Clinton push for rural vote (Clinton campaign's 'rural' Monsanto lunch)

[JohnLocke]

Edwards campaign slams Clinton push for rural vote
By Scott Helman--Boston Globe
Friday, October 19, 2007
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Former North Carolina senator John Edwards could not have dreamed up a better chance to draw a contrast with rival Hillary Clinton, a New York senator.

Yesterday morning, ABC News reported on its website that Clinton had scheduled a "Rural Americans for Hillary" lunch for later this month. But the location for the lunch, which features a briefing from members of Congress and senior campaign staff, is anything but rural: the Washington office of Troutman Sanders Public Affairs, a lobbying firm representing Monsanto, the agribusiness and biotechnology giant.

Edwards had spent the past two days on the ground in Iowa promoting his rural agenda and looking for caucus votes. His hometown newspaper, the News & Observer in Raleigh, rewarded him with this headline: "Edwards gets boots dirty as he woos rural voters."

"While John Edwards has introduced policies to ensure family farmers can compete against big agribusiness, protect the food we eat and preserve farming communities, Hillary Clinton, beholden to Washington lobbyists, is tailoring her rural policy to reflect the needs of big agribusiness," Edwards's communications director, Chris Kofinis, said in a statement yesterday. "While corporate America and lobbyists may want someone like Clinton in the White House, regular Americans are ready for someone who will stand up for them and fight for real change."

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/10/19/edwards_campaign_slams_clinton_push_for_rural_vote/

[geek tragedy]

1. Big corporate polluters are people too. n/t

[monktonman]

2. whats wrong?

these are the same guys who bought up all the farm land they drove the farmers off of
only to build their McMansions.
They're "rural" people too.
Just because they commute doesnt mean they shouldnt have a voice in the whitehouse.

[JohnLocke]

3. Kick