I miss John Edwards

[LibraLiz1973]

For me, the "fire" went out of this election when John suspended his campaign. REAL issues that needed to be addressed now wont be.
As little air time as John got, this last week has been even more brutal in the media about the Democratic nominees.
This election is now an old fashioned slug fest. It's mean & it is nasty.
I really am just so uninspired by the two remaining candidates. I know a lot of you heartily support one or the other, and I respect that.
But, for me, I'll just be voting whoever the nominee is. It's a pretty sad feeling knowing that 8+ months out.


http://www.billmaher.com/?page_id=223
"The other guy who dropped out this week I have the highest regards for. John Edwards. That is his platform that they are running on. He worked his ass off. He never got enough oxygen with those two show ponies in the race. It was like being on the red carpet when George Clooney shows up." - Bill Maher

[bluerum]

1. I know. I voted for him today...

[LibraLiz1973]

2. Way to go!

I wish it would really have counted.

Still really sad that he suspended.

[vanbean]

3. 5 people in my family including myself voted for him in NM!

Let our voices be heard!

[midnight]

15. Very Good. My family votes for him on the 19th.

[midnight]

16. Very Good. My family votes for him on the 19th.

[ClericJohnPreston]

4. Same here

Edwards was the only real Democrat running. No hands across the aisle bi-partisanship, nor latte liberal, but a champion of core Democratic Principles.

The time for REAL Progressives is coming.....

[ecstatic]

5. no offense, but snap out of it!

We've got work to do. No time for reminiscing. JE will be just fine, but will the nation be fine? That's the question.

[ClericJohnPreston]

22. NOT

with liberal-lite.

[bluerum]

23. No offense - but don't tell me how to vote. eom

[nonconformist]

29. To answer your question...

No. The nation will not be fine.

[krabigirl]

34. no thanks

[rwheeler31]

6. Thank you. He is a wonderful human.

This party owes much to that family.

[avaistheone1]

7. It looks like Utah is on fire for Edwards

That is so great.

Silicon Valley Moms for Edwards

[RevolutionStartsNow]

8. My 12 year old son

was watching CSPAN with me, listening to the callers explain what issues drew them to their chosen candidate, and after awhile he said, "Hey Mom, why isn't anyone mentioning poverty?"

I wanted to cry.

[LibraLiz1973]

12. Reading that, I wanted to cry

Real change just is NOT coming this time.
How long will we have to wait?

[RevolutionStartsNow]

18. Well, Liz, I'm tired of waiting...

Time to get more active in the anti-poverty movement. My son and I both belong to ONE.org, and we are expecting to get more involved. We can advance John's message without him being president. That's what I'm taking from this, anyway.

[RevolutionStartsNow]

19. self-delete (dupe)

[shireen]

21. good idea. i'll check out that link.

[Darth_Kitten]

9. I miss him too

Quality guy with a quality message. It's too bad the insecure media whores couldn't recognize this.

Or were told not to. Idiots.

[kelligesq]

10. Not over..more to come...who knows,

[midnight]

14. Tell me more.

[OzarkDem]

11. Me, too

and I'm eternally grateful that he ran and kept this a serious race focused on issues, not BS.

[burythehatchet]

13. I am 1 of the 12,864

President of the United States
Democratic
69% of Georgia precincts reporting Votes Percentage

Joe Biden 1,780 0.3%
Hillary Clinton 222,313 33.5%
Chris Dodd 694 0.1%
John Edwards 12,864 1.9%
Mike Gravel 743 0.1%
Dennis J. Kucinich 1,597 0.2%
Barack Obama 421,306 63.6%
Bill Richardson 1,519 0.2%

[shireen]

20. good choice. :)

[shireen]

17. yeah, i'm thinking of voting for him next week. Protest vote. Still not sure, tho' nt

[Two Americas]

24. yes

"I'll just be voting whoever the nominee is. It's a pretty sad feeling knowing that 8+ months out."

Yes. What is called "uniting" is more like "embalming." It is not for the purpose of beating the Republicans - it may make that less likely - it is for the purpose of putting down the growing insurgency within the party, because that threatened the insiders and power brokers.

[ThingsGottaChange]

25. I'm still horribly depressed

This is the first time I've been to DU since he announced he was out of the race. It's like I just don't give a crap anymore. Of course, I will vote for the Dem nominee in the general but, I will do it with a heavy heart. I just can't believe so many Americans didn't see his greatness. Bah!

[derby378]

28. Hey, my candidate (Bill Richardson) dropped out long ago

I feel your pain. Officially, I'm still undecided. But I keep going because we're not just sending a new President to the White House. We're also gonna send a truckload of brand-new Democratic Senators and Representatives to Capitol Hill.

[catrose]

43. Yep. Me too.

All that hope stuff--gone. Yeah, I'll vote Dem. Big whoop.

[The Backlash Cometh]

26. Tonight, scanning the titles on the Greatest Page, it feels like

someone threw a party and I wasn't invited.

[nonconformist]

27. I miss him terribly. nt

[JDPriestly]

30. I voted for Edwards. He is the best.

So did my husband.

[AmBlue]

31. same here n/t

[tnlefty]

32. I hear ya!

And I miss him, too, along with Elizabeth and the young'uns! :hug:

[Nutmegger]

33. I miss him terribly.

He was the only one who spoke to me, and gave me and people like me a much needed voice.

He is missed.

[LaPera]

35. Edwards has 11% of the votes so far in CA (only 12% counted). Oh well, the...

republicans & their owned corporate media got their way.

Now, it's just a big, "what IF".

Very SAD!

[bluerum]

55. The more delgates he gets, the more relevant he is. Don't give up on him.

[smokey nj]

36. I miss him too.

:(

[krabigirl]

37. I miss him too. :(

[GreenTea]

38. John Edwards is definitely missed!

He would of picked up a lot of delegates today....

[pamela]

39. I miss him, too.

I get to vote for him next week in Maryland. I'm looking forward to that.

That's a great Bill Maher quote. "The other guy who dropped out this week I have the highest regards for. John Edwards. That is his platform that they are running on. He worked his ass off. He never got enough oxygen with those two show ponies in the race." So true.

[Habibi]

40. I hear ya. I voted for Edwards in NY today.

This is so like 2004 for me--I voted for Dean when it was pretty clear he was done. Didn't care then, don't care now.

And when the time came to support the Dem nominee, I did that too.

:hug:

[Gloria]

41. Voted for him NM

[spooky3]

42. I know how you feel.

:-(

[Botany]

44. 3 things

John Edwards is as good as it gets.

Obama did give a real "shout out" to Edwards and his people last night
he talked of poverty and the need to help the people of Katrina.

Betya if you went to New Orleans and helped out John Edwards would
be proud.

[dflprincess]

48. If Obmam or Clinton had been talking about poverty or helping people in New Orleans

6 months ago, I might believe they were sincere. Now, not so much.

Last night after our caucuses 3 of us old time lefties (all women of a certain age) were comiserating with each other. Here we are, we finally have not only a black man, but a white woman who could very well be the next president and the candidate we found to be best on our issues (after Kucinich) was the Southern white guy. Go figure.

[dsharp88]

49. 2 agreements and 1 slight twist...

1. I miss his vision, too, but it's time to move on to support the next best candidate, which is why...

2. I agree about Obama, and he's my new #1.

3. I AM in New Orleans and believe Obama will carry the city on Saturday, Feb. 9th in the Louisiana primary. Hillary's former home state of Arkansas is right next door to the north so North Louisiana (a mix of liberal Shreveport and conservative Monroe) will likely go her way. West Louisiana (near Lafayette and Lake Charles) tends to vote "carefully" and likely to back Hillary. That leaves Central Louisiana, which is a mix of liberal (nearer to Alexandria) and conservative (nearer to Baton Rouge). I don't know of any polls, but it should be an interesting benchmark for a reddish-purple Southern state (blue in 92 and 96, purple in 00, and red in 04) as opposed to the deep red rest of the USA's SE quadrant. The problem, of course, is that there are still WAY too many displaced New Orleanians who may not have re-registered to vote yet.

[ClevelandSportsCurse]

45. He and Elizabeth are at the Duke/UNC game

ESPN just showed them.

[Divine Discontent]

46. I still sell Edwards items on my website...

he still is effecting people with his message. Sold 2 items in the past 3 days. I wonder if I'll ever get my items I ordered from his campaign? Most of my donations to him were as cash, but a few were item purchases.

[OzarkDem]

47. Me too, little talk of issues now

[RestoreGore]

50. We must keep his message alive

We must do all we can to become active in anti-poverty issues. That includes also speaking out for the environment as well as they are both related. I sure hope Mr. Edwards will continue with his work in addressing poverty and pushing politicians to address this. That was why I voted for him in NJ yesterday, to have my voice heard and to send a message to the other two that there are those who vote on ISSUES and not media hype. I hope we will hear from John Edwards again.

[hay rick]

51. voted for Edwards in NJ

I'm not inspired by Hillary or Barack. I am inspired by Bush, Cheney, McCain, Romney, Huckabee... you get the idea. Our country is at a crossroads. If Hil and Obama are mediocre or uninspiring, the Republican alternatives are catastrophically bad. We live in interesting times...

[mysticalchick]

52. I feel the same

.... and it makes me sad that I do. I just don't care right now. (Wahhh wahhhh ... I know. Mock me if you feel the need to.) I can't get behind the messiah vibe from Obama (and seriously, I could give two shits about Oprah's endorsement) and Hillary is just same old stuff packaged differently (IMO).

Yep, I will vote for whomever is the candidate come November but right now, on Feb 12 in MD, I'm voting for John.

[mnhtnbb]

53. I sure do miss him. Won't even get chance to vote for him in NC primary;

the Chair of our Dem party decided NOT to put him on the ballot.

http://www.newsobserver.com/print/wednesday/city_state/story/926675.html

[MissDeeds]

54. I know how you feel

I went from excitement and hope for the election to "yeah, whatever".
John Edwards stands for so many of the things I believe in. For me, no one else running even comes close.