Edwards and “You”

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August 4th, 2007

Mimi Kennedy, PDA Adisory Board Chair

This is the fourth in a series of articles on the Edwards and Kucinich campaigns.

John Edwards appeared at an Aug. 1 San Fernando Valley campaign fundraiser hosted by, among others, PDLA Vice- President and CA Progressive Caucus founding member Brad Parker.

The candidate appeared well-rested and energetic when he walked in, speaking personally with everyone he encountered on his way to the back yard. PDA activists Mary Pallant and Erin Flynn were two who got his ear early on.

That’s it for reporting. The rest of this is personal analysis, because I find it impossible to encounter this candidate without subjective interpretation of what I see.

Edwards surprised me by looking well-rested. His energy bristled. When his voice tired—he spoke forcefully to a hundred people on a lawn with no microphone for almost an hour—he sensibly said so, and continued taking questions privately, one-on-one.

The conclusion I inevitably draw, and this it the fourth time I’ve seen him up close, is that Edwards feels the urgency of our country’s crisis both personally and politically. He’s got his eye on the clock. Martin Luther King warned us there was such a thing as “too late”. John Edwards acts as if he understands this, but he conveys no gloomy pessimism or fear. He’s ready to fight. He is full of the energy I’ve seen in activists who put everything on the line as citizens to challenge, resist, and oppose the unconstitutional lawlessness, corruption and decay of the Bush-Cheney Administration.

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