Anyone who says it doesn't matter that someone is sleeping at the White House is either missing the point or is intentionally trying confuse it. Don't fixate on the image of someone sleeping over at White House. C'mon! This is about corporate influence peddling, plain and simple. The Lincoln Bedroom is simply an extension of access, of the continuance of corporate oligarchy.

I supported both the Clintons, desperately at times, during Bill's tenure. But the truth is, the Clintons are part of the problem and I think most Dems know that, on at least some level. I denied it for years, but no more. Time for us to be strong Democrats again, and to stop running on watered down conservatism. It's time for a drastic change, the likes of which we haven't seen in many wars. And I don't see any other candidate besides Edwards who combines the bold positions and political skill necessary to achieve it.

If you want to vote for Hillary, that's your decision, of course. However, if you do so, you ARE supporting the establishment. If you have not yet recognized that Hillary Clinton serves corporate interests more so than any of our other nominees, you are still asleep...or you are a lobbyist.

Last time I checked Clinton was President when he used the Lincoln bedroom. What that means is he got to decide how to use them. If you Republicans take issue with that remember HE WAS THE PRESIDENT. If you still have issue with it find a chalkboard and write until your hands fall off :
Bill Clinton was President when he used the Lincoln bedroom. He does not answer to you, but to the American people.

Silly me, I thought John Edwards was channeling my thoughts!

I'm tired of the likes of Bush using this office to return big favors to big donors, (I had actually forgotten about the Clintons). The Lincoln Bedroom, ambassadorships, etc. should never be for sale.

Here's the bottom line. Traditional democrats are people who work for a living all of their lives, usually until they are very old or until they are fired, or are too sick to work anymore, which is when they stop working and get ready to die.

Traditional democrats are not the wealthy. They don't steal from their neighbors to enrich themselves. They don't take bribes from people to look the other way and not do their job right. They don't steal from their employers. They don't cozy up to strangers who might give them money. They don't sell their bodies, their honesty, or their integrity.

And here comes Slick Willy and Slick Hilly. With their prettied up professional Tv commercials telling all of us traditional democrats that the Clintons are just like us: normal people from working class backgrounds who share our values. So we vote for him, and they go to D.C., and what do you think happens?

They turn D.C. into one big Palace at Versaille. They take every opportunity to enrich themselves, to drape themselves in expensive clothing, surround themselves only with the richest and most corrupt people, hire a whole staff of people to drag wheelbarrows full of money to the bank for them everyday because they never saw a dollar they didn't like.

They say contributions, I say bribes. But nobody ever gave most working people a dollar except that they worked for it. And it is disgusting and disappointing to see the Clintons turn into such greedy money-grubbers.

The Clinton machine is in high gear since the recent Iowa polls showed Obama leading, with Edwards and Clinton tied. The attacks on Obama and Edwards have been unrelenting this week, but with the money the Clintons have, they can afford a whole staff of professional assassins.

Too bad Clinton doesn't have the same enthusiasm for fighting for us that she has for enriching herself. Too bad she doesn't have her staff of assassins go after those who are destroying our country, instead of having them pander to her every vanity.

John Edwards, desperate to be the candidate of change, is grasping at trifles such as the Lincoln bedroom. Unfortunately for him, Senator Obama has a lock on the change issue.

And sadly for both of them, Senator Clinton is now winning the race going away.

LINCOLN BEDROOM FAVORS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS

GEORGE W. BUSH: AT LEAST 270 SUPPORTERS AND "BIG" CONTRIBUTORS STAYED OVERNIGHT AT WHITE HOUSE, SOME IN LINCOLN BEDROOM

http://www.taylormarsh.com/archives_view.php?id=26107

Yet again, another bi-partisan issue, it's just that no one has used this against Bush.

Hillary's only question to anyone is "What can you do for me?" If you can't help her, then she is not interested and wouldn't give you, or the segment of society you represent, a 2nd thought.

Edwards is right on. Hillary is no different from the Republican/Bush/Cheney elitists except she is a registered Dem. As Bush took money from big business and pandered for the votes of the nascar, Christian fundamentalists, so does Hillary get her funds from big business and pander to the "little people" - in her case it's blacks, housewives and soldiers' families.

Edwards needs to apologize, fast.

You don't get anywhere bemoaning "politics as usual" while you're parroting RNC talking points as usual.

Sorry fellow Clinton-haters, but she's given us plenty to attack by falsely equating "businesses that employ" with "real Americans" in her defense of lobbying manifesto.

Using (Half)Vast RW Conspiracy smears is just stupid and counterproductive. It also reveals Edwards (and Obama) as the same "groupthinkers" as the rest of the insider-aping-outsider-rhetoric crowd.

Real outsiders demand impeachment. Full stop.

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How about giving the hotel chain who sends in the highest bid the franchise for barrier free replicas of the Lincoln Bed room plus a bridal suite that's directly above a replica of prez's bed room for those who want to screw over the USA? Both parties always need money all of the time.

Amanda - Both you and Taylor completely missed the mark on this one. You should be reporting on the entire speech, not one line of it. What ever happened to substantive reporting?

Edwards is right. The Lincoln bedroom is not for rent. and the implied special favors for big contributors is morally wrong. Duh. Of course if Obama had said it, it would have been genius and hailed on Huffpost. They are completely Obamacentric here. As is of course their right. Just never assume they are not.

Amanda Dobbins: What Is YOUR Position On Renting Out The Lincoln Bedroom ???

Amanda, that was quite clever, but I could not help but notice that you failed to give us YOUR position on whether you think renting out the Lincoln bedroom in The White House is right or wrong. So, ... what exactly IS you position on the subject?

To think that Senator Edwards message doesn't resonate with Idependent and undecided voters ... is not living in the real world. I can strongly & confidently speak for millions; renting out the Lincoln bedroom in The White House for political gain is flat-out UNETHICAL ... no matter WHAT party you claim to belong to.

And quite frankly, comparing Senator Edwards to the GOP ??? That's something we all feel Faux News would do.

This race is WIDE open; thanks for the 'post.'

This isn't just about Clinton, it's about 'politics as usual.' Bush, you may remember did the exact same thing in 2004 with fundraisers staying in the White House. Since when is it a Republican talking point to stand up against the influence of money in politics?

Hillary Clinton could make a start at separating herself from those practices by stop accepting lobbyist money.

What is the big deal? With all the problems we have in this country to talk about - this is a stupid waste of time. Who cares.

If this is all Edwards can come up with to get some media attention - he's really in trouble.