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Edwards Responds To Kerry's Obama Endorsement

John Edwards Campaign   |   January 10, 2008 11:28 AM


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EDWARDS STATEMENT ON SENATOR KERRY'S ENDORSEMENT OF SENATOR OBAMA

Chapel Hill, North Carolina - John Edwards released the following statement today about Senator John Kerry's endorsement of Senator Barack Obama.

"Our country and our Party are stronger because of John's service, and I respect his decision. When we were running against each other and on the same ticket, John and I agreed on many issues. I continue to believe that this election is about the future, not the past, and that the country needs a President who will fight aggressively to end the status quo and change the Washington system and to give voice to all of those whose voices are ignored in the corridors of power."

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As HuffPost pointed out earlier, in 2004, Kerry blasted Edwards over foreign policy experience. From CNN, 7/6/04:

During the primary campaign, Kerry himself took aim at Edwards' lack of foreign policy experience, noting at one point that when he returned home from serving in Vietnam in 1969, "I don't even know if John Edwards was out of diapers."


But Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, a South Dakota Democrat, defended Edwards' experience Tuesday, noting that he "has a lot more Washington experience than George Bush had four years ago."

"When you look at what John Edwards has done for working families, for people who have been fighting hard all their lives to make ends meet, I can't think of a more qualified candidate than John Edwards," Daschle said.

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Edwards once again shows that he is a true gentleman!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:03 PM on 01/14/2008

John Kerry was a pathetic excuse for a candidate in 2004. I believe that Howard Dean would have won that election had not the press "killed" his chances with its coverage of his over-zealous screaming episode ~ just like the MSM jumped all over Hillary for tearing up on Monday. Kerry looked like a cadaver and acted like he should have been cast in "Weekend at Bernie's ~ the Race for the White House," yet I supported him and voted for him only because he was running against Dubya. Obama should take that endorsement and put it aside very carefully: it is the kiss of death.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:38 AM on 01/11/2008

Look, I like John Kerry, but Edwards doesn't want his endorsement, nor does Edwards care if Kerry endorses Obama.

Let Obama carry Kerry's political baggage; at this point, Obama has no choice. Edwards doesn't want ANY part of it.

Edwards/Dodd '08!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:12 PM on 01/10/2008

Kerry wants attention and this certainly is getting it for him. This election is HOT! and he wants in.

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    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:27 PM on 01/10/2008

NCYvonne: Your unsubstantiated ranting is getting old. John Edwards gets it. More than the war or any other issue, what is destroying this country is corporate influence that decides everything with lobbying and funds. Big oil, insurance, etc. tells our representatives how things will be done because their funds got them elected - corporations run this country. John Edwards not only doesn't take any corporate funds but is vowing to take that corporate influence out of politics and he knows how to do it. I'm glad he's angry with the status quo. So are many of us - very angry. John Edwards is being blackballed by the MSM because main stream media is owned by corporations. John Edwards scares them because they don't want change they want business as usual. John Edwards is the most qualified of all of the democratic runners and is only losing because MSM isn't covering his platform. They're doing the same thing to Kucinich and Ron Paul. So John Edwards tells a story about his son? That makes him unqualified to run for President?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:59 PM on 01/10/2008

"the country needs a President who will fight aggressively to end the status quo and change the Washington system and to give voice to all of those whose voices are ignored in the corridors of power."


Go ahead and sit around and whine, or get UP and support this man!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:23 PM on 01/10/2008

I stood in Copley Plaza for the Kerry rally on Election Night 2004 and waited, in the rain for hour after hour. Senator Botox never came out to so much as thank his supporters. It was John Edwards who came out and tried to keep spirits high. I'll file the Kerry endorsement under "W" for "Who give a flying fart."

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:12 PM on 01/10/2008

i dont know what is more pathetic? someone who votes to back up bush's decision to take us to war in iraq and not being sorry for it but yet she manages to tear up becuase she saw her chances to grab power almost evaporated? or someone who keeps on saying he was against the war from the beginning and yet kept on funding it from the first voted he casted related to it? america is going down the drain and especially those two are not going to do sh!t about it...

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:27 PM on 01/10/2008

Kerry disappointed me when he didn't fight back at the Swift Boaters and when he didn't didn't fight back about voting irregularities.

Go Edwards!

P.S. A surge is an escalation. By using the term "surge," we're buying into the Bush administration's semantic spin.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:16 PM on 01/10/2008

Just heard from the Kucinich campaign that they are considering launching a re-count of the NH primary results.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:14 PM on 01/10/2008
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John Kerry was such a disappointment in 2004. He was not my choice for nominee, but I voted for him in November. He made it tough to argue with co-workers who supported Bush. Even in Alabama, the swift boat ads ran constantly. It was humiliating. I really wish he'd keep a low profile this year.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:09 PM on 01/10/2008
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Edwards/Obama '08

or

Obama/Edwards '08

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:02 PM on 01/10/2008


I think it should be Edwards/ Obama- 08!'
not Obama/Edwards...
But oh well, either way will work, when you think of the changes we really need.

John needs to get a crew-cut, - tell all those sissy rethuglicans to go back to their bathroom stalls and STFU!!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:40 PM on 01/10/2008

As usual, Edwards responds with grace and intelligence. What a difference between the two men! Kerry is petty and vindictive, wanting to blame others for his own failure; Edwards is decent and honorable. Too bad Edwards wasn't the nominee last time instead of Kerry.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:40 PM on 01/10/2008

I'm sure Kerry called Edwards beforehand.

If not, that was absolutely chicken-shit. But I believe there is too much going on underneath that Kerry would not have a whole lot up his sleeve about it.
He definitely should be stating that he did in fact talk to Edwards beforehand, for the plain fact that this way it would not make him look like a backstabber and then would not resonate on Obama taking an endorsement from a chump backstabber in that manner...
Also I would expect that there is some kind of process where things have been understood... By that I mean it would not surprise me if Obama has agreed to let Edwards be his VP, because that would make his ticket unstoppable. Edwards would bring in votes from the south which is what Obama will really need.

This way Edwards knows the what and the why, and is not really bothered by it.

It's really key what Edwards has to say about it all- and check it out, he's not bothered by it!


That's it!!
Its gonna be Obama/Edwards- 08!!!

YOu heard it here first..

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:36 PM on 01/10/2008
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