The one person who will make the best difference for the Steelworkers is Ron Paul. I've never voted for a Republican before, but I believe he will actually work for working Americans' interests, instead of multinational corporate interests. He will abolish our involvement in NAFTA and other world trade agreemnents that have paralyzed the pursiut of happiness for many working women & men in this country.
No Edwards, this isn't about "dignity" or "respect". The NAFTA and WTO that you democrats created brought miseries to both Mexicans and the US workers because of the demo's misconceived ideas of economic growth, international trade and special interests (both labor unions and corporations that distort the dynamics of true free-trade). Ditch NAFTA! U don't need more agreements tailored for special interest groups.
Your comments are just as naive and dangerous as Edwards's. Edwards does not have any idea how economics works. He's essentially repeating the economic policies of the 60s (yes, the same guns and butter "feel-good" policies that nearly burned down the country). Listening to his poverty tour, for instance, makes me wonder if he has been frozen for the last 50 years or just had an amnesia.
It would be very condescending of me to say I understand poverty here or abroad. I don't live among the working poor. I make six figure, live in NYC, and study economics. What makes you think John Edwards, a multi-millionaire, has answer to an elusive question that so many tried to fix and failed?
Repubs voted to cut funding for tuition for middle class students. You can talk all you want about "individual empowerment" - but when students nor their families can afford to send them to college - no matter how many hours a week they work - how can you look down from your ivory tower at the lowly below and expect them to rise above their circumstances without some help? A high school and college educated society of taxpaying citizens is preferable. What do you think?
Prison Planet is not a credible source! They post half truths and rev up conspiracies to keep their site alive.
Apparently, everyone connected with Prison Planet has affordable health care so they distract from the important issues. But in the richest nation on earth - millions of Americans do not have affordable healthcare - and even the insured aren't paid benefits cause the Insurance companies do everything possible to AVOID paying benefits.
plc1 - there is no link in that article that confirms CFR members. The writer is admittedly a Ron Paul supporter - but doesn't provide evidence for his claims of CFR members.
I would send you the CFR membership list if I could, but it's an attachment - which you could also receive by writing CFR dot org.
until i see facts that he isnt a cfr member i will remain skeptical. for someone not to support cancelling NAFTA, and not be part of the cfr seems odd to me. what say you in the matter?
edwards was asked if he would cancel or restructure nafta and he very quickly said restructure and went on to another topic. if you liek a pretty band aid then by all means give the man your vote. he is very capable of being a pretty band aid. bill clinton was a pretty band aid and all he did was lay the ground work for the NAU with NAFTA, and gave private mercinaries government vending licenses.
i'm not saying edwards is a bad guy, i am jut saying he isnt the best one out there. i've seen a pretty band aid be president and pretend he did something under the guise of "laying the ground work" and i have seen a president that thinks we are idiots and we believe his propaganda. my wish is to see a man rise from amidst the people and lead this nation for them and not be a puppet for special interest. there are only 3 candidates that dont take special interest money. kucinich/gravel/paul
there are 3 candidates that arent appart of the cfr for sure and would not allow the NAU to come into existance, kucinich/gravel/paul. there are 3 candidates that would not steal the resources of another country and say it was for their own good, kucinich/gravel/paul. like i said edwards isnt a bad man, just not the best
Tooltalk.. That just is sad.. So I guess the reason you aren't for Edwards is.. He has a heart and wants to help making more than 6 fugures.. What did u do today to help someone??
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What is this CFR anyway? Better check it out. Newt Gingrich CFR Dick Cheney CFR John McCain CFR Rudy Giuliani CFR Al Gore CFR Fred Thompson CFR Hillary Clinton CFR Barack Obama CFR Joseph Biden CFR Bill Richardson CFR John Edwards CFR
John Edwards has walked the talk and he not only has the best plan for helping unions and expanding the middle class but also for ending the war in Iraq, achieving energy independence and stopping global warming, universal healthcare, ending poverty in America, restoring our integrity in the world, preserving rural America, etc., etc., you get the picture! He is also the most electable Dem candidate with the highest favorability ratings!
well, Lvmyh2, you surely have let us all know exactly where you stand! (where?) and for what! (what?) and in such an honorable, upright manner! thanks for adding to the tone of the debate! it is hard not to respect such a helpful comment.
You gotta be kidding. If any, he resembles LBJ with his ambitious grandiose economic plans like the War on Poverty and massive entitlement programs that discourage individual empowerment. His amateurish economics is ill-fitting for a country with looming economical crisis and defects in its foreign policies.
Nice speech but trade agreements aren't really what this election is about. It's about Iraq. Democrats were voted into the congress majority to get us out and you're give speeches about jobs.
The majority of Americans want this executive (Bush + Cheney) impeached and the Iraq occupation ended. Where do you stand on that? Does it matter what the country wants? These speeches are going to keep you in third place. Are you running for vice president or president?
He addresses many different issues in different videos. Take a minute or two, and watch a couple. Then you can decide what issue he isn't addressing. Does he have to cover every issue in every two-minute clip?
As president, John Edwards would be the best friend working families have had in 50 years. Actually, you would have to go back to FDR, and the Wagner Act of 1935.
all of you should watch the speech dennis kucinich gave to the steelswrokers union. look beneath the surface and compare their truths. Edwards is the same guy who drafted the legislation that got us in iraq, he didnt just vote for it, he wrote it.
Okay, I'll do what you did. I'll watch it, and then I'll slam your guy. Actually I like Kucinich, but that's what you make me feel like doing. Kucinich is pro-labor, but Edwards lives and breathes it. He got it from the kitchen table like me, so it's just a part of his everyday life.
i'm not sorry. i want to fix this country. this aint checkers its chess. i'm personally not cool with candidates that are ok with causing colateral damage. but thats just me. i think edwards is head and shoulders above obama and clinton...
.... and i would rather have him win the nomonation over either of those too cats personally. but i would rather see kucinich and gravel get it because they do alot more than look presidential.Edwards talks a good game and looks great in front of a camera, but leading a nation i think takes alot more than that.
i am apologize if i offended you with my words, but i am not sorry for my words. if you can show me one piece of legislation that edwards wrote while in congress that is better than those proposes by kucinich and gravels last two i will sing a completly different tune about edwards. i dont mean that in diefiance i am totally serious i would like to see some of his legislation, because ideas are how i judge who i am goin to vote for.
ok edwards flip flopped on a war. bottom line i come a school of thought that is dont talk about it be about. show me his legislation. i do give him props on getting minimum wage increased in many states though.
i give him alot of credit for that. i liekd how he worked the states on that issue, however i still think kucinich would do more for the american worker than edwards. like cancelling NAFTA and the WTO. edwards wont.
kucinich voted against the funding 100% of the time,not to mention against the war and anybody with common sense knows that government contracts are corrupt period. especially a no bid contract.
The one person who will make the best difference for the Steelworkers is Ron Paul. I've never voted for a Republican before, but I believe he will actually work for working Americans' interests, instead of multinational corporate interests. He will abolish our involvement in NAFTA and other world trade agreemnents that have paralyzed the pursiut of happiness for many working women & men in this country.
In Solidarity.
chemistry5 4 years ago
thankfully we have a real peerson running for President and cares about US!! Vote for John Edwards 08!!
phyllisfiredwards 4 years ago
I second that resolution. John Edwards is the only candidate in the race who cares about the common man, VOTE FOR JRE the next FDR!!
wdforpresident 4 years ago
What did John Edwards know? youtube. com/watch?v=TF-5g3_lKQk
plc1 4 years ago
No Edwards, this isn't about "dignity" or "respect". The NAFTA and WTO that you democrats created brought miseries to both Mexicans and the US workers because of the demo's misconceived ideas of economic growth, international trade and special interests (both labor unions and corporations that distort the dynamics of true free-trade). Ditch NAFTA! U don't need more agreements tailored for special interest groups.
tooltalk 4 years ago
YES!! John Edwards has the MOST detailed and comprehensive plans and solutions. Go John Go!
We know why the CORPORATE media smears you. Because you stand up for the working poor and middle class.
annefrank 4 years ago
Your comments are just as naive and dangerous as Edwards's. Edwards does not have any idea how economics works. He's essentially repeating the economic policies of the 60s (yes, the same guns and butter "feel-good" policies that nearly burned down the country). Listening to his poverty tour, for instance, makes me wonder if he has been frozen for the last 50 years or just had an amnesia.
tooltalk 4 years ago
Obviously, you haven't been among the working poor lately - nor have any respect for yourself.
annefrank 4 years ago
It would be very condescending of me to say I understand poverty here or abroad. I don't live among the working poor. I make six figure, live in NYC, and study economics. What makes you think John Edwards, a multi-millionaire, has answer to an elusive question that so many tried to fix and failed?
tooltalk 4 years ago
Repubs voted to cut funding for tuition for middle class students. You can talk all you want about "individual empowerment" - but when students nor their families can afford to send them to college - no matter how many hours a week they work - how can you look down from your ivory tower at the lowly below and expect them to rise above their circumstances without some help? A high school and college educated society of taxpaying citizens is preferable. What do you think?
annefrank 4 years ago
CFR members: prisonplanet. com/articles/august2007/150807CFR. htm
plc1 4 years ago
Well no wonder you've been duped. Prison Planet is a conspiracy site. Jeeez! I'd rather spend my time dealing with KNOWN reality.
John Edwards is NOT a member of CFR!
annefrank 4 years ago
Prison Planet is not a credible source! They post half truths and rev up conspiracies to keep their site alive.
Apparently, everyone connected with Prison Planet has affordable health care so they distract from the important issues. But in the richest nation on earth - millions of Americans do not have affordable healthcare - and even the insured aren't paid benefits cause the Insurance companies do everything possible to AVOID paying benefits.
John Edwards has the best health care plan.
annefrank 4 years ago
Go with a non-CFR and non-Bilderberger candidates like Kucinich, Gravel, or Ron Paul, to get our country back from the power elite.
plc1 4 years ago
plc1 - there is no link in that article that confirms CFR members. The writer is admittedly a Ron Paul supporter - but doesn't provide evidence for his claims of CFR members.
I would send you the CFR membership list if I could, but it's an attachment - which you could also receive by writing CFR dot org.
Truth and Facts are very important to me.
annefrank 4 years ago 2
until i see facts that he isnt a cfr member i will remain skeptical. for someone not to support cancelling NAFTA, and not be part of the cfr seems odd to me. what say you in the matter?
thedaoofplus1 4 years ago
edwards was asked if he would cancel or restructure nafta and he very quickly said restructure and went on to another topic. if you liek a pretty band aid then by all means give the man your vote. he is very capable of being a pretty band aid. bill clinton was a pretty band aid and all he did was lay the ground work for the NAU with NAFTA, and gave private mercinaries government vending licenses.
thedaoofplus1 4 years ago
i'm not saying edwards is a bad guy, i am jut saying he isnt the best one out there. i've seen a pretty band aid be president and pretend he did something under the guise of "laying the ground work" and i have seen a president that thinks we are idiots and we believe his propaganda. my wish is to see a man rise from amidst the people and lead this nation for them and not be a puppet for special interest. there are only 3 candidates that dont take special interest money. kucinich/gravel/paul
thedaoofplus1 4 years ago
there are 3 candidates that arent appart of the cfr for sure and would not allow the NAU to come into existance, kucinich/gravel/paul. there are 3 candidates that would not steal the resources of another country and say it was for their own good, kucinich/gravel/paul. like i said edwards isnt a bad man, just not the best
thedaoofplus1 4 years ago
Tooltalk.. That just is sad.. So I guess the reason you aren't for Edwards is.. He has a heart and wants to help making more than 6 fugures.. What did u do today to help someone??
phyllisfiredwards 4 years ago
John Edwards for President!!...
RoyalHollywoodGenial 4 years ago
This is the most important presidential election of our lifetime. Do not vote your party line. The two party system is flawed because it divides us on the real issues. Regardless of party affiliation choose Ron Paul because he is right for America. A vote for any other candidate, Democrat or Republican is a vote for more of the same. Ron Paul is the only candidate who can make a difference for the future of America, and for the future of our children. Do your due diligence. Ronpaul 2008 dot com
ejb812 4 years ago
Ron Paul supporters are circulating lies about Democrats! Can't he campaign on his own merits?
John Edwards is NOT a member of the CFR.
annefrank 4 years ago
Edwards is also a Bilderberger. Look it up.
plc1 4 years ago
John Edwards is NOT a Bilderberger!
Jeeeez! the lies. And unfortunately, some of the liars are even Christians who find thrills smearing a good man.
annefrank 4 years ago
The Truth: John Edwards, like most of the rest of the Dem and Rep "top tier" candidates is in the CFR and Bilderberger. FACT
plc1 4 years ago
John Edwards makes me feel proud to be an American. : )
MishuTaste 4 years ago
plc1 4 years ago
John Edwards is NOT a member of the Council on Foreign Relations!
Biden, Dodd, and Richardson are.
annefrank 4 years ago
"John Edwards is NOT a member of the Council on Foreign Relations!
Biden, Dodd, and Richardson are." Prove it.
plc1 4 years ago
I checked it out myself at cfr dot org and they sent the list via attachment.
John Edwards is NOT a member of the CFR.
Lying about candidates to indirectly promote your own - is not honest.
annefrank 4 years ago
HE is a Bilderberger as well. Look it up.
plc1 4 years ago
Conspiracy theories of world domination really don't suit you.
marratha 4 years ago
John Edwards has walked the talk and he not only has the best plan for helping unions and expanding the middle class but also for ending the war in Iraq, achieving energy independence and stopping global warming, universal healthcare, ending poverty in America, restoring our integrity in the world, preserving rural America, etc., etc., you get the picture! He is also the most electable Dem candidate with the highest favorability ratings!
sportydave61 4 years ago
NAMEMYVOTEdotcom
NameMyVote 4 years ago
John Edwards will be the best President we have seen since Kennedy!!
He has my vote! He would have a 100,000000 votes if I could cast more then just one!
phyllisfiredwards 4 years ago
LOSER, Go get informed you FOOL
Lvmyh2 4 years ago
well, Lvmyh2, you surely have let us all know exactly where you stand! (where?) and for what! (what?) and in such an honorable, upright manner! thanks for adding to the tone of the debate! it is hard not to respect such a helpful comment.
mnoe817 4 years ago
You're quite welcome my good fellow...
Lvmyh2 4 years ago
You gotta be kidding. If any, he resembles LBJ with his ambitious grandiose economic plans like the War on Poverty and massive entitlement programs that discourage individual empowerment. His amateurish economics is ill-fitting for a country with looming economical crisis and defects in its foreign policies.
tooltalk 4 years ago
We've tried the Republicans' version of individual empowerment - proven to empower corporate power.
Repubs hate the government - but love using our taxes to enhance the profits of private companies.
John Edwards think it's wrong for taxpayers to subsidize multinational companies that take U.S. jobs overseas.
It's time for change - it's time for John Edwards.
annefrank 4 years ago
Edwards/Obama '08
Richardson as Sec. of Energy (gotta give him props, too)
KDANTEATER 4 years ago
Edwards/Obama 08
kwestyunz 4 years ago
Nice speech but trade agreements aren't really what this election is about. It's about Iraq. Democrats were voted into the congress majority to get us out and you're give speeches about jobs.
The majority of Americans want this executive (Bush + Cheney) impeached and the Iraq occupation ended. Where do you stand on that? Does it matter what the country wants? These speeches are going to keep you in third place. Are you running for vice president or president?
drivin98 4 years ago
He's addressing a Steel workers union. You ALWAYS talk about protecting jobs when talking to unions.
maxspeed57 4 years ago
Point taken. Still....
drivin98 4 years ago
He addresses many different issues in different videos. Take a minute or two, and watch a couple. Then you can decide what issue he isn't addressing. Does he have to cover every issue in every two-minute clip?
mnoe817 4 years ago
I have seen most of the videos. I've been subscribed to him for quite a while.
I just feel strongly that the country is in crises and in desperate need of leadership.
drivin98 4 years ago
Edwards cannot win because the people he appeals to are namely the 70 some million Americans who don't vote.
ejownz6 4 years ago
As president, John Edwards would be the best friend working families have had in 50 years. Actually, you would have to go back to FDR, and the Wagner Act of 1935.
davidgriffen 4 years ago
all of you should watch the speech dennis kucinich gave to the steelswrokers union. look beneath the surface and compare their truths. Edwards is the same guy who drafted the legislation that got us in iraq, he didnt just vote for it, he wrote it.
thedaoofplus1 4 years ago
Okay, I'll do what you did. I'll watch it, and then I'll slam your guy. Actually I like Kucinich, but that's what you make me feel like doing. Kucinich is pro-labor, but Edwards lives and breathes it. He got it from the kitchen table like me, so it's just a part of his everyday life.
davidgriffen 4 years ago
Edwards apologized. You should, too. I want to WIN the election in '08, don't you?
mnoe817 4 years ago
i'm not sorry. i want to fix this country. this aint checkers its chess. i'm personally not cool with candidates that are ok with causing colateral damage. but thats just me. i think edwards is head and shoulders above obama and clinton...
thedaoofplus1 4 years ago
.... and i would rather have him win the nomonation over either of those too cats personally. but i would rather see kucinich and gravel get it because they do alot more than look presidential.Edwards talks a good game and looks great in front of a camera, but leading a nation i think takes alot more than that.
thedaoofplus1 4 years ago
i am apologize if i offended you with my words, but i am not sorry for my words. if you can show me one piece of legislation that edwards wrote while in congress that is better than those proposes by kucinich and gravels last two i will sing a completly different tune about edwards. i dont mean that in diefiance i am totally serious i would like to see some of his legislation, because ideas are how i judge who i am goin to vote for.
thedaoofplus1 4 years ago
Kucinich was anti-choice until he began running for president - then he flip flopped to pro-choice.
annefrank 4 years ago
ok edwards flip flopped on a war. bottom line i come a school of thought that is dont talk about it be about. show me his legislation. i do give him props on getting minimum wage increased in many states though.
thedaoofplus1 4 years ago
Yes - John Edwards walked miles with union workers last year helping to place minimum wage on ballots in 6 states - and they all passed! WooHoo!
John Edwards is a fighter for the working poor and middle class!
Now you know why the CORPORATE MEDIA expends so much effort smearing him.
annefrank 4 years ago
i give him alot of credit for that. i liekd how he worked the states on that issue, however i still think kucinich would do more for the american worker than edwards. like cancelling NAFTA and the WTO. edwards wont.
thedaoofplus1 4 years ago
John Edwards wisely voted against funding the war and reconstruction in Oct. 2003 - the $87B bill that gave contractors a blank check.
In 2004, rightwingers called him anti-America for that vote - but in 2007 we know how corrupt the contractors have been and billion$ missing.
annefrank 4 years ago 2
kucinich voted against the funding 100% of the time,not to mention against the war and anybody with common sense knows that government contracts are corrupt period. especially a no bid contract.
thedaoofplus1 4 years ago
John Edwards really cares! That is why he was my choice in 2004. He keeps proving he is the candidate of the common American worker.
dankafton 4 years ago
John Edwards speaks for the working people, for the Middle Class, for you and me. America is so in need of him (and Elizabeth!!).
KateAnneNYC 4 years ago
Wow, good speech. Edwards is the only major candidate saying this, which shows you just how bad the rest of the field is.
XopherMV 4 years ago
John Edwards the best! Hope for America!!
blackscreen12 4 years ago
An Edwards Administration. It rolls of the tongue.
autumnmobile 4 years ago
What does that mean?
lol998 4 years ago
It means Edwards '08
autumnmobile 4 years ago
Edwards/Obama 08. We're going to win!
lol998 4 years ago
Hells yeah!
autumnmobile 4 years ago
John will protect our jobs and our rights! Go John!
astrogirlsirius 4 years ago
From one factory worker's son who made good to another - Give 'em Hell John E.!
bruceabeal 4 years ago
Our jobs president
wake4atbellsouth 4 years ago