Full Interview with John Edwards -- 1 of 3

[CaptainPhillibuster]

I miss Sen. Edwards.

:(

[JoseAnd911World]

We don't want a John Ritter look-alike president!

Vote Hillary '08!

[wowzers987654321]

your videos are ghay. thank god for you that YouTube/Google is an online media branch for the ultra-liberal wing of the Democrat Party.

[Wildarms7OOO]

why is it white behind edwards

[Cheerios99]

Yes, quite a good effect, he's got a good video team...to go with the haircut.

[Strengthxpain]

"Africa, Africa" Who cares?! What about AMERICA. That's what you're running for, to be the President of AMERICA. Damn, that's annoying.

[0griggs]

Our uranium,our chemicals for such downey soft comforts as modern medicine, all come from that cesspool and political insurrection that is the continent I was born on. If we want the world to move forward, the only thing that will continue it is a strong, stable Africa. Allowing world corporations and large banks to bleed Africa dry through debts and tairrifs will only work against America having a bright future.

[salvador36213]

he is very loud

[Io42]

Jeez, whats with the snail-phone?

[da133]

this is incredible, good work and i hope to see more presidential interviews in the future.

[1Raven4u]

Well, because I have worked very hard, on the ground, on what's happening in the world. For example, I have lead a task force on US-Russia relations... Der... Uhh... Council on Foreign Relations.

haha

[ArtificialReality]

Evidently, James isn't a master video editor. He's busy trying to get his arrogant ass on TV, that's all.

[tooltalk]

This baffoon's poverty tour is nothing more than a political vaudeville. You gotta let go of this notion that we, the most powerful nation of economic and social elites, can eradicate the miseries of poor, uneducated, helpless in Africa and Asia - problems which they don't understand too well. The demo political candidates often exploit education, poverty, and inequity because these have a lot of emotional appeal and it helps push their collectivist economic agendas. This is disgusting.

[Naturyl]

Tooltalk: Why don't you post this sort of thing on a Republican candidate's video? None of Edwards' audience is interested in remarks like these, and in fact, we find them disgusting.

Please keep your Social Darwinist economic agenda to yourself.

[tooltalk]

Oh, did I hurt your feeling by criticizing your idol? I love you democrats, so-called progressives - you guys are such an open-minded crowd; not to mention your superior morality and intellect. Why don't you study the issue of poverty if you care at all about your candidate. Stop talking with your ass.

[mark1242]

haha layers meeting...figures

[DrMarson]

Where in the constitution does it say that the US Federal government has a responsibility (or even the authority) to educate 100 million elementary students in other countries? If US citizens want to contribute money to causes like this, they can do it through charitable organizations.

[Strengthxpain]

Exactly. This just sickens me, how it seems like everyone is so worried about other counties that are nothing but a burden to our own peoples well being!

[hill0118]

He's very right on what he said about American values. The problem is that this current administration has done things that in the past would have been unspeakable for a president to do. I could never imagine the Clinton or even Reagan white houses condoning torture or spying upon Americans. Our values have been distorted and we need to go back to the way we were before all this madness.

[gdstark]

Eliminating poverty is an admirable cause, but it ultimately it's not as simple as just feeding them. Or even educating them. It ultimately gets back to spreading democracy. The countries where people are most destitute tend to be dictatorships. So how does he plan to eliminate dictatorships?

gary

[kevinabt]

He could start by impeaching Cheney and Bush.

[tooltalk]

Well, not that simple. there is actually no correlationship between good governance (i.e. dictator, democracy, policy) and economic growth. Most of the East Asian countries that experienced rapid economic growth (reduction poverty, higher living standard) in the 60s-80s, for instance, were under some form of authoritarian gov't.

[gdstark]

Dictators often steal the country's wealth, leaving everyone else starving. And of course you can't vote the bums out of office. This isn't true in democracies. I would agree that other factors are involved, but democracy still helps. Oh, and there's no such word as "correlationship".

gary

[tooltalk]

if u r right, India the largest democracy in the world should have experienced huge economic growth bet 50-80. There is no single political system that guarantees your economic well-being. Democracy, widely misconceived by many, including Bush, isn't the be-all end-all solution.

[gdstark]

Democracy is the ONLY solution. If you think people of a particular country do NOT deserve to live under a free representative system, please name them.

gary

[tooltalk]

Democracy is not a precondition for economic takeoff; neither is saving/investment, technology, or education. I find your comment a bit arrogant and I find it annoying that the word democracy is thrown around carelessly to justify everything from war to poverty.

[gdstark]

I didn't attempt to justify war. I think Iraq was ill conceived to put it mildly. Perhaps I don't understand your position...do you see the spread of democracy as a desirable goal for all nations?

gary

[mozartsnum1fan]

i'm with berliita...how do u explain what happened at 01:37?

[berliita]

Hi, James.

At 1:37 there's a cut. How come?

Isn't this supposed to be the unabridged version?

What did you cut off?