On the Phone with Senator John Edwards

Democratic Presidential candidate and former Senator John Edwards (D-NC) speaks with me over the phone from Chicago on Sunday, July 15, 2007.

We discuss global poverty, global warming, the upcoming CNN/YouTube debates, and whether he thinks third-tier candidates should be excluded from the debates.

Submit your questions for the post-debate live broadcast at
http://www.JohnEdwards.com

This is an edited version of the interview. I'll be posting the full version to my other channel:

http://www.youtube.com/JamesKotecki

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[Reubnick]

He's not in Chicago, he's in Heaven, apparently.

[sergeiche]

hm..vot Ron Paul

btw..real news here allamericanews*com

[uebergeek]

This split-screen looks like they're speaking across a time warp: the interviewer is talking on a bluetooth headset -- to Edwards who's talking on a 1970's era corded phone.

[DCUPtoejuice]

kotecki is such a dork

[sonofrattler]

I'd like to know why the multi-millionaire piece of shit is using federal campaign matching funds. This socialist lying trial lawyer scum is going down in flames. And still he wastes our money. What a loozer!

[harlequinforest777]

I kind of like Edwards. He's alright. But Kucinich blows him out of the water. KUCINICH 2008!!!

[andersoncouncil65]

You make good arguments, but lets just remember: avoid Ron Paul like the plague. He wants to repel anti-trust and safety laws that keep corporations in line. He believes the best policy regarding corporations is one of trust. Trust something that's stated goal is to profit regardless of the welfare of the people? AH!

[weirdoveirdo]

Well, they're not bad, but they're not good either. Both, like Hill and Edwards, supported the war at the outset. Kucinich has the best record of any canidate in the race (and his wife is hot as hell, yes), and he has better stances on every issue than any other. The thing about Kucinich is he understands that the Gov. has two jobs: secure the people's rights and, in a capitalist society, make sure the "free market" doesn't get out of hand, as it has here.

[johnnyk67]

I've always like that little dude.

Plus he has a smokin' wife.

And the whole 'peace through strength' thing could work. You're wrong about Dodd. He has bigger balls than the rest combined (including ol' Hil). At least he stands up to this administration. Biden seems alright... if he can shake that plagiarism thing.

[weirdoveirdo]

Kucinich. He has a long record of being willing to sacrifice everything for what is right, and he has all the right policies, no exceptions that I am aware of. Dodd and Biden are bad. Keyes, well, don't even get me started.

[johnnyk67]

Fuck... I was afraid you were right.

Who do I vote for then?

Kucinich?

Dodd?

Keyes?

the other black guy, or the broad?

How about Biden?

[weirdoveirdo]

The so-called "free market" which he loves so much is one with the MIC. Supporting the free market is supporting comsumer-inperialism, which is supporting the MIC. The free market, furthermore, is anti-democratic. It creates an aristocracy of the rich, and supresses all but those on the top, who are not even decided by merit, but by whether they are white, rich sociopaths.