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Who Will Get the Edwards Votes?

Who Will Get the Edwards Votes?

I wonder if there might have been any behind-the-scenes action to push Edwards out. I can’t believe he didn’t stick in the race – at least until after Super Tuesday! ARGGHHHH. So, what happens to us John Edwards supporters? Who will get the votes? John Edwards had the actual plans across the board. I hope the remaining candidates will make their own plans more progressive, but I doubt they will. I can only speak for myself, and I haven’t completely…

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John Edwards Has Dropped Out!

John Edwards Has Dropped Out!

Just got several notifications that Edwards has dropped from the presidential race. No statement from him that I can see yet. It almost moves me to cussin’. Every candidate I have ever supported in the opening stages has dropped out of the race. Why do we push out the best people? WHY, John? Why did you quit? I wonder who he will endorse. I can’t call it. I’ve got some rethinking to do.

Woo-hoo John Edwards!

Woo-hoo John Edwards!

Presidential candidate and all-around fantastic guy John Edwards has joined MyBlogLog, and VirusHead is the very blog community that he has joined! Thank you! I sure would like to see him win the Presidency. Download The Plan to Build One America (80 pp., pdf) to see some of the reasons why I am supporting John Edwards. Here is Edwards’ response to the State of the Union Address last night: The president tonight renewed his call for an economic recovery plan….

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The MLK Test for Presidential Candidates

The MLK Test for Presidential Candidates

Happy Memorial MLK Birthday Day. Have you wondered what Dr. King would think of the presidential candidates if he were alive? Barack Obama gave a speech took the pulpit at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta – the same church where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. helped rev up the civil rights movement. “If we’re honest with ourselves, we’ll acknowledge that our own community has not always been true to King’s vision of a beloved community. “The divisions, the stereotypes,…

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Brief thoughts on Presidential Candidates

Brief thoughts on Presidential Candidates

I haven’t been posting on the Presidential race, mostly because the discourse is depressing. The change/experience framing is trite, and I’m already more than sick of it. But here are some random thoughts about the presidential candidates across the board.

News that Matters to Me

News that Matters to Me

The roundup of the news that catches my eye and matters to me is focused around a national theme, as it often is. We are too easily misled and kept in the dark. When we see a bit of light, it is too easy to cover our eyes. We have been progressively desensitized, but we’re not the first. I am beginning to have some hope again. “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually…

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