This is the type of thing Barack Obama needs to do. I'm not so sure HC would come off very well if she went on MTV, though. There is a lot of things Obama's campaign could be taking advantage of, but they're not. So far, he's been very, very disappointing.

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I disagree on the anti-Clinton war plan: Hillary Clinton knows what to do in Iraq: to get out, but to slowly let/make the Iraqi government take matters into their own hands. That was our goal in the first place. The only thing I agree on with Edwards is his plan for universal healthcare.

Cillizza could have ended Edwards' political career if he'd asked him a series of questions about his latest come-one-come-all immigration stance:

http://lonewacko.com/blog/archives/007084.html

Did Cillizza do that? Or, did he further show how much of an MSM hack he is by not mentioning immigration at all or by just allowing Edwards to give his standard stump speech on the issue?

I'm going to guess the latter.

Voters are aware of the Clintons selling their souls to Rupert Murdoch - resulting in the corporate media and press influencing the presidential election with pro-Hillary coverage and hyping a rockstar to project the illusion of a competitive 2 Dem race.
The informed are aware that John Edwards is our best candidate - and has NEVER taken donations from DC lobbyists who influence Congress to write legi$lation that favors corporations - courtesy of U.S. taxpayers.

Voters are aware of the Clintons selling their souls to Rupert Murdoch - resulting in the corporate media and press influencing the presidential election with pro-Hillary coverage and hyping a rockstar to project the illusion of a competitive 2 Dem race.
The informed are aware that John Edwards is our best candidate - and has NEVER taken donations from DC lobbyists who influence Congress to write legi$lation that favors corporations - courtesy of U.S. taxpayers.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Private military contractor Blackwater USA "delayed and impeded" a congressional probe into the 2004 killings of four of its employees in Falluja, Iraq, the House Oversight Committee said Thursday in a report.

Family members of the slain Blackwater employees listen during a congressional hearing earlier this year.

Blackwater contractors Jerry Zovko, Scott Helvenston, Mike Teague and Wesley Batalona were ambushed, dragged from their vehicles and killed on March 31, 2004.

The burned and mutilated remains of two of the men were hung from a bridge over the Euphrates River, an image that fueled American outrage and triggered the first of two attempts to retake the city from Sunni Arab insurgents.

The company stalled the committee's investigation into the incident by "erroneously claiming" documents related to the incident were classified, trying to get the Defense Department to make previously unclassified documents classified and "asserting questionable legal privileges," according to a report from the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee's Democratic staff.

According to Blackwater's reports on the killings, the men killed in Falluja had been sent into the area without proper crew, equipment or even maps.

At the moment Edwardsseems to have cought my interest. Though, if him saying things like sooner or later all young black males are goin to be in prison is true, that definitely would make me con-Edwardas emmidiately.

Atleast John Edwards has enough guts to stand in the middle of a very political MTV/ MySpace crowd and tell people that if they voted for him, he would take everyone out of Iraq in nine months.

It's funny how he thought antgonizing Bush would grab people's attentions, saying how Bush was foolish and indirectly put Sodom's murder case on the whole country of Iraq, and putting soilders out there, to what again,...oh looking for more money and power?

-BIG 11

Suffice to say that Edwards bottomed out in August. He's been inching back up since.

Marcus Freeman:

With regards to your deceptive use of John Edwards' quote, "He said of young black males 'pretty soon.... they're all gonna be in prison, or dead.'" That is completely out of context and you're attempting to make unfounded racist suggestions.

He was addressing a black female's question, in fact. And he was talking about cleaning up our prison system, how individuals need to get another chance in society, contribute, and get back to their lives. Otherwise, more and more for-profit prisons will be built, disenfranchising black males and wasting more tax dollars. Clearly Edwards is well aware of the statistics and how much more likely, unfairly, black males are in prison. I don't know the numbers offhand.

But this was part of a response where he shared his concern for how unfair the system is, and how it should NOT be that way.

If you have something against Senator Edwards, be clear about it. Don't manipulate his words to make false, hateful insinuations.

CC, I certainly hope you post something first thing tomorrow re: the Republicans who dared show up for the debates that Tavis Smiley hosted tonight. If you don't, I will know that your bias is towards Democrats -- and this coming from a Democrat.

JD, SCHIP is not a constitutional mandate by any means. It not impermissible, either. But Congress is charged with providing for the "general welfare", second only to its charge to provide for the common "defence". The Public Health Service dates from the 1790s.

There are specific powers - like establishing post offices and the post roads, too. The post office is quasi-private now. The post roads
became US Highways, then Interstates.

The enormous number of cabinet members are not defined in the Constitution, either. Even the Original three: State, War, and Treasury, were created in 1789 by Congress, not by the Constitution.

JD, my point is that the Constitution is historically very elastic as to the powers clauses. You know this.

The Supreme Court is historically deferential to Congress and to the Executive, except where defined personal rights and liberties like the free exercise of religion or the right to be compensated for a taking of property are threatened. I hope it remains the case that the Supremes will not preside over the erosion of enumerated liberties.

But when it comes to distinguishing and rating spending alternatives, the Constitution cannot be relied upon to provide the details of any Congressional agenda. So while I favor an FBI [fashioned from pure general welfare] and an SEC [fashioned from the enumerated commerce power] and about one third of the Cabinet [created out of virtual whole cloth, I think the word itself may appear once] I do tend to measure new programs based on cost-benefit analyses. So you surprised me when you claimed the Constitution as your
measure.

Lies, Damned Lies, and Bushspeak

EDwards is awfully close to dropping down a tier in the race. Might he count on the MTV vote to sustain his flailing campaign?

http://www.political-buzz.com/

He said of young black males "pretty soon.... they're all gonna be in prison, or dead."

http://think.mtv.com/044FDFFFF0002D79C001700989F55/

Is Edwards still hiring staffers who bash Catholics? Lost my interest in him then.

Chris,
Who do we talk to about retiring the word "attack" in this context? It's regularly used to describe even the most mundane mention of an opponent's position in the process of drawing distinctions. I think Edwards mention of Sen Clinton's statement hardly qualifies. I'm afraid the word has lost its meaning.

ps-Why is "in depth" repeatedly italicized?

While I like John Edwards, of the current candidates, I'm still hoping that Al Gore, will enter the race.
He's been right about everything, from Iraq to the environment, to Social Security... to his foresight, in helping the Internet come about.
He has the experience, and forward-thinking, to lead us out of this abyss, that GOP rule, over these past 30 years has created.
If anyone is interested, sign the petition at: http://www.draftgore.com/

I do not see what appeal's John Edwards could possibly be to people? He won 1 US senate election here in NC in 1998, after campaigning as a southern moderate and turning into a true blue liberal. Deciding he couldn't possibly win again here in NC, he ventured out to run for President, lost that race and ended up on the ticket as VP. Running as Kerry's VP, by the way, was a safer bet than running here in NC again against Richard Burr. However, like most of John's political races, he was again on the losing ticket. He was creamed by Cheney in the debate as well. So now he has decided he will again run for President. Tis, tis, tis...he may as well give it up. Hillary is the eventual Dem. nominee, bottom line. When Edwards see's his dream go up in smoke in Iowa in Jan., perhaps then he will drop realizing he's again the head of a losing ticket. If Hillary is smart, and I think she is, she will not run this loser on her ticket. If he could only sue his way into the White House.....

HEY CC -- FOR THE LINE:

Rep. Terry Everett (R-Ala.) announced Wednesday that he will not seek re-election in 2008. The eight-term lawmaker posted a statement on his Web site that said he reached the difficult decision not to run again over the weekend.

As we reported earlier today over at The Horse's Mouth, Rush Limbaugh said on his radio show that soldiers who favor U.S. withdrawal from Iraq are "phony soldiers."

The assertion -- has the potential to be explosive, since some troops who are currently fighting in Iraq, and a handful who have died there, have questioned the war in the media.

Now Dems are stepping forward to blast his remark. First up: the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Here's the statement just released by DCCC chief Chris Van Hollen:

"Rush Limbaugh's personal attack on our men and women in uniform is reprehensible. It minimizes the sacrifice our troops in Iraq and their families are making and has no place in the public discourse. Rush Limbaugh owes our military and their families an apology for his hurtful comments that minimize their service to our country."

Look at this cartoon at politico.com.

Bush's got kids drowning, has a general compleatly covered in life preserves. He tells the kids to share one, while his "WAR" has hundresds opf them. It's it true isn't it true.

Greed. Fear. Hate.

And that's just how the gop feels about americans. How do you think they feel about furners

Rep. John Doolittle, R-Calif., indicated Thursday he planned to fight a Justice Department subpoena for 11 years of records as part of the Jack Abramoff bribery investigation.

A friend of the site sent along a reminder of the exchange President Bush had with a student back in April 2006 while speaking at Johns Hopkins University:

Q Thank you, Mr. President. It's an honor to have you here. I'm a first-year student in South Asia studies. My question is in regards to private military contractors. Uniform Code of Military Justice does not apply to these contractors in Iraq. I asked your Secretary of Defense a couple months ago what law governs their actions.
THE PRESIDENT: I was going to ask him. Go ahead. (Laughter.) Help. (Laughter.)

Q I was hoping your answer might be a little more specific. (Laughter.) Mr. Rumsfeld answered that Iraq has its own domestic laws which he assumed applied to those private military contractors. However, Iraq is clearly not currently capable of enforcing its laws, much less against -- over our American military contractors. I would submit to you that in this case, this is one case that privatization is not a solution. And, Mr. President, how do you propose to bring private military contractors under a system of law?

THE PRESIDENT: I appreciate that very much. I wasn't kidding -- (laughter.) I was going to -- I pick up the phone and say, Mr. Secretary, I've got an interesting question. (Laughter.) This is what delegation -- I don't mean to be dodging the question, although it's kind of convenient in this case, but never -- (laughter.) I really will -- I'm going to call the Secretary and say you brought up a very valid question, and what are we doing about it? That's how I work. I'm -- thanks. (Laughter.)

Breaking the Army
It's remarkable what gets lost some days amid the mounting detritus of the Bush Administration. Yesterday the new Army Chief of Staff, Gen. George Casey, the former top commander in Iraq, went before Congress and essentially declared the Army to be broken.

The Boston Globe had the best account:

In his first appearance as Army chief of staff, Casey told the House Armed Services Committee that the Army is "out of balance" and "the current demand for our forces exceeds the sustainable supply. We are consumed with meeting the demands of the current fight and are unable to provide ready forces as rapidly as necessary for other potential contingencies."
Officials said Casey, who appeared along with Army Secretary Pete Geren, personally requested the public hearing - a highly unusual move that military analysts said underscores his growing concern about the health of the Army, America's primary fighting force.

Casey, a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, wanted a public forum even though he has ample opportunity to speak to lawmakers in closed-door meetings.

"Rush Limbaugh and the "phony soldiers"
So Rush Limbaugh says there are two kinds of soldiers serving in the U.S. military in Iraq -- real soldiers who think the United States ought to keep fighting there and "phony soldiers" who think the United States ought to start making plans to leave.

Media Matters has the obvious rejoinder: The seven men who wrote "The War as We Saw It" must have been "phony soldiers," right?

Memo to Rush: Try telling that to the "phony mothers," "phony fathers," "phony wives" and "phony kids" of those men, two of whom were killed in Iraq this month.

Memo to John Cornyn and 71 other U.S. senators: Where's the resolution condemning Rush?
"

http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/

'heh heh Pelosi Galore. and Hairy Reed. Thanks for the laugh of the day!'

this is the sort of juvenile drivel that 'proud' thinks is hilarious... the republican party -- Sandbox World.

Your buddy Jaun willaims. Credibility? Not with his own NPR. He crossed over to a republcian propogandist. Let's be real. Let's call these propogandsits what they are.

"NPR Snubs Interview With the President,
So It Airs on Fox News

Does National Public Radio have a nose for news? Or a nose that's offended by the scent of President Bush? NPR news boss Ellen Weiss snubbed an exclusive interview opportunity with President Bush. Washington Post media reporter Howard Kurtz reported Wednesday that the White House offered NPR's Juan Williams an interview on race relations, but NPR didn't want it on its airwaves. So on Monday it aired instead on the Fox News Channel.

Williams told Kurtz he was "stunned" by NPR's decision: "It makes no sense to me. President Bush has never given an interview in which he focused on race....I was stunned by the decision to turn their backs on him and to turn their backs on me." Fox was even sharper. "NPR's lack of news judgment is astonishing, and their treatment of a respected journalist like Juan Williams is appalling," said Fox spokeswoman Irena Briganti.

[This item, by Tim Graham, was posted Wednesday on the MRC's blog, NewsBusters.org: newsbusters.org ]

An excerpt from Kurtz's September 26 story:

Ellen Weiss, NPR's vice president for news, said she "felt strongly" that "the White House shouldn't be selecting the person."She said NPR told Bush's press secretary, Dana Perino, that "we're grateful for the opportunity to talk to the president but we wanted to determine who did the interview." When the White House said the offer could not be transferred to one of NPR's program hosts, Weiss took a pass...

While it is not unusual for the White House to offer a presidential sitdown to a particular anchor or correspondent, Weiss noted that ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and Fox have all had their anchors interview Bush and that NPR has been requesting such a session for seven years. When Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign last week offered an interview to NPR's health reporter, Weiss said, the network obtained permission to have it done instead by "All Things Considered" host Melissa Block.

END of Excerpt

"

http://www.mrc.org/cyberalerts/2007/cyb20070927.asp

Everything isn't about money there are some things in the world that use up money to commit to the greater good! You are so selfish all you care about is YOUR economic situation when a few extra dollars from your pocket could really help someone that really has economic troubles!

Despite all the posturing about ending the war, based on our discussion last night, we will not be ending it ever! we are already in the process of expanding it to Iran. We never really knew what we were talking about but wanted the votes and the money of all those loony leftist pinkos. they are so gullible, they will believe anything that sounds anti-Bush.

so there you have it. vote for us because the difference between us and Repubs is that we will raise your taxes to cover a small portion of the giant amount we will spend. Repubs will not spend as much and tax you less. As you know, taxes are cool.

Otherwise it will all just be a lot of talk about doing things we will never do, just like now and forever.

heh heh Pelosi Galore. and Hairy Reed. Thanks for the laugh of the day!

The Congressional approval ratings are heading toward the single digits. Next stop: negative numbers. Thank you, Hairy Reed and Pelosi Galore. I was afraid we'd have to sit through four years of a dim presidency before the public would realize how stupid they are. They know now, thanks to these two twits.

Remember that tipping point in the Iraq debate that was going to happen in September? It's been postponed to March -- if ever. Despite nine months of congressional debate, presidential speeches, high-profile votes in both the House and Senate, controversial ads, anti-war marches and growing casualty lists, little has changed in the war debate - and it's unlikely to for the next six months,

Still the party of losers

"harpy"? really? that's the best you can come up with? C- for absence of creativity. Next time at least try to do your own thinking.

So far, John Edwards is the most qualified, carries the most integrity, and truely represents the progressive change this country truely NEEDS!

After 28 years of conservative Presidents (yes, that includes Bill 'Welfare Reform, NAFTA, Mr. Medicare Slasher 1997 Clinton) our country and it's people are in dire straights.

Employment

Healthcare

Education

Foreign Diplomacy

and the Environment

can suffer NO MORE!

The time for a Predident such as John Edwards is long overdue!

just go for it zouk -- jump. we'll be free of one more angry, hate filled lunatic.

'If I have to listen to that harpy cackling for the next year, I think I will consider plunging off a bridge'

promises, promises. do the world a favor and take the plunge...

text reads, "The photo accompanying this article, which shows a teenage girl buried before being stoned to death for alleged sexual offenses, will serve as the poster for the protest Week. The stoning took place in Iran."

This photo turns up all over the right-wing media, but the 'stoning' actually takes place in a Dutch indie film called De Steen, directed by Mahnaz Tamizi. The teenage girl is actress Smadar Monsinos.

http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/7259.html

A U.S. soldier broke down in tears Thursday as he testified that he was ordered to shoot an unarmed Iraqi man, and that his sergeant laughed and told the trooper to finish the job as the man convulsed on the ground.

Sgt. Evan Vela's testimony came during the court-martial of Spc. Jorge G. Sandoval, of Laredo, Texas. Sandoval is on trial for allegedly killing Iraqis and trying to cover up the deaths by planting weapons at the scene.

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www.onlinejournal.com
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www.globalresearch.ca

The John Edwards campaign: A representative of the American ruling elite postures as a working class populist

By Tom Carter

On a campaign stop in Portland, Oregon last Wednesday, candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination John Edwards was introduced by Tom Chamberlain, head of the Oregon AFL-CIO, as "a blue collar president for a blue collar America." To whistles and applause, Edwards emerged in blue jeans and a blazer as loud rock music blared over loudspeakers.

One might imagine that a "blue collar," populist campaign would be a somewhat problematic endeavor for someone like John Edwards, a multimillionaire lawyer and consultant for a $30 billion hedge fund with a record of support for antidemocratic, militarist policies during his six years in the US Senate.

Nonetheless, this particular campaign speech in Portland, like many the former senator has delivered to meetings around the country in recent weeks, was littered with appeals to the nation's working poor: "I think it says something about our character, how we treat the needs of our own people who wake up every day just worried about surviving," Edwards intoned.

Edwards proceeded to denounce President Bush's recent veto of the latest war-funding bill, a bill he falsely characterized as representing opposition to the war. Meanwhile, he called for universal healthcare, regulations on predatory lending, and restrictions on carbon emissions.

Edwards made similar statements the following day before a labor meeting in Tucson, Arizona. "I'm the only candidate who talks about poverty in America," he said.

The two faces of John Edwards

The cynicism with which Edwards has conducted himself during his political career deserves a brief review.

While he was the vice-presidential candidate on the 2004 Democratic ticket, Edwards participated in a debate with Vice President Dick Cheney in which he attacked Cheney, former CEO of Halliburton, for making use of offshore tax havens and loopholes to avoid paying taxes. "Those are the kind of things that ought to be closed," Edwards declared. "They ought to be closed. They ought to be closed for anybody. They ought to be closed whether they're personal, and they ought to be closed whether they apply to a corporation."

After his Senate term was up, however, Edwards took a consulting job at Fortress Investment Group--a $30 billion hedge fund operation incorporated in the Cayman Islands, where investors can avoid paying US taxes. He continued his consulting work there until December 2006, when he quit and announced his intent to seek the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination.

According to the Center for Responsive Politics, Fortress Investment Group is the top contributor in Edwards' campaign for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, with fund executives having donated $182,260 so far--more than twice the amount supplied by his second-largest contributor.

For the rest please go to:

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/may2007/edwa-m07.shtml

If I have to listen to that harpy cackling for the next year, I think I will consider plunging off a bridge. to make it worse, when sufficiently challenged, it spirals into nasty lecturing and harangue. It makes al gore seem appealing.

all the image consultants in the world can't hide the unsavory nature of this harridan. she clearly has been instructed to giggle or laugh when she feels challenged. It's not working for you shrew. go back to the sour faces of gorgon, at least it is sincere.

and try to answer a single question off script once in your life. without taking a poll and without asking bill first.