We lost a lot when he withdrew | Everyday Citizen

Menu

Front Page
Table of Contents
Blogs Archives
Action Center
Other Sites We Like
Breaking News
Book Reviews
About Us
FAQ

Shortcuts

Connect with us on Facebook!

Subscribe.
[Feeds & Readers]

Follow us on Twitter!

Make us your home page!

Authors, sign in!

« I have never had much luck with exercise | Main | We Do Not Need Rulers, We Need Rule of Law »

« Previous Entry | Front Page | Next Entry »

We lost a lot when he withdrew

By Larry James
January 31, 2008

I'm sorry John Edwards dropped out of the race for the Democratic nomination for President.

Go ahead. Take your best shot. Blast him. Chronicle all of the criticisms you want. Parade out all of the stories, point out the inconsistencies as you see them, make fun of his haircuts and fire away at the size of his home. Oh, and don't leave out the lawyer jokes! I'll wait while you finish up with all of that... Done?

Here's my regret as I watched him standing there in New Orleans (have any of the other candidates from either major party even been there since the campaign got going?)...

Edwards always pushed the issues of poverty to the forefront.

Always.

As in every single speech.

In every debate.

And it wasn't a matter of party or partisan commitments. Edwards forced everyone to at least look at the issues surrounding poverty in America.

I regret that this important emphasis may be lost to this campaign.

I hope and pray that it will not be, but I fear we lost a lot when he withdrew on Wednesday.

What do you think?

Published January 31, 2008 by Larry James | Permalink | Tags: Campaigns Candidates Democratic Party Economy Poverty Public Policy Social Justice

Comments (1)

Nora Thomason

:

I agree with you Larry. I hope that all the people that are rallying around the other candidates aren't doing so merely for selfish reasons. What kind of selfish reasons might those be? Romney, for example, is the "prosperity" president. He seems to think that when the economy is bad, all ya have to do is just buy the cheap stock shares. Tell that to a person without food to feed her kids. She can't buy bread this week, how is she going to capitalize on the cheap prices of stocks on Wall Street?

I don't know if the followers of the other candidates will lead us into selfish days or unselfish days. Like you, I pray that it will not be that way.

We did lose a lot yesterday.

Posted by Nora Thomason | January 31, 2008 11:13 AM

Posted on January 31, 2008 11:13

Post your own comment

Name:

Email Address:

Remember personal info?

(To create links here or for style, you may wish to use HTML tags in your comments) We want to know what you think. Feel free to share whatever you'd like to:

Our sponsors help us stay online to serve you. Thank you for doing your part! By using the specific links below to start any of your online shopping, you are making a tremendous difference. By using the links below, you are directly helping to support this community website:

Want to browse more blogs? Try our table of contents to find articles under specific topics or headings. Or you might find interesting entries by looking through the complete archives too. Stay around awhile. We're glad you're here.

Browse the Blogs!

You are here!

This page contains only one entry posted to Everyday Citizen on January 31, 2008 10:36 AM.

The blog post previous to it is titled "I have never had much luck with exercise"

The post that follows this one is titled "We Do Not Need Rulers, We Need Rule of Law"

Want to explore this site more?

Many more blog posts can be found on our Front Page or within our complete Archives.

Does a particular subject interest you?

You can easily search for blog posts under a specific topic by using our List of Categories.

Visit our friends!

The nationally acclaimed Everyday Citizen recently launched its first state-specific site, Kansas Free Press! Though you may not live in Kansas, see for yourself how citizens there are striving to be the change they want to see!

Books You Might Like!

Notices & Policies

All of the Everyday Citizen authors are delighted you are here. We all hope that you come back often, leave us comments, and become an active part of our community. Welcome!

All of our contributing authors are credentialed by invitation only from the editor/publisher of EverydayCitizen.com. If you are visiting and are interested in writing here, please feel free to let us know.

For complete site policies, including privacy, see our Frequently Asked Questions. This site is designed, maintained, and owned by its publisher, Everyday Citizen Media. EverydayCitizen.com, The Everyday Citizen, everydaycitizens.com, and Everyday Citizen are trademarked names.

Each of the authors here retain their own copyrights for their original written works, original photographs and art works. Our authors also welcome and encourage readers to copy, reference or quote from the content of their blog postings, provided that the content reprints include obvious author or website attribution and/or links to their original postings, in accordance with this website's Creative Commons License .

Copyright, 2007-2011, All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified, first by each the respective authors of each of their own individual blogs and works, and then by the editor and publisher for any otherwise unreserved and all other content. Our editor primarily reviews blogs for spelling, grammar, punctuation and formatting and is not liable or responsible for the opinions expressed by individual authors. The opinions and accuracy of information in the individual blog posts on this site are the sole responsibility of each of the individual authors.