Thursday, January 3, 2008

It's a long process I know

I've got mixed emotions about today. On the one hand John probably spent a quarter of the money Hillary did and still beat her, but on the other hand he wasn't funded well enough to come out on top. That upsets me very much.

I've listened to Johns message and I've seen him in action. I've studied his record, in congress and the private sector, this man is for real. He is everything I could ask for in a candidate. He is running this campaign the way I would want all campaigns run, but in doing so he is putting himself at risk of not being heard. That is a disgrace.

We have created an industry out of getting elected. Lights, Camera, Candidate we have more scripts than issues. Sound bites and sarcasm, get the dirt and put it on film. They twist your mind with a spectrum of scenarios from wolves at your door to mushroom clouds over our play grounds, it's no wonder people are turned off.

We know more about Britney's spending habits now days than John Edwards stand on getting us out of Iraq. We've become a tabloid, People magazine society but the sad thing is inquiring minds don't want to know what they should know. Johns the only candidate who's set a dead line of a year to get us out of Iraq. The other two candidates, sitting Senators I might add, have done nothing to get us out. Where is the media, where is the coverage?

Last but not least is Elizabeth Edwards. Her strength and will power in helping her husband in his campaign have inspired me and many others. I can imagine no finer First Lady. Where is the coverage of her? I see Bill out stumping for Hillary but no coverage of Elizabeth to speak of. Maybe if she were a little younger and red haired?

It is because I believe in John Edwards so much that I made a donation tonight, of what I could, to his campaign and I'm asking all who read this to do the same no matter how much it is. Use the Act Blue link here on my page or go to the John Edwards blog. No matter how you do it John deserves your support, please help.

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