Re: John Edwards to endorse Barack Obama...

JSM wrote:
> On May 16, 8:47 am, "Lamont Cranston" <Lamont.Crans...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote:
> > BibsBro wrote:
> > > "Lamont Cranston" <Lamont.Crans...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> > >news:g0hlum$rhu$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >> DickCheneysT...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> > >>> On May 14, 8:00�pm, "geno4321" <eugenefk...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > >>> > You mean as a back room closed room politician.
> >
> > >>> I like John Edwards, but him and his wig would not influence my
> > >>> vote. Common sense influences my vote.
> >
> > >> That isn't relevant.  What's relevant is that John Edward
> > >> connects with a part of the electorate that Obama has been
> > >> unable to.
> >
> > >>> This endorsement was planned to offset Barack's very
> > >>> disappointing loss last night. Edwards must have made some deal
> > >>> with Barack last week.
> >
> > >> The loss was totally expected, so it wasn't disappointing.  The
> > >> timing of the endorsement was politically brilliant in that it
> > >> upstaged Clinton's victory in West Virginia.
> >
> > > Edwards is just another elitist Democrat politician.
> >
> > Sure.  Edwards came out of blue collar family, studied hard, went to
> > college, went to law school, worked hard, and made a lot of money
> > so he's an elitist.
> >
> > But, George W. Bush are born with a silver spoon in his mouth, is
> > given everything including admissions to universities that he was
> > not qualified to attend, and he is just an everyday, down-to-earch
> > kind of guy that you'd like to have at a backyard picnic.
> >
> > I get it.
> >
> > > The fact that Obama is not sup****ted by working people does not go
> > > away by a wave of Prettyboy Edward's magic fairy wand.
> >
> > You are confused.  Many, many working people sup****t Obama.  His
> > sup****t among white, blue-collar types is weak.  Since Edwards grew
> > up in a white, blue-collar environment, he has strong sup****t from
> > the same white, blue-collar types and it is quite likely that he
> > will have a very significant effect on how they vote.
> >
> > Now, that wasn't too complicated for you, was it?
>
> I like what Oblama says, if he meant it would be one thing, if he
> could deliver would be another.  As he is a relatively unknown, you
> have to judge him by the people that sup****t him.  He was endorsed by
> Edwards and Kennedy and that tells me everything I need to know about
> him.

Yep.  He was endorsed by two of the people that I admire most and that
means 
a lot to me.