I have a tremendous amount of respect for Edwards supporters that are not jumping ship.

[Ninga]

I do not, for the life of me, understand the indecisive minds, and the herky jerky flip flopping between candidates.

In my mind, there are major differences between the candidate, major ones.

With that in mind, I am devoting the rest of the week to writing letters to the editor in SC and Nevada.

The marvels of the internet makes it easier than ever.......I need to do something productive....can't let rocky do all the heavy lifting...

:loveya:

:hi:

Go Johnny Go :patriot:

[Plucketeer]

1. I'm with you.

And thanks for the inspiration about writing to SC and NV papers. DOH! I'd never thought of that!:dunce:

[Ninga]

4. Take that dunce hat off right now! And may I offer you my gratitude for the inspiration

you provide.

It is tough, tough business to see the other 2 candidates have their winning days......we might have our worry and even a bit of sadness but damn it to hell we are NOT fair weather fans.

For that I am thankful....to be among strong people who have strong convictions and values. I love it.

:loveya:


:hi:

[bobbolink]

15. "we might have our worry and even a bit of sadness but damn it to hell we are NOT fair weather fans.

BRILLIANT!!!

Sometimes I'm so amazed at the eloquence here!

:grouphug: to cold and blustery weather friends!!

[AndyA]

2. I'm sticking with Edwards all the way.

He's so obviously the best choice for President. He is a man of integrity, he's smart, dynamic, disciplined, principled, has a great wife and family. What's not to like?

Everything he has he's done on his own, no trust funds to pay the way for John. I have so much respect for him.

And Elizabeth will make one of the finest First Ladies we've ever had. I'm talking Jackie Kennedy country, and they just don't come any finer than that.

I really think Edwards will be the nominee, he just has to find a better way to get his message out there. We need to all put our heads together and come up with something.

[Ninga]

6. Small miracles happen, believe. Good things do happen to good people, believe.

[bobbolink]

16. I disagree heartily!

:hi:

Jackie Kennedy couldn't hold a candle to Elizabeth Edwards!

Jackie was ...well, a First Lady for that time. BUT.... she was so upper crust, and so far above us that most of us really couldn't relate.

Elizabeth is soooo one of us! She knows how to listen, she knows how to share her heart. I think she's much more an Eleanor Roosevelt, if we want to pair up First Ladies.

[smokey nj]

3. I'm not going anywhere!!!

[Ninga]

5. I wouldn't let you anyway....I would tie you to a chair. Ha.

:hi:

[smokey nj]

10. Would you spank me too? I'd be willing to pay?

:P

[Ninga]

12. THIS IS A PRIVATE MESSAGE DO NOT READ IF YOU ARE NOT SMOKEY NJ

Your place or mine???????

[smokey nj]

13. .....

:rofl:

[Beaverhausen]

7. Remember- Edwards poll numbers are going up as Hill's go down

and obama's stay a bit the same.

When Edwards is able to get his message out, people respond. We have to help him get that message out!

[asdjrocky]

8. You guys are stuck with me-

I'm leaving for Nevada after this weekend.

[saracat]

9. I am outraged at the stupidity and disloyalty of some people

I will leave the Dem party before I would desert John and that may happen yet if people are too stupid to recognize what they have in John and i am serious.My vote has got to mean something.

[Ninga]

11. I elect you to go out and beat the deserters up.......

you go girl:

:woohoo:

[bobbolink]

17. saracat, post after post, you articulate my own thoughts.

I hear the sadness and isolation from the party in your words, and it makes me sad. People like us deserve better!

I'm serious, too, and not afraid to say it.

Rules be damned.

:hi:

[bobbolink]

14. I never thought of that--FANTASTIC idea!

Can you share some email addies for various papers? I want to get some emails going out!

Thanks... great inspiration!

Maybe should post this idea on the Edwards blog????

[bullwinkle428]

18. I'm not jumping ship!! I vow to remain

until JE decides to end it...

[bpeale]

19. americans are still voting against their own best interest if they don't vote for edwards

[zalinda]

20. Well I'm not leaving John, but I just left

the other John, Kerry that is. I've been receiving his emails and I just un-subscribed. I had hoped that he would stay out of the fray, but he has jumped in, and it pisses me off. He could have waited, but he chose to dismiss Edwards, and that I won't forgive him for. He more or less sanctioned a 2 person dem race. Pretty damn crass of him.

zalinda

[onehandle]

21. Yep. As soon as I recieve another one of his emails (today, I suspect) I will un-subscribe.

If he had endorsed Edwards, the media would have said, "Eh...whatever."

Endorsing Obama or Clinton is the choice that would get him headlines.

I sent him $500 in 2004. I still admire the guy, but I have to let him know how I feel.

I will be writing a personal letter to him.

[Plucketeer]

22. I'm with you on this.

I'll be writing a letter as well.

[Horse with no Name]

26. I did the same

I blocked his emails as Spam and Obama's as spam.

[Nutmegger]

23. Some people just need to be with the "winning" team. Principals be damned.

It's sad seeing a few Edwards supporters suddenly change their avatars and signature line and defect to the "winners".

I'm not going anywhere.

[mother earth]

24. Don't be discouraged, more will be jumping ship from other

candidates and are all the time. Remember it's only two states down, and he did fabulous in IA, it was phenomenal. Edwards is going to show 'em all, he's in it to win.

[Horse with no Name]

25. Deep down inside

they weren't for Edwards anyway.
The other two candidates do not reflect change...and true supporters INSIST on change.
It seems to me the ones that jump ship simply want to be on a winning team--thus making it about them, and not about the country.
To that I say, Good Riddance. We didn't need you in the first place.

[NastyRiffraff]

27. Oh, why didn't I join this forum months ago???

You people are great! Yes, I'm sticking with John, all the way.

[Ninga]

28. We are hear, we are strong, we are compatriots, we are sisters, we are brothers, we are you, we are

me and we are

Supporters of John Edwards !!!

And we are GROWING !!


Welcome and :hi:


:yourock:

[NastyRiffraff]

29. Thanks for the welcome!

Glad to be here! :hi:

[Nutmegger]

30. Welcome friend.

There's no quitter talk in here!

:hi:

[ClericJohnPreston]

31. Quit?

Theres no quitting in Politics! Somewhere along the line, to save this country from Corporate despotism, both Hillary and Obama will hiccup.

Only question isn't will they, but when.

When they show their real faces, it will be Edwards time.

How can anyone desert John when he is our last hope for a Progressive candidate? Hillary is owned by the major corporations and Obama is talking placating Conservatives and criticizing his own Party.

The latter was my last straw and exposes his agenda.

So why can't anyone in the GDP section see this?

I'm anti-religion in Government, but the bible offers up the best quote:

"There are none so blind as those who will not see".

[Two Americas]

32. lashed to the mast

I lashed myself to the mast and am prepared to weather whatever storm or rough seas we need to face.

[bobbolink]

33. Ohmy, that's a painful mental image!

John and Elizabeth have inspired some great supporters!

:hi:

ps.... did you take note of this?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=257&topic_id=3459&mesg_id=3459

[Two Americas]

34. best I can do

Getting too old to trust my footing on a slippery deck. :D

I am trying to reciprocate and thank them whenever a supporter of another candidate acts sane.

[Two Americas]

35. remember

We represent the best interests of the majority of people in the country - the best hope for millions.

We have three things happening - the message; those of us rallying to the message; the candidate spearheading the message. We can carry forward the first two no matter what happens, can we not?

How about it? How committed is everyone here? Not just to Edwards, but how committed are we to his message and how committed are we to each other and how committed are we to alleviating the suffering and discouraged people in the country? Just so long as the polls look good? Does it depend on our mood? Do we quit when we get a little discouraged? If others don't agree with us, do we then wonder if we were wrong?

How committed are we?

[ClericJohnPreston]

36. If you have read my posts.....

you know I'm here no matter what. No one could, or ever will, shake my confidence in the one person I have found to be decent, honest and thoroughly committed to the same cause I have.......the elimination of greed, injustice, economic despotism, corporatism and nacent Fascism from the American sytem of Government.

I'm with John for the full ride!

[bobbolink]

37. I"M IN! YES! This isn't about John Edwards... this is about the issues he has courageously

brought to the fore!

1. POVERTY.... my foremost issue, and MUST be deal with immediately.

2. Reining in the corporate greed.

3. Strengthening Unions

4. Health care

5.....

carry on... ^_^