Edwards in NH - "The poison fruit of corruption"

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Tuesday October 30, 2007 · 11:17 PM PDT

2007/10/30 · 23:17

Image Hosted by Photobucket On Monday I attended an Edwards event at Exeter Town Hall in NH. It was NH Retail at its very best.

The Edwards stump has taken a major step forward since I saw him two weeks ago, the content has changed and the tone has shifted to that of an urgency in his current speech. The distinctions are now razor sharp between John Edwards and the rest of the field, "you have choices in this election and you need to be aware of them." The reality of where we are as a country today and the vision for where we all want to be as a people are now painted in excruciating and moving detail on one issue after another: universal health care; corruption; disenfranchisement of the citizenry; economic fairness; our two unequal school systems; global warming and conservation the list goes on ...

And it's only about 23 minutes so you can imagine, man. Follow me below the fold for the full video and the antidote.

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Tuesday October 30, 2007 · 12:01 PM PDT

2007/10/30 · 12:01

Image Hosted by ImageShack.us I went to see Elizabeth Edwards in Brentwood, NH at a stunning home in a beautiful country setting right outside Exeter last Friday. She "hadn't done one of these in quite some time," but she wasn't rusty and the packed house of about 100 people were happy to get a chance to see our favorite Elizabeth talk about the campaign.

She gave us a good look at her husband and who he really is, the broad strokes on the rationale for the Edwards message, discussed the 50 state strategy, answered a few questions and she met Margery, a wise sage, published poet and a Great American.

Follow me below the fold for all the video of Mrs. Edwards in Brentwood.

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Sunday October 28, 2007 · 7:29 AM PDT

2007/10/28 · 07:29

Image Hosted by Photobucket On the second anniversary of Katrina, I attended a candlelight vigil held on the Haynes Boulevard Levee in New Orleans East. It was well attended by city officials, community leaders and regular citizens that came out that night to honor the dead and renew their commitment to bringing New Orleans East back as a viable and vibrant part of New Orleans.

As we stood on "the levee that did not fail," Cynthia Willard-Lewis, New Orleans council member from District E, urged us to:

continue to talk about what we have seen and what we have heard. For two years we have seen great confusion and a sense of abandonment. And so we continue to tell the stories that hope beyond hope drives the people of Eastern New Orleans.

So in that spirit follow me below the fold to meet Pearl and Margie, two unbelievable survivors making it work in the city they love and still call home.

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Friday October 26, 2007 · 5:50 PM PDT

2007/10/26 · 17:50

Image Hosted by ImageShack.us I went to see Elizabeth Edwards in Brentwood, NH at a stunning home in a beautiful country setting right outside Exeter, NH. About 100 people came out early Friday evening to see our favorite Elizabeth.

The whole family will be doing the Partridge Family thing over the next few days throughout the state and as Elizabeth told us today, Exeter has always meant Halloween to her since she saw a bunch of grapes walking out of the Town Hall down the street a few years back.

She was a few minutes late but we didn't mind one bit. And she did not fail to impress us with her remarks. But something struck me as so outrageous, I decided to post it as soon as possible. Follow me below the fold for the latest news on the anti-Edwards whispering campaign that is in full swing in the Granite State. Things that go bump in the night. The irony.

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Thursday October 25, 2007 · 6:53 AM PDT

2007/10/25 · 06:53

Image Hosted by Photobucket At a recent house party and town hall meeting in Dover, NH John Edwards showed up with Brent Blackwelder of Friends of the Earth Action to receive the group's endorsement for Democratic nominee for President. He came to campaign in a retail politics state and answer some very tough questions from NHer-ites; to give them a good look up close and personal at my choice for the nomination.

But he also came to criticize the system awash in "big campaign cash" as the true obstacle to the reform of our government and its policies on almost every issue today and particularly on global warming and health care. Edwards breezed through his remarks spending the bulk of his time at this campaign stop answering questions, but he kicked it up a notch on his criticism of Clinton on two main issues: lobbyists and Iran.

Follow me below the fold for all the video and what I hope is not the future of our party: defeat in 2008 with Hillary Clinton as our nominee.

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Thursday October 18, 2007 · 11:55 AM PDT

2007/10/18 · 11:55

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Why Wal-Mart? There's a lot of different ways you can answer that question. You can talk about the negative impact they have on their workers. You can talk about the terrible effects they have on the community or the nation.

But maybe this is the best way to understand:

You're talking about a company with the economic power of Standard Oil and the values of Big Tobacco.

-- Chris Kofinis, Wake-Up Wal-Mart.
video source from Change to Win

I was invited to attend a screening of the movie sponsored by the Newbury Democratic Town Committee with special guest speaker Gov. Mike Dukakis at Newbury Elementary School in Newbury, MA. Congressman John Tierney (D-MA) was also in attendance and spoke briefly.

Follow me below the fold for all the video, a bit about the movie and what citizens all over this country are doing to take their communities back from a company with the values of Big Tobacco.

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Sunday October 14, 2007 · 3:22 PM PDT

2007/10/14 · 15:22

Image Hosted by Photobucket Friends of the Earth Action: Fighting for laws and lawmakers that protect the environment announced their endorsement today of John Edwards at a Town Hall meeting in Dover, NH.

As Brent Blackwelder, FoE-A President, and John Edwards stood on the grass just outside a lovely home in a stunning waterfront setting they both talked about why the issue of global warming is so vital to the future of our country and planet. Mr. Blackwelder enumerated the reasons for the group's endorsement, but his remarks were not just about the endorsement and the mortal peril our planet faces as the living breathing organism that it is.

Blackwelder laid down the gauntlet on the corrupt process that we all face as citizens of this country. A process and a system that makes honest dialog on an issue like global warming nearly impossible today.

Follow me below the fold for all the video of Blackwelder and Edwards in Dover today.

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Thursday October 11, 2007 · 11:03 AM PDT

2007/10/11 · 11:03

continue to talk about what we have seen and what we have heard. For two years we have seen great confusion and a sense of abandonment. And so we continue to tell the stories that hope beyond hope drives the people of Eastern New Orleans.

So in that spirit follow me below the fold to meet Jennifer and Eva, two survivors making it work in the city they love and still call home. New Orleans, cher.

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Friday October 05, 2007 · 10:55 AM PDT

2007/10/05 · 10:55

Image Hosted by ImageShack.us Do you support the right of return for all New Orleanians?

Okay, so I'm shocked, just shocked to learn that influence peddling and blatant fraud is going on in Washington, DC. And I'm shocked to find out that Secretary Alfonso Jackson of HUD is handing out contracts to friends of Bush and only friends of Bush to rebuild the city of New Orleans.

We all know that influence peddling at the expense of ordinary Americans all over this country happens everyday in so many egregious ways, but now we have it on record thanks to the National Journal.

Follow me below the fold for the latest outrage in the horrendous mess that New Orleans has become.

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Thursday October 04, 2007 · 2:40 PM PDT

2007/10/04 · 14:40

Image Hosted by Photobucket On the anniversary of Katrina, I attended a candle light vigil held on the Haynes Boulevard Levee in New Orleans East.

On this night in NOLA East church leaders, elected officials and ordinary Americans came out to remember and honor the dead and what else was lost to the storm, commemorate the struggle each has endured and renew their commitment to New Orleans East as a viable and essential part of the new New Orleans. The churches of New Orleans East were one of the driving forces in the repopulation of this area of the city and formed the grassroots essential for so many to return.

Cynthia Willard-Lewis, New Orleans council member from District E, officiated at the candlelight vigil. Many other New Orleans council members and local officials were also present at the vigil.

This vlog covers some of the remarks by the elected officials and church leaders as we stood on the levee in commemoration of the storm.

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Saturday September 29, 2007 · 1:12 PM PDT

2007/09/29 · 13:12

Image Hosted by ImageShack.us This diary was originally written my on Friday as one of the NOLA Speaks series, but as I searched for some timely links to add to this diary I came across something so shocking that I decided to rewrite the first part of this diary. One of the biggest obstacles in the rebuilding and repopulation of the city of New Orleans is the lack of affordable housing.

"Katrina Vouchers" mentioned by Mike, the principle subject of the original diary, are being used by HUD to prevent homelessness in the Katrina Diaspora, but I've just learned that these vouchers will be discontinued as of Monday morning with nothing in their place. Thousands of families will not be able to pay their rents.

Follow me below the fold to find out what you can do to help so many of our fellow Americans in danger of becoming homeless.

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Thursday September 27, 2007 · 4:47 PM PDT

2007/09/27 · 16:47

Image Hosted by Imageshack Public Housing in New Orleans Today

On the anniversary of Katrina, I attended a public grassroots meeting of the New Orleans Survivor Council Bring Our People Back Festival in Gentilly. Public housing and access to it were the issues of the day. In attendance were grassroots activists and former residents of the projects that want to get back to the city and into the subsidized units that they once called home, units they were promised by HUD Secretary Jackson. US Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) showed up to hear concerns and deliver some detailed and explosive remarks to the crowd.

Follow me below the fold to meet some very special ladies: Julie; Geneva and Miss Gilda.

Because all people displaced by the storm even some people that happen to be "poor people" deserve the Right to Return to the city they still call home.

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