November 26, 2007
The 'Son of A Mill Worker' Storyline Returns
John Edwards goes up today with two new ads, one each in South Carolina and Iowa. (Whither your NH love, JRE?) But the bigger question -- Why the regression to the mill worker bio-esque ad? Don't SC voters know by now that Edwards was born there? Not a good sign that the Edwards camp feels they have to drive home both points to South Carolina voters ...
Then again maybe, as one Hotliner said, bashing the 'Son of a Mill Worker' theme is as tired as the line itself ...
“BORN” ... to air in SC
My dad worked in the mills.
When I was born, he had to borrow fifty dollars to bring me home here.
When the mills closed, I saw first hand how devastating bad government and corporate greed can be.
I'm running for president to do what I've always done - fight for people like the ones I grew up with against the powerful forces that have corrupted Washington.
Don't tell me it can't be done.
I'm John Edwards. And I approve this message because growing up here, you never stop fighting. And you never forget where you came from.
“MESS” ... to air in Iowa
What we want to make certain is true is that our children have a better life than we've had. Twenty generations of Americans before us have ensured that that was true.
And if we want to do that, we're going to have to be willing to take on this corrupt system and change it. And if we're not going to do it, we're going to have to be willing to look our children in the eye and say we're going to leave this mess for you.
This is the great moral test of our generation, and we will meet that test.
I'm John Edwards and I approve this message.
(JENNIFER SKALKA)
Posted at 11:36 AM
Comments
Its smart to remind South Carolinians that he KNOWS firsthand what they've been through, with the closing of furniture, textile, and apparel factories. I live in Virginia and have traveled a lot through the Carolinas. What were once vibrant communities are now grim, depressing ghost towns. Working in international trade, I too drank the Kool Aid about NAFTA at first, but now have seen upclose what NAFTA and the rest of Clinton/Bush "free trade" deals have brought us.
The other candidates talk the talk, but John Edwards KNOWS personally what's happened to South Carolina's traditional industries.
Susan S. | 11.26.07 10:38 PM
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