December 27, 2007
Odds And Ends, The Edwards Edition
The speech
John Edwards gives his homestretch defining speech tomorrow at 12:45 p.m. in Dubuque. This excerpt was circulated this afternoon by his campaign:
“Nobody who takes their money and defends the broken system is going to bring change. And, unfortunately, nobody who thinks we can just sit down and talk them into compromise is going to bring change either. Why on earth would we expect the corporate powers and their lobbyists – who make billions by selling out the middle-class – to just give up their power because we ask them nicely? Compromise and conciliation is the academic theory of change. It just doesn’t work in the real world. Fighting for conviction is the historic reality of change.”
The call
Meanwhile, Edwards was the only candidate to speak with Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf today. He told a crowd in Decorah about the call.
“He called me because I told the ambassador I’d like to speak to him. I met him a few years ago, which I think I told you earlier, and we had a conversation in which I urged him to continue the democratization process,” the former North Carolina senator said, reports NBC/NJ's Tricia Miller. “He told me – he gave me his assurances that he intended to do that, and we also spoke about having international independent investigators allowed into the country for transparency purposes, for credibility purposes, and we spoke briefly about the elections.”
The Madrasah mention
And finally, and Edwards had a Bob Kerreyesque Madrasah mention during an interview with Radio Iowa. Or didn't he? You decide. A snippet of the exchange. Fuller interview here.
Reporter: "How did you get in touch with Musharraf? What's the relationship there?"
Edwards: "I met Musharraf years ago in Islamabad. We talked about many of the problems that his country was faced with including kids being educated in Madrasahs and some of the struggles that he was having within his own country and so when I spoke to the ambassador earlier today I said if Musharraf, if the president had time would you have him give me a call because I'd like to speak with him directly and he called."
(JENNIFER SKALKA)
Posted at 07:01 PM
Comments
I am not a supporter of John Edwards, although he is my second choice as of now, but I think we are dealing in the absurd and the lunatic if every time anybody a mention a madrasah the comment is constructed as an attack on Barack Obama. Memo to Mr. Obama: If you think Hillary and Edwards are too hard on you, well, just wait until Limbaugh and Sean Hannity get a peace of your hide!! Now those guys are pros when it comes to slandering and obfuscating. I will support anybody the Democratic party nominates. But I want to win the election. Mr. Obama has turned a wonderful trick. He can attack anybody, when any of the questions marks in his resume are address, well, that becomes personal and unbecoming.
Robert_V | 12.28.07 05:53 PM
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