Edwards speaks on Washington 'wall'

Posted: Friday, November 30, 2007 3:37 PM by Domenico Montanaro
Filed Under: 2008, Edwards

From NBC’s Samantha Mehrotra
VIENNA, VA -- Edwards appealed to Democrats, asking party members to join him in the fight to oust a rigged political system that continues to consume Washington. “There’s a wall…and we need to take that wall down,” Edwards said, adding later, “For decades, politicians without convictions and powerful interests gathered their bricks and their stones and their mortar, and they went to work.”

Edwards centered his speech around “the wall” today, blaming the partition on economic divides, expanded health care costs and a struggling education system. The candidate also addressed the War in Iraq, calling for increased diplomatic initiatives.

The presidential hopeful reminded Democrats to make a conscientious choice this election and to elect a candidate with fervor: “Every single day, you have a choice in this election….We can settle for baby steps, half-measures, incremental change…Or we can have some backbone, courage and strength….’”

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Comments

Surprising, because I figure him to be shopping in a Mall. Edwards, you are all washed up.

TheQueenBee (Sent Friday, November 30, 2007 3:51 PM)

As usual Mr. Edwards is right. I have a feeling however that he was talking to a room full of the hearing impaired. The DNC is Clinton territory.

EDWARDS 08

David, Chattanooga, Tn (Sent Friday, November 30, 2007 4:08 PM)

The wall Edwards talks about keeps him out of Washington. We need to keep that wall up.

Donny Daniels (Sent Friday, November 30, 2007 4:24 PM)

Notice that John Edwards is NOT ATTACKING Democrats
Not like some (female) candidates

Notice that John Edwards is NOT SNIVELING about being attacked like some (female) candidates ...

Go Johnny, go !

Sierra, SF (Sent Friday, November 30, 2007 5:24 PM)

I read excerpts from the speech in the USA Today. It was a very powerful speech. I hope MSNBC broadcasts some of it on their station and provides a link to speech on this website for everyone to read.

Patty Morlan, Louisville, KY (Sent Friday, November 30, 2007 5:31 PM)

I like Edwards. He didn't cover up for Mark Foley or Randy Craig or Duke Cunningham or Abramoff He doesn't lie about torture, domestic spying, WMD or Pat Tilman's death. He's never shot someone in the face. He didn't get five deferrments(my god, what a coward) or duck out on his Guard service. And he hasn't failed for six years to get Bin Laden, "dead or alive".

Erik Rudolph, Federal Prison (Sent Friday, November 30, 2007 5:36 PM)

Edwards is the only candidate willing to take on Hillary and the corrupt, broken consultant culture the Clintons created in Washington and want to perpetuate with another Clinton Administration.

Eric Stern, Berkeley, CA (Sent Friday, November 30, 2007 6:36 PM)

When will Pink Floyd start playing on the stump with him?

All in all, he's just another brick-headed pol.

Richard, Washington (Sent Friday, November 30, 2007 6:58 PM)

This is a "change" election, right? So let's turn a complete 180 from the policies of King George by putting a real Democrat into the White House. John Edwards represents the best of the PARTY OF THE PEOPLE (which gave us the GI Bill, Social Security, and Civil Rights) because he understands how power and money corrode democracy. Last night on Charlie Rose, he was eloquent about breaking the stranglehold corporate lobbyists have on Washington--a grip that has given us such treasures as NAFTA (all the benefits of silent U.S. factories, slave labor in China, and poisoned toys!), the bloated Medicare prescription drug benefit, and Halliburton's profits in Iraq. While I like Obama, his tendency to speak like a college professor won't serve him well against a take-no-prisoners Republican. Edwards is earthy, articulate, and fast-on-his-feet, and his commitment to middle- and working-class Americans is firm. In my swing state (Ohio), independents liked him a whole lot more than they liked Kerry four years ago; he can win this state, unlike Hillary. I hope people in Iowa and SC realize how scrappy, southern, and eminently electable John Edwards really is.

Lisa from Ohio (Sent Friday, November 30, 2007 7:01 PM)

John Edewards is the candidate I will vote for on 2008. If Hillary becomes the democratic presidential caditate for 2008, then I will vote for Guilliani

Victoria Fisk, Fort Mitchell, Kentucky (Sent Saturday, December 01, 2007 9:59 AM)

Edwards 2008 The Peoples President
Returning the government back to "We the People"
A vote for John is a vote for yourself
Say NO to corporate Democrats....

Jeanne S. (Sent Saturday, December 01, 2007 2:50 PM)

Edwards is right about that wall. I'm 100% behind him. He is very earnest in "taking America back" from corporates, and they will fight like heck to keep him out of DC.

Kay; Jackson, MS (Sent Saturday, December 01, 2007 10:38 PM)

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