SEIU defends pro-Edwards 527

cms — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 17:25:11 GMT

I hate it when you guys take forever to post comments. And what do you moderate them for anyway? I've seen you allow through the most vile, vile comments. If you only screen out profanities, you can find a software program to do a more efficient job.

If you had a more sophisticated standard I could understand the manual moderation, but as your standard is today, your "moderation" is a joke.

SEIU defends pro-Edwards 527

Kristian O — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 17:38:41 GMT

This is politics man. Ain't no crying in politics.

SEIU defends pro-Edwards 527

MK,MO — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 17:47:40 GMT

the new york times hates edwards because of his anti-establishment views, which in and of itself is a good reason to support him

statements like 'did edwards get caught?', suggesting something?, come on first read your contempt for edwards is once again showing, anything that the times has to say about edwards should be what smells fishy, maybe someone should find out what strings hillary pulled to get this article ran, edwards still gets my vote cause he is the only candidate that cares about the plight of the average citizen, and has well laid out plans to correct a number of major issues facing our country, and despite endless blather to the contrary he is the only dem that can win the general election, so continue to enjoy the entertainment that the novelty candidates provide, but when it comes time to vote, vote for the only man that can bring true change for the better, edwards

MK,MO (Sent Thursday, December 27, 2007 1:03 PM)

if anyone wants to see how a corrupt campaign is managed they need to look somewhere besides edwards, plenty of criminal activity in clinton and obama's regimes, take a look there

SEIU defends pro-Edwards 527

Dickie Flatts, Charlotte, NC — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 18:12:26 GMT

Obama is a wimp. Just a big baby. Barry Obama is crying and whining because Edwards lined up union support and Barry didn't.

SEIU defends pro-Edwards 527

Ron, TX — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 18:34:37 GMT

What part of "anyone but Hillary" Clinton do Democrats not understand? The surest and best path for Democrats to defeat conservatives in 2008 is to elect Sen. Barack Obama as their nominee. Mr. Obama is leading in Iowa, and the race is now a dead heat in New Hampshire and South Carolina. In response, the Clinton camp has insisted that Mr. Obama is not electable by the general population. They maintain that his opinions are too liberal, that Republicans will use the issue of his past drug use against him and that he has insufficient experience. Yet this negative approach has thus far failed to resonate with Democratic voters.

Moreover, it is Mrs. Clinton, not Mr. Obama, who cannot be elected. In last week's Fox 5-The Washington Times-Rasmussen Reports poll, 40 percent of Americans state they will vote to prevent Mrs. Clinton from becoming president. She gets the largest "anti-vote" of any candidate in both parties: 64 percent of Republicans, 42 percent of third-party or independent voters, and 17 percent of Democrats insist they will vote against her. Hence, the Clinton camp's recent attempt to malign Mr. Obama as unelectable is pure farce. It is like telling Democrats to be afraid of a toy pistol while ignoring a bazooka which is being aimed at them. In a general campaign, Republicans will go nuclear against Mrs. Clinton.
http://washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071226/EDITORIAL/295816016

SEIU defends pro-Edwards 527

Dickie Flatts, Charlotte, NC — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 18:40:55 GMT

Obama is going to really cry now -- here is a nice pick of his with his indicted lobbyist friend, who helped him buy his house:

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1207/Obama_reformer.html

SEIU defends pro-Edwards 527

David, Chapel Hill, NC — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 18:42:27 GMT

Edwards is the phoniest of all democratic candidates. He should just go back to Reille and take care of their baby.

SEIU defends pro-Edwards 527

Fred Savage — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 18:57:35 GMT

I think Obama has a point. If you say that taking 527 help is a bad thing then you shouldn't accept it. How hard is that? Especially when your chief Democratic rival isn't taking it. (Sorry, I don't even count Hillary anymore we all know that when it comes to elections she has no standards).
Hillary is old with old establishment ideas. Edwards I can live with, but Obama can bring us back. We need leadership that can think "outside the box" to render real solutions to american and world problems. Hillary will extend and put a democratic face on the same old conservative foreign policy foolishness that's failed time and time again.
I'm going to give Obama the job of cleaning this mess up.

SEIU defends pro-Edwards 527

Sierra, SF — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:19:37 GMT

Nothing really wrong with the SEIU funding a 527
As long as they're honest about who's paying for the ad

When AFSCME posted their ad for Hillary they tried to make it look like it was an attack on Obama by Edwards.

How typical of Hillary and her 'Dark Arts'

SEIU defends pro-Edwards 527

S.B. Stein E.B. NJ — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:37:36 GMT

It does seem weird that Edwards had to tell some group that was trying to help him to back off. His ideas sound good, but I would like to check everybody out before I commit. What has changed since 2004?

SEIU defends pro-Edwards 527

Garrett, seattle — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:51:05 GMT

Dickie Flats: Seriously? How is it honest -- or helpful -- to just state things like "Obama doesn't have the leadership skills that are required..", and "Obama...surrender to the republicans..." without any reasons given for saying such things? And, "Obama is a wimp. Just a big baby. Barry Obama is crying and whining.."; seriously? Are you 12? Also, "Obama soft. That is my conclusion. He won't fight." I don't think this is the right forum for spewing baseless Rove-style talking points. With regard to saying he won't 'finish the fight' with the 'hate[ful]' republicans: confrontational partisan fighting is what got us where we are: we have a country more divided than ever. Next time, when you try to help your candidate by swaying us voters who read these comments, please don't insult our intelligence by thinking we'll be swayed by word associations like "Obama soft", and instead give some sort of insight (or at least a reason or argument or substance of some kind).

SEIU defends pro-Edwards 527

docrock,tx — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:07:38 GMT

Swift Boat attacks again!Lets all wait and see who sinks.And remember,money buys votes,and you're evil if you don't vote for the PERFECT candidate.Jeez.

SEIU defends pro-Edwards 527

Bee, Morocco — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:20:24 GMT

I like both Edward and Obama; however, i prefer Obama to edward based on honesty, Principle and foreign policy wonk. I won't say more than that; anyone but Hillary Clinton

SEIU defends pro-Edwards 527

Carrie, Eastern Iowa — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 21:46:40 GMT

Ron, TX (Sent Friday, December 28, 2007 1:34 PM)

Any particular reason why you felt the need to copy and paste the same anti-Hillary message that you wrote in a different thread into this thread, which is not even about Senator Clinton?

SEIU defends pro-Edwards 527

Doug, Los Angeles, CA — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:01:41 GMT

How did the SEIU and the Alliance for New America get in touch with Bunny Mellon and Oak Springs Farm?

SEIU defends pro-Edwards 527

Marbw — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 00:32:38 GMT

Barack Obama picked up the endorsement of the Illinois and Indiana chapters of the Service Employees International Union(SEIU). Barack Obama has always worked with unions. He has picketed with them going years back. The issue is not unions, it is 527's which J Edwards 'railed' against as far back as 2004(when they attacked JKerry).

SEIU defends pro-Edwards 527

Anna , Logan utah — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 20:28:57 GMT

This entire conversation overlooks the only honest candidate of the bunch. The only one who is truly supported by the working poor. There is a reason Dennis Kucinich has won the major progressive straw polls, the Virginia Democratic straw poll and has so little money. Its because he truly is for the people and the only one who actually reads the bills presented to him. Like war with Iraq, the patriot act, war with Iran, illegal wire tapping, torture.

SEIU defends pro-Edwards 527

Lisa, Grand Rapids — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:28:54 GMT

This Rolf guy just may have cost Edwards some much needed votes with his tricky ways. Don't bash Edwards, bash the idiot who got caught sending emails.