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Edwards To Endorse Obama
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Posted on 05/14/2008 2:09:25 PM PDT by Sub-Driver

Edwards To Endorse Obama

May 14, 2008 5:04 PM

ABC News' Kate Snow, Raelyn Johnson and Rick Klein Report: Former Sen. John Edwards is endorsing Sen. Barack Obama's presidential candidate Wednesday evening, in a dramatic attempt by the Obama campaign to answer concerns regarding Obama's appeal to working-class voters, several senior Democratic sources tell ABC News.

Edwards, who ran for president on a platform of eradicating poverty, plans to appear alongside Obama in Grand Rapids, Mich., Wednesday evening. The event comes one day after Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton defeated Obama by 41 points in the West Virginia primary, and Edwards' endorsement will give Obama a key establishment stamp of approval as he attempts to close out the nominating process.

Edwards and his wife, Elizabeth, have remained studiously neutral since the Edwards campaign came to a close Jan. 30. Edwards on Sunday called Obama "the likely nominee," but made clear that his statement reflected a judgment about the state of the race, not necessarily a personal preference.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008endorsements; barackobama; blueturban; breckgirl; democrats; edwards; johnedwards; nc2008; obama
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yawn......
1 posted on 05/14/2008 2:09:28 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
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To: Sub-Driver

Was there ever any doubt that Elizabeth Edwards wife would back the DUMoveonKos candidate?


2 posted on 05/14/2008 2:11:49 PM PDT by digger48 (http://prorev.com/legacy.htm)
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To: Sub-Driver

the bidding must be over - what do you suppose the winning candidate had to offer??


3 posted on 05/14/2008 2:12:16 PM PDT by elpadre
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To: Sub-Driver

The Democrat Breck girl is trolling for the VP slot. Obama needs someone to help him with older white woman vote, Edwards is probably to feminine to get him much of that vote.


4 posted on 05/14/2008 2:12:27 PM PDT by Biblebelter (If the big blue states got to choose the Republican nominee, I say let them elect him in the fall)
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To: Sub-Driver
What a “profile in courage.” Wait until Barry has it all but clinched, and then endorse him. If Hillary somehow finagles the nomination (stranger things have happened) she is going to massacre these fools.
5 posted on 05/14/2008 2:13:05 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (McCain could never convince me to vote for him. Only Hillary or Obama can!)
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To: Sub-Driver

Now being reported on Fox. Planned announcement tonight around 6:20 in Michigan.


6 posted on 05/14/2008 2:14:02 PM PDT by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
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To: Sub-Driver

“studiously neutral”

What an odd phrase.


7 posted on 05/14/2008 2:14:06 PM PDT by EggsAckley
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To: Sub-Driver
Bravo Foxtrot Delta
8 posted on 05/14/2008 2:14:13 PM PDT by kingattax (99 % of liberals give the rest a bad name)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Except for the tobies who work on his plantation, what is Edwards’ connection to “working class voters.”


9 posted on 05/14/2008 2:15:31 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: kingattax

LOL. Brit Hume just said of it, “Big deal.”


10 posted on 05/14/2008 2:15:41 PM PDT by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
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To: Sub-Driver

Ye experts...Edwards got some percent of the WV vote last night. Did he get delegates from it, or are they just unofficial or something, because he’s out of the race?


11 posted on 05/14/2008 2:17:12 PM PDT by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
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To: kingattax

Lawyers, the whole lot of them. bahhhhhhh


12 posted on 05/14/2008 2:17:51 PM PDT by BARLF
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast

Well, Edwards has 20+ pledged delegates to the convention. Odds are most will now endorse Obama, since their first choice candidate is endorsing him. That makes Hillary’s job of getting delegates that much tougher.


13 posted on 05/14/2008 2:17:59 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast

lol


14 posted on 05/14/2008 2:20:32 PM PDT by kingattax (99 % of liberals give the rest a bad name)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

delagates, shemelagates. For Hillary, it is not about delagates, but votes.


15 posted on 05/14/2008 2:20:32 PM PDT by Retired Greyhound
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
Did he get delegates from it, or are they just unofficial or something, because he’s out of the race?

No delegates unless a 15% threshold is met.
16 posted on 05/14/2008 2:20:32 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (Not a newbie, I just wanted a new screen name.)
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast

The One-Term Senator and 2-Time Loser Endorsement is hard to come by.


17 posted on 05/14/2008 2:21:39 PM PDT by digger48 (http://prorev.com/legacy.htm)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Yep, a least the beast has very little chance to sneak his delegates!


18 posted on 05/14/2008 2:21:58 PM PDT by DooDahhhh (AMEN)
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To: Sub-Driver

19 posted on 05/14/2008 2:23:39 PM PDT by mikrofon (Small Medium)
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To: Sub-Driver

Chris Matthews nipples just got hard.


20 posted on 05/14/2008 2:23:58 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
"Except for the tobies who work on his plantation, what is Edwards’ connection to “working class voters.”

It makes as much sense as Hillary's connection with working class people. She & her slime husband have been at the taxpayer's trough their entire lives.

If the working class people who are dumb enough to support her - they could be persuaded by Edwards too.

The thought of her & Slick back in the White House makes my skin crawl..Anything to stop them is ok with me.

Bad enough Slick was CIC - but the thought of her being in charge of our military makes me sick..especially after treating them like servants when the creeps lived in our White House.

21 posted on 05/14/2008 2:25:16 PM PDT by LADY J
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To: Sub-Driver

And never mind Johnny, what does Mrs. Edwards think? She’s the boss!


22 posted on 05/14/2008 2:25:25 PM PDT by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
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To: mikrofon

Reminds me of Pelosi.


23 posted on 05/14/2008 2:25:57 PM PDT by BARLF
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To: Sub-Driver
...yawn...

Agreed.............Only Edwards would come out for a man who has no idea of how many states make up his nation - hint: it ain't 57. A man who hasn't a clue about the economy, knows nothing about what lies between Illinois and California, "bitter" Pennsylvanians and other “typical white” Americans......actually Edwards is a bit smarter than the magic negro, maybe not as tasteful but a bit smarter plus he has a wife that loves her country....Michelle only knows what she has learned all these years from Marxist professors and hate filled pastors...a truly sordid picture from which Ms. Obama is crippled for life...hardly the stuff of America's first lady.

24 posted on 05/14/2008 2:26:54 PM PDT by yoe ( Socialism with Obama or Clinton - Democracy with McCain)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

ROTFL!!!


25 posted on 05/14/2008 2:27:19 PM PDT by tioga
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To: fieldmarshaldj
Chris Matthews nipples just got hard.

Post of the day !

26 posted on 05/14/2008 2:30:19 PM PDT by DCBryan1 (Arm Pilots&Teachers. Build the Wall. Export Illegals. Profile Muslims. Execute child molesters RFN!)
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To: Sub-Driver

Edwards really went out on a limb on this endorsement.


27 posted on 05/14/2008 2:30:51 PM PDT by Always Right (Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?)
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To: elpadre

Yes, it all depended on what he was gonna “git.”


28 posted on 05/14/2008 2:31:40 PM PDT by jennyjenny
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To: Sub-Driver; monkapotamus; dead; All

OMG MONK get in here NOWWWW LOLOLOLOL!


29 posted on 05/14/2008 2:33:59 PM PDT by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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To: elpadre

“the bidding must be over - what do you suppose the winning candidate had to offer??”

Either VP or AG.


30 posted on 05/14/2008 2:35:55 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Shouldn't the libs love a Hunter Thompson ticket in 08?)
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To: fieldmarshaldj
Chris Matthews nipples just got hard.

I'll bet he's in a dark closet right now, 'celebrating'.
31 posted on 05/14/2008 2:36:45 PM PDT by reagan_fanatic (Average White Conservative)
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To: Sub-Driver

I called it some months ago. The channeling plantiff attorney who ripped off doctors and added to everyone’s medical costs will be the next Attorney General if Obama wins. By the way, his dad worked in a mill.


32 posted on 05/14/2008 2:38:57 PM PDT by doug from upland (Stopping Hillary should be a FreeRepublic Manhattan Project)
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To: reagan_fanatic
I'll bet he's in a dark closet right now, 'celebrating'.
LOL! That's funny! But the funniest part is that he really might be. Sheesh...how far we have fallen. Bad things ahead for this country. We are sooooooooooooo...DOOMED.
33 posted on 05/14/2008 2:43:11 PM PDT by ZX12R
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To: doug from upland
Maybe John Edwards’ two Americas explains the additional states Obama was referring to.
34 posted on 05/14/2008 2:43:31 PM PDT by jennyjenny
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To: reagan_fanatic

Visual moment: Chris Matthews nipples hard - not a pretty picture. Too pasty, pale and bland: reminds me of white bread and mayonaise - no taste. Exotic looks, tanner - darker skin make a man irresistable and no I am not referring to Obama./Just Asking - seoul62.......


35 posted on 05/14/2008 2:43:59 PM PDT by seoul62
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To: Sub-Driver

What a wuss, er, leader this empty suit is...


36 posted on 05/14/2008 2:48:03 PM PDT by eureka! (McCain....I guess.)
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To: seoul62

Let me help erase that visual. You're welcome. :)

37 posted on 05/14/2008 2:50:01 PM PDT by jennyjenny
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To: seoul62
Visual moment: Chris Matthews nipples hard - not a pretty picture. Too pasty, pale and bland: reminds me of white bread and mayonaise - no taste. Exotic looks, tanner - darker skin make a man irresistable and no I am not referring to Obama./Just Asking - seoul62.......

And the winner of Today's Creepy Internet Moment goes to ...

38 posted on 05/14/2008 2:50:21 PM PDT by AHerald ("Be faithful to God ... do not bother about the ridicule of the foolish." - St. Pio of Pietrelcina)
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To: jennyjenny

God bless you. ;^)


39 posted on 05/14/2008 2:50:54 PM PDT by tioga
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To: fieldmarshaldj; xsmommy; NeoCaveman; CholeraJoe
Chris Matthews nipples just got hard.

You canNOT miss this visual. Misery loves company. ;^)

40 posted on 05/14/2008 2:52:56 PM PDT by tioga
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To: elpadre
the bidding must be over - what do you suppose the winning candidate had to offer?

Secretary of the Mill .. !

41 posted on 05/14/2008 2:52:56 PM PDT by Jay Howard Smith (Retired(25yrNCO)Military)
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To: AHerald

I am giggling right now. That is what the doctor ordered after the day that I had./Just Asking - seoul62.......


42 posted on 05/14/2008 2:53:42 PM PDT by seoul62
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To: Sub-Driver

Kiss of death


43 posted on 05/14/2008 2:57:02 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: jennyjenny

Nice picture, thank you./Just Asking - seoul62........


44 posted on 05/14/2008 2:57:36 PM PDT by seoul62
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To: tioga; xsmommy; NeoCaveman

I suspect something else got hard, too.


45 posted on 05/14/2008 2:58:57 PM PDT by CholeraJoe (If my dog had hands, he could be a surgeon. He's already smart enough.)
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To: CholeraJoe

-and tingly?


46 posted on 05/14/2008 3:00:59 PM PDT by tioga
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To: tioga

“The white of an egg ran down his leg.”


47 posted on 05/14/2008 3:03:13 PM PDT by CholeraJoe (If my dog had hands, he could be a surgeon. He's already smart enough.)
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To: Sub-Driver
If it hadn't have been for 25,000 votes going to Edwards in WV, Hiltery would have beaten Barack, who is Hussein and Mohammed, Obama, by almost 50 points there.

In fact, Hitlery has gotten more popular votes than Obama since super Tuesday.

That's because more and more Americans, even among Democrats, are seeing that Barack, who is Hussein and Mohammed, Obama is a marxist, anti-American, bigoted, individual who is the absolute apex of the domestic enemey movement within this country. His entire campaign is making fools of us all.


I am the one I have been waiting for...


...but I am the one who YOU are going to get.

THE AUDACITY OF TRUTH

48 posted on 05/14/2008 3:07:53 PM PDT by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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He can keep the box.

49 posted on 05/14/2008 3:10:40 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: elpadre

Going once......going twice.....SOLDDDDDDDD


50 posted on 05/14/2008 3:42:53 PM PDT by OBXWanderer (www.dontvoterino.com)
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