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DEL.ICIO.USEdwards on the ‘bleeding sore of Iraq,’ and health care
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin just gave an unusually effusive introduction to John Edwards at the Georgia World Congress Center.
Not an endorsement, but it was darn close. “It takes guts and courage and vision to be John Edwards,” she said.
Edwards immediately compared himself to two other sons of the South, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton. He mentioned his wife Elizabeth, whom he said was backstage. “By the way, she’s doing great,” Edwards said.
His first topic was “the bleeding sore that’s Iraq.”
And he repeated his line that Congress should send bill after bill after bill to President Bush, putting a timeline on troop withdrawal with each one.
“The Congress should stand it’s ground,” he said. “This is not about politics.”
U.S. troops, he said, “deserve leadership that stands with them.”
Most of this, we’ve heard before. Ditto his lines about the environment, and his college-for-everyone program.
But the audience’s ears pricked up at something we hadn’t heard him say before, about health insurance.
Edwards called for a national health insurance policy that would “outlaw pre-existing conditions.” That line struck home.
Mental health care would be insured just like physical health care. “Paid for by rolling back George Bush’s tax cuts,” he said.
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By Sam
May 17, 2007 9:06 PM | Link to this
Why would he want to compare himself to Jimah, who lusted in his heart and Willy who lusted all over the furniture and carpets?
Outlaw all pre-existing conditions? Bubonic plague will be covered again!
By Sam
May 17, 2007 9:09 PM | Link to this
Why would he want to compare himself to Jimah, who lusted in his heart and Willy who lusted all over the furniture and carpets?
Outlaw all pre-existing conditions? Bubonic plague will be covered again!
Good thing mental health care might be covered cuz you’re damn sure crazy if you vote for this pompadour pol!!!!!
By RJL
May 17, 2007 9:44 PM | Link to this
Brilliant analysis, Sam. Will there be more?
By ST
May 17, 2007 9:58 PM | Link to this
Well, Sam, at least they didn’t lust after money the way that Bush and his cronies do, thus compromising the country in the process. George W. Bush, “Kleptocrat-in-Chief,” never found a no-bid contract for a friend that he didn’t like. “The love of money is the root of all evil.”
By ST
May 17, 2007 9:58 PM | Link to this
Well, Sam, at least they didn’t lust after money the way that Bush and his cronies do, thus compromising the country in the process. George W. Bush, “Kleptocrat-in-Chief,” never met a no-bid contract for a friend that he didn’t like. “The love of money is the root of all evil.”
By zombieboy
May 18, 2007 1:17 AM | Link to this
Boy, Johnnie has very nice hair and pretty eyes.
By Brian Curtis
May 18, 2007 10:51 AM | Link to this
It appears Zombie-Boy really IS a zombie, the way he keeps repeating this same meaningless sniping on every topic.
Meanwhile, those of us who USE brains, rather than eat them, are very interested in healthcare reform. I’m glad Edwards is addressing the issue that matters most to a large number of Americans.