http://www.truthout.org/...
Edwards has this to say on Tom Paine.com (also posted on Truthout.org):
"Above all, we must keep America's promise of opportunity for all. We must build a Working Society - an America where everyone who works hard finally has the rewards to show for it."
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And this:
"Making changes to help ordinary Americans get ahead won't be easy. We live in a time where laws can be bought by the highest bidder. Big tobacco, big pharmaceutical companies, big insurance companies, big broadcasters and big oil companies are winning big with this administration and the Republican-controlled Congress.
I never accepted a dime from Washington lobbyists or PACs while I was in office. Every politician could take that step now and change the way Washington works.
But most of them will need a legislative mandate to make sure they do the right thing. The starting point is comprehensive campaign finance reform, not tinkering at the edges - comprehensive campaign finance reform. I have said before that I support public financing of campaigns. As long as politicians are trapped in a desperate money chase, as long as they must spend huge amounts of time and resources to raise the money to run for re-election, we will continue to see wealthy interests trying to buy their way into favor. We need to change the way business is done there, and we need to do it immediately if we want to get out government back."
And finally this:
"Which brings me to Iraq. Almost three years ago, we went into Iraq to remove what we were told - and what many of us believed and argued - was a threat to America. But in fact we now know that Iraq did not have weapons of mass destruction when our forces invaded Iraq in 2003. The intelligence was deeply flawed and, in some cases, manipulated to fit a political agenda.
It was a mistake to vote for this war in 2002. I take responsibility for that mistake. It has been hard to say these words because those who didn't make a mistake - the men and women of our armed forces and their families - have performed heroically and paid a dear price.
The world desperately needs moral leadership from America, and the foundation for moral leadership is telling the truth. While we can't change the past, we need to accept responsibility, because a key part of restoring America's moral leadership is acknowledging when we've made mistakes or been proven wrong - and showing that we have the creativity and guts to make it right."
Is this not the kind of honest, plain talk we at dKos have been yearning to hear from Democrats?
Read the whole thing here:
http://www.truthout.org/...