Sharing John's trait of optimism I found myself very uncomfortable this morning as I wandered around the house feeling like I had lost a limb or something. I'm simply no good at staying down for too long. As if by having ESP a friend and fellow Edwards supporter called me and when we were finished lamenting John's campaign suspension, cussing the media, and sharing our fear for our country as we march toward totalitarianism, we began a discussion about what we could do now that would be of value to those of us who feel that John's voice and his message are now more important than ever.
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We are Edwards supporters because of John's message, his positions on the issues, and knowing that he speaks for us. No one else fits that description, do they?
With the remaining two Democratic candidates in the race we find no relief, they are beholden to corporations and lobbyists, anyone can see this on OpenSecrets.
Along with the above, Obama and Clinton are in for a very tough time against McCain, and Nader entering the race makes a good case for a repeat of 2000, pulling enough dissatisfied Dems' votes and handing the Repubs the victory. We may be hosed, well and truly hosed.
Since Washington is run by lobbyists, why don't we, Edwards supporters and Americans who have no voice, hire our own lobbyist? How about we hire John Edwards to be our voice in Washington?
If John were interested, we could do this. We could team up, form whatever legal type of group we needed to, establish what minimum donation from each of us would suffice to get things rolling, and get to work.
We don't have to take the status quo lying down! We can act!
I want my voice heard, dammit. I don't want to feel I have to pick less than the best knowing that one of the remaining candidates in no way speaks for me and the other hasn't yet said enough to convince me.
If John is interested we already have a website, email addresses, and a lot of people with wonderful talents in so many areas.
What do you think? Share your ideas.
Let's continue the movement together!