I Was Wrong! My view of the Obama campaign from a former Edwards Supporter

NCDemDanno

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Wednesday October 22, 2008 · 3:03 PM PDT

2008/10/22 · 15:03

I live in North Carolina and ever since I voted for John Edwards for US Senate in 1998 I have been a supporter of his. I was thrilled when John Edwards won the Senate seat and thrilled again when he ran for President in 2004. I was disappointed when he lost that race but excited again when he became the Vice Presidential Nominee that year. I was devastated when Kerry/Edwards lost in 2004 and truly could not believe it. Alas, I resigned myself to trudging through the next few years and trying to make the best of it. I became an even stronger supporter of John Edwards when he started his campaign for Presidencey in 2007. For the first time ever I actually donated money to a presidential campaign. I donated a grand total of $405.00 to John Edwards campaign in his primary run. My reasoning this time around for supporting John Edwards was that I felt that Hillary Clinton was too decisive and would pump up republicans to vote against her and alas, I was not sure if America was really ready to vote for a Black Man for the Presidency of the United States.

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