The diary list is filled with Obama supporters telling us how much they love our guy. It reminds me of that day in March when they announced Elizabeth's cancer return and how the Obama supporters were oh so sad, but why don't you jump on with us?
So I thought I'd put a brief diary up by one of us and tell you the reasons why I think that John Edwards would have made a great president and why I supported him.
- He talked about poverty before it was cool. He talked about it in 2003. He talked about it 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007. I think he believes that everyone deserves the same chance. Not many people do.
- He had detailed and comprehensive plans for what he would do as president. You care about the envirnoment? He had a DETAILED plan. You care about civil rights? He had a plan. No other candidate was so prepared to be president.....not just run for president.
- He had the innate ability to connect with the most progressive of us and to the most conservative of us. He consistently won the straw poll on here, but he was the one that my pro-life father voted for.
- He had the good sense to marry and stay married to the same woman for 30 years. They went through tragedy that could have ruined them, but they were strong and stayed together.
- Listening to him, one can only come away inspired and ready to walk through fire for this man.
I don't know what the future holds for him. I don't know that he is going to jump to be Obama's Attorney General like all the Obama people seem to think. I doubt he wants to run for VP again. I think he might just go home and try and do good from there.
It's been a fun ride for me. I found my first ever candidate in late 2003 that I really cared about. And I have spent the last 5 years hoping that he would be president. But even in defeat, he has shown me that honor trumps all and that sometimes ideals are the most important thing.