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Edwards called it like it was, Hillary just endorsed a dangerous vote for Bush, a second time! Didn't she learn from the first time. This is just more ammunition to keep our troops in Iraq.

I don't blame Obama for his attack towards Hillary, but he's untruthful for claiming he'd run his campaign without attacking. Too, he failed to come back to vote on an important vote, so he's being hypocritical. Someone advised him poorly, or his faulty judgment is surfacing.

Strange that Edwards didn't get more attention, but Obama gets a ton now...OCT. 26 – 28...look at the date on this ticker: Oct. 10...Edwards speaks for our troops, so does Biden.

I sincerely hope that the Clinton apologists on this forum are working for her campaign. I hate to think that there are this many people that genuinely believe there is nothing the least bit disconcerting about her hawkish positions.

I'm sorry, but her Iraq vote in 2003 was inexcusable and her refusal to repudiate that vote and her continued aggressive stance against Iran can only lead me to conclude that she is at least sympathetic to the position that this disastrous war in Iraq should be expanded to Iran.

The fact of the matter is that language is important. When we designate a branch of Iran's military as terrorists there is a PURPOSE behind it. Will it lead to war? Not necessarily, but it is without question a provocative move. She DESERVES to be called on it.

I do not know how someone who represents, at least to some extent, a continuation of this administration's foreign policy is considered not only a credible but seemingly invincible candidate.

Another war? Not again. People unsure Pre.Ahmed agenda really is but he's no Castro either.

There is something wrong with sen. edwards. There was this mention that he made about black-water SO sen. edwards allow me. During the clinton years a really bad dude ran the state dept. this dude was so bad that when cabinet sec.saw him coming they went the other way that man was Jesse Helms. When sen helms wanted one to take his seat he selected Mrs. E. Dole a great choice Thus is Black Water. it is a high country thang as sen. edwards well knows. Black Water is condi rice'e cute little white boy army. condi rice is the sec. of state, thus the state dept. is still run by jesse helms through his choosen one Sen E Dole whom condi has to answer to so I do not understand what sen. edwards was getting at. black-water belongs to sen. helms.

Shhhhh and listen ! He is telling the truth. If you let the media lead you into electing Hillary you will get more Bush c**p in a female version.

Dawn – MD

You wrote, "Kyl-Lieberman does not authorize war against Iran in Iran."

Dawn – considering ALL the engagements the US has been involved WHEN has congress officially declared war??

Let me help you:

War of 1812 – yes
Mexican-American War – yes
Spanish-American War – yes
World War I – yes
World War II – yes
Korea – no
Vietnam – no
Iraq/Kuwait – no
Bosnia – no
Afghanistan – no
Iraq – no

Keep spouting how Kyl-Lieberman doesn't authorize war with Iran. The President doesn't NEED permission, Dawn. What he DOES need is political cover. Thanks to Hillary he has it.

None of us want to go to war with any country, however, I don't see how this [going to war w/Iran] is avoidable. Iran wants a war – that's pretty clear. I'd like to know how Edwards thinks he can prevent one, especially if Iran initiates it.

I feel bad for Edwards. He has moved away from talking about issues, to talking about Senator Clinton. I'm not sure if he aware that his insults have catapolted her. Stay on message John, you are a second teir candidate.

Yes, clinton should not dignify edward's comment with a response.

Edwards is a big loser, after the 2004 election. He is now 3rd in polls and falling. He has realised that nobody listen to his issues, and the only time people (mostly obama camps and republicans) listen is when he bashes clinton.

He will be finishe politically next january. There is no chance that he will be clinton's VP running mate.

John you are a great guy and would do a great job as President or Vice President, but I am so SICK of hearing you attack Hillary I could puke. Enough already!

By declaring an entity(Iranian Revolutionary Guard) the enemy of the state, gives the President legitamacy in using his war powers. What, I am starting to think that the American public does not realize that if we declare war on Iran, there will most probably be a draft, and take a guess who will bear that burden...... If that is what you want by all means hold fast on your beliefs, the military needs help anyways.

Sounds like he's not particularly interested in running on the Clinton ticket as Veep.

Wake up Donkeys. The only candidate who has promised to end this war is RON PAUL.
RON PAUL 2008!

Enough.

It has become painfully clear that former Senator Edwards' daily rant against Senator Clinton is not working. His anti-campaign against her has done nothing to sell himself to the voters. In fact it appears to be causing a decrease in his polling numbers.

His fifteen minutes of fame appears to be over. He needs to pack up the wife and children and return to his lavish estate in North Carolina.

I wish him and his family well, but please go home.

Kyl-Lieberman does not authorize war against Iran in Iran. It requests the President do what he has doubtless done already, i.e., take military action against Iranian forces in IRAQ.
Nor, as Sen. Clinton's opponents lamely argue (when they're not deliberately misreading or not reading the resolution), does Kyl-Lieberman beat any drums that lead directly to war. Iran has ALREADY been declared a state sponsor of terror. Bush has ALREADY said that those who sponsor, train, or harbor terrorists are terrorists themselves. If this were enough to foment a war in Iran, his work would be done.
At 80% popularity (or whatever it was) Bush STILL had to go to Congress before attacking Iraq. At 31% or thereabouts, he is still more strongly compelled. Congress WILL NEVER give him such an authorization. His only hope of starting a war in Iran is PRETENDING that Kyl-Lieberman or some other red herring gives him such authority. That is the only scenario I can envision that would lead inevitably to every sane Republican (meaning every Republican at risk in the next election) deserting him on Iraq once and for all. He would be lucky to escape without impeachment.
The whole brouhaha over Kyl-Lieberman as passed is entirely fabricated.

Calling President Carter an anti semite is stupid. It is dishonest to label someone a anti semite because he dares speak to Israel about its treatment of the Palestine people. He has said he supports Israel's right to exist but thinks more could be done by the US by being more balanced in its relationships between the two sides. No one running for office has the courage to bring this up.

I am so tired of hearing Edwards putting down the other candidates, especially Clinton. He seems to be whining about someone else constantly. If this is how he handles things we don't need him in the White House. Why does he think he has the right to push Clinton to say she is sorry for a vote 5 years ago? Let it go John, tell me what you can do as President, because as it stands now all I see is a whining man and that is not how I would like our country to be represented globally. I don't need him to point out others shortcomings to me, I am bright enough to see them myself as are many, many other Americans.

"Plant, he's a plant, vast right-wing conspiracy, help me Bill, people are asking questions, hard questions".

Hsu, Hsu, bless you Hillary said Bill.

I love Sandy Berger too Bill, why do you ask?

Oh yeah, I have the media and the apologists to answer for me.

OK, you guys do that and I will offer baby bonds, 401k's to everyone, in-state tuition for ILLEGAL immigrants (missed that in the news did ya?), make everyone stop smoking, but charge whatever poor smokers that are left huge taxes to pay for insurance for the people that make a good living and are 25 years old, BUT ARE VOTERS.

Come to think of it, I want nobody on this planet but her in charge of my new $1000 401k as NOBODY on this planet can turn that $1000 into $100,000 overnight as easy as her.

She is in for a rude awakening come next year and the media will not be able to IGNORE the onslaught of TRUTH.

Telling it because I know it.

Tom

Gosh... didn't John Edwards discuss his position with CNN bloggers Wynter and Dawn from Maryland? Both of them vehemently deny Hillary's vote on the Kyl-Lieberman Resolution gave President ANY power other than economic sanctions!!!

Gee Wynter, Dawn... John Edwards is lying now???

President Carter is not anti-semetic. He has been steeped in the Israel/Palestine conflict for years. He has a better grasp of whats really going on than most candidates (Rep and Dem) running. It's time the United States stopped drinking the "I'm such a victim" Israeli koo-aid and started dealing with our own problems. Israle and Palestine must come to grips with the reality of sharing (equally) a piece of real estate and stop making the world miserable because of ancient text. It's beyond ridiculous!

What I hate about statements like this is that they don't say what they would really do. Obama for instance is always stating that he originally didn't support the war. Great. Good for you. Now what do you do now that we are at war? Whether it was the right decision or not should be left to history, I need to see what you do in the here and now.

Edwards is done. If he wants to win he needs to say what he is going to do in a concise clear, motivating way. We don't care that you disagree with Hillary! We already assume that you do since you are running against her!!!

FLORENCE KENTUCKY.."Mr. Edwards in on the right track"..he's not on the right track, he's in the stable. Stick to horse racing.

Does Edwards do anything else besides attacking Clinton and Obama?
He seems to position himself as "I am not them, vote for me"
A bit too early to act as a sore loser.
I am still trying to see if the man has any strong points, any fresh ideas.
Please John, help me!

I guess some people don't know how the political game is played. John Edwards is doing exactly what he should be doing. He needs to tell the voters how he is different than the other candidates. The voters also need to know what problems they will have with Hillary as a general election candidate. In a general election Hillary is not going to able to show how different she is from the GOP on the "future Iran war". She voted with them. So far, the other candidates have been very nice to Hillary. Rudy & the others won't be. How many commercials will be shown against the Clintons featuring all the scandals (Monica, Jennifer, white water, etc, etc, & etc). Is it fair to use Bill's scandals against her. Probably not. But Hillary can't have it both ways. Since she uses Bill to her advantage. She's stuck with the baggage too.

Of course the Clinton campaign had no comment. Her campaign continually repositions itself to sway with the tide of public opinion. She has no firm policy stance. When will the public begin to think critically and stop eating out of politicians hands?

North Korea, Iran, and al Qaeda (and probably Putin and Chavez) must be salivating at the thought of a John Edwards in the White House. Throw in Obama as Vice President (in charge of singing Kum Bah Yah around the campfire) and Jimmy Carter (offering foreign policy advice), and they'll be overjoyed! Jeez, Truman only allowed spies in the State Department, while Edwards and Company would no doubt barely lift a finger when the jackboots take over the Strait of Hormuz and hold the world hostage.

I won't vote for Hillary either, but at least she can throw a frying pan if push comes to shove.

He's right. But she, even if she wants to go to war it would go through because going to war with Iran now or any time soon would truely hurt the army like never before.

John Edwards is right...God knows he's right on so many things! Too many of us seem to fixate on haircuts and homes (like that stuff matters)...but many of us are ready to focus on what's REALLY important.

KEEP SPEAKING UP, John Edwards. You are THE most perfect candidate!

America MUST wake up and realize that we have to break the Clinton/Bush cycle and after our current most disastrous administration, wouldn't it be WONDERFUL to have a president we can TRUST.

John Edwards: THE PERFECT CANDIDATE.

It is about time someone took issue with Hillary. I am a liberal voter and proud of it and I will never vote for her. She is trying to play it in the middle and does not seem to really support anything except getting elected. Her initial vote for the Iraq war without reading the evidence is appalling but to do the same thing when it comes to Iran is unpardonable. If she wins the election (which I doubt) do you really think that she will have committment to pull out the troops and revamp health care? It will be business as usual with excuses made about the republicans blocking her efforts.

Hillary Clinton's position is impossible to determine in advance. What is known for certain, however, is that her decisions will be biased by what she believes will help her politically. I support Obama (as a more inspirational candidate), but Edwards is correct in sending out this warning signal about our terrible "front runner."

People like GWB and HRC make me scared. I'm 18 (will be 19 next month), which automatically makes me a candidate for a military draft. We've lost nearly 4000 soldiers in Iraq since 2003. How many more Americans must die in that cursed region before we pull out for good? If Clinton is planning war with Iran in addition to Iraq, she loses my vote for good. What will she do to help the situation, make Puerto Rico and Iraq the 51st and 52nd states of the US? Edwards is not my first choice, but he is more level-headed than Hillary.

JOHN EDWARDS: ONE WORD ONLY 'DESPERATE'

HE IS GETTING MORE DESPERATE BY THE SECOND. I HOPE HE THINKS AHEAD TO THE NOMINATION. SOME OF THE THINGS YOU SAY CAN'T BE RETRACTED DURING THE NOMINATION. HILLARY WILL GET HER PARTY'S NOMINATION AND THE REPUBLICANS WILL USE JOHN EDWARD'S WORDS TO ATTACK HILLARY, JUST WATCH!!!

Its time Americans stop being scared little children and ignore Iran. Move on with your lives instead of trying to destroy everyone who you think might be a threat in the future. I'm not afraid of another terrorist attack happening. I'm in the middle of the midwest. No terrorist cares about us nor do we care about them.

Hillary needs to thank Edwards. His rantings have allowed her to move far ahead of Obama. His luntic left ideology makes Clinton's leftist ideology seem centrist.

If it is a doubt in anyone's mind that declaring an entire army a terrorist group with no allusion to rational evidence, then I'm affraid America is going to be under the wrong hands if Mrs Clinton wins the nomination of her party.

It seems we still haven't learned from our past mistakes and as history suggests – The memory of cold realities are always eager to hunt us when we fail to learn from our failures.

Mrs Clinton was wrong believing there was WMD's in Iraq and she's wrong suggesting Iran's national guard is a terrorist group if she can't prove it.

Shame on her!

Edwards is right to attack Clinton. As a presidential candidate, he must distinguish himself while presenting a well articulated position on Iraq and Iran. President Bush has consistently broken the public trust and that of the Congress. You give him an inch, he takes a mile (with impugnity). Clinton should know this better than anyone considering that her vote in Congress led to the Iraqi invasion. If the same scenario plays out with Iran, I don't want her giving lame excuses saying, "if I knew then what I know now."

Edwards is distorting the resolution that was passed in the Senate.

It is not a declaration of war upon Iran. Nor is it the first step in starting one. What this resolution does is start addressing a situation diplomatically that has been going on in Iraq for the past year. To simply ignore the acts posed by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard inside Iraq would be turning a blind eye to the truth and allowing them to continue to provide munitions and funding to the insurgent forces planting IEDs against our troops.

What we need to do is start dealing with the truth instead of burying ourselves in political maneuvers like this. At least Clinton is facing the hard questions that are currently going on in Iraq today. Obama simply "did not vote" which is avoiding the question.

Telling it like it is,
Wynter

One of the Democrats needs to come out and repudiate Ex-President Jimmy Carter the anti-semite. He is completely bonkers and needs to be reined in.

Whichever one has the courage to do that would jump over the rest in my opinion.

If Edwards is elected, Iran will have nuclear waepons before his first (and only) term ends.

John Edwards is a loose canon, and there goes his VP chance. Just like some of his court cases as a lawyer, he fabricated truth to confuse the audience.

I don't like him, but Edwards is 100% correct. Clinton is dodging the issue. The fact that she refuses to acknowledge she made a mistake voting for the Iraq War in 2002 shows her bad judgment. Bush did exactly what Clinton voted for. He tried diplomacy for FIVE months. Diplomacy failed, so he went to war. No ifs, ands, or buts about it... that is EXACTLY what Hillary voted for.

The Iranian Guard is Iran's Army. There is no proof that they terrorize. The problem with the bill is not that it -directly- gives Bush the power to go to war, but that it beats the war drums by labeling the guard as "terrorists." We have declared war on "all terrorists." That's Bush and the Republicans belief. Labeling an Iranian Army as terrorists -IS- heading us directly down the road to war. First, you separate yourself from the enemy. Then, you attack.

Listen, SHE DID NOT VOTE FOR A WAR IN IRAN. She merely voted to declare the Revoloutionary Guard as a terrorist organization. Where do these people get the phony idea that she is declaring war on Iran. I'm sick of people grasping at straws cause they have nothing else helping out of a losing place in EVERY poll.

Mr. Edwards,

If you truly believe any of the ridiculous assertions you have made about Mrs. Clinton and other candidates then you should do something about it. Once your campaign is over, and you are finally secure in the fact that your political career is dead, you should try to mend the fences you have wrecked and find a positive role for yourself in society. If you perceive a problem, work for positive change, but don’t run around like a puppy chasing its’ tail. Running around in circles and biting at the air hasn’t worked for you so far.

It will be difficult for you to overcome all of the negative things you have said about viable candidates and all of the damage you have done to the Democratic Party, but perhaps someone will have pity on you and give you a second chance. Time heals all wounds, even those especially deep wounds inflicted by friends.

Sorry ...there is no excuse but laziness for the Yes vote on the Iraq war. Hillary Clinton was ready to swallow whatever she was fed. The information was out there repudiating all the Bush Aministration's "facts". The least the Senat could have done was get more concrete information on the people of the region and what had kept the country together for all that time. THEY WERE ALL LAZY!!! There has been more damage done after "mission accomplished" than the invasion itself. And this is because the SENATE went to war unprepared. Now they're trying to do the same thing with IRAN. I have a daughter and she'll go when Jenna, Barbare and Chelsea are knee deep in sand.

Eventhough I'm not an Edwards supporter I totally agree with him. Hillary will do it. And if this nation goes to war with Iran our army could possibly break .Possibly making an unavoidable draft. We can't think Iran's army will be like Iraq's but it's nowhere near it. Iraq was a cake walk at the time. Going to war with Iran now or in the next couple of years would be HELL on this country and on the troops. Not just the Hillary supporters will suffer from this but everyone.

John is right. There is a difference between what W and hilliar say...and what they do. Voting for war and then speaking out against it...and then voting to potentially make a new war an easier sell for an unpopular president? This general election could be a return of flip-flop. If the "vast right wing conspiracy" now renamed the "republican attack machine" could cast a shadow over someone as honest and upright as john kerry I think it will take down hillary too if she is the nominee.

Sad thing is...If Bush-Clinton politics don't end this cycle...they will get stronger and more influential.

Someone will write a book one day about how the courageous rebels who gave their lives for freedom from a king looked down from heaven upon an elitist aristocracy...A new kind of government where the mob was controlled by an illusion of choice.

Divide the people...take as much money as possible...blame the other side...repeat.

Bring it on hillaryland. We won't let go of hope for freedom.

John Edwards, whom I have considered supporting in the past, seems to be grasping at straws with his attacks on fellow Democrat, Hillary Clinton. I know that same-party candidates often strike at one another during pre-primary campaigning but, is Edwards not thinking ahead to the Democratic Party's nomination next year? Does he have a plan as to how he would retract some of the attacks on Hillary, if she happens to be the party's nominee? His wife, who has impressed me in the past with her candor and articulate expression, also seems to be suffering from the same potential hoof-and-mouth disease. It getting to seem increasingly an act of desperation from both of them. The more he(she) attacks, the better Hillary looks.

OK, John, enough with what Hillary won't do, what will you do?

Dear Mr Edwards,
Can you get it through your skull that you were doomed the day you headed for the $400 barber in Hollywood?
You cannot prevail over Ms Rodham Clinton by attempting a Kerry-Dean style coup in Iowa.

I don't see how declaring the Revolutionary Guards a terrorist organization amounts to declaring war on Iran. After all, they ARE a terrorist organization. Refusing to say so won't change that fact.

Even though I'm not a fan of Hillary Clinton, I do not fault her for declaring the Iran Revolutionary Guard a terrorist organization-it is what it is. Also, Edwards should not be putting any pressure on her to apologize for authorizing the Iraqi war. She, like many other senators that voted to authorize the war were under the influence that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. At the time, she was making what she considered to be a wise decision. I'm all for Obama for 08, but I can't fault Hillary for this.

mr Edwards is on the right track we need to stand behind him

Of course Hillary won't prevent the war. By the time she gets into office, Bush will have already started it. Bush doesn't care what anybody says. He is determined to go to war and that is all there is to it. He is arrogant, destructive, tongue tied and stupid.

I agree 100% with John. Cheney (Bush) will use the Lieberman resolution to make a case of war with Iran. Lieberman knew this would be the case. Joe's backer brigade needs a American war with Iran to advance it's Middle Eastern agenda and Bush is just the guy to comply. Hillary was wrong to back the Lieberman resolution but she is also a tool of the same backer brigade that Joe fronts.

I respect John's courage to speak out about this.