“…Unfortunately, neither Senator Dole nor Senator Burr dared take their constituents’ side in a disagreement with a telecomm equipment giant at an appeals hearing. I don’t know if they owed this company anything or if they just didn’t give a flying flip about their constituents, but those tech support workers never got Trade Affected retraining benefits.

And that is what regular people are up against. That is why we need someone in the White House who is experienced at dueling with schmooozers, schmucks, slime balls, palm greasers and arrogant, out-of-control, greedy corporate attitudes.

That’s why I support John Edwards for president.

That is also why I support Brad Miller for Congress, Jim Neal for US Senate, Larry Kissell for Congress, Harry Taylor for Congress and Marshall Adame for Congress.

That is why we all want more and better Democrats, isn’t it? We want our country back!! We want to know our parents are ok, that we can take care of them and our kids if we need to, that all kids have opportunities to pursue their dreams and develop their gifts and skills — even if we do live on the wrong side of the proverbial tracks. Right?”

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