19 April 2007 ~ 123 Comments

I’m Signing On

I really thought that the 2004 Presidential campaign would be the last I would be involved in. I have always wanted to make a difference, but for me I thought those days were over.

A few weeks ago, John and Elizabeth Edwards made their decision to continue, not just John Edwards’ campaign for President, but their work together to make a difference for their country.

And that made me realize that I wasn’t done trying to make a difference either. Not by a long shot. So today I am joining the John Edwards campaign.

Too much is at stake. The war in Iraq continues, and more of our troops will lose their lives. Working Americans are losing ground. Poverty continues in the wealthiest nation on the planet. And nearly nothing is really being done to reduce global warming.

John Edwards is leading the way and making a difference on all of these issues. He’s offering big ideas backed by real plans to change our country. And so his campaign is the place where I will work to make whatever difference I can.

Lets make a difference together, for each other, and for our country. Too much is at stake to give anything less than everything we’ve got.

123 Responses to “I’m Signing On”

  1. Jerome Armstrong 19 April 2007 at 2:20 pm Permalink

    Yea, right Joe, I’ll be pushing you around in your wheelchair in the 2020 campaign :)

    Good luck with Edwards, he’s running a great campaign.

  2. Max Rollins 19 April 2007 at 2:37 pm Permalink

    Congrats Joe!

    If I can help, let me know via Dan.

  3. Paul McGeary 19 April 2007 at 3:13 pm Permalink

    Joe:

    Good choice. I really do believe Edwards is the real deal. The roots of populism going back to William Jennings Bryan. They fell into disrepute, but I think the world has come round to populism again. And I think Edwards embodies that spirit of southern populism that has a genuine interest in the well-being of average people, just trying to get along.

  4. SanJoseLady 19 April 2007 at 4:25 pm Permalink

    Go Edwards! Should be interesting and I would bet that with Obama and Clinton going after each other Edwards will “slip” in right between them.

  5. gw 19 April 2007 at 5:35 pm Permalink

    okay, Joe, but I can’t send money…

    btw, I heard the ladies on ABC’s the View talking about gun control and presidential candidates. At the end of the discussion, Joy blurted out, I like Edwards/Obama… That is a great ticket… nods all around (except for conservative blonde)

    all the best to you

    (I’m reserving the right to back obama, though, if I like what he’s saying down the road…)

  6. PJ 19 April 2007 at 6:04 pm Permalink

    Way to go Joe!

  7. Rob 19 April 2007 at 6:09 pm Permalink

    Congrats.

  8. John Pettitt 19 April 2007 at 6:26 pm Permalink

    You Gotta Believe! :-)

  9. Catherine 19 April 2007 at 6:50 pm Permalink

    Well, I was wondering how long it was going to take you to get on board with Edwards after Daren Berringer left your firm and became the campaign’s national field director…you two will make a great campaign even better. You guys are quite a team.

  10. vwcat 19 April 2007 at 8:07 pm Permalink

    As an entrenched Obama supporter since his run for the Senate here, I am glad you are supporting someone. However, since I am not a fan of Edwards and question his ideological 180 degree turn around in less than a year and the sincerity of it, I doubt I will be visiting here much until after the primaries.
    I like you and am happy for you. I especially love the fact that you helped introduce us to and brought to the national stage Dr. Dean. I concider Dean the guy who salvaged the democratic party and turned it around for us.
    Good luck to you, Joe. I’ll be back regular after the primaries.

  11. LoBiondo 19 April 2007 at 11:12 pm Permalink

    Great to hear Joe. You will bring alot to Edwards campaign.

  12. Christopher Herz 20 April 2007 at 1:21 pm Permalink

    Nice. Now this is going to be a real race! I’m still an Obama guy, but between his book and yours, I liked yours better. A friend of mine introduced me to your work and now, well, I’ll have to look at Edwards a little closer.

    Gun control Joe. That what I want to hear about. As for Iraq, I have no idea. I would also like to see What Edwards thinks about what the fed. government should do and what should be left up to the states.

    On Education – Is there some type of federal retirement plan for teachers? My mother has taught in the publich school system for almost 20 years and will retire broke. Just not fair.

    For me, if the salary was at least a living wage, I would teach. As of now, there are too may quality teachers suffering because they have little help. I want plans of action and not speaches.

    Nice to hear you chose a side. Let’s see how this all turns out. Come on up to Harlem man, we need some focus up there.

  13. Steve 20 April 2007 at 6:18 pm Permalink

    Didn’t know this was the congrats page.. will save any real stuff for down the road then.

    Steve

    Congrats on working with another millionaire who wants to help the “poor.” I suppose that will be people in 4500 sq ft or less homes. Don’t bring the same game this time.. we bloggers have a voice.

  14. Francine Harbour 20 April 2007 at 6:40 pm Permalink

    Joe–I just watched you on Hardball (4/20/07 show) and heard about your announcement. Interestingly, I just joined the Edwards campaign last night. Congrats to us both! And I joined for the same reasons you do–poverty, Iraq, global warning, etc.

    To the previous bloggers–I don’t care who voted for what before the war–just who will get us out in the way most supportive and respectful of the troops. And FDR was a millionaire who had a much bigger estate that Edwards’ house. FDR was such a friend of the poor that he was called a “traitor to his own class.” Affluence does not preclude empathy.

  15. Jai 21 April 2007 at 12:28 pm Permalink

    I’m not surprised by your announcement, Joe. One fraud working for another fraud. Edwards didn’t do a damn thing about poverty in his six years in the Senate (four years with Democratic control), and his so-called poverty center accomplished nothing but providing him a vehicle to promote himself. He’s nothing but a lot of PR with no substance or ability to deliver on his promises — in other words, much like what you did for/to Dean in 2004.

  16. PJ 21 April 2007 at 12:45 pm Permalink

    Jai sounds like your on the GOP team of Cheerleaders,Drag queens and Psychos that shoot people in the face. Which one are you?

    Definitely sounds like you picked your screen name from ‘queer eye for the straight guy’ so I bet your with the feather boa Giuliani crowd.

    Isn’t it great the GOP has gone Metrosexual?

  17. jhc 21 April 2007 at 1:58 pm Permalink

    Forgive PJ, Jai. He’s an 18 year old Belgian who is intrigued with American politics. You must understand he is a budding socialist on his way to communism. He picks-up on liberal sound bites over at the Daily Kos and regurgitates them over here. He’s good for a few grins now and then, especially when he butchers the English language. Oh, he’s a homophobe, also.

  18. Virginia Johnston 22 April 2007 at 11:43 am Permalink

    good choice Joe–I like John Edwards a lot–I remember you saying you moved your office to Phoenix–and I told you or Chris Matthews great move!–Phoenix the mythical bird –that burned itself and then rose from its own ashes—after the heart breaking run with Howard Dean (whom I dearly loved)–you are rising out of your own ashes–Just like the Phoenix—Virginia Johnston–Gainesville, FL–

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