Posted on 05/22/2007 7:39:38 AM PDT by ASC2006
Presidential hopeful John Edwards said Monday that Americans should speak out against the war in Iraq this Memorial Day weekend, renewing an anti-war call that has been criticized by the leader of the American Legion.
"There's another thing we need to do as patriots, to serve the men and women who are serving this country in Iraq, and that is to speak out this weekend," said Edwards, a former senator from North Carolina and 2004 vice presidential nominee.
He said ending the war is key to repairing the damaged U.S. reputation abroad.
"America desperately needs to reclaim our moral position in the world, which has been so devastated," he said. "America has to be a force for good. ... The world thinks we're a bully and we're selfish."
Some leaders of local veterans' groups also have deplored Edwards' call for war protests on Memorial Day.
"I think the senator has the best of intentions," said Stephen Shurtleff, who was co-chairman for veterans outreach on Sen. John Kerry's 2004 campaign. "But I think (Memorial Day) is a time to reflect. I think all the presidential candidates want to end the war, but this Memorial Day is not the time."
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Breck Girl wants the Anti-War Memorial to be a huge statue of a Barbie Doll. In swim-suit and heels. (He worked up the design alone in his own study, wearing nothing but swim-suit and heels.)
How can Edwards be so vain, yet so self-loathing.American leftists aren't self-loathing in their utter, complete and total hatred for America.
They truly see themselves as above and beyond anything American.
#2 expressed the correct sentiments...
Edwards is toast!
What an insult to toast!
Tit and Tat? is that like boob and ass?...
So is Edwards the boob and Kucinich the ass?
Yea but he looks so pretty in his new dress with matching shoes.
...him and the horse he rode in on.
That depends. Can Kucinich’s hairdresser beat up Edwards hairdresser?
I agree. These people are traitors and need to be told so. I wish John Edwards nothing but the worst.
This is positively nauseating. SICK!!!
Will somebody please John Edwards out of our misery? Not suggesting any bodily harm, but really, sit down John, enjoy your swag, your fifteen minutes are so up.
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