Edwards to Join Striking Writers

Broadcasting and Cable ^ | 11/15/07 | Paige Albiniak

[AT7Saluki]

Senator John Edwards will be the first presidential candidate to picket personally with Hollywood’s striking writers, according to the Writers Guild of America on Thursday evening. Edwards will join picketers at NBC Entertainment’s headquarters at 3000 W. Alameda Ave., Burbank, Calif., on Friday.

Edwards first issued a statement of solidarity with the writers on Nov. 6. "The striking Writers Guild [of America] members are fighting an important battle to protect their creative rights. These writers deserve to be compensated fairly for their work, and I commend their courage in standing up to big media conglomerates," Edwards said in a statement, joining other Democratic front-runners Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) in supporting the writers.

“As someone who has walked picket lines with workers all across America and as a strong believer in collective bargaining, I hope that both sides are able to quickly reach a just settlement," he added.

[AT7Saluki]

And if that doesn't work, he can start a class action suit, right?

[RepoGirl]

Not the usual freaksome news that I usually ping you to -- but I thought this was still a very interesting little story about The Silky Pony and the depths he'll stoop to.

[OKSooner]

"The striking Writers Guild [of America] members are fighting an important battle to protect their creative rights. These writers deserve to be compensated fairly for their work, and I commend their courage in standing up to big media conglomerates," Edwards said in a statement,

There for a second I thought Scrappleface was at it again.

[ladtx]

Sounds like all the dems got their marching orders from the unions and are dutifully toeing the line.

[Polyxene]

The Breck Girl has to join them. Now he has no one to write his stuff!

[Loud Mime]

BINGO!

[theDentist]

“If it weren’t for the writers, I’d have nothing to watch on my Custom Built 17’ by 26’ Plasma HDTV with Bose 901 Surround Sound, which is implanted in the far wall of my Southern Wing of the house, Section B, 2nd Floor, Entertainment Room A.”

[weegee]

So would he also go on strike as prissy-dent?

[Clara Lou]

John Edwards pandering to Hollywood. Who’da thunk it?

[Thinkin' Gal]

I commend their courage in standing up to big media conglomerates

Big Media?! You can't make this stuff up.

[COUNTrecount]

He’s supporting the makeup and hairdressing strikers.

[olezip]

The striking writers and Edwards do have something in common: greed and avarice.

[goodwithagun]

I don’t like any strikers and I don’t agree with what he is doing. However, if he was going to picket, why doesn’t he picket with a blue collar strike? You know, they people he works so hard for in the other America.

[kidd]

This is so phoney.

He will spend enough time with the strikers to complete the photo-op. Then he will return, at his convenience, to his comfortable home knowing that he has no financial worries at all.

Growing up, my parents were union. Going on strike meant that they had to put in 8 hours/day on the pickett line, then had to go to their temporary job for another 8 hours to make ends meet, along with the tiny union strike stipend. We ate a lot of macaroni and cheese during the strikes.

I wonder if John Edwards ever had to work a 16 hour day. I wonder if he’s even had macaroni and cheese.

[kjam22]

He’s not picketing..... he’s passing a petition for a class action lawsuit on their behalf.

[cinives]

You are all wrong - he’s going for campaign contributions.

[Fido969]

The days of the unions supporting the lowly, hard-working underpaid salt-of-the-earth fellow are gone. The unions, having destroyed the car industry, are now going after nurses and other people making in the 6 figures, in order to swell their treasuries and try to maintain relevancy and a place at the political table.

[lesser_satan]

Thanks for the ping. God what a loser he is.

[laotzu]

Big Media?!

...the Industrial Big Media Complex