VOTING FOR JOHN EDWARDS IN 2008 SUPER TUESDAY AND OTHER PRIMARIES

If John Edwards' name is on your state ballot

AND you are planning on voting for Edwards

this Super Tuesday (or beyond)

THERE ARE ADVANTAGES AND RISKS INVOLVED!

IMPORTANT!!!

In ANY congressional district EDWARDS MUST GAIN 15% of the vote

for his delegates to be seated

AT THE CONVENTION.

ADVANTAGES if he DOES WIN 15% IN YOUR CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT:

• Those delegates SEATED AT THE CONVENTION will be FREE to vote for either candidate-- OBAMA OR CLINTON-- especially if Edwards does not endorse either by that time.
  
• You will get to feel like you have struck a blow against Empire, the Old Guard and everything you ever hated about Corporate America! HOO-AH!
  

DISADVANTAGES if he DOES NOT WIN 15% IN YOUR CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT:

• Your vote essentially counts as a vote for the frontrunner IN YOUR CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. In other words:
  

1. If Hillary is ahead in your area, but you would prefer Obama to “win” the primary, your vote for Edwards will act as a vote for Hillary
   
2. Edwards delegates will not be seated at the Democratic convention
   
3. OR VICE VERSA!
   

So, as usual, feeling good comes with some risks!
Use mental protection and Vote wisely!

To ensure delegates will be seated in your state and district

call your local Edwards office or:

THE NATIONAL EDWARDS NUMBER

(919) 636 – 3131

IF YOU'VE ALREADY "EARLY VOTED"
YOU MAY STILL CHANGE YOUR VOTE!!!!

• GO TO YOUR LOCAL POLLING LOCATION ON VOTING DAY

• CAST A PROVISIONAL BALLOT

YOUR BALLOT CAST CLOSEST TO THE ACTUAL VOTING DATE IS THE ONE USED IN THE FINAL COUNT.

PROVISIONALS ARE COUNTED WHEN THE OUTCOME OF THE ELECTION (IN OTHER WORDS, THE MARGIN) IS LESS THAN THE NUMBER OF PROVISIONAL BALLOTS.

This information has been vetted by Arizona for Edwards campaign associate Catherine Miller.

Now, Are You Happy?

There aren't too many days when I actually want to scream (metaphorically I always want to scream) about Democratic party political developments, but in the case of the ONLY candidate who could have changed this country for the better (John Edwards) leaving the race I can only ask every dunderhead who had the temerity (look it up) to say that "He couldn't win" and thereby contributed to the inertia bringing on his actual inability to win, have I this to say: " I TOLD YOU SO".

I warned that if we allowed ourselves to get caught between the angles of Chauvinism-- gender and race-- we would only have ourselves to blame for the outcome; getting mesmerized with the Shiny Bright Object. Don't believe me? Listen to my KPHX promo next time it rolls around.

Well, now we have it. Our choices are between "TweedleDLC and TweedleDLC'er".

Republicans now have nothing to do until the Democratic Convention this summer. Then Billary and Oboreme will be so over-exposed all the RNC cohorts will have to do is unleash their “swiftboat” campaign and blow him or her out of the water with a snorty chortle.

Nice going.

Former Senator John Edwards, D-N.C., will drop out of the Democratic presidential race on Wednesday.

"It just became clear it wasn't going to happen," a senior Edwards adviser tells ABC News' Rick Klein.

Cross-posted on Voice of America.

Action Point with Cynthia Black 01-20-2008 The Reference Shelf

Today's article and item links:

• POLITICAL HISTORY: MLK: I Have a Dream (Speech): From the Guardian series of the best international speeches. Quite moving.

• ELECTION INTEGRITY: Revived Link, SOLAR BUS Election Justice Center: Strong on links and news, minus the commentary.

• BIG BUSINESS: Google: From 'Don't Be Evil' to How to Do Good:

  In one of the most widely watched efforts in corporate giving in years, Google Inc. unveiled yesterday nearly $30 million in new grants and investments, outlining how it will focus a massive philanthropic endeavor that erases the usual boundaries between the for-profit and nonprofit worlds.
  

• CAMPAIGN 2008: Tools: Washington Post Issue Coverage Tracker: A variety of interactive flash tools. Easy to find issue positions etc. AND Where is John Edwards? Regarding the obvious media blackout of Edwards, this page at Edwards '08 lends some insight:

  The traditional media outlets have their blinders on, narrowly focusing on the two $100 million celebrity candidates -- and trying as hard as they can to keep John Edwards out of the picture.

• ENVIRONMENT: Green At Work Magazine Premier Corporate Sustainability Publication: The latest green business website I've discovered.

• MUST READ: Digging In the Right Place: another excellent piece from David Sirota:

  Think about it: The White House can only be won by raising truckloads of cash from moneyed interests looking to preserve the status quo. Likewise, the U.S. Senate's filibuster rules allow 41 lawmakers, representing just 11 percent of the population, to stop anything. These are institutions designed to prevent change, not embrace it.

• PERSONAL SECURITY ALERT: Government sues 9 Arizona landowners over border fence: Those “strict consitutionalists” can take credit for this:

  The U.S. Department of Justice has sued at least nine Arizona landowners, seeking temporary condemnations so it can survey and prepare to build a border fence. The suits, filed in U.S. District Court in Tucson, seek to invoke the government's power of eminent domain to gain access to land along the U.S.-Mexico border.

• IRAN: Iran Diplomatic Accountability Act of 2008: Now this is what Congress is supposed to do!

  On January 17, Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) introduced with six other co-sponsors the "Iran Diplomatic Accountability Act of 2008." The new resolution, H.R. 5056, is the first of its kind to call for the appointment of a high-level United States representative or special envoy for Iran for the purpose of easing tensions and normalizing relations between the United States and Iran.

Action Point with Cynthia Black 11-11-2007: The Reference Shelf

Today's article and item links:

• From the Mukasey File: The religious right hated him but he was Giuliani's BFF. Senators clashed with him on torture, but still he was confirmed. I tried to spread the truth. Oh well.

• MUST READ: In Iowa Speech, Edwards Demands Answers From Clinton On NAFTA Expansion and Taking On the Right's Local Machine & Fighting Against the Class War: another excellent piece from David Sirota:

This week, I participated in a televised debate against the ColoradoHouse Republican Whip, moderated by the president of the Independence Institute (Colorado's local version of the ultraconservative Heritage Foundation). The debate was aired statewide on PBS here, and it shows how our states and local communities - not just Washington, D.C. - are often the most important frontlines in both the Great American Class War and the battle against the extreme right.

• Framing the Debate: Media Derelict On Damning Giuliani Scoop: from Jeffrey Feldman, considers how to get past Giuliani's 'Strong on Terrorism' frame.

• Update to The Andrew Meyers File: Police over-reactions supported in a post 911 World: ACCIDENTAL HANGING: Medical Examiner Ann Bucholtz's autopsy of Carol Anne Gotbaum finally released.

• Speaking of Torture: This NY Times piece was forwarded to me via email (note the date): Liberties; President Frat Boy? By MAUREEN DOWD

We've all been exhausted by the faux culture wars of the Clinton era.

--SNIP

The leader of the frat pack is Mr. Bush, who made his debut in The New York Times in 1967 in a story about ''frat-branding'' at Delta Kappa Epsilon, the Yale fraternity of which he was once president.

SNIP--

Frat prankster George told Mr. Weisman that he was amazed that anyone was making a fuss about the branding, that at colleges in Texas they used cattle prods on pledges. There's something that doesn't compute about branding irons and Yale. If there did have to be branding, shouldn't it have been less Animal House and something more discreetly WASPy, like the logos for J. Press or Topsiders?

Later, in a newspaper interview, W. explained away the incident, saying, ''There's no scarring mark physically or mentally.''

SNIP--

At the 30th reunion of the Yale class of '68 last year, there was disappointment that Mr. Bush did not show up and excitement about his plans to run for President. But his buddies were quick to assure everyone, ''George has really changed a lot since Yale.''

Presumably, if frat-branding becomes an issue in his campaign, Mr. Bush will be able to spin the incident by saying that it proves, even better than pork rinds, that he is a true Texan.

Oh, had we known then what we know now...