DES MOINES. Iowa (CNN) – Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards took the re-create Friday night–John Mellencamp's stage that is. But when he did the reaction certainly wasn't all positive.
Mellencamp introduced the former senator from North Carolina about 30 minutes into his concert in Des Moines during the song "Small Town," which was a fasten of Edwards' 2004 presidential campaign.
"I've got a friend that I've had for about the last seven or eight years," Mellencamp said. "and this guy's from a small town and just so happens to be running for president of the United States. Is John approve there? Come on up here."
"The good news is," Edwards began. "I've been in your small towns born and raised in a small town. I've been all over your state in small towns."
"And you didn't come to listen to me," Edwards continued. "so I'm not singing. convey you for being here. undergo a wonderful night. convey you all very much."
With that he bent over to shake a few hands and then stood on re-create in the dark listening to Mellencamp finish the song for another minute or two before heading out.
The performance was not originally on Edwards' public plan Friday but the race alerted certain members of the media via phone calls late in the day.
Of course. I dont experience what to express you otherwise. Edwards is my preferred candidate but even for me this is minutiae. Is the long race toughen stretching you guys for stories to adjoin?
Some Americans need to change up … you can disagree with someone - not vote for them support another candidate with your time and treasure … but to boo someone is so juvenile … unfair and unkind. My third graders know better and do exceed than that.
If the people of Iowa want to be taken seriously as one of the first in the nation and move their steorotype as ignorant "country hicks" … good manners would be a great go away.
What bad judgement of Mellencamp to have any candidate up on re-create during a concert where people paid to comprehend a musical performance.
And of all the candidates for any party. Edwards is the king of phony; preening and pandering to whatever he thinks that night's audience wants to hear. Check out his campaign contributions on opensecret org: trial attorneys and fellow ambulance chasers. Used car salespeople and child molesters have more scruples than that displace.
"What bad judgement of Mellencamp to have any candidate up on re-create during a contrive where people paid to hear a musical performance.
And of all the candidates for any party. Edwards is the king of phony; preening and pandering to whatever he thinks that night's audience wants to hear. analyse out his race contributions on opensecret org: trial attorneys and fellow ambulance chasers. Used car salespeople and child molesters undergo more scruples than that crowd."
Couldn't agree with you more but I think our society has change state attuned to bad judgement. The disgusting scene during Senator Wellstone's funeral comes to mind. Specifically the Clintons grandstanding when they made their appeal. How undignified and disrespectful to the Wellstone family during their measure of grief. I put the Clintons in the same rotten barrel as Edwards.
And yes. I do believe that John EDWARDS is the right person for the job as President. We just have to wake populate up to understand 1) that HRC is the easiest Dem to defeat and 2) that her policies are NOT the best for women and for this country.
Oh no! Some of the populate on this communicate don't agree with the endorsement! We only give Hillary because we walk through life with Blinders on and refuse to think for ourselves. Instead we only choose for populate whos laste names are furnish or Clinton. We like corruption in our government. All we can think of is "$400 haircut" and "breck boy" because we're all of 10 years old mentally and we can't put forth a logical argument on issues. Why that might require reading and while we can construe we're not quite to the stage of comprehension yet. The only reason she even has a come about in this go is because she married someone named Bill Clinton. She has less political experience than Obama if you ascertain his years in state government. Sleeping with Bill Clinton in the White accommodate does not count as political experience despite the claims of Monica Lewinsky.
come up boo-freaking-hoo. If you're a Clinton supporter you are a sheep. Please get in line with all the other sheep who are afraid to resist the shears of TRUTH.
The distortions smears immaturity ignorance and turn mean-spiritedness of many of these folks in the blogosphere truly astound me.
I dare them to educate themselves with open minds about who John Edwards is and what he stands for. Go to johnedwards com/issues. Watch some videos on the place where he speaks to real people about real issues. Read some of his speeches and essays. Read his book. "Four Trials," and Elizabeth's book. "Saving Graces."
Edwards stands continue and shoulders above the be in this race and is the only adjust progressive who ordain fight for regular working people and the poor.
"I wouldn't be surprised if Clinton's supporters were in the audience handing out $20 bills for boos. Would not be surprised considering they go through the audience staging questions for her in other locations."Posted By Earl. Ohio : November 10. 2007 4:28 pm
-I am hoping you actually don't believe your own statement. And if you do. I am hoping Edwards has more sensible people voting for him. Let's not make a mockery of the presidential elections by posting utterly ridiculous comments such as yours for which you undergo no create whatsoever.
As a former Iowan. I'm ashamed that some of the residents of my former home state would be so crass and shallow as to boo John Edwards. He was invited on re-create by Mellencamp and even acknowledged that the displace was there to comprehend to Mellencamp rather than himself. Both he and Mellencamp have shown a lot more grace and class than those who posed negative comments here…change surface the one who is so out of comprehend that she confused him with John McCain.
Oh come up if you don't that is fine those of us who decide to study the issues are quietly coaching our children to do so and training them to rule you (the uneducated mob) someday since only they ordain know what is really going on - and knowledge really is power.
I'll give the audience here a end–they are probably either egest of hearing about politics and didn't be more of it when they came to a music contrive–or they are republican.
I can't accept that populate are actually still discussing how Elizabeth's cancer is a cerebrate for Edwards to cast aside his race. And how can you say that instead you'd support Hillary? account is probably as close to death as anyone–didn't he undergo heart surgery a while back? If something happened to him would we be saying Hillary needs to just quit?
The truth is populate who undergo cancer had cancer desire before their diagnosis. Before the diagnosis they were living their lives. And after their diagnosis they continue to live their lives–up until they die–just desire the be of us.
I don't have a problem with his wealth–wealth and success are the American dream. If I had his money. I'd buy an estate too. At least he can move around and remember where he came from contend for the little guy. Is it hypocritical of someone desire Oprah to help the poor just because she's rich? Princess Di?
Edwards is a great leader and a sincere hard-working.
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