Dear Haruna,
My campaign isn't going as planned. I spent the past four years in Iowa campaigning only to be outperformed by that skinny hope monger from Illinois. The rich people in the granite state refused to listen to my message. They think I am a filthy rich trial lawyer, who didn't give a hoot about the issues I am harping about lately. They keep pointing to my voting record in the state. You know...the Iraq AUMF, NAFTA and the China trade bills I voted for. What is wrong with them? They are acting like a man can't change his mind about everything he once stood for and voted for. I was in the senate then. Running for president mean I get to change my modus operandi.
Don't even get me started on those Nevadans. Can you believe the gall of those union workers I kept talking about fighting for albeit voted against their interest in the senate? They decided to vote for my opponents. What else do they want me to say? 3%...holy macaroni.
But with my campaign going nowhere, I am counting on you and your ilk to spread the word that we are doing just fine. Who said we have to win any state to get the nomination? Just keep telling those hapless voters I am the best thing since slice bread. The message might just miraculously catch on before the February 5th super duper since South Carolina...My home state has turn their back on me...damn traitors.
Hang in there with me bud until the bitter end and don't forget to send in your contribution.
sincerely,
John.
Haruna Darbo <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Dear Haruna,
This past Saturday, while in Atlanta, John Edwards had a private meeting
with Martin Luther King, III -- the eldest son of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Today -- Martin Luther King Day -- John received a letter from Martin Luther
King, III as a follow-up to that meeting. You can read it below.
I hope you will take a moment to read this wonderful call from Dr. King's
son urging John to stay in the race -- and to continue fighting to eliminate
injustice in America today.
Like Dr. King, John believes passionately that "injustice anywhere is a
threat to justice everywhere." That is why he will continue to speak out, without
fear or favor, on the issue of economic justice in America.
During tonight's presidential debate, you could see John doing exactly what
Martin Luther King, III urged him to do: framing the issues of health care
and the economy as a struggle for justice.
And as the other two candidates bickered over who's right and who's wrong,
it was John who cut through the fracas and asked, "This kind of squabbling,
how many kids is this going to get health care? We have to understand this is
not about us personally."
That's why he will fight on to the Democratic Convention and to the
nomination, ignoring the pundits who want this to be little more than a two-candidate
race, continuing to lead with an agenda that does "not blur lines or obscure
the truth."
I hope you will continue to stand by John as he fights for an agenda of bold
change, economic justice and providing a voice for those Americans that
would otherwise be voiceless. Your support sustains John as he campaigns across
this country.
In the meantime, please take a few minutes to read the letter below from
Martin Luther King, III that so eloquently expresses why John is running.
Sincerely,
--David Bonior
National Campaign Manager, John Edwards for President
January 21, 2008
January 20, 2008
The Honorable John R. Edwards
410 Market Street
Suite 400
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Dear Senator Edwards:
It was good meeting with you yesterday and discussing my father's legacy. On
the day when the nation will honor my father, I wanted to follow up with a
personal note.
There has been, and will continue to be, a lot of back and forth in the
political arena over my father's legacy. It is a commentary on the breadth and
depth of his impact that so many people want to claim his legacy. I am
concerned that we do not blur the lines and obscure the truth about what he stood
for: speaking up for justice for those who have no voice.
I appreciate that on the major issues of health care, the environment, and
the economy, you have framed the issues for what they are - a struggle for
justice. And, you have almost single-handedly made poverty an issue in this
election.
You know as well as anyone that the 37 million people living in poverty have
no voice in our system. They don't have lobbyists in Washington and they
don't get to go to lunch with members of Congress. Speaking up for them is not
politically convenient. But, it is the right thing to do.
I am disturbed by how little attention the topic of economic justice has
received during this campaign. I want to challenge all candidates to follow your
lead, and speak up loudly and forcefully on the issue of economic justice in
America.
From our conversation yesterday, I know this is personal for you. I know you
know what it means to come from nothing. I know you know what it means to
get the opportunities you need to build a better life. And, I know you know
that injustice is alive and well in America, because millions of people will
never get the same opportunities you had.
I believe that now, more than ever, we need a leader who wakes up every
morning with the knowledge of that injustice in the forefront of their minds, and
who knows that when we commit ourselves to a cause as a nation, we can make
major strides in our own lifetimes. My father was not driven by an illusory
vision of a perfect society. He was driven by the certain knowledge that when
people of good faith and strong principles commit to making things better, we
can change hearts, we can change minds, and we can change lives.
So, I urge you: keep going. Ignore the pundits, who think this is a
horserace, not a fight for justice. My dad was a fighter. As a friend and a believer
in my father's words that injustice anywhere is a threat to justice
everywhere, I say to you: keep going. Keep fighting. My father would be proud.
Sincerely,
Martin L. King, III
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