Letters to the Editor
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A New Man
I saw Edwards speak in December and I'd have to agree entirely with this article.
He will win or lose based on his firm conviction that the country is in a state of emergency. He doesn't waste anybody's time with the Pollyanna hooey we hear from every other candidate except the unviable Kucinich (good fellow without a snowball's chance in hell). People don't want to hear that we have to start to contend with incommodius change of some sort to curtail the abject disasters that loom ahead if not grappled with asap; the war in Iraq, the widening gap between the wealthy and the poor, no national healthcare, global warming, the energy crisis... This is an "ask what you can do for your country" kind of man now. It's so refreshing to hear him speak the obvious truth after so many years of the "go shopping" perspective.
Maybe it's because he's had even more experience with the precious nature of life itself because of contending with Elizabeth's illness. He knows that not even one moment can be wasted when something requires urgent attention.
He's not going to fob off a bill of goods to gain a warm and fuzzy fan club, that's for sure.