Edwards Lets Loose on Clinton

[sniffa]

John Edwards’s fingers must be cold, because his gloves just came off.

Angered by remarks made last night by Clinton spokesman Jay Carson (He told The Politico: "In order to be president, you need to do more than read articles about people who need help and talk about them," and added that Clinton was "somebody who's actually going to help people and not use them as talking points."), Edwards told reporters that the Clinton campaign “has no conscience” at an impromptu press conference in Keene.

“The idea that somehow everything is about them, I mean it's an indication that they have no conscience about what's at stake here,” said Edwards.

The charges on Edwards came as the family of Nataline Sarkisyan joined him on the campaign trail today. According to the campaign, the family reached out to Edwards and not the other way around. They have also been joined by James Lowe – the man who did not have enough money to fix a cleft palate that kept him from talking for 50 years – and Sandy Lakey, the mother of the young girl who was disemboweled by a faulty pool drain and who Edwards represented in a $25 million lawsuit over ten years ago.

“They didn't come here by accident,” said Edwards. “They believe they have a responsibility to their families and their children to create a better America, and to make sure what happened in the Sarkisyan family's case never happens to any other family. I'm proud of it. Everybody should be proud of it."

The verbal battle between the Edwards and Clinton campaigns has escalated in recent days since the Iowa caucus. Edwards has made a considerable effort to paint Hillary as the “status quo” and to paint himself and Obama as the agents for change. While Clinton launched attacks against Barack Obama at last night’s debate in Manchester, it was Edwards who retaliated.

“I didn’t hear these kinds of attacks from Senator Clinton when she was ahead,” he said. “Now that she’s not, we hear them.”

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/01/06/politics/fromtheroad/entry3680063.shtml

[Lerkfish]

1. I would correct edwards, though

we HAVE heard these kind of comments from her campaign for some time now. Its not just because she's no longer ahead.

[davidwparker]

2. ...

:popcorn:

[adnelson60087]

3. Jay Carson effectively called John Edwards an Ambulance Chaser

and the Clinton campaign ought to be ashamed. Whatever happened to our party leadership and caring for the common man?? Shameful.

[Cha]

6. And what the hell is hillary clinton

chasin'?

[Hieronymus]

15. I hear Democrats on DU call Edwards an ambulance chaser, too...

Disgusting people on both sides. :eyes:

[Cha]

4. The money quote..

"Any time you speak out powerfully for change, the forces of status quo attack." -John Edwards

John Edwards speaking out the truth to fight the big clinton money machine.

[Yael]

5. Good for him. Call her on her crap.

[gaiilonfong]

8. So she is going after both Edwards and Obama

I thought she was smarter, she is so friggin arrogant, she actually thinks this is going to WORK.

She is really dumb!
He Hillary this 2007, not 1992

[LaurenG]

7. #7 K and R

That stuff makes me mad. :thumbsup:

[jgraz]

9. And people wonder why some of us will NEVER vote for Hillary

:grr:

[Lugnut]

30. Bingo! n/t

[Evergreen Emerald]

10. Go Clinton: kick some Edwards Butt.

He is an arrogant SOB who is distorting her record and personally attacking her for suggesting that there are differences in her record.

He is playing politics and needs to be called on it. And to use those poor people whose daughter died to get into the white house IS an ambulance chaser.

[K Gardner]

13. The family went to him. I think you know that. Because its been posted here dozens of times

today and the family has been on record as saying they ASKED to speak to America through Edwards, on behalf of their daughter. You know this. But, like Hillary and most of her supporters, you come here absolutely cold and heartless and spew a line of garbage and lies. Just exactly why she is drowning.

[Evergreen Emerald]

18. Cold and heartless.

You are just being a lovely person aren't you. He can call her any name in the book, but to suggest that his record is not what it appears, and he goes all ballistic.

You know this is his game, don't you?

You have no idea who I am. And, I personally think that parading the family before the TV camera to get into the white house is cold and heartless.

[K Gardner]

20. They. Asked. To. Speak. They asked to come to NH. Or do Hillary supporters just keep

repeating the same crap over and over and think it will stick? You could go right now and watch a video of this poor girl's family stating today, as I heard them state clearly, why they were doing what they were doing. But you won't. You'll sit here and continue to attack Edwards for allowing the family to do what they asked to do. Unbelievable.

[MalloyLiberal]

22. K Gardner, there is no reasoning with these THUGS

They are all horrible monsters.

[Ignis]

28. I think you're wasting your breath, sadly.

You're only going to get the canned "Snake Oil" and "Trial Lawyer" responses, I fear.

Thanks for trying, though.

:hi:

[vanbean]

21. You seem to forget that Edwards and his wife lost a child.

He would not use the death of another child to benefit himself.

[yodermon]

23. How dare you come on a Democratic board and call one of our candidates a

Son of a bitch?
Begone.

[Evergreen Emerald]

26. I have been on this board for years--where have you been when

they call Clinton all sorts of horrible names? Do you feign outrage then too, or is your pretend outrage reserved only for certain candidates?

[ClericJohnPreston]

24. Look away...nothing to read above....

A Hillary machine proponent or Obamite.

[lisainmilo]

32. Actually those poor people contacted the Edwards campaign

[K Gardner]

11. Thank you sniffa, for posting the ENTIRE article instead of the misleading

snippet that was posted here earlier.

[KennedyGuy]

12. Seem to be working out well, Edwards is sinking..Obama is rising.

[K Gardner]

14. Nice comment.

[sniffa]

16. what was the comment?

[KennedyGuy]

17. Yeah..what the problem with the comment?

You see something wrong here?

[AmBlue]

25. Edward is surging in NH. It is Clinton who is on the decline.

Edwards +9 while Clinton is -7. You might want to read up here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3974422

[bdamomma]

27. watch out for Edwards he is not out by any means.

[BringBigDogBack]

19. K&R

[bigwillq]

29. Edwards was fantastic

in that debate. He was the clear winner, imo.

[THUNDER HANDS]

31. heh