Edwards supporters - do you feel that John has betrayed you?

[Apollo11]

I mean - he did promise that he would keep fighting all the way to the Convention.

By quitting the race he is taking away your right to vote for your candidate.

I am suprised that everyone is being so understanding of his decision.

[msongs]

1. first the progressive quit. now the populist has quit. only the corporate twins are left . ugh nt

[Phred42]

5. Ditto !

[1corona4u]

13. And you can thank the media for that.

[Donnachaidh]

27. you can also thank the brain dead slavish followers of celebritites

When *voters* allow a cover of a magazine or an endorsement by a celebrity to dictate their votes -- they get exactly what they deserve. We'll see how *happy* any of them are in June of 2009. :shrug:

[1corona4u]

43. Yes, but they will have a shallow victory as well...

if Obama is the eventual P, he will only be so for 4 years, and we'll be done with him. Forever. Like they say, be careful what you wish for.

I have always thought that hast makes waste. Things started quickly, die quickly.

[redqueen]

46. Weee.

[ursi]

2. he was bullied by the media ...that part makes me sick

for example, they picked on his hair but not Clinton's botox

they picked on him for his plans while she took them

this is a tragedy

[EV_Ares]

3. Thats because if you believe in him and know him, you know he is not the betraying type, eom.

[MH1]

Apollo11, please don't push this.

Remember there are possibly other events that we don't know about. Elizabeth is living with cancer, remember?

Let's not second guess or act crappy about John's decision.

[Apollo11]

18. I just think people like to have a choice

It's like going to an ice-cream store where you only get a choice between Strawberry or Chocolate flavor.

I mean - what happens if you want Rocky Road? :eyes:

Even if you like Chocolate - it's nice to be offered a wider choice! B-)

[robbedvoter]

28. Its from MSGOP, so I dunno, but this was posted here:not her health

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4286983

[shadowknows69]

4. Yeah, a bit

If it has to do with Elizabeth's health then who could blame him but I did believe in him saying he was going to fight right to the convention. Would have liked to vote for him on ST.

[onehandle]

6. Nah. This is politics. Few DUers know how politics really works.

For instance:

Bush and Cheney will Never be impeached or pay for their crimes.

And yet here at DU...

[Phred42]

7. Can't wait to find out what the real deal is

[GCP]

8. I feel betrayed because I donated-again-only yesterday

When I got an e-mail from the campaign.
I wish he'd stayed in because her was the one I thought would do the most for poor Americans. :(

[in_cog_ni_to]

24. That happened to me with Wes Clark. My son and I had driven to Nashville

from Illinois to work on his campaign for 4 days and had given $700.00 to his campaign for a fund raiser in Chicago when we returned home. We headed home on a Sunday, the fund raiser was that following Tuesday. ON OUR WAY HOME from Nashville (which he lost, BTW), I heard on the radio that he was dropping out. I was NOT a happy camper, needless to say. :(

[Reader Rabbit]

9. Without a doubt, yes.

You don't preach hope to the hopeless, and then leave them with an empty plate.

You don't advocate empowerment for the powerless, and then ditch them for a better offer.

You don't promise to be the voice for the voiceless, and then stop talking.

Edwards got me excited and enthusiastic about politics in a way I haven't been for years. Now I feel like a complete idiot for having been so idealistic.

Is it any wonder that so many Americans don't pay any attention to politics?

[Red Zelda]

14. What you said

I agree totally.

[Apollo11]

29. This is how I would feel

At least for the first couple of days.

I guess he must have real good reasons.

I am curious to see if Edwards will endorse Obama (the other "agent of change").

But I know many Edwards supporters are not yet ready to get behind Barack.

[southern_belle]

48. Perfectly said, Reader Rabbit

:(

[in_cog_ni_to]

10. No. I don't feel betrayed. Money talks in DC and he just doesn't have the funds or the voters or

the MSM coverage.....I'm so sad. I really wanted to cast my vote for him on Feb. 5. Now I can't.:cry: I'm just sad. I don't feel betrayed.

[iris5426]

16. Maybe you still can...

If he's still on the ballot when I vote, he gets my vote. Even if he's out of the race, it's a vote that shows what you think is important.

[H2O Man]

26. There are many ways

to fight. John Edwards is not going to turn his back on the struggle. Trust me on this.

[in_cog_ni_to]

30. I do trust you. I don't doubt that he will continue his fight for the greater good.

I know he will.

[bigtree]

11. yep, he did

unless there's some strategic miracle move he has in mind. Any movement toward these other two just makes my stomach tighten in a big knot. It'll take a while . . .

[BanzaiBonnie]

12. No Way

He stood up and took it to them. The other condidates are good, but the MSM gave Edwards the cold shoulder and froze him out.

Personally, I believe this is now a strategic move from John Edwards. He has someone in mind to endorse.

[GCP]

15. Dupe - delete

[Coexist]

17. no - what do you hope to accomplish by this?

[Donnachaidh]

19. what a crock of shit post!

John Edwards didn't betray us -- the Main Stream Media and the followers of the American Idol popularity contest betrayed AMERICA.

Between the *he spent soooo much on his hair* posts here in DU and the absolute shunning he received from a media intent on playing kingmaker -- he didn't have a chance.

:puke:

[Apollo11]

32. I think it's a relevant question

Already a couple of folks have admitted that they do feel betrayed.

It's important to face our feelings and share them.

Not just bottle them up and pretend they aren't there.

But I'm just asking a question. Not trying to spin it.

I think folks will be interested to read all the responses.

[ShadesOfGrey]

20. Disappointed but I don't feel betrayed. nt

[Raine]

21. No, just disappointed that he's out nt

[sellitman]

22. No. I feel sick at having to choose between 2 lesser candidates.

I blame the corporate tools who have pushed these two twins on me.

Those tools are the media and every voter who supported them.

[cascadiance]

23. Maybe not John, but the Party DEFINITELY has betrayed me!

I might just reregister as an independent today as a way of protesting...

[eShirl]

25. NO

What I am feeling is afraid that he is droppning out because of... something tragic

[The Traveler]

31. This is amazing

The guy worked his ass off. Uphill every step of the way. Underfunded. News coverage starved ... a fact which has recently become (ironically) sort of a background story run by the same MSM that has been largely ignoring him. It amazes me at this point anyone can discuss this in terms of a betrayal.

Betrayed? Nah. He has his reasons.

Bet let's face facts. In a real sense, Obama and Clinton (as potential first black man or first female President) present historical potentialities that sucked all the air out of the room. That is the stuff pundits thrive upon. And Edwards presented a real threat to the corporatocracy ... he might have actually roused the poeple. So the corporate owned media was pretty determined to keep any fresh air from entering ...

And the campaign has become nothing but toxic ... the running battle between Obama and Clinton with its racist and sexist undertones threatens to snatch Democratic defeat from the jaws of victory this November. Where ever this is going seems to have little relationship to the causes and purposes of the Edwards campaign, and even though he keeps winning debates based on polls and audience reactions, the MSM won't give him or his cause any air.

The corporatists have won this round. Again. Perhaps Edwards will have another day ... but I suspect the populist/progressive flag will have to find another bearer. I suspect Edwards is going to take a break and find some other way to advance his purposes.

[flyarm]

33. when will you kool aide drinkers wake the hell up??

none of you believed the exit polls in 2004 but you did this time?

wtf is wrong with you people?

many of us in fla warned you of the fix being in months and months and months ago..and you drank the kool aide..you bought the fucking bullshit of the msm..you sucked it in deep into your lungs..and now you want to feel sorry for anyone when you sold yourselves out?

no thanks i won't be part of your party..

but do look how the fix was in here in fla yesterday..

a couple of the big counties did not show the results for hours after the polls closed..and yet Edwards was kept at 14.4%..just under the number to get any fla delegates..yes dears..the fix was in..and you are the ones who have now been fixed..your ass is the corporate whores asses now ..for good.

you go do the damn math i am sick of trying to save your asses..

i will spend the next year preparing to get the hell out of this country

i am going to save my own ass..since you didn't care enough about your own ..you were all too eager to drink the kool aide..

newsflash..MUKASEY just sent congress a letter saying waterboarding is not technically illegal..remember Obama didn't bother to vote for Mukasey..

bye all..I
need a long vacation from DU and all this kool aide that is being lapped up here by the bucketfuls.

fly

[KoKo]

47. Good points Flyarm..

Amazing how fast that FLA vote got counted....the one that doesn't count.

(can commiserate) .....there's that bad wind blowing...

[Guava Jelly]

34. no

eom

[islandmkl]

35. You have to wonder

why people would feel 'betrayed' because he got them 'excited and enthusiastic' and now is dropping out. The answer is that we Democrats have not shown the will to fight it out in the trenches with the neocons and their thug; we want some damn Knight in Shining Armor to not only lead us, but take all the arrows. Get off your ass and participate. Participation is not just blogging and emailing and bs'ing all over DU about your candidate. Get local, get involved. The 30%ers, if there are even really that many, have taken over our country, and all we do is complain and bitch and stay out of the fray. You should applaud John Edwards for lighting you up. It is up to you to carry the fight. Spare us your 'pain'. "Pain is nature's way of reminding you you're alive."

[Apollo11]

39. You make an excellent point

Something for us all to think about. And act upon!

[LibraLiz1973]

36. I am VERY upset and VERY dissapointed

Betrayed? Not sure.

[bdamomma]

37. to answer your question No.

he has not betrayed me.

[Kittycat]

38. There is no reason for a thread like this. Edwards faught hard.

:(

[Apollo11]

41. I thought it was a reasonable question.

People get fired up, they get emotionally involved, they give their time and money to a candidate.

I am interested to know how people feel when their candidate walks off the field before halftime.

I am not saying that people should feel betrayed. But I can understand if they do feel like that.

[Kittycat]

42. Not today. Really. John faught hard against an unstoppable M$M that

wouldn't give him the time of day. He tried to run on public funding against $100M candidates. I'm sure his money was drying up fast - and I can't imagine the stress this was putting on him/his family - especially Elizabeth.

[bdamomma]

I think the media was no help either.

I think the media needs to be screwed by we the people.

[liberal N proud]

40. NO, the media screwed John Edward, his supporters and the American people

The media once again has successfully controlled who we get to vote for in a so called Democratic election process.


DAMN IT ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:mad:

[bpeale]

44. finally! the MSM is covering John Edwards!

what does that say about their credibility?

[redqueen]

45. .... deleted ....

That's how I feel.


edit: That's to YOU, not John.

[Apollo11]

49. To sum up: some do, some don't