[Dialogue] Obama

[Patricia Tuecke]

I've met John Edwards twice here in Reno and heard him speak. I agree with
Jim Rippey's comments on John. He does speak from the heart, has thought
through many issues, doesn't claim to have all the answers, doesn't seem to
evade or play games when asked hard questions from the audience. The second
time was at a "town meeting" where anyone in the audience could ask
questions - nothing was screened or faked.  He's a front runner for my vote,
but, then, so is Obama. Hillary coming close. I'll follow closely, even
though it will be overwhelm here in Reno.

 

Pat

 

Patricia Tuecke, Sierra Circle Consulting

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Yes I saw an interview with him a few weeks ago, and also heard another on
NPR. He is such a FINE person with so much integrity and caring -- it is
contagious and a breath of fresh air!

 

Cynthia

 

In a message dated 2/13/2007 1:29:24 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
jimripsr at qwest.net writes:

Thanks, Carlos.  I am glad to see Edwards mentioned.  I was quite impressed
with him a couple of Sundays ago when he was on Meet the Press.  Russert
bored in on him, showed various clips of things Edwards had said before and
I thought Edwards handled it all candidly and honestly.  He didn't weasel,
he wasn't defensive, he didn't spout platitudes, he just admitted where he'd
been wrong, explained if it made sense.  For instance, he said before voting
authority for Bush's war, he checked carefully with Clinton administration
people who should know and they told him they were afraid of what Saddam
Hussein was up to with weapons of mass destruction.  I would say that in my
80 years, I have never felt so strongly that a candidate was speaking
honestly, from his own heart, and not mouthing "smart campaign" fodder from
Rove-like managers.  If he keeps it up, he will at least provide a contrast
to the slick campaigning of others.  I will be watching carefully.  I am all
for electability, and I hope the American people aren't again suckered in by
very skillful, high powered opinion manipulators of either party.

 

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