Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : John EDWARDS for President -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (317)	2/20/2004 7:30:13 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1381

Lizzie, Edwards wants to debate Kerry ASAP. Re your post, sounds as though the WH is getting desperate now that they realize voters want jobs or Bush Adm will be outsourced. Just received following from Edwards campaign: Today John Edwards sent this letter to Senator Kerry: Dear Senator Kerry: I was pleased to learn that your campaign had agreed to debate anywhere, anytime as long as Rev. Sharpton and Congressman Kucinich are involved. I agree one hundred percent. That is why I am proposing that we schedule four debates as soon as possible in different locations that work for all of us. During this primary, Democrats have made tremendous progress in terms of getting our message out to the American people. They want real change and they are turning to Democrats for new ideas to change our country. And we must use this time to our advantage to showcase our Democratic values to the nation. I understand that you have accepted the invitation to the Los Angeles Times, CNN event in California. I ask that we also give people in places like New York and Ohio the chance to see where we stand on the issues. There are currently six other invitations that I am aware of and I am sure that we could all agree on three more times and places. While we are all Democrats, there are very real differences among us, and the American people deserve to know who we are, where we're from, and where we stand on the issues. And I know that the more they hear from Democrats, they will see that there is only one choice in November: sending George Bush home and entrusting one of us to guide the greatest nation in the world. I look forward to hearing from you and to scheduling our next debates. Regards, John Edwards CC: Congressman Dennis Kucinich Reverend Al Sharpton Please stand with John Edwards by joining the Democratic Debate Petition today. There are only eleven days until the most pivotal moment of the primary process when ten states will select nearly one-third of the Democratic convention delegates. Voters deserve more than one opportunity to compare the distinctly different visions of the candidates before they make their decisions. Stand with John Edwards by signing the Democratic Debate Petition today and forwarding to your friends. You can also help spread the message that John Edwards is the candidate best able to beat George Bush in the fall by making a generous contribution today. We can't slow down now. We must keep up the momentum. Together we will win! JohnEdwards2004.com Join.JohnEdwards2004.com/campaign/debatekerry

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (317)	2/20/2004 8:56:59 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1381

From MN: Our View - Bush not realistic on economy Another day, another retreat on the economy from the Bush administration. Wednesday, it was the prediction the economy will add 2.6 million jobs by the end of the year that President Bush backed away from. That figure came from the recent annual Economic Report of the President. The latest economic misstep comes a week after White House economist N. Gregory Mankiw said "outsourcing" American jobs overseas was good for the U.S. economy. Well, it certainly isn't good for Bush's approval ratings, which are dropping. Since Bush has been in office, the economy has lost 2.2 million jobs - the worst job-creation record of any president in 80 years. And the deficit is at an all-time high. All of this from a president with a Master of Business Administration degree. Now the Bush administration is starting to use the line that it "inherited" a bad economy. That is not true. It is his policies - including a tax cut for richer Americans and out-of-control spending - that have so far hurt, and not helped, the economy. It is true that the war on terror and sending troops to Iraq have cost money. But those are not the only factors which have led to our economic woes. With Bush gearing up to hit the campaign trail to seek another term, it is time for him and his advisers to get real. The economy doesn't need slogans and charts and predictions - it needs jobs. And if Bush wants a second term, he needs to prove to the country he can get the economy back on track. So far, he is failing. Bush should remember the mantra of the Clinton campaign in 1992: "It's the economy, stupid." It cost his father a second term, and it could cost him a second term as well. mankatofreepress.com