Over the weekend, John Edwards invited supporters to a conference call with him. The purpose of the call was to announce that Edwards is taking a bold new step in his campaign. He's calling on Americans to support our troops by taking action to end the war. He asks us to honor our troops and veterans on Memorial Day weekend by taking some sort of action to end the war. His new web site, supportthetroopsendthewar.com, has a list of suggested actions from vigils and prayer, to sending care packages to the troops, to contacting elected representatives.
Please sign up at supportthetroopsendthewar.com to take action against the war on Memorial Day weekend.
In the conference call, Edwards told us that it's time for Americans to reclaim patriotism. The Bush administration has used patriotism to justify all sorts of unpatriotic actions, such as spying on Americans. It's time for us to reclaim patriotism.
Edwards supporter refinish69 recorded the conference call and made a podcast of it.
Today, John Edwards spoke out in support of the Reid-Feingold Iraq bill. Here is his statement:
"It is time to end this war. The only real power Congress has to end the war is their funding power, which is why I and others have been calling on them to use it for some time.
"I would actually go further than Reid-Feingold and use the funding authority, not just to set an ultimate deadline, but to force an immediate withdrawal of 40-50,000 troops, followed by a complete withdrawal in about a year. But using the funding authority to bring this war to an end is exactly the right thing to do. Every Senator who believes this war is wrong and wants to end it should support Reid-Feingold.
"And nobody should buy into the president's false charge that cutting off funds for his failed war isn't supporting the troops. The best way to support the troops is to end this war and bring them home. That's what Congress did last month, and that's what they should keep doing until the president accepts the will of the American people and ends the war."
rate
email
print
link to this page
Comments: 8
Aniko, thanks so much for the link to that group! I thought there was probably a specific group for ending the war, but I was not a member yet. Now I am.
http://www.johnedwards.com/supportthetroopsendthewar
Right now you can get a free bumpersticker that says "Support the troops. End the war." Or you can get a bumpersticker and a t-shirt for a $20 donation. Hurry! I think these will go fast!
And, check this out.....pictures do speak volumes.....maybe you can use some in your pieces/flyers/efforts?
What Memorial Day is really about, a good thread to rate up to high visibility and to follow