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FOUR FREEDOMS ENDORSES JOHN EDWARDS
Author: TriSec    Date: 12/21/2007 17:09:39

For Immediate Release


FOUR FREEDOMS ANNOUNCES ENDORSEMENT OF JOHN EDWARDS


WALTHAM, MA - December 20, 2007 - The influential non-partisan discussion board and blog ‘Four Freedoms’ (www.fourfreedomsblog.com) announces its endorsement of John Edwards in the Democratic Primary.

Senator Edwards has been a longtime supporter of the downtrodden, from his early days as a litigator to his Senate track record. John Edwards dwells not on the past, but on the hope for the future, and is the only candidate that truly understands what is important to average Americans.

Senator Edwards will work hard to end the war in Iraq and bring our troops home without any further bloodshed and has the intelligence and the temperment to work with both our allies and our enemies to repair our damaged international reputation and find common ground to move forward.

Senator Edwards has a comprehensive plan to help average Americans by reigning in the runaway spending of the current administration, and restore our lost civil rights and get government out of places where it has no business intruding.

Four Freedoms Co-founder Robert Rouse states, “He's honest about his positions and understands where personal beliefs end and government begins. Senator Edwards has said that although he doesn't agree with gay marriage, he won't try to legislate against it. He also seems to really understand the plight of the poor and middle class, and cares enough to want to do something about it.”

The founders of Four Freedoms urge all true Americans and Patriots to vote for Senator Edwards, and calls upon citizens to cross party lines if necessary in order to advance Senator Edward’s campaign and restore hope, decency, and civility to the American Political Process, something that has been lacking for quite some time. Senator Edwards may not have all the answers, but he is our best hope for true change and progress towards what all Americas believe in…that is, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.



About Four Freedoms

Four Freedoms was founded in 2007 based upon the principles of FDR’s “Four Freedoms” speech.

Freedom of speech and expression.
Freedom of every person to discuss politics in his or her own way, without ridicule of disparaging comments.
Freedem from want - which, translated into internet terms, means respect and tolerance, which will secure a healthy place for discussion for our members.
Freedom from fear - which, translated into internet terms, means a reduction of trolling, ad hominem attacks, and personal insults to such a point and in such a thorough fashion that no member will be in a position to commit an act of internet aggression against any other member.

Four Freedoms is spreading the word of cooperation and fair treatment for all political points of view based on mutual respect, civility, and honesty among its members.


Contact:
David Matayabas
Manager of Public Affairs and Media Relations
FourFreedomsBlog.com
[email protected]


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Last night, the above press release was sent to the following media outlets:

www.free-press-release.com
www.prlog.org
www.i-newswire.com (approved for release to Google News)
Manchester Union-Leader
Boston Globe
Nashua Telegraph
Waltham News Tribune
The Stephanie Miller Show
John Edwards08 Blog
Associated Press New Hampshire Bureau



 

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Comment by starling310 on 12/21/2007 17:22:07
:clap:





Comment by wickedpam on 12/21/2007 17:28:26




So have any of them responded?

Comment by Raine on 12/21/2007 23:08:21
we will be posting all of the videos we can here, that are released from the edwards campaign... like this:









Comment by wickedpam on 12/22/2007 15:25:19
Its so cheesy I LOVE it! :rofl:

Comment by starling310 on 12/22/2007 16:00:04
My one track mind kicks in....how old is cate edwards? that girl is going to break some hearts. Good Lord.



That trailer was hilarious. You go John....he's got a sense of humor in there somewhere!

Comment by Will in Chicago on 12/23/2007 21:03:26
I am including this in the Blogosphere section of Today's Daily Headlines over at UNN. (I would have gotten to it yesterday, but the blog there is acting up.)

Comment by TriSec on 12/24/2007 15:31:07
Quote by wickedpam:



So have any of them responded?




*grunt*. Not even a nibble. I was hoping that maybe at least the Trib would...since the release marked us as a Waltham-based website, but nada.







Comment by Raine on 12/26/2007 23:09:38
New ad airing today in New Hampshire. Go John Go!

Comment by Raine on 12/28/2007 16:13:15
Edwards tv spot in Iowa!





Comment by Raine on 12/28/2007 16:34:23


Cate sings with her soccer team!

Comment by Raine on 01/03/2008 21:25:24
Top economists back Edwards...

Comment by Raine on 01/16/2008 20:29:46




A huge Fundraising Push is on! Click here to donate to the Edwards campaign!

Giving through either link will get your donation added to the Friday total. You can get shirts, stickers, signs, etc at the store link - so why not advertise John's campaign while donating to the cause?



If you miss Friday's fund-raising drive still go and donate whenever you are able to - every dollar helps - and you can get nice merchandise for your $5-2300 donation!



THE FIRST $250 you ever give John will be matched by the government - so it's literally like having your donation doubled!



The Bush Era of Lies is coming to an end - we need a president who will be a REAL leader that will bring dignity once again to this great country - John will make a great president of the United States!



GO JOHN GO!






Edwards supporters are trying to raise 7 million dollars in one day! Be a part of it!

(And as a side note, please use the links to Johns site. I have been told that ActBlue does not match funds)



http://aycu23.webshots.com/image/41822/2002719841811572189_rs.jpg


Comment by BobR on 01/20/2008 00:34:24
We went to the John Edwards rally today in Atlanta!! It was held at the IBEW union hall, and the place was mostly full, despite the heavy snow we got. Raine got to shake his hand; both of us were right there in front during his speech. After his speech, he wandered through the crowd shaking hands before disappearing in the back for a while.



He came back out after most everyone had left, and we got to see him interviewed by the media afterwards (he alternated questions from the media with questions from the small crowd that remained, which was very cool). Our friend Laina (a teacher) asked him a question about NCLB, and she was very satisfied with his answer.



The pics:



http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa213/FourFreedoms/edwardsspeech2_a.jpg




http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa213/FourFreedoms/edwardsspeech1_a.jpg




http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa213/FourFreedoms/edwardsincrowd_a.jpg




http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa213/FourFreedoms/edwardsinterview_a.jpg


Comment by Raine on 01/22/2008 14:34:36
January 20, 2008



The Honorable John E. Edwards

410 Market Street

Suite 400

Chapel Hill, NC 27516





Dear Senator Edwards:



It was good meeting with you yesterday and discussing my father’s legacy. On the day when the nation will honor my father, I wanted to follow up with a personal note.



There has been, and will continue to be, a lot of back and forth in the political arena over my father’s legacy. It is a commentary on the breadth and depth of his impact that so many people want to claim his legacy. I am concerned that we do not blur the lines and obscure the truth about what he stood for: speaking up for justice for those who have no voice.



I appreciate that on the major issues of health care, the environment, and the economy, you have framed the issues for what they are - a struggle for justice. And, you have almost single-handedly made poverty an issue in this election.



You know as well as anyone that the 37 million people living in poverty have no voice in our system. They don’t have lobbyists in Washington and they don’t get to go to lunch with members of Congress. Speaking up for them is not politically convenient. But, it is the right thing to do.



I am disturbed by how little attention the topic of economic justice has received during this campaign. I want to challenge all candidates to follow your lead, and speak up loudly and forcefully on the issue of economic justice in America.



From our conversation yesterday, I know this is personal for you. I know you know what it means to come from nothing. I know you know what it means to get the opportunities you need to build a better life. And, I know you know that injustice is alive and well in America, because millions of people will never get the same opportunities you had.



I believe that now, more than ever, we need a leader who wakes up every morning with the knowledge of that injustice in the forefront of their minds, and who knows that when we commit ourselves to a cause as a nation, we can make major strides in our own lifetimes. My father was not driven by an illusory vision of a perfect society. He was driven by the certain knowledge that when people of good faith and strong principles commit to making things better, we can change hearts, we can change minds, and we can change lives.



So, I urge you: keep going. Ignore the pundits, who think this is a horserace, not a fight for justice. My dad was a fighter. As a friend and a believer in my father’s words that injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere, I say to you: keep going. Keep fighting. My father would be proud.

January 20, 2008



The Honorable John E. Edwards

410 Market Street

Suite 400

Chapel Hill, NC 27516





Dear Senator Edwards:



It was good meeting with you yesterday and discussing my father’s legacy. On the day when the nation will honor my father, I wanted to follow up with a personal note.



There has been, and will continue to be, a lot of back and forth in the political arena over my father’s legacy. It is a commentary on the breadth and depth of his impact that so many people want to claim his legacy. I am concerned that we do not blur the lines and obscure the truth about what he stood for: speaking up for justice for those who have no voice.



I appreciate that on the major issues of health care, the environment, and the economy, you have framed the issues for what they are - a struggle for justice. And, you have almost single-handedly made poverty an issue in this election.



You know as well as anyone that the 37 million people living in poverty have no voice in our system. They don’t have lobbyists in Washington and they don’t get to go to lunch with members of Congress. Speaking up for them is not politically convenient. But, it is the right thing to do.



I am disturbed by how little attention the topic of economic justice has received during this campaign. I want to challenge all candidates to follow your lead, and speak up loudly and forcefully on the issue of economic justice in America.



From our conversation yesterday, I know this is personal for you. I know you know what it means to come from nothing. I know you know what it means to get the opportunities you need to build a better life. And, I know you know that injustice is alive and well in America, because millions of people will never get the same opportunities you had.



I believe that now, more than ever, we need a leader who wakes up every morning with the knowledge of that injustice in the forefront of their minds, and who knows that when we commit ourselves to a cause as a nation, we can make major strides in our own lifetimes. My father was not driven by an illusory vision of a perfect society. He was driven by the certain knowledge that when people of good faith and strong principles commit to making things better, we can change hearts, we can change minds, and we can change lives.



So, I urge you: keep going. Ignore the pundits, who think this is a horserace, not a fight for justice. My dad was a fighter. As a friend and a believer in my father’s words that injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere, I say to you: keep going. Keep fighting. My father would be proud.



Sincerely,











Martin L. King, III

Sincerely,











Martin L. King, III


Comment by Raine on 01/23/2008 17:09:11
What happened?


Ad running in SC.





Comment by Raine on 01/25/2008 18:15:51


This video illustrates a letter sent to John Edwards by Martin L. King III, son of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. To see the letter, go to:

The letter is read in the video by J. Eddie Thornton III.










Quote by Raine:
January 20, 2008



The Honorable John E. Edwards

410 Market Street

Suite 400

Chapel Hill, NC 27516





Dear Senator Edwards:



It was good meeting with you yesterday and discussing my father’s legacy. On the day when the nation will honor my father, I wanted to follow up with a personal note.



There has been, and will continue to be, a lot of back and forth in the political arena over my father’s legacy. It is a commentary on the breadth and depth of his impact that so many people want to claim his legacy. I am concerned that we do not blur the lines and obscure the truth about what he stood for: speaking up for justice for those who have no voice.



I appreciate that on the major issues of health care, the environment, and the economy, you have framed the issues for what they are - a struggle for justice. And, you have almost single-handedly made poverty an issue in this election.



You know as well as anyone that the 37 million people living in poverty have no voice in our system. They don’t have lobbyists in Washington and they don’t get to go to lunch with members of Congress. Speaking up for them is not politically convenient. But, it is the right thing to do.



I am disturbed by how little attention the topic of economic justice has received during this campaign. I want to challenge all candidates to follow your lead, and speak up loudly and forcefully on the issue of economic justice in America.



From our conversation yesterday, I know this is personal for you. I know you know what it means to come from nothing. I know you know what it means to get the opportunities you need to build a better life. And, I know you know that injustice is alive and well in America, because millions of people will never get the same opportunities you had.



I believe that now, more than ever, we need a leader who wakes up every morning with the knowledge of that injustice in the forefront of their minds, and who knows that when we commit ourselves to a cause as a nation, we can make major strides in our own lifetimes. My father was not driven by an illusory vision of a perfect society. He was driven by the certain knowledge that when people of good faith and strong principles commit to making things better, we can change hearts, we can change minds, and we can change lives.



So, I urge you: keep going. Ignore the pundits, who think this is a horserace, not a fight for justice. My dad was a fighter. As a friend and a believer in my father’s words that injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere, I say to you: keep going. Keep fighting. My father would be proud.

January 20, 2008



The Honorable John E. Edwards

410 Market Street

Suite 400

Chapel Hill, NC 27516





Dear Senator Edwards:



It was good meeting with you yesterday and discussing my father’s legacy. On the day when the nation will honor my father, I wanted to follow up with a personal note.



There has been, and will continue to be, a lot of back and forth in the political arena over my father’s legacy. It is a commentary on the breadth and depth of his impact that so many people want to claim his legacy. I am concerned that we do not blur the lines and obscure the truth about what he stood for: speaking up for justice for those who have no voice.



I appreciate that on the major issues of health care, the environment, and the economy, you have framed the issues for what they are - a struggle for justice. And, you have almost single-handedly made poverty an issue in this election.



You know as well as anyone that the 37 million people living in poverty have no voice in our system. They don’t have lobbyists in Washington and they don’t get to go to lunch with members of Congress. Speaking up for them is not politically convenient. But, it is the right thing to do.



I am disturbed by how little attention the topic of economic justice has received during this campaign. I want to challenge all candidates to follow your lead, and speak up loudly and forcefully on the issue of economic justice in America.



From our conversation yesterday, I know this is personal for you. I know you know what it means to come from nothing. I know you know what it means to get the opportunities you need to build a better life. And, I know you know that injustice is alive and well in America, because millions of people will never get the same opportunities you had.



I believe that now, more than ever, we need a leader who wakes up every morning with the knowledge of that injustice in the forefront of their minds, and who knows that when we commit ourselves to a cause as a nation, we can make major strides in our own lifetimes. My father was not driven by an illusory vision of a perfect society. He was driven by the certain knowledge that when people of good faith and strong principles commit to making things better, we can change hearts, we can change minds, and we can change lives.



So, I urge you: keep going. Ignore the pundits, who think this is a horserace, not a fight for justice. My dad was a fighter. As a friend and a believer in my father’s words that injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere, I say to you: keep going. Keep fighting. My father would be proud.



Sincerely,











Martin L. King, III

Sincerely,











Martin L. King, III




Comment by Raine on 01/29/2008 00:50:24
The John Edwards Revolution


Comment by Raine on 01/29/2008 01:41:47
From the video...

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y59/raine1967/BobR3.jpg


BobR is holding the sign right above Johns head.

And



http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y59/raine1967/a71a1507.jpg


And here is the floppy hat that sits upon my head.



:D



Wedesday We are porbably going to hear his again, as he will be in town!! WOO HOO!

Comment by Raine on 01/29/2008 13:54:32
Your Voice will be Heard