EDWARDS--"It is time to give those entrenched interests that are standing against America hell." [View All]

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John Edwards is getting tremendous response in Iowa. His message is resonating with Iowans across the state, and in many cases receiving standing ovations. Some excerpts from his remarks below:

http://wcco.com/iowawire/22.0.html?type=local&state=IA&category=n&filename=IA--Democrats-Farmers.xml

"Edwards also slammed corporate agribusiness and lobbyists, and said ``the taxpayers should not be subsidizing killing the family farmer in America.''

To rousing applause and a standing ovation from some of the hundreds of people attending the summit, he said America's family farmers ``need to give these people who are driving you out of business hell.''

Edwards has made reaching out to rural Iowans a central part of his campaign, and says that unlike the other candidates seeking his party's nomination, he grew up in a small town and knows the challenges rural Americans are facing.

``Sometimes I think (the other candidates) think of farmers and agriculture and rural America as a place you fly over when you're going from New York to California,'' he said."



http://www.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUSN1141268120071111

"Edwards has been the most aggressive in attacking Clinton in recent weeks. "It is time for us as a party to stand up with some backbone and some strength," he said. "We do not believe in allowing lobbyists to write the laws of the United States of America."


http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2007/11/10/post_194.html

Speaking at a Farmers Union summit in Des Moines this morning, Edwards lamented the plight of family farmers, asserting, "We need somebody to stand up for you. Somebody to fight for you. Somebody who will fight against those who are trying to take your way of life away from you," Then he added, "I walked into courtrooms for 20 years where there was a whole army of lawyers on the other side representing corporate America.And I went into that courtroom, and I fought them, and I beat them, and I beat them, and I beat them again. And I will beat them as president of the United States - you can count on it."