Thats cool adj.

He is the best Ive seen, and I trust him. I called his office once when he was a Senator. The secretary said he was campaigning but she would take my phone number and a message.

I thought, yea man I bet that will happen, (you know politicians)

Within 24 hrs he (Edwards) personally called me!

The conversation was about illegal immigration and illegal hiring practices!

I'm sorry to intrude in your private little issues, but this thread is about a candidate and not about you inner policies.
and your candidates turning president WILL influence my world.
Your private anger issues however have no place in this, and yet you play them out whenever you feel like it.

Edwards plan includes how he plans to pay for these things, and it isnt off the backs of the middle class and poor!

I trust what he says. He knows what we face, when protective tariffs were lifted and our jobs began to be outsourced his father worked in the textile industry. They were among the first to lose their jobs overseas!

well i agree all those free trade agreements

should be scraped and flushed down the nastiest sewer that

can be found as well as those that promoted it

for the treasinist crap that it and its supporters are

Excuse me?? Better look again fanta. You were not the only one watching the outcome of Australias election. There are some that watched the results of that election closely.
I, for one; am very interested in what happens there.
Not only was it watched on tv, it was researched on the pc.
Not like you fanta... You usually cover your tracks better than that.
To think you are the only one who cares in crazy.
Kat

as I noticed no other American did.


OK, correction,
1 American!!

Where in there did you comment on the election???

And still, where in there did you comment on the issue?

To think you are the only one who cares in crazy.


I dont,
really, I could care less about Australian politics.
It doesn't affect me and 550 troops will not matter. Its insignificant to me!

It does raise my curiosity though!
How does one draw down on that strength? Its not even a battalion!

Sat 11/24/07 09:25 PM
BRISBANE (Reuters) - Incoming Labor Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, a Mandarin-speaking former diplomat, has pledged closer Australian ties with overseas allies and unity at home after ending 11 years of conservative rule under John Howard.

Rudd, 50, presented himself as a new-generation leader by promising to pull about 500 frontline Australian troops out of Iraq and sign the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, further isolating Washington on both issues.
((((I heard him on the world news this morning say 550 troops out and leave twice that many there.))))

"To our friends and allies around the world, I look forward as the next Prime Minister of Australia to working with them in dealing with the great challenges which our world now faces," he told cheering supporters at a victory party late on Saturday.

The surge to Labor left Howard battling to win even his own parliamentary seat, which he has held since 1974. He was in danger of becoming the first prime minister since 1929 to lose his constituency.

As part of Rudd's promised "fresh thinking," he also teamed with a female deputy, former lawyer Julia Gillard, who will be Australia's first woman deputy prime minister.

"King Kevin the new conqueror," said the Sun-Herald newspaper in Howard's home town of Sydney on Sunday. "It's Labor in a Ruddslide," said the national newspaper the Australian.

Up to six government ministers, including Howard, looked likely to be ejected in only the sixth change of government since World War Two. Labor is set to hold up to 86 seats in the 150-seat parliament.

Rudd is expected to forge closer ties with China and other Asian nations and has said he wants a more independent voice in foreign policy, with past Labor governments more supportive of an energetic United Nations and global organizations.

U.S. TIES

But he has also promised to maintain Australia's close alliance with the United States as the cornerstone of Australia's foreign and strategic policy.

"Rudd will have to open negotiations soon with the United States about the withdrawal of Australia's combat troops from Iraq. This is a delicate operation because it will be Labor's first testing of the alliance," veteran political commentator Michelle Grattan wrote in the Sun-Herald.

President George W. Bush congratulated Rudd on his election victory, and praised Howard's leadership.

"The United States and Australia have long been strong partners and allies and the president looks forward to working with this new government to continue our historic relationship," the White House said in a statement.

Rudd promised to sign the Kyoto climate pact immediately and lead his country's delegation to next month's U.N. climate summit in Bali, which is expected to kick-start talks on a post-Kyoto deal to slash greenhouse gas emissions globally.

He also pledged unity at home, vowing to shut down controversial offshore detention of illegal immigrants and to take care of Aborigines in the wake of a conservative intervention to seize control of remote indigenous communities with troops and police.

"I will be a prime minister for all Australians, a prime minister for indigenous Australians, Australians who have been born here and Australians who have come here from afar," he said.

Family Minister Mal Brough, responsible for the Aboriginal intervention to stop rampant sexual abuse of children and "rivers of grog" in remote outback towns, was a high-profile casualty of the Labor win, losing his Queensland seat.

HOSTILE SENATE

But Labor could be frustrated by a hostile upper house. The conservatives will have a Senate majority until July next year, possibly delaying Rudd's agenda and his promise to dump unpopular labor laws which supercharged his victory.

Centre-left Labor will have to negotiate with diverse minor Senate parties including the left-leaning Australian Greens and the conservative, Christian values Family First party.

The election was fought mainly on domestic issues, with Labor cashing in on anger at labor laws and rising interest rates which put home owners under financial pressure at a time when Australia's economy is booming.

The result puts Labor in power nationally and in all of Australia's six states and two territories. The lord mayor of the northern city of Brisbane is now the senior-ranking elected official in Howard's Liberal Party.

Outgoing Foreign Minister Alexander Downer glumly said it had been hard for the conservative government to present itself as fresh and new after more than 11 years, despite 16 years of economic expansion and unemployment at 33-year lows.

"I think at the end of the day, people just thought it was time for a change," Downer told local television on Sunday.

Good luck all you Aussies. I hope this is a good thing for you.
Kat
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Here?
Kat

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Good for australia!!

What part of It doesnt affect me do you not understand??

I could care less if they turned communist!
It doesnt affect my life one iota!!

From Edwards 2007...

The National Enquirer is saying that John Edwards cheated on his wife while she was undergoing cancer treatments.

Holy bad decision making Batman! but no seriously, this is bad, bad stuff.. especially since he’s dragging his wife out on the campaign trail with him!

... is this his idea of institutionalising his family?

Didnt Barbara Bush say "A man might forget where he parks or where he lives, but he never forgets oral sex, no matter how bad it is.”

Lets just hope that Mr Edwards doesnt forget his wife ...

... and didnt Edwards vote for the war?

or is that too complex an issue for me too?

Nope the war is Foreign Policy!!

right ... so i can talk about your heros stance on the war and voting for it (when you yourself are against it)

But I cant talk about Undocumented workers deserving the same rights as American workers. (which you also against)

The war in Iraq is a world-wide Global issue. It affects everyone.
The US war on illegal immigration is an internal domestic issue!

You do understand the difference, right?

Actually the war in Iraq is probably an issue which should, and does, concern you more.

It takes away manpower that we may need in the future to protect Britain!,,,Again!!!!

While here it is really a personal issue of right and wrong, and those whose loved ones are there!

Most Americans, without the draft, are not even affected and go about their daily lives without even noticing it!

Dont worry though Belushi, If the Queen needs our protection, AGAIN, we still have;

Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 54,609,050
females age 18-49: 54,696,706 (2005 est.)
Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males age 18-49: 2,143,873
females age 18-49: 2,036,201 (2005 est.)


What do we have in Iraq 170,000 ????

Do I hear crickets???

Lets talk about Edwards...

How many politicians do you know that have a policy already outlined?
Promises made in PRINT to be held up against their reputation for the term?

Because we are all of the human race and belong to the world community of such, all human issues are all our business. We are all one community, regardless to countries, regions, etc......