Friday, May 11, 2007

Live Blogging: John Edwards Conference Call


Days Until Bush Leaves Office = 618

(All times CDT)

11:20 AM - dialing in...

11:21 - connected...funky hold muzak...

11:24 - received a few comments from others who had been invited to the call, but found all available slots were full by the time they RSVP'd...so I'll try to make this the next best thing to being there...

11:28 - how much do musicians get paid for recording muzak, anyway? and what about the royalties?...jus' wonderin'....

11:30 - okay, should be any time now...

11:35 - um...ditto....

11:38 - call is beginning..Jonathon Prince introducing...Edwards is finishing up a commencement address in New Hampshire...

11:39 - new website launched just now http://www.supportthetroopsendthewar.com

11:40 - effort to support the troops and end the war...reclaim patriotism from President Bush and the GOP over the Memorial Day weekend

11:41 - a Marine corporal who fought in Falluja, Iraq will introduce Edwards in a minute...

11:44: Prince says best way to support the troops is to end the war now...

11:45: Marine named Alex is beginning the introduction...Iraq has deteriorated...troops can only protect themselves, not the population...there is no higher form of patriotism than to speak out for what you believe...the right thing to do is end the war...

11:46 - Edwards is on now....

11:46 - this is an opportunity to be an American, a citizen and a patriot...patriotism has been misused by the president to justify everything he's done in Iraq, civil liberties abuses, etc....time for ordinary Americans to take action right now to reclaim patriotism...

11:48 - need people's voices to be heard...more important than politics...must stop a president who believes that he can do no wrong...our power is to rally America around the troops and end he war....

11:50 - call concludes with Prince urging callers to sign up at the new website and get involved in planning and joining events around the country over the Memorial Day weekend...

11:51 - and we're done! Thanks for tuning in.

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John Edwards: "Exciting and Important Announcement"

Days Until Bush Leaves Office = 619

I've received an invite to be on a conference call with John Edwards tomorrow at 11:30 AM CDT. The topic? Here's what the invite from the candidate says about that:

"Tomorrow I'm making an exciting and important announcement about our next big step together and I want you to hear about it directly from me."


I love a mystery. I'll try my hand at live blogging the call, so tune in around 11:30 tomorrow morning to see what all this is about.



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