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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