Drag Your Carcass to the Caucus
Friday, December 28, 2007
Dear Friends,
With the Iowa
Caucuses less than a week away, I want to
strongly
encourage you to participate. What
Iowans do on January 3rd is
critically important, not just to
America
but to the world.
If you can get there,
do . . . and bring a friend or neighbor.
If you can’t get there, send the friend
or neighbor . . . and ask him or
her to bring someone else.
All of us should
try to be part of this historic event.
Of course,
while you’re at your caucus I hope you’ll
support
John Edwards. I’ve
made my case for John
several times through these Updates, in dozens
of meetings across the state
where I’ve spoken as his surrogate and in
hundreds and hundreds of phone
calls. By now, most
of you know my
reasons for supporting John Edwards . . . but .
. .
. . . you may
not have heard from Bill Witt. Bill and I were both
elected to the Legislature
in 1992 and sat next to each other for six
years. He was
highly respected for his work on many
complex legislative issues, including elder
care and a broad range of
environmental concerns.
Bill and I have
remained close friends and co-workers since his
retirement from the House in
2002. I would like
to share a recent
article Bill wrote on John Edwards. At
the end of this Update you will find a schedule
of John Edwards’ upcoming
events in
Iowa
(INCLUDING A
CAUCUS EVE EVENT WITH JOHN COUGAR
MELLENKAMP).
Thanks! --
Ed Fallon
{The following
was written by former State Representative
Bill Witt of Cedar
Falls}
“I attended my
first Democratic Caucus in 1976 and haven’t
missed one since.
I’ve met and listened
to just about every presidential hopeful.
John Edwards is the most potent, most
electable candidate I’ve seen in 32
years.
“John Edwards
is an optimist down to his bones. He’s also a
pragmatist. And a
worker.
He knows it takes a never-give-up
spirit, plus a realistic plan, plus
hard work if you want to succeed. And he
has succeeded at every great effort in his
life. In his
professional work; in his family life,
especially in his loving, strong and resilient
marriage of 30 years to
Elizabeth;
and in his selfless, tireless service to
others.
“On the issues, John Edwards has a
comprehensive grasp of difficult
problems—and an incisive focus on practical
solutions. Again
and again, he’s been first to bring out
the most constructive, detailed plans for
handling the challenges we face: health care,
Iraq,
energy conservation, education, jobs.
“On the
keystone issue of preserving our democracy,
John
Edwards stands like Plymouth Rock. He
rejects all lobbyist and PAC money.
Rich, powerful special interests can’t
get to John Edwards.
When he says that, as President, he’ll
barnstorm the country until Congress eliminates
special interest money from our
elections—believe him.
“And John
Edwards gives Republican strategists
nightmares. He
draws a majority of independent voters,
plus a sizeable number of moderate
Republicans.
In head-to-head polling, he’s the only
Democrat who defeats every
Republican candidate by double-digit
margins.
He’s the only Democrat with a fighting
chance of winning in
Oklahoma,
Virginia,
North
Carolina,
Kentucky
and
Tennessee.
“When punched,
John Edwards will punch back. The standard Republican
dirty tricks of fear
and smear don’t work on him. He’ll
torpedo any swift-boat the Republicans
launch.
“Republicans
can’t beat John Edwards.
That’s why they’re hoping Democrats will
do
their dirty work for them.
We can’t let
that happen. Next
Thursday night, we
need to send the strongest, most progressive,
most electable Democrat on to
New
Hampshire with a
victory.
“John Edwards
believes in
America. He believes in us. Let’s tell
America
that
Iowa
believes in John
Edwards.”
JOHN EDWARDS
SCHEDULE IN
IOWA
SATURDAY,
DECEMBER 29
10:15
a.m.
Roundtable discussion with
undecided caucus goers
Holiday Inn – Harvest
Room
2915 N Highway 61
Muscatine
12:15
p.m.
Roundtable discussion with undecided caucus
goers
Public Library
120 E Main
Street
Washington
5:15
p.m.
“Countdown to Caucus”
event
Knoxville
High
School
cafeteria
1811 W Madison
Street
Knoxville
7:30
p.m.
“America Rising”
rally
East
High
School
cafeteria
815 E 13th
Street
Des
Moines
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30
11:30
a.m.
“Countdown to Caucus”
event
Giggling Goat
628 Story
Street
Boone
2:00
p.m.
”Countdown to Caucus” event
Carroll
High
School media
center
2809 N Grant
Road
Carroll
4:00 p.m.
Main Street Meet &
Greet
Cronks Café
812 4th Avenue
S
Denison
5:45
p.m.
Senator Edwards to drop by
Beef n' Brew
420 Main
Street
Mapleton
7:30
p.m.
“America Rising”
rally
Convention Center
801 4th
Street
Sioux
City
MONDAY, DECEMBER 31
11:00 a.m.
Roundtable discussion with undecided caucus
goers
Buena Vista University - Science Center
Atrium
610 W 4th Street
Storm Lake
1:00 p.m.
Roundtable discussion with undecided caucus
goers
Iowa Lakes Community College
1900 N Grand Avenue - Suite 8
Spencer
2:30 p.m.
Senator Edwards to drop-by
Pizza Ranch
2120 11th Street
Emmetsburg
4:15 p.m.
"Countdown to Caucus" event
VFW Hall
414 E State Street
Algona
6:30 p.m.
New Year's Eve Party
John Edwards for President Mason City
office
122 N. Federal
Mason
City
WEDNESDAY,
JANUARY 2
Campaign Rally with John
Mellencamp
Val Air Ballroom
301 Ashworth Road
West Des
Moines
Doors open at 8:30 p.m.
For tickets and additional information, please
call (515) 883-7817
