Word: je
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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John Edwards (JE): Well, we’ve got an immediate family health situation that we have to deal with. My wife, as you know, was diagnosed with breast cancer, actually in Boston the day after the election. We’ve been very focused on getting her treated and well. That’s our priority right now. In addition to that I’ve started a poverty work and opportunity center at UNC Chapel Hill which you’ve probably already heard about, which we’re also getting geared...
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...JE: I’m trying with everything I’ve got to shine a bright light on poverty. Every place I go I’ve talked about it. Whether it’s in a political setting or a nonpolitical setting. Because what I’m trying to do is start a serious movement against poverty in this country. There has been some good work done over the last 30 to 40 years, but there’s certainly not been a coordinated national effort to fight poverty, which is what I’m spending...
...JE: I think there were some things that happened to voters around the country that are very troublesome, and that’s why going forward, it’s important for us to make a commitment as a nation, I’ve said this a number of times since the election. It’s important to promote freedom around the world. It’s also important to make sure that our democracy is working the way it’s supposed to work. There should never be any reason for any American to have an actual...
...JE: I don’t think there’s any way to measure it. I think most of the information is anecdotal. When you have people in Ohio standing in line for 10 hours to vote, while others are able to vote in 15 or 20 minutes, something’s wrong. I think some of it was completely predictable. But this idea that in today’s America we have vote challengers and vote protectors influence, goes completely contrary to our tradition that everybody has the right to vote and everybody exercising that right and every...