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John Edwards Makes Impromptu Cameo at NY Conference
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ABC News' Jennifer Parker reports: Elizabeth Edwards' husband, former Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., stole the show Monday when he made a surprise cameo via web camera at the Personal Democracy Conference in New York.
Watch the VIDEO HERE.
Invited to talk about how the Internet affected the 2008 presidential election, Mrs. Edwards' planned appearance was canceled when weather prevented her from flying from North Carolina to New York.
The forum's founder, Andrew Raisej -- who doubles as the co-founder of the TechPresident website and did some work on Sen. John Edwards' 2008 campaign -- told ABC News he dispatched a Chapel Hill woman with a Mac computer and a web camera over to the Edwards' home near Chapel Hill, allowing Mrs. Edwards to appear live at the conference via Skype while sitting on her floral living room couch.
During a question and answer session, Mrs. Edwards was talking about how the Internet can get people more involved in the political process when her husband, former Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., walked into their home.
"John, sit down here and say hi to the pdf conference," Mrs. Edwards called to her husband, eliciting applause and laughter from the crowd.
Wearing a casual blue-and-white stripped golf shirt and jeans, Sen. Edwards sat beside Elizabeth, looking surprised and glancing at his wife while Raisej filled him in on what was happening.
"There's about a thousand people here who are expecting Elizabeth and unfortunately the weather didn't allow her to make it," Raisej said, "so we used technology -- you may have heard of it, it's called the Internet, to bring her to everyone in real time."
"You are a surprise guest, I swear this was not planned," Raisej began, "So as long as we have you, the big question we have is --"
"I just walked in," Sen. Edwards complained jokingly, "I'm waving to my children, I'm speaking to you before speaking to my children," he joked.
Asked about the impact of the Internet on the presidential election, Sen. Edwards pointed to the success of presumptive Democratic nominee Sen. Barack Obama to use his website as a small-donor fundraising tool. Of the almost $300 million raised by Obama during the campaign, almost half has come from people who donated $200 or less.
"It's completely changed the shape of this race already," Sen. Edwards said. "It is the only reason that Barack Obama is not taking public financing, because he has a fundraising base that's more grassroots, more small donors that allows him a huge competitive advantage against Bush."
"McCain," corrected Mrs. Edwards.
"I mean, excuse me, McCain. Freudian slip," Sen. Edwards said to crowd applause.
Sen. Edwards said technology was reinventing the mobilization of voters and grassroots organizing.
"You should know that the Internet community, in general, loves your wife," Raisej said.
"Yes I know that, I do too," Sen. Edwards said.
During the conference Elizabeth Edwards, who is battling cancer, appeared upbeat and happy. She predicted a close election in November.
"We are going to need to fight for every vote. This is going to be a close election," she said, according to the Washington Post.
While Mrs. Edwards didn't endorse Obama before the last primaries with her husband, she told the conference that electing Obama is "enormously important."
"I said I would work as hard as I could to make sure he is the next president," Mrs. Edwards said, "but I don't think it is by any means assured."
The notion that Democrats have far out-paced Republicans on the Internet this election cycle was on display when Raisej slammed presumptive GOP nominee Sen. John McCain's lack of familiarity with computers, arguing it "shows he doesn’t understand how the world works and that he doesn’t understand what it would mean to be president," he said, according to the New York Times.
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Obama tells this to people living in Kentucky and Pennsylvania
Every weekend, Barack and Michelle take their daughters HUNTING.
Posted by: oh yeah | Jun 25, 2008 7:09:59 AM
Well Obama can simply kiss the registered voters who are Christians and Evangelicals good bye. Its not right to distort the Bible for one’s own selfish political gains. It would be like Obama to just tell the man to "hope" that "change" is coming......the only "change" that is coming is that Obama will be going back to Illinois in November! Obama has hurt himself more than he knows with Evangelicals and the power they have in America. This man is imploding and I'm standing back and laughing everyday at his supporters who are standing up for a lost cause! Goodbye, Obama! Thanks for the laughs!
Posted by: Carpe' Diem ! | Jun 25, 2008 8:38:49 AM
John Edwards is working hard for that VP nom.
Posted by: Kardasia_Prime | Jun 25, 2008 10:16:23 AM
Why is Edwards talking about the enternet? It should be Gore. He invented it.
Sure glad we have a excellent source of information other than Senator Obama's campaign and MSM. Voters need to be informed, not mislead by political rhetric. Obama seems to be promising the moon, stars and lots of new taxes but no solutions to foreign or domestic issues.
Posted by: Mary | Jun 25, 2008 11:46:28 AM
Senator Obama has mislead the American people by stating he has Christian faith. He has the same beliefs that the Black Liberation Church preaches--that BLACKS ARE THE CHOSEN PEOPLE AND THAT JESUS WAS BLACK. He sat in the church 20 years and those beliefs are embedded in his head, heart and soul.
Christians do not beleive these falsehood. Dr. Dobson's beliefs are more in line with most Christians' faith.
Posted by: Mai | Jun 25, 2008 11:55:11 AM
Mai... how do you know what Jesus' skin color was? Do you have a photograph?
Posted by: Champ | Jun 25, 2008 12:21:57 PM
James Dobson is a false prophet who uses his forked tongue to say that he may not vote for John McCain although everyone knows Dobson is a GOP straight-ticket all the way. He condemns all Democrats with generalizations that are misinterpreted, non-contextual, and flat out falsifications. He knowingly and willingly condemns all Democrats... yet sits on his hands and turns a blind eye to the crimes and sins of the GOP leadership. Go ahead, Dr. Dobson, toss another stone... but don't forget to pick up another case of Windex for your house.
Posted by: Champ | Jun 25, 2008 12:44:21 PM
--Champ--Your comment has no merit. I never said Jesus was either Black, White or Yellow. Read, think and then post.
Trinity Church wants people to believe Jesus is Black.
Posted by: Mai | Jun 25, 2008 12:46:01 PM
Mai: Your comment: "Christians do not beleive (sic) these falsehood (sic)." You are insinuating that a particular belief (Jesus' skin color) is false... so you are clearly claiming that Jesus did not have 'black' skin. I am simply asking for you to prove your claim. (By the way... I am: Caucasian, Christian, Protestant, Bible-believing. I assume you are the same.)
Posted by: Champ | Jun 25, 2008 1:06:21 PM
On CNN Dobson Called Obama a fruit cake and the CNNguys were laughing the Obama presidential seal. Cnn should apologize to Obama. But they may be all a bunch of racist idiots.
Posted by: Lucy | Jun 25, 2008 9:26:57 PM
quote....and the CNNguys were laughing the Obama presidential seal....
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Can't say I blame them! The great O-pposum seal IS ridiculously laughable.
Posted by: Charlie35 | Jun 25, 2008 11:00:05 PM
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