Endorsement of Edwards for President

Please encourage your friends and family who support John Edwards to please sign this petition. I intend to close out this petition around Febuary 2, as requested by some to send it in immediately as time is of the essence. Also, I would like to send this petition out as soon as possible. Finally, please only click the post button once, as there have been two cases where I had to delete a signature that was posted twice.

To: 

Honorable Al Gore
2100 West End Avenue
Suite 620 Nashville, TN



We are writing to ask you to endorse former senator John Edwards and his

campaign for president of the United States. As you know, we are at a

pivotal point in our national and human history. We can choose to

stand for drastic and substantial change or we can maintain the status

quo and suffer the consequences.



John Edwards has been leading the effort for change since the start of

his 2008 campaign. Not only has he been talking about change, he has

put substance behind the word, ideas behind the spirit, and concrete

policies behind the concept. John was the first to propose a plan for

universal health care, he was the first to challenge the American

people to conserve energy as patriotic citizens, he was the first to

propose a stimulus package for our ailing economy and he

has committed to the most aggressive plan to get our combat troops out

of Iraq and let diplomacy work to restore peace in the region.



John continues to hold a leadership position among the top Democrats

on environmental issues. In addition to his policies to reduce global

warming and to encourage conservation, John is the only leading

Democrat with a consistent position on nuclear power and Yucca

Mountain. While Barack Obama and Hilary Clinton took the popular

position in Nevada of opposing the Yucca Mountain project, they

continue to support nuclear energy. Nuclear power is not a

responsible solution to global warming, it is not sound environmental

policy, and is absolutely inconsistent with the sentiment behind the

opposition to Yucca Mountain. In a further effort to reduce global

warming and protect both public health and the environment, John has

once-again taken the lead by opposing the permitting of additional

coal-fired power plants. This leadership has given John the

endorsement of Friends of the Earth, a leading national environmental

non-profit, as well as the endorsement of several prominent

environmentalists.



Perhaps most importantly, John has been the leader in discussing the

loss of our democracy due to the self-interest of corporate money and

industry lobbyists. John has never taken a dime from PACs or

corporate lobbyists and is the only viable candidate that has agreed

to public financing of his campaign. As you know, corporate lobbyists

and influence often prevents the voice of the American people from

being heard by government policy makers. Many of the problems

currently facing our great nation are, in whole or in part, the result

of corporate interests and money setting the agenda rather than the

voice of the American people. This could not be more clear in our

environmental and energy policy, including our tragic failure to

respond to the crisis of global warming. It is also evident in our

failure to provide healthcare coverage to millions of Americans and

our rash decision to go into war based on limited and faulty

intelligence, where the only ones that would benefit were the war

profiteers earning millions of dollars in no-bid deals that funnel

money from us, the taxpayers, into the hands of the few. No matter

what a candidate’s policies are, history demonstrates that if we do not

rid the system of the rising corporate influence, those policies will

never see the light of day.



John's effort to reinstate the voice of the American people and to

rebuild the American middle class resonates with voters across this

nation. Because of this, we have seen a shift in the entire field of

Democratic presidential candidates in both their rhetoric and policy

proposals. This shift in the discussion, not from right to left, but

in favor of restoring power and prosperity to the people, is clearly

the result of John's populist message and sound policy proposals.

However, in recognizing this shift, we must not forget who has led

this discussion and who has the commitment to follow through.



John's longstanding dedication to the middle class and the labor

movement earned him the support of 12 SEIU state councils as well as

several other unions and labor groups. John's commitment to labor

goes hand and hand with his goal of restoring the American middle class.



John's leadership is not limited to the environment, healthcare, and

the middle class; but he also leads the way on the economy and was the

first to provide a sound stimulus plan for our nation's economic

revival. This was noted by New York Times columnist and prominent

economist Paul Krugman. In addition to Krugman, a group of over

thirty prominent economists, including James K. Galbraith, endorsed

John Edwards and his campaign to build One America.



We are asking that you stand with all of those that

recognize the need for decisive change at this critical juncture in

our Nation's history and that firmly believe that John Edwards is the

best person to deliver on that call for change with sound

environmental, economic, and health policies. Please join with us in

recognizing the true leader in the Democratic Party, one that stands

to unite all Americans, rich and poor, around his call for a new

direction.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

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