Karita Hummer's Silver Pen Award for Don Austin's, "The Comfort of knowing: President John Edwards"

Karita Hummer's Silver Pen Award



Reposted from Jon Edwards Blog

http://blog.johnedwards.com/story/2007/9/9/7488/06811#commenttop

user icon don austin in Arguments & Analyses Feed of
9/10/2007 at 10:26 PM EST

As a family man and husband who has been married for thirty years to the same woman, it's a comfort to know that John Edwards hasn't had multiple marriages, children who have had or still have alcohol or drug problems, or run-ins with the law.

Even Jimmy Carter, a self-proclaimed born-again Christian, couldn't claim to be free of closet skeletons created by brother Billy, and daughter Amy.

This not only speaks to the moral upbringing by John Edwards' parents and Elizabeth's parents but to their own strength of character. Edwards hasn't made much of daughter Cate being in law school or alot about family members in general. They fly below the radar because that's the way John and Elizabeth want it. And it's a credit to them that we don't hear about any unseemly activities or disrespect toward John and Elizabeth from Cate. And it's obvious that the respect that John and Elizabeth have for each other is real and not a put-on for political gain.

Does this make them perfect? No! But it does give the American people a sense that if a couple's children honor them with respect, it says alot about who they are as human beings.

The Edwards' believe in the poor and middle class. Unlike many politicians who believe the poor deserve their plight and should pull themselves out of their muck by their own volition, the Edwards' knows that the primary reason people are poor is a cycle of environmental conditions, lack of family support, no education...and those caught in this cycle are not to be blamed but to be educated and helped.

This is why we need John Edwards as president: not that he's perfect or will accomplish everything on his agenda but that he will be the president FOR the people and will shine a light on the major issues confronting America.

America needs to understand this about the Edwards' and how they would again bring a sense of pride back to the Whitehouse and restore America's moral standing in the world community.