John Edwards Praises Bloggers

By John Amato — March 27, 2005

The former vice presidential candidate this week released his first podcast, an online audio recording featuring Edwards and his wife, Elizabeth, chatting about the NCAA basketball tournament, her breast cancer treatments, his opposition to President Bush's Social Security plans and (pander alert) his respect for bloggers.

"I also want to say that I know bloggers have really taken a leading role in this effort to fight to protect Social Security," Edwards says, mentioning a few names and sites, such as www.thereisnocrisis.com. The 25-minute recording is available on his Web site, www.oneamericacommittee.com.

Their is No Crisis has the podcast too. What this shows is the respect John Edwards has for the blogosphere, (not like some columnists) and is trying to get ahead of the fray and take advantage of it's far reaching arms.

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