Activist, author Wayne Besen endorses Edwards for President

Following the pre-New Year announcement that Carolinas LGBT newspaper Q-Notes would be endorsing John Edwards for president, activist and author and Q-Notes contributing writer Wayne Besen announced late Thursday evening that he was also endorsing the former Democratic senator from North Carolina.

From Besen:

On the day voters head to the Iowa caucuses, I endorse John Edwards for president. I want to make it clear that this is not an endorsement from TruthWinsOut.org - as the group does not take positions on candidates.

Why Edwards?

I was going to go into a long and elaborate defense of his record, but decided against it. The bottom line is that he is the only one who is speaking to the middle class (i.e. me). I am fed up with corporate CEO’s who are driving their companies into the dirt and still getting huge pay raises, while the average worker struggles. Conservatives would argue this is the free market, but this is not true. In a free market, people are rewarded for success - not failure. What we have now is a sick system that needs radical change. America is a declining empire that is falling behind the rest of the world. Edwards is the best candidate to reverse this slide.

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Edwards is the only candidate speaking about the plight of many Americans who are fighting to get by. He is the candidate who genuinely wants to make our lives better and is saying the things that I want to hear. This is why I will vote for John Edwards.

You can read the rest of Besen’s endorsement at his site.

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