John Edwards - The Right Leader at the Right Time

by Teresa Beau

Polarization, it seems, has been the political strategy of choice over the last several years. It is a strategy that has torn our great Country apart and created a bitter divide that has become more and more difficult to breach, leaving our national psyche broken and yearning for a voice of wisdom, unity, and inspiration. In John Edwards, we have finally heard that voice.

As a Nation, we find ourselves facing challenges that will not only shape our future, but indeed, the future of the World. We have many pressing domestic challenges, including: alternative energy innovation and conservation, our educational systems' inequities, poverty, racism, immigration, national security and terrorism, a shameful lack of ethics and integrity in our government, an ever ballooning national deficit, and the critical need to restore our Gulf Coast to not only what it once was, but what it must be in order to sustain itself in the future, along with many others.

Perhaps the most pressing of the challenges we face, however, are those we face as the World's enduring leader and the "bright light" for freedom, justice, and equality. The current Administration has let that light dim, but we are not diminished. We do remember "The America We Believed In." John Edwards has reminded us, inspired us to take charge and work as one to meet these challenges. In our finest hours, this is how Americans have always faced challenges of great magnitude.

This Country, throughout history, has set a shining example for the World. Our diversity, tolerance, and compassion have made us strong and brought us a unique creativity and wisdom. John Edwards has inspired us to remember the America we all believe in, and to stand up and take action and responsibility, each and every one of us, together. Only together can we tap into the fierce will, courage, and determination with which we have always prevailed over tyranny and hopelessness. We must now, more than ever, provide the leadership and stability the World has been lacking.

We find ourselves bogged down in Iraq, with no strategy or compass, our brave and honorable military and the Iraqi people sliding deeper and deeper into an abyss of pointless violence, and other nations, such as Darfur and Uganda, have been sliding, unchecked, into violence and hopelessness.

For too long, we have acted as individuals, unable to reach inward and outward to restore the reason, hope, and dignity necessary to guide the troubled nations of the World towards peace, prosperity, and security.

Our greatest leaders have always asked great things of us, and together time and time again, we have achieved that greatness. John Edward is asking great things of us, and he has the vision, leadership, and experience to guide the way.

Let us join together, and stand up to face these challenges. Now is the time and John Edwards is the leader.