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jsamuel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-29-07 09:51 PM
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UPDATED: National Urban League - Edwards was not booed
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Edited on Sun Jul-29-07 10:36 PM by jsamuel
There is a post here that says Edwards got booed by the National Urban League.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3412880

I was not there, but I question the report by the sun times.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/mitchell/487943,CST-NWS-mitch29.article

Sometimes when a crowd boos, they are not booing the speaker, but agreeing with what the speaker says is bad. I really don't know what happened, but I think it is very possible that it was the fight between Obama and Clinton that was being booed as Edwards criticized it when the crowd booed. That seems much more likely as crowds very rarely boo a candidate for something like that. However, without more information, I really can't say for certain.

UPDATE:

Turns out the SunTimes account is bogus. Here is what ABC had to say about it.

"If you're looking for what's wrong in Washington, why the system is broken, why the system doesn't work, one perfect example is what's been happening just over the course of the last four days," said Edwards, who spoke before Clinton and Obama.

"We've had two good people Democratic candidates for president who spent their time attacking each other instead of attacking the problems that this country is facing," Edwards said to a mixture of groans and applause.

"I got your attention with that one," he added.

http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=3422038

This account shows that the crowd reacted positively when Edward criticized the fight.
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