The emotional news conference Democrat John Edwards and his wife, Elizabeth, held last week to share word that her cancer has returned brought them an outpouring of more than 24,000 e-mails in 24 hours. It also appears to have unleashed a torrent of online contributions to his presidential campaign.
In the past five days, the campaign received more than 5,000 donations totaling half a million dollars -- about 50 percent of the total it raised online in the previous three months, according to postings on ActBlue.com, the Web site that tracks Edwards's Internet fundraising.
People are missing the point. This is not sympathy money. This is money coming from people who have seen something that they thought they might never see in politics again, integrity.
The Edwards have shown what personal sacrifice and bravery look like and the masses are amazed. This is what we are looking for in our next leader.
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It just goes directly to their thighs.