A Project of the Center for Political Communication & Civic Leadership

"Bishop"

Date: January 1, 2008

Ad Buy: Statewide in Iowa

Script:

DOUG BISHOP: Now I myself was a former Maytag employee.

(Text on screen: Doug Bishop of Baxter, Iowa; On John Edwards)

I was laid off September of 2004. And I was asked: "Would you and your family like to come up and meet Senator Edwards?"

And this is something I'll never forget -- he grabbed my seven-year-old son by the hand, he dropped to one knee, and he looked him straight in the eye and he said: "I'm going to keep fighting for your daddy's job, I promise you that."

(Text on screen: John Edwards Doesn't Take Money From Washington Lobbyists)

You know, that stuff sticks with you. That's the kind of things we need in a leader in this country. Not somebody that's going to go to a big fundraiser and say: "Write me a check for $2,300, and I'll let you know you have my support."

I want a guy that's going to sit down and look a seven year-old kid in the eye and tell him: "I'm going to fight for your dad's job." That's what I want.

I'm going to do my best to make sure that my children aren't the first generation of Americans that I can't look them in the eye and say: "You're going to have a better life than I had." And I think the person that's going to get that done is my friend, and yours, Senator John Edwards.

(Text on screen: Corporate Greed Isn't Working; You Have A Real Choice; John Edwards '08; Paid For By John Edwards For President)

JOHN EDWARDS: I'm John Edwards, and I approve this message.