John Edwards for President-Edwards Campaign Statement On Senator Obama's Comments On President Reagan

Edwards Campaign Statement On Senator Obama's Comments On President Reagan

Jan 17, 2008 6:37 PM

Chapel Hill, North Carolina – John Edwards for President campaign manager David Bonior released the following statement about Senator Obama's comments about President Reagan:

"Senator Obama was wrong -- frightfully so -- in using Ronald Reagan as an example of voters reaching for change. The breadth of change Ronald Reagan brought was crippling for millions of Americans with the two worst recessions since the Depression, a complete disregard for the rights of American labor, and tax cuts that lined the pockets of the richest Americans at the expense of fiscal sanity and the well-being of the most vulnerable in our society.

"Senator Obama may have been more interested in contrasting Reagan with Bill Clinton, but it shows particularly bad judgment to suggest this is the kind or even the breadth of change Americans want. Instead of lauding Ronald Reagan, Senator Obama would do better to remember that it was presidents like Teddy Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt or John F. Kennedy who helped move this country forward."