The party of the poor

I was watching an old debate between John Edwards and Dick Cheney this evening and they played a clip of Edwards speaking to the poor and the working class of America. It occurred to me that he did this from a wealthy position. Most, if not all, politicians who campaign on a platform of being "for the working man," never give up their wealth to do so. In fact, they charge $50,000 to talk to people about the plight of the poor, while never feeling it themselves. Do you want to know the difference between Jesus and a politician? Jesus, "being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death-- even death on a cross!" Jesus left the splendor of heaven and even gave up equality with God to become a servant among men, oftentimes not even having a comfortable place to sleep. He didn't leave his high priced hotel, ride in a limo to a poor area, and then speak about how he stood for the poor. He lived among them. I could believe in and vote for a man who was willing to do what Jesus did.