*Actor Danny Glover stood next to Democratic White House hopeful John Edwards Wednesday as he addressed a crowd of more than 200 in his native state of South Carolina.
The actor was on hand to support Edwards’ announced plans to increase employment and education and also to expand U.S. aid to poor people around the world.
"We have work to do — important work to do," Edwards told the crowd packed into a restaurant in Florence.
Glover said Edwards understands the needs of the working poor and that the campaign is "telling their story."
"This is a campaign about real democracy," Glover said. "This is what this campaign is about, listening to those stories." The actor also said Edwards "was bred and came up on these stories."
As previously reported, Glover is also a big supporter of Venezuela’s president Hugo Chavez, and is currently in the crosshairs of filmmakers in the South American country who oppose the actor’s decision to accept $18 million in government funds to shoot a movie about Haitian revolutionary Toussaint L’Ouverture.