Edwards Acknowledges Feds Investigating His Campaign Cash

well, it seems john (be goode) edwards,
has been nothing more than a spoiler all around. If what is known about edwards now, had been known at the appropriate time,
Sec. of State. Hillary Clinton would
be President Hillary Clinton.
I am happy that obama is president.
but it would be such a sham if it came to be because edwards people and obama people sided together against Hillary Clinton.
that is not the right way to do.
also, if you are flying, don’t forget to ask when the last time the air filters on your plane was changed or cleaned.
one of the ways we american can get this flu (whatever they call it)
is through air travel.
demand to know when the air filter was changed.

“well, it seems john (be goode) edwards,
has been nothing more than a spoiler all around. If what is known about edwards now, had been known at the appropriate time,
Sec. of State. Hillary Clinton would
be President Hillary Clinton.”
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By JOHN DEETH 8/11/08 12:37 PM
A top aide to Hillary Clinton says if revelations about John Edwards’ extramarital affair had come out before the Iowa caucuses, Clinton would be the presumptive nominee today.
That’s impossible to definitively answer, of course. But a caucus night survey indicates that most Edwards caucus goers had a second choice other than Clinton, and his absence would likely have meant a bigger Iowa win for Barack Obama.
(Iowa Ind.)
Also polls show Edwards supporters were roughly 3% of the democratic electorate. Of those about 45% broke for Obama to 28% for Clinton. The rest continued to vote for Edwards even though he left the race.

While there are notable exceptions, it seems the Democrats get into more trouble for not keeping it their pants than Republicans (Larry Craig being the exception-and what an exception!). It seems like Republicans get into trouble over financial misdeeds more often. And then, there’s John Edwards, who managed to nicely mix sexual misconduct with financial misconduct. If anyone can bring greedy and horny politicians together, it’s John Edwards!

There is one massive question attached to this story: WHO CARES?!

Hey – democrats having affairs again???
How about Gingrich slamming Clinton to the ground and HE WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR. Pot calling the kettle black huh.
Edwards, Clinton and others including REPUBS are guilty of affairs, but it isn’t all DEMS – their are plenty of REPUBS.

wait a second, a US attorney investigating a democrat….. wow….
next thing you know they’ll be checking out other stuff like, 8 years of Bush & Cheney, Siegleman, US attorney firings and on and on….
very promising

Is Edwards still running either “Alliance for a New America” or the “Center for Promise and Opportunity”?
I would love to hear from people who donated to those organzations or to Edwards. What do they think of their money going legally or illegally to his girlfriend?

John Edwards is a great Democrat.

John Edwards is a slime-ball.

Once again, it isn’t the sex that republicans are laughing at. It is the hypocrite in Edwards that we are laughing at. That and his smarmy hairdo. I would much rather they spent the time and money investigating Obama and his campaign cash. Now that would get my interest. Edwards’ predicament is just funny.

I would much rather they spent the time and money investigating Obama and his campaign cash
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Ditto.

So, what does that have to do with the Edward’s investigation?

Well, he is a trial lawyer.
He’ll walk or get a fine (or Justice will drop it later)
This is the side story to the fact that the media covered it all up before the Democratic primary.
They used a tabloid as cover to spike the story.Another shameful bid by the press to shill for a President.

“good to see Republican ‘outrage’ and desire for investigations into corruption.. I think there are a few in Congress who will oblige them ;-)
they probably won’t like the results tho’
Posted by: TBT | May 4, 2009 11:05:59 AM”
I don’t mind anyone (Republican, Democrat or Independent) being investigated for corruption and all held to a higher standard.
I know some Democrats can’t comprehend this, but most Republicans believe in the rule of law and hope it is applied fairly and equitably across the board. That means getting rid of those found wanting (Barney Frank, William Jefferson and Ted Kennedy are just a few of the politicians who would never have been re-elected if they had been Republicans.)
It’s also time to look into the corruption that ran rampant in last year’s presidential race. Pre-paid credit cards, nameless internet donations, questionable voting practices and intimidation.
I won’t hold my breath.

Having affairs and being dishonest in your marriage is not a “Party” choice, it’s a “Human” choice. Please don’t make this thing political!!!

Who cares? I’m no more interested in the Edwards soap opera than I am in the ongoing Palin soap opera. Too much information. Can we pull our collective noses out of the tabloids?

Let this serve as a lesson to all the shameless narcissists out there and the low self-esteem women who get tangled up with them. You destroy families, cause immense pain and no, you’re not that good looking at all. His wife has cancer, could he be any lower form of scum?

I wouldn’t blame John Edwards so much..
- if he didn’t have a wonderul, loving wife
- if he didn’t choose such a creepy woman to impregnate

Didn’t another Democrat, Al Sharpton, just get off with a fine for diverting campaign cash over 6 years ago? The poor Repubs have had their share of corruption but they can’t hold a candle to the Dems. They are the champion of all Liars, Thieves, Tax Cheats, Philanderers and garden variety, every-day Corruption. Hopefully there will be fewer of them in 2010 and 2012!

I sure would like to know why Vera Baker abruptly left the most historic presidential campaign in the history of mankind and flee to a remote Caribbean Island, but the press just isn’t interested in reporting on this strange occurance.
Why would an attractive, mid level Obama campaign official decide to leave the campaign right in the middle of an election and not choose to be a part of and witness to history?
The press has failed Americans by not reporting on this story. They can send 100′s of reporters to Alaska to search through the Palin’s garbage cans, and print unsubstantiated accusations against John McCain, but for some reason they can’t even ask Vera Baker why she dropped everything she was doing for Obama and decided to leave the civilized world and disappear to a remote island.
Nothing fishy there!

The issue isn’t whether or not Edwards had an affair, it’s whether he used campaign funds to silence his mistress. So I don’t see why you had to bring up the sleazy rumors about Obama & a campaign worker. And Elizabeth Edwards isn’t just any wife standing by her man. She’s a woman with two very young children and a fatal disease standing by her man. You would prefer that she upset her children now by taking them away from their father and then die of her incurable cancer? Isn’t there enough to the story of Edwards, Hunter and the campaign funds without people needlessly smearing Obama and poor Elizabeth Edwards?

It’s a bit convenient that this news is being released at the same time Elizabeth Edwards’ book is being released. Ironic timing.
My sympathy for Mrs. Edwards only goes so far …. yes, the jerk cheated on her and she’s bravely battling a fatal illness, but, she knew of this affair during the campaign, as her husband was running for president. She protected him.
If the news of his affair had been made public much earlier (had the media chosen not to ignore it), it could easily resulted in Hillary winning the democratic nomination. Edwards did well with primary voters who also tended to favor Hillary in the primaries.
His affair didn’t just impact his family, it could very well have changed history.

“I would like to know more about Vera Baker.”
I couldn’t care less about Vera Baker or John Edwards.