John Edwards indicted

[poindexter]

SportsJournalists.com really knows how to pick winners.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/06/03/edwards.case/index.html

 

[SpeedTchr]

That guy has GREAT hair.

 

[secretariat]

http://www.sportsjournalists.com/forum/threads/84011/

 

[poindexter]

Truly great hair.

 

[User 4332]

Better coverage over at the N&O

http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/06/03/1245277/prosecutors-seek-indictment-of.html

 

[OnTheRiver]

What's a haircut like that run?

 

[poindexter]

Better coverage over at the N&O

http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/06/03/1245277/prosecutors-seek-indictment-of.html

The purpose of the conspiracy was to protect Edwards' self-proclaimed public image as a family man by keeping secret his extramarital affair with Hunter, the indictment said.


it certainly worked on SportsJournalists.com

 

[Ben_Hecht]

What's a haircut like that run?

$400

 

[printdust]

SportsJournalists.com really knows how to pick winners.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/06/03/edwards.case/index.html

Too bad his other baby Momma can't be in the photo.

Karma's a *****, johnnyboy.

Of course with 5 years potential jail time, you'll serve maybe an hour.

 

[HejiraHenry]

Half the country, including many of you, wanted this socksucker to be a heartbeat away from the presidency. I think that would now be cause for some sober reflection.








Nah, I didn't think so.

 

[The Big Ragu]

There was a thread after Esquire did an Edwards piece (that was way off -- I think it was Charles Pierce and he made it into a "fag baiting" thing, not "Edwards is a hypocrite"). I called Edwards a BS populist, who was taking money from every lobbyist there is, while delivering a scripted "neighbor versus neighbor" message to try to rile up people to vote for him. But was a hypocrite when it came to living to his ideals -- particularly when he was the lead Wal-Mart basher, and then had an aide call Wal-Mart to try to get his kid a PS3 when they first came out and were hard to get your hands on.

I got jumped on that thread, if I remember correctly. I don't know if he deserves indictment, but I will stand behind what was always my feeling of the guy: He is full of **** and he is corrupt.

 

[poindexter]

But was a hypocrite when it came to living to his ideals -- particularly when he was the lead Wal-Mart basher, and then had an aide call Wal-Mart to try to get his kid a PS3 when they first came out and were hard to get your hands on.

I got jumped on that thread, if I remember correctly. I don't know if he deserves indictment, but I will stand behind what was always my feeling of the guy: He is full of **** and he is corrupt.


Boom, can you find that thread for us? That one was a hoot.

 

[Mark McGwire]

Half the country, including many of you, wanted this socksucker to be a heartbeat away from the presidency. I think that would now be cause for some sober reflection.








Nah, I didn't think so.

Wow. I mean, wow.

I loathe John Edwards, and always did.

Now answer me a question. You vote for McCain/Palin?

 

[YGBFKM]

Edwards may be a family-destroying hypocrite on his best day, but at least he didn't push a values-driven political agenda! Let's have a little perspective here, people.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Edwards may be a family-destroying hypocrite on his best day, but at least he didn't push a values-driven political agenda! Let's have a little perspective here, people.

I always wondered if 2004 would have been a little bit different if Edwards had been at the top of the ticket rather than behind Kerry. I think a lot of times the primaries don't pick the candidate that would fare the best in the general election and I definitely think that was the case that year.

 

[spurtswriter]

Got to admit. The guy had me fooled back then.

 

[BTExpress]

Half the country, including many of you, wanted this socksucker to be a heartbeat away from the presidency. I think that would now be cause for some sober reflection.

Four years of Bush-Cheney was all the sober reflection many needed to desperately seek an alternative in 2004.

I mean, **** ****ing Cheney was a heartbeat away, and millions voted for Sarah Palin to be a heartbeat away.

Makes Edwards look like a harmless puppy in comparison.

 

[The Big Ragu]

Edwards may be a family-destroying hypocrite on his best day, but at least he didn't push a values-driven political agenda! Let's have a little perspective here, people.

Was that meant to be funny? If it was, my apologies. Or is it meant to be a serious point?

What he pushed was populism. "Two Americas." Them (not anyone in the crowd watching him) who were screwing US.

But the guy delivering the message was using every bit of influence he could in every corrupt way he could imagine. If you liked up the them you would have seen a picture of him.

That is hypocrisy. If you are going to act like a populist, you had better become a hermit and especially not get caught acting like you are above everyone else.

 

[Armchair_QB]

This story would be a hell of a lot more interesting if he was a sitting VP right now.

 

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