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Edwards' Ally Explains $14,000 Payment To Mistress
Yahoo News ^ | 15 Aug 2008 | PETE YOST and DAVID SCOTT

Posted on 08/15/2008 2:11:58 AM PDT by edpc

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To: RedEyeJack

Was that the sex tape of their bedroom activities?


21 posted on 08/15/2008 9:54:33 AM PDT by hdstmf
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Saw on Drudge the Enquirer said they LOTS on Edwards and they will keep publishing what they have until Edwards fesses up to the truth and takes a paternity test or tells the truth about him being the father!!!


22 posted on 08/15/2008 9:59:28 AM PDT by LYSandra
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To: Enchante

Damn amateurs taking food from the mouths of professionals.


23 posted on 08/15/2008 10:00:15 AM PDT by hdstmf
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"Damn amateurs taking food from the mouths of professionals."

ROLF!! Post of the Day!!

Although from what we know, it seems that Rielle could just about qualify as a "professional" in some ways......

She got her hooks into Edwards and took him for a financial ride..... tragic that there's a baby involved which would seem likely to be a kind of entrapment to keep the money flow going......

24 posted on 08/15/2008 10:07:24 AM PDT by Enchante (Obama-cons: Trying to fool America, one media dupe at a time!)
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To: edpc

A classic Friday afternoon news bombshell. From the artlcle:

Baron’s payments could present legal problems, said Washington attorney Cleta Mitchell, who specializes in campaign finance law and who represents Republican candidates and conservative groups. She said all payments to anyone involved in Edwards’ presidential campaigns — including Hunter and Young — should have been fully disclosed under U.S. campaign finance laws.

“That would undermine the purpose of the payments, which was to avoid public disclosure of the affair,” Mitchell said. “The idea that Edwards’ finance chairman can independently hand over substantial sums of money to two campaign workers at a time when Edwards is a candidate and to argue that that is not related to his campaign is a bit preposterous.”

The earlier, $14,000 payment to Hunter is significant because its source was Edwards’ OneAmerica political action committee, whose expenditures are governed by U.S. election laws. Willfully converting political action committee money to personal use would have been a federal criminal violation.


25 posted on 08/15/2008 1:51:44 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The democRATS are near the tipping point.)
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To: edpc

Keep on digging, keep on digging.


26 posted on 08/15/2008 1:53:42 PM PDT by mware (F-R-E-E. That spells free. freerepublic.com baby)
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To: edpc
The explanation — which Edwards' advisers declined to discuss on the record — is the first effort to justify the payment

This poor attempt shows how easy it was for Edwards to run scams with

1. juries

2. Dem voters

3. Media watch dogs

27 posted on 08/15/2008 4:34:28 PM PDT by alrea
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