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Edwards to speak Tuesday (John Edwards to Re-Enter Politics?)
The Brown Daily Herald ^ | March 6, 2009 | PJ-Comix

Posted on 03/07/2009 4:02:59 PM PST by PJ-Comix

Former Senator John Edwards will speak in Salomon 101 next Tuesday after cancelling a separate lecture here last fall.

Edwards was scheduled to give the Gov. Frank Licht '38 Lecture last fall at Brown. But after he admitted in August to having an extramarital affair with a campaign staffer, Edwards cancelled all speaking engagements until the November elections, saying in a statement that he did not want to distract from the presidential campaign.

Professor of Political Science Marion Orr, who oversees the Licht Lecture series as director of the Taubman Center for Public Policy, said there was "mutual agreement" with the Edwards camp that the lecture should not go forward in light of the controversy.

The Licht Lecture was rescheduled for April and will feature Democratic strategist Donna Brazile.

Edwards spoke at Indiana University immediately after the election and at a private conference in California. But since then, the former senator has kept a low public profile.

The upcoming lecture, sponsored by the Brown Lecture Board, is not related to the cancelled Licht lecture, Orr said.

Andrew Chapin '10, a president of the lecture board, said Edwards has not informed the board of "an official speech topic."

A vice president for the Harry Walker Agency, Edwards' booking agency, declined to comment in an e-mail to The Herald.

But a profile on the Harry Walker Agency's Web site advertises Edwards' standard speaking topic as "America: The Land of Opportunity," about the moral imperative to offer all members of society access to the American dream. Edwards grew up in poverty and became a prominent trial lawyer before entering politics.

"He's always had a mission, and his mission … is to promote economic quality," Associate Professor of Political Science Wendy Schiller said of Edwards. "My guess is that he's hoping to deliver that message."

"He won't be critical of the administration at all," Schiller predicted.

Edwards is known for his populist rhetoric, while the federal government has bailed out large financial institutions with hundreds of billions of dollars in recent months.

Schiller said she believes Edwards is motivated by issue advocacy rather than any attempt to return to higher office. "I don't see an electoral role for him at all in the near term," she said.

Free tickets to the event will be distributed from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today and 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday in the J. Walter Wilson mail room.


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: johnedwards
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Professor Wendy swallows the Edwards Kool-Aid. Will she be meeting Johnny at the Beverly Hilton in the near future?
1 posted on 03/07/2009 4:02:59 PM PST by PJ-Comix
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Bump


2 posted on 03/07/2009 4:04:06 PM PST by Jet Jaguar (Atlas Shrugged Mode: ON)
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What a putz.


3 posted on 03/07/2009 4:05:40 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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Bump to the bottom !

We don’t need more of the Breck boy who cheated on his wife.

Find an honest job, John.


4 posted on 03/07/2009 4:07:50 PM PST by Edgewood Pilot
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This guy couldn’t get elected as a Homeowner Association board member.


5 posted on 03/07/2009 4:09:41 PM PST by TommyDale (I) (Never forget the Republicans who voted for illegal immigrant amnesty in 2007!)
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Uuugh! Breck Boy is back!
6 posted on 03/07/2009 4:09:48 PM PST by TCats
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"...John Edwards to Re-Enter Politics?..."

Nope. Bastard-child support check is due. Gotta get that $50k speaking fee (hmmmm..... wonder what percentage of that $50K is derived from taxpayer funding???). National Inquiring minds want to know.

7 posted on 03/07/2009 4:09:55 PM PST by conservativeharleyguy (Apparently, Obama would rather fight Limbaugh on the airwaves than Bin Laden in the sand!!!)
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John Edwards to Re-Enter Politics?

Only if Rielle Hunter has changed her name to Politics.

8 posted on 03/07/2009 4:10:15 PM PST by edpc (01010111 01010100 01000110 00111111)
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9 posted on 03/07/2009 4:11:56 PM PST by PJ-Comix (JUMBY WANTS TO BE BORN NOW!!!)
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"He's always had a mission, and his mission … is to promote economic quality," Artfully stated. 'Economic Equality' without a specification as to where 'Equality' lies.

We're almost there, we're all being made equally impoverished.

10 posted on 03/07/2009 4:12:16 PM PST by TCats
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

“Stupid is forever” Ron White


11 posted on 03/07/2009 4:13:30 PM PST by CIDKauf (No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.)
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What is he planning to re-enter?
12 posted on 03/07/2009 4:14:23 PM PST by outofstyle (There's a rake at the gates of Hell tonight)
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Maybe Edwards can give seminars on how to incorporate in order to avoid Medicare and Social Security taxes?


13 posted on 03/07/2009 4:19:01 PM PST by Kansas58
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That’s all we need. Another crook on the Democrap scene.


14 posted on 03/07/2009 4:22:36 PM PST by bergmeid (I want TeleBambam to fail too.)
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Lord knows his old lady is fat and sick.

He might could score a better.


15 posted on 03/07/2009 4:23:58 PM PST by humblegunner (Where my PIE at, fool?)
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tickets are FREE....bwwwaaaaa!


16 posted on 03/07/2009 4:25:26 PM PST by anniegetyourgun
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So Politics is her name! Will she wear protection?


17 posted on 03/07/2009 4:27:07 PM PST by Young Werther (Julius Caesar (Quae Cum Ita Sunt. Since these things are so.))
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Andrew Chapin '10, a president of the lecture board, said Edwards has not informed the board of "an official speech topic."

The Importance of Fidelity? Or will it be Honesty in Politics?

18 posted on 03/07/2009 4:34:06 PM PST by PJ-Comix (JUMBY WANTS TO BE BORN NOW!!!)
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To: edpc

He is one slice of burnt toast.


19 posted on 03/07/2009 4:35:35 PM PST by rovenstinez
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He is like the Michael Meyers of politics. No matter what happens he will ALWAYS try to rise from the political dead.


20 posted on 03/07/2009 4:36:49 PM PST by PJ-Comix (JUMBY WANTS TO BE BORN NOW!!!)
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