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Ex-La. gov, 83, marries 32-year-old prison pen pal
Associated Press ^
| July 29, 2011
| KEVIN McGILL
Posted on 07/29/2011 12:39:45 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Colorful former Gov. Edwin Edwards, who turns 84 next month, on Friday married a 32-year-old woman who befriended him during his federal prison sentence for bribery and extortion.
Edwards, a Democrat who served four terms as governor in the 1970s, `80s and `90s, did most of the talking after he and bride Trina Grimes Scott emerged from an elevator at the Monteleone Hotel in the French Quarter.
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To: Free ThinkerNY
The only way I can lose is if I’m caught in bed with either a dead girl or a live boy.
Edwin Edwards
Lived there during Edwin’s reign. I will say this there was never a dull moment.
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posted on
07/29/2011 12:43:16 PM PDT
by
Recon Dad
( five words most feared by a Louisiana politician: “Will the defendant please rise.”)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Well...in general I give all people from Louisiana a free pass ‘cause they’re all crazy as hell....
To: Free ThinkerNY
The happy couple:
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posted on
07/29/2011 12:44:30 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Day 919. When your only tools are a Hammer & Sickle, everything looks like a Capitalist...)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Louisiana politics.....colorful, as always, I’ll give it that.
Who needs Comedy Central when you can just watch a public affairs network?
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posted on
07/29/2011 12:46:13 PM PDT
by
AnAmericanAbroad
(It's all bread and circuses for the future prey of the Morlocks.)
To: Recon Dad
Amen to that. Rule was if you can get elected you’re entitled to everything you can steal.
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posted on
07/29/2011 12:47:21 PM PDT
by
wordsofearnest
(Proper aim of giving is to put the recipient in a state where he no longer needs it. C.S. Lewis)
To: null and void
Not Guilty!
And one lucky SOB.
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posted on
07/29/2011 12:47:23 PM PDT
by
AnAmericanAbroad
(It's all bread and circuses for the future prey of the Morlocks.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Soon she will be changing diapers. His diapers.
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posted on
07/29/2011 12:47:30 PM PDT
by
forgotten man
(forgotten man)
To: null and void
Looks like she’ll be able to ensure he goes out with a smile on his face...
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posted on
07/29/2011 12:48:20 PM PDT
by
T-Bird45
(It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
You go, old man....nice if you can get it! And apparently, you did.
I tried it once....couldn't keep my "support hose" up!!!!
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posted on
07/29/2011 12:48:55 PM PDT
by
Logic n' Reason
(The stain must be REMOVED (ERADICATED)....NOW!!)
To: null and void
Her: I hope he has lots of money. I don't even have enough for the parking meter.
Him: Rich and a virgin. Boy, did I luck out.
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posted on
07/29/2011 12:49:32 PM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: Recon Dad
Edwin Edwards reminds me of Hugh Hefner. Both are worn out disgraces, but I suppose they prefer to smell perfume rather than lineament. The sad thing about Edwards is the he managed to encapsulate his son into his bribery thus not only denying his grandchildren of their grandfather for 8 years, but also denying them of their father for 5 years. How does he ever reconcile that in his heart and mind?
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posted on
07/29/2011 12:49:46 PM PDT
by
Saltmeat
To: null and void
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posted on
07/29/2011 12:50:25 PM PDT
by
clintonh8r
(Happy to be represented by Lt. Col. Allen West (this tagline under review))
To: T-Bird45
If ya gotta go, go down gamboling...
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posted on
07/29/2011 12:50:58 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Day 919. When your only tools are a Hammer & Sickle, everything looks like a Capitalist...)
To: null and void
Earl Long LIVES, SAAAY Hallelujah!
Hmm, wonder if she’s got a sister who pen pals folks on the street? Heck, at my age what’s Ma up to?
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posted on
07/29/2011 12:52:49 PM PDT
by
Huaynero
To: Free ThinkerNY
Friend: “But Governor, think about it: You’re 83 and she’s 32. The honey moon — it could be fatal!”
Governor: “If she dies, she dies.”
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posted on
07/29/2011 12:53:39 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(Just once I'd like someone to call me 'Sir' without adding 'You're making a scene.' - Homer Simpson)
To: forgotten man
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posted on
07/29/2011 12:54:16 PM PDT
by
TomServo
To: Free ThinkerNY
What is it with women falling for the prison dudes? Like their love will fix them or they will love them better? Yo no comprende!
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posted on
07/29/2011 12:54:59 PM PDT
by
tflabo
( to have been selected)
To: Free ThinkerNY
her:
"I wonder what he'll wear for our honeymoon!" answer: Depends...
To: Free ThinkerNY
Edwards is my father’s age. A 32 year old woman would kill him on the wedding night.
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