Posted on 12/28/2006 1:46:32 PM PST by Sub-Driver
Edwards sells Georgetown home for $5.2M
15 minutes ago
Former Sen. John Edwards, who on Thursday announced he was running a second time for president, has sold his Georgetown house for $5.2 million.
Edwards, the Democrats' vice presidential nominee in 2004, purchased the P Street property for $3.8 million in 2002 and extensively renovated it. After his two younger children finished the 2004-05 school year, the Edwards family returned to North Carolina, where Edwards built a new home on a 100-acre estate in Chapel Hill.
The Washington house had been on the market for since spring 2005. As of last week, the advertised price for the six-bedroom property was $5.6 million.
"It was hard to find the right buyer," said W. Ted Gossett, the Edwards' real estate agent who confirmed the sale. He said the deal closed on Tuesday.
The Federal-style home, located two blocks from Georgetown University, was built in 1830. The four-story, yellow house previously was owned by Washington hostess Polly Wisner Fritchey, the widow of former CIA deputy director Frank Wisner and columnist Clayton Fritchey.
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I suppose he'll be donating some of that to those he claims to represent - the down trodden and the impoverished, RIGHT?
Apparently Edwards is "movin on up" in an attempt to appear Jeffersonian - as in George, not Thomas.
that 100 acres in N.Carolina will give 2 1/2 families 40 acres and a mule?
Why isn't he one of those rich people I keep hearing about?
And he's planning to campaign for President on poverty issues?
What a jerk!
Why is he talking about 2 Americas when he only participates in one of the two? Just a tad hypocritical huh?
$5.2 million for that house doesn't sound out of line.
The Washington house had been on the market for since spring 2005. As of last week, the advertised price for the six-bedroom property was $5.6 million.
$400,000 below the recent asking price. The housing bubble is collapsing! The housing bubble is collapsing! Head for the hills. Buy guns, gold and groceries.
So, in which America was his $5.2 million dollar home located? ;)
....and his *theme* for election is *poverty*.....lmao
REUTERS/Sean Gardner
Former Senator John Edwards of North Carolina speaks during his visit to the Hurricane Katrina-hit 9th ward of New Orleans, Louisiana December 28, 2006. . Edwards, the Democratic vice presidential nominee in 2004,
launched a run for the presidency on Thursday with a call to cut U.S. troops in Iraq, reduce global warming and end poverty in America.
Just where do you think his hired help comes from?
why does anyone care?
A real estate transaction is interesting because.............
The price sounds about right. It just his populace rhetoric that sounds suspect.
Listening to his stump speech you would swear he makes $60,000 per year and lives paycheck to paycheck just like all those neglected and forgotten Americans he represents.
These rules do not apply to our enlightened political royalty making millions. They have a right to decide these things on our behalf based on their superior intellect, wisdom and caring.
And they have a right to live lavishly because they work so hard caring about us peasants. When John Edwards is talking about two Americas, he is really talking about the enlightened goal of the managerial class. There is supposed to be two Americas-- the enlightened leadership and the sheeple. It's the damn independent middle class which keeps getting in the way, you know the one Marx called the Bourgeoisie?
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