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Edwards linked to subprime foreclosures
CNNMoney.com ^ | August 17 2007 | staff

Posted on 08/17/2007 5:33:26 AM PDT by drpix

LONDON (CNNMoney.com) -- Democratic presidential contender John Edwards has investing ties to subprime lenders who are foreclosing on victims of Katrina, according to a report published Friday.

The Wall Street Journal said there are 34 homes in New Orleans that face foreclosure from the subprime unit of Fortress Investment Group. Edwards has about $16 million in Fortress (Charts), a hedge fund and private equity manager, the newspaper said.

Democratic presidential contender John Edwards has investing ties to subprime lenders.

Edwards, the former senator from North Carolina, has been a vocal critic of subprime lenders and told the Journal that he would assist homeowners in New Orleans who face foreclosure from businesses linked to Fortress or who have already lost their homes.

(Excerpt) Read more at money.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: democrats; edwards; election; fortressinvestment; hedgefunds; katrina; liberal; silkyponyphony
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1 posted on 08/17/2007 5:33:27 AM PDT by drpix
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The jobbernowl can’t seem to get anything right these days....perhaps he should let Liz handle the family finances. LOL


2 posted on 08/17/2007 5:35:10 AM PDT by tioga
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To: drpix

Edwards and Obama are both done. Hillary is locked in as the nominee. Which is good for us.


3 posted on 08/17/2007 5:37:21 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (The broken wall, the burning roof and tower. And Agammemnon dead.)
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To: drpix

Women and children hardest hit.


4 posted on 08/17/2007 5:38:52 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Beware of the seminar poster.)
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To: drpix

Oops. Edwards finding himself in “the wrong America” yet again?


5 posted on 08/17/2007 5:39:56 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG (Apparently my former party considers me an "ugly nativist".)
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To: drpix
Well, he was just on his “Foreclosure Tour”, feeling those subprime borrowers’ pain with a smile and handshake.
6 posted on 08/17/2007 5:40:56 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: drpix
"Hi, I'm here to foreclose on your home! Do you like my hair today?"


7 posted on 08/17/2007 5:43:33 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG (Apparently my former party considers me an "ugly nativist".)
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To: PBRSTREETGANG

LOL of the day!


8 posted on 08/17/2007 5:54:57 AM PDT by Reo
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To: drpix

This guy is fading right before our eyes. It’s hard to believe he can have such a tin ear for how his ranting are going to come back to haunt him. Hillary and Osama Obama have stopped attacking him because it just gets in the way of him committing political suicide.


9 posted on 08/17/2007 5:56:27 AM PDT by ontap (Just another backstabbing conservative)
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To: drpix
Is there a bigger hypocrite in America today?
10 posted on 08/17/2007 5:59:13 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (NYT Headline: Protocols of the Learned Elders of CBS: Fake but Accurate, Experts Say)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Be careful what you wish for.


11 posted on 08/17/2007 6:00:32 AM PDT by Old Retired Army Guy
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To: drpix
"Got you again-LOL."

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12 posted on 08/17/2007 6:03:50 AM PDT by randita ( Why won't Muslim countries permit Christian churches to be built on their soil?)
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To: drpix

JOHN EDWARDS IS THE BIGGEST HYPOCRITE IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD. PERIOD.


13 posted on 08/17/2007 6:03:59 AM PDT by JackDanielsOldNo7 (On guard until the seal is broken)
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I'll bet that Edwards isn't the only democRAT candidate that has a significant investment in the subprime loan industry.

It's no wonder that some on the left are pushing for a government bailout.

14 posted on 08/17/2007 6:05:39 AM PDT by meyer (It's the entitlements, stupid!)
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I wonder how much of the investigation work was done by Hillary!s people? I bet they’ve been building files on all the candidates and using the info at appropriate tiems.

Just watch the scandals unfold against whoever the Republican nominee is for 2008.


15 posted on 08/17/2007 6:08:15 AM PDT by doc30 (Democrats are to morals what an Etch-A-Sketch is to Art.)
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He’s not just got $$ invested, he even worked for them last year, made $400/500K, he said he was learning about poverty LOL


16 posted on 08/17/2007 6:09:31 AM PDT by 1066AD
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Edwards and Obama are both done. Hillary is locked in as the nominee. Which is good for us.

Wrong. Both Obama and Edwards are lightweights who make major gaffs on a daily basis. Hillary for all her faults is a cold and calculating and not prone to make any serious gaffs in the campaign. The democrats may support Obama, but America is not ready for a president named "Barak Hussein Obama". Nor are Americans ready for a Girly-man president. If they are going to choose a woman for president they want her to be a strong woman and not some limp wristed girly-girl like Edwards.

Right now I'm praying for an Obama/Edwards ticket. Such a ticket would be likely to garner no more than about 35% of the vote.

17 posted on 08/17/2007 6:15:51 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
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To: JackDanielsOldNo7

You can’t insult the guy.


18 posted on 08/17/2007 6:16:11 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (BTUs are my Beat.)
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To: drpix

He cares about the poor.


19 posted on 08/17/2007 6:24:13 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: drpix

There ARE two Americas.


20 posted on 08/17/2007 6:50:06 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Political Correctness Is Going To Get Us All Killed)
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