Posted on 05/04/2009 9:06:36 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
John Edwards: That’s someone we haven’t seen or heard from in a while, but chances are, we’re going to be talking about him a lot this week. On Sunday, the onetime Democratic presidential hopeful and former senator confirmed reports that federal investigators are looking into his use of campaign funds in relation to payments made to Rielle Hunter, the former campaign videographer who had an affair with Edwards. His political action committee paid a firm affiliated with Hunter more than $100,000 for video services, but as the Charlotte Observer reported yesterday, the inquiry could go deeper into “a cluster” of different non-profit groups affiliated with Edwards that haven’t been subject to the same rules of transparency, including one committee that raised almost $3.5 million from a single donor. For his part, Edwards denies wrongdoing and says he’s cooperating. “I am confident that no funds from my campaign were used improperly,” Edwards said in a statement yesterday.
But that’s not the only reason Edwards will be in the news. In a bit of either lucky or unfortunate timing—you be the judge—the former senator’s wife, Elizabeth, is out with a new book this week that talks about her husband’s affair with Hunter.
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Democrat corruption. The theatrical farce without a falling cutain.
Ah, the ultimate payback time. A book exposing this creep. Good for Elizabeth.
An equally thorough investigation of Barack Obama’s foreign contributions will likely follow..............
This country is a joke, and all of us should be embarrassed for what we have allowed to happen. All because we are afraid of being called names.
The words “cluster” and “probe” should not be used in a John Edwards news story.
HMMMM?? Is Obama taking out yet another competitor?
Wonder why they are investigating any of the others that are equally bad?
It is too bad that John Edwards is not part of Zero’s administration. He could have avoided all of this if he had been part of the corruption machine from the inside, not the outside.
Funny thing is if this bozo kept his mouth closed and his pants zipped, he might have been the next VP.
Edwards is a fine example of the idea that a smile, nice words, a good haircut, and being absolutely confident despite that you are completely full of shit can get you very far in the world (at least until you are caught).
No wonder he “sees two Americas” .The one he’s in, and the real world the rest of us are in.........
Did he ever fess up to being the Father of his mistresses kid?
Maybe my tinfoil hat is on too tight here, but I'm thinking that this is the beginning of picking off all the potential 2012 Dem candidates, using the tried and true Alinsky method. Hillary is next...
Hillary will be taken out when her usefulness is gone.
Poor Silky has gone from presidential candidate to glue factory material in about a years time.
If he were Black, he also could be our President.
I hope ol’ johnny boy takes this opportunity to straighten his path.
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