Posted on 06/07/2011 8:14:25 AM PDT by SmithL
As a U.S. senator, John Edwards, a staunch defender of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform bill, decried "a system in which huge amounts of money continue to flow unregulated into the campaign process and ordinary people feel their vote makes no difference anymore."
Last week, a federal grand jury indicted the North Carolina Democrat for allegedly violating federal election law by funneling nearly $1 million in campaign contributions - in violation of the $2,300 federal campaign contribution limit per election - to conceal an extramarital affair while he ran for president in 2008.
Edwards denies any guilt. "I did not break the law, and I never, ever thought I was breaking the law," Edwards told reporters last week.
Then again, Edwards also denied having an affair with Rielle Hunter - before he admitted to the affair, while denying he was the father of her child - only to admit later that he was the father.
This may be a good place to note: Edwards is a lawyer. And Washington is a town of lawyers. The knee-jerk Beltway reaction has been to call Edwards a dirtball, but then intone that his actions probably did not constitute a federal crime.
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Every day...all over the world...millions of people take a John Edwards, wipe and then flush. Except for France where they shoot water up their ass.
At my next opportunity, I’ll wish my ‘John Edwards’ a Bon Voyage!
What do the people of NC think? Bet they would like to vote him back in if they could
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