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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The headline is a ‘grabber’. Expected to read that she was the perp and they exchanged letters related to HER imprisonment.
Then again, there is no normal anymore;(
Why does age matter? If the couple is happy with each other, age should not be an issue. Half of all marriages with people in the same age bracket fail anyway.
He got a young woman, she gets his money...win-win for both!
One of my fave joke punchlines.
Beats the hell out of dying of cancer.
Are you mistakenly assuming he has a conscience?
Do we have another Anna Nicole without the minor celeb status?
Pathetic...
and you must be one of them perfect damn yankees.
Like a jackhammer.
“and you must be one of them perfect damn yankees.”
Me? I’m from the oh-so-sane state of California. Actually from NC, though; which used to be sane anyway....
I wish the gov and Trina a long and happy marriage. And compliment him on his excellent taste in women.
(And compliments to whoever picked the hotel.)
Are you mistakenly assuming he has a conscience?
What he has are undiscovered offshore accounts...
Wow, I looked at that multiple times and never got past her shoulder. Either you’re very observant or your wife was looking at the picture with you and kept your eyes busy.
Did you ever notice how things have to balance out?
If she’s happy and he’s happy, some other people have to be unhappy.
Sad but true.
To the happy couple, enjoy every moment you have left. If you don’t, then I’ll be unhappy.
Edwards’ doctor strongly advised against the marriage, warning him that it might prove fatal.
“Well, if she dies, she dies” he replied... /g
Babes luv felons!
I’ve never had a ‘pen pal’. Do they send a picture with the letters? I mean, she knew what he looked like from his perp walks (they were well televised IIRC), but how did he know what a babe she is?
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