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Ex-La. gov, 83, marries 32-year-old prison pen pal
Associated Press ^
| July 29, 2011
| KEVIN McGILL
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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To: Jeff Chandler
Her: Let me know when you're out Governor
Him: I am out.
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posted on
07/29/2011 1:02:37 PM PDT
by
dblshot
(Insanity: electing the same people over and over and expecting different results.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
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;(
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posted on
07/29/2011 1:03:41 PM PDT
by
sodpoodle
(Despair; man's surrender. Laughter; God's redemption.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
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!
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posted on
07/29/2011 1:06:26 PM PDT
by
repub4ever1
(Capitalism is not perfect, but it beats all other systems hands down.)
To: Jeff Chandler
“If she dies, she dies.”One of my fave joke punchlines.
To: Rebelbase
"Edwards is my father’s age. A 32 year old woman would kill him on the wedding night."
Beats the hell out of dying of cancer.
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posted on
07/29/2011 1:07:08 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
To: null and void
If ever I were sent to prison, with my luck, this is the female that would be wanting me:
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posted on
07/29/2011 1:09:47 PM PDT
by
Lockbar
(March toward the sound of the guns.)
To: Saltmeat
Are you mistakenly assuming he has a conscience?
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posted on
07/29/2011 1:11:08 PM PDT
by
MHGinTN
(Some, believing they can't be deceived, it's nigh impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
To: forgotten man
Do we have another Anna Nicole without the minor celeb status?
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posted on
07/29/2011 1:16:54 PM PDT
by
Bruinator
(God is Great.... God is Good....Evil is Real.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
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posted on
07/29/2011 1:20:54 PM PDT
by
WKUHilltopper
(And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Justin Bieber was there?
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posted on
07/29/2011 1:25:07 PM PDT
by
Kirkwood
(Zombie Hunter)
To: JoeDetweiler
and you must be one of them perfect damn yankees.
To: null and void
To: old gringo
“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....
To: Free ThinkerNY
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.)
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posted on
07/29/2011 1:31:45 PM PDT
by
RichInOC
(Laissez les bons temps roulez!)
To: MHGinTN
Are you mistakenly assuming he has a conscience?
What he has are undiscovered offshore accounts...
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posted on
07/29/2011 1:35:43 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Kirkwood
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.
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posted on
07/29/2011 1:37:41 PM PDT
by
bleach
(Sarah! The movie. This summer's blockbuster.)
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.
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posted on
07/29/2011 1:38:33 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
($1.8 tril yearly deficits = $18 tril in ten years. So now we're proposing $4 tril in cuts? Really?)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Edwards’ doctor strongly advised against the marriage, warning him that it might prove fatal.
“Well, if she dies, she dies” he replied... /g
To: Free ThinkerNY
To: tet68
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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posted on
07/29/2011 1:45:13 PM PDT
by
MHGinTN
(Some, believing they can't be deceived, it's nigh impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
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