Senator contracts to buy $3.8 million mansion
By The Associated Press
September 27, 2002 1:47 am
Posted on 09/27/2002 6:15:15 AM PDT by Constitution Day
Senator contracts to buy $3.8 million mansion
By The Associated Press
September 27, 2002 1:47 am
The self-described "people's senator" from North Carolina is trading in his Washington mansion for an even bigger one in a better neighborhood.
Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., and his wife have signed a contract on a $3.8 million home in Georgetown, Washington's historic neighborhood, according to The Charlotte Observer.
Elizabeth Edwards said they decided to move because their old house had no yard where their two young children could play freely. They also have a contract to sell their present home near Embassy Row. It was listed at $3.9 million, which would earn them a more than 75 percent profit for the less than two years they owned the home.
Their new neighborhood features tree-lined streets of elegant mansions and homes dating to the 1700s. The 8-bedroom, 6,672-square-foot home the Edwardses are buying has a storied past itself.
The previous owners of the 1820 mansion were Clayton and Polly Fritchey. He was an influential newspaper columnist and adviser to President Truman. She was a socialite and promoter of the arts in Washington, particularly the Kennedy Center and Folger Shakespeare Theatre.
Proud of his humble beginnings as the son of a Baltimore & Ohio Railroad engineer, Clayton Fritchey used his columns to fight for the little guy. Liberal for his times, he wrote about the tyranny of the powerful and corrupt over those who played by the rules.
Sound familiar?
Edwards is proud of his roots in Carolinas mill towns, often talks of how he fought for "the little guy" as a personal injury lawyer and has made little secret of his ambitions for the White House, though not as an adviser.
"The history of the house is pretty engaging," said Elizabeth Edwards.
One of her favorite features is the backyard garden of boxwoods. It was designed by Perry Wheeler, who drew the plans for the White House Rose Garden for Jackie Kennedy.
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He's in South Carolina today; I heard my mother grumbling out on the deck; something about "why does he even have an office in NC." :-)
Who is purchasing this house? Seems like a slick way to have a payoff.
Excellent question. How would we find out?
ROFL! Good for her.
The clymer wasn't even BORN in NC, anyway.
Looks like John Boy is planning on staying in Washington awhile. Doesn't he only have 2 more years left on his Senate seat? He's history after that. No Presidential bid, no more Senate.......NADA!
Here's hoping he gets stuck with his new 3.8 million dollar mansion and can't unload it in 2 years, let alone make 75% profit again, when he gets kicked out of DC.
MKM
I know he has to have something to hide, he is a RAT after all.
MKM
"Little guy" bump.
"In his first weeks in office, he became one of six senators to interview witnesses in the impeachment trial of then-President Bill Clinton."
That's a pretty important job for someone who was JUST elected to the Senate .. and who at that time was basically a nobody
And then a few years later a man who has basically no experience in political office is running for president?
I can't point my finger on it .. but something smells here
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