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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Orcastraiter who wrote (97727)	5/9/2007 10:47:39 AM
From: Land Shark	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

Short BUSH, he's a GT0 issue.

To: Orcastraiter who wrote (97727)	5/9/2007 10:53:22 AM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 173976

Can this guy be any slimier. Research project Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards said yesterday that he worked for a hedge fund to learn more about financial markets and their relationship to poverty in the United States. Mr. Edwards won't disclose how much he got paid as a consultant to Fortress Investment Group, but said he did keep the money. "It was primarily to learn, but making money was a good thing, too," the 2004 vice presidential nominee said in an interview with the Associated Press. He said the amount he was paid will be revealed when he releases his financial-disclosure forms. Mr. Edwards said it's legitimate to ask questions about whether there is a contradiction between campaigning against poverty while working for a hedge fund that is designed to make rich people richer. He said the job complemented his position as the head of a poverty center at the University of North Carolina. "I didn't feel like I understand, and to be honest with you, still learning right now, sort of the relationship between that world and the way money moves in this country through financial markets," Mr. Edwards said. Mr. Edwards said his role was to advise the firm about what he saw happening economically in the U.S. and during his travels overseas. Fortress was the single biggest employer of Edwards' donors during the first three months of the year. Donors who listed "Fortress" as their employer contributed $67,450 to Mr. Edwards' campaign, and supporters who identified their employer as "Fortress Investment Group" gave $55,200 to the campaign, according to Federal Election Commission records.