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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (20300)	1/16/2008 12:05:18 AM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 224666

three losing blind demoRATs on TV

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (20300)	1/17/2008 1:48:24 PM
From: tonto	Respond to of 224666

John Edwards is too much of a lightweight to ever be considered seriously across the country. It is obvious that he only says what he thinks will get him elected. He is too much of a phony to be taken seriously.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (20300)	6/3/2011 10:34:30 AM
From: TideGlider	1 Recommendation Respond to of 224666

John Edwards may be our next Attorney General. Trial Lawyers would love that. I don't think so Kenneth. Apparently Obama didn't like him. He refused to prosecute the Black Panthers and even unraveled a "won" case. But poor John Edwards gets the charges. Is it because he is white? Reports: John Edwards indicted for affair cover up 10:22 AM, Jun. 3, 2011 \| Comments Zoom Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards has an affair and fathered a child with Rielle Hunter. AP TwitterFacebookShare Del.icio.us Digg Reddit Facebook Twitter Newsvine FarkIt EmailPrintAAA Written by Associated Press Filed Under Updates Local News - UPDATES Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards has been indicted on criminal charges that he broke campaign finance laws to cover up his extramarital affair with Rielle Hunter, the Associated Press and ABC News are reporting. The indictment was handed down by a federal grand jury in Raleigh, N.C. Edwards’ lawyer, Gregory Craig, was reported to be in North Carolina today. At issue is hundreds of thousands of dollars given to Hunter and Andrew Young by Edwards’ supporters, Rachel “Bunny” Mellon and Fred Baron, to keep the pair in hiding. Prosecutors argue that the money amounted to illegal campaign contributions because they allowed Edwards to continue with his 2008 presidential bid. Craig said in a statement last month that the federal government’s case against Edwards, the 2004 Democratic vice presidential nominee, is “wrong on the facts and wrong on the law.” USA TODAY’s Fredreka Schouten and Kevin Johnson look at the legal issues surrounding the Edwards case in this story. Much of the case has centered on testimony from Young, who claimed in 2007 that he was the father of Hunter’s daughter in order to help his boss. Edwards initially denied the affair but admitted the relationship with Hunter, a campaign videographer, in 2008. At the time, he denied he was the father of Hunter’s daughter, Frances Quinn. Edwards did not admit paternity until 2010, the day before Young’s memoir was released. If Edwards pleads guilty or no contest to a criminal offense, his law license could be in jeopardy and he would have to appear before the state bar. Before his entry into politics, Edwards won million-dollar verdicts for his clients and was one of North Carolina’s most successful trial lawyers. The saga over Edwards’ affair has been a sordid chapter in the life of a one-time Democratic star. After years of winning over juries in medical malpractice and product liability cases, Edwards appealed to voters and defeated incumbent Republican Lauch Faircloth in 1998 for a U.S. Senate seat. Edwards ran for president in 2004, emphasizing “two Americas” for the rich and the poor, and eventually became John Kerry’s running mate. In 2008, staking his campaign on opposition to the Iraq war and in support of universal health care, Edwards was eclipsed in the Democratic primaries by Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton. Elizabeth Edwards died in December after a six-year battle with cancer. At the time, she and John Edwards were legally separated. thenewsstar.com\|topnews\|text\|FRONTPAGE