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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 (133000)	5/18/2012 9:03:29 AM
From: TideGlider	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224708

Your Weekly Reader trash posts are fit for 5th graders and under only. Yes, there are voters a bit older who would appreciate them. They are called democrats.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (133000)	5/18/2012 11:49:55 AM
From: TideGlider	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224708

How's that market coming along Kenneth? Obama lies very frequently. He lied either about student aid application, passport application, bio for publisher, birth place or all of them. Of course he isn't limited to that. He has never stopped lying!

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (133000)	5/18/2012 12:12:13 PM
From: TideGlider	2 Recommendations Respond to of 224708

More Bumper Sticker dissertations from you. You are so clever! Who was the "corny" role model from whom inherited your persona?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (133000)	5/18/2012 12:30:50 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224708

Bush did not fail as President. You're really sounding desperate. Did you notice the footnote added to following? It reads "Only two remain - a guy named Ken on Left coast and Mrs Obama" Message 28153440

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (133000)	5/18/2012 12:42:14 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	1 Recommendation Respond to of 224708

Edwards Jury Begins Deliberations Associated Press GREENSBORO, N.C.—A jury on Friday started weighing whether former U.S. presidential candidate John Edwards committed a crime when about $1 million from two wealthy donors was used to hide his pregnant mistress during his run for the White House in 2008. Jurors heard details of the scandal that involved Mr. Edwards, mistress Rielle Hunter and his once-trusted aide Andrew Young, who initially claimed he was the father of his boss's baby. Mr. Edwards faces as many as 30 years in prison and $1.5 million in fines if convicted of all charges, which include conspiracy to violate the Federal Election Campaign Act, accepting contributions that exceeded campaign-finance limits and causing his campaign to file a false financial-disclosure report. Jurors will have to weigh whether to believe Mr. Edwards, who argued that he didn't knowingly break the law, or Mr. Young, who said Mr. Edwards recruited him to solicit secret donations in excess of the legal limit for campaign contributions. Mr. Young, the prosecution's star witness, falsely claimed paternity of his boss's baby in December 2007, after tabloid reporters tracked a visibly pregnant Ms. Hunter to a doctor's appointment. Mr. Edwards repeatedly denied having a relationship with Ms. Hunter, then went on national television in August 2008 to admit having a brief affair with her. The bulk of the alleged illegal campaign contributions flowed to Mr. Young, including $725,000 in checks from 101-year-old heiress Rachel "Bunny" Mellon. Mr. Young spent some of the money to care for Ms. Hunter, but financial records introduced at the trial show the aide siphoned off most of the money to help build his family's $1.6 million dream home. Another $400,000 in cash, luxury hotels, private jet rides and a $20,000-a-month rental mansion in California were provided by wealthy Texas lawyer Fred Baron to help cover up the affair. Mr. Baron served as Mr. Edwards's campaign-finance chairman. Prosecutors say Mr. Edwards knew about the money and directed the coverup, showing the jury phone records indicating he was in constant contact with Ms. Hunter and Mr. Young while they were in hiding. The defense countered that it is Mr. Young who should be on trial, not Mr. Edwards, accusing the aide of using Mr. Edwards's name without his knowledge to bamboozle Ms. Mellon out of hundreds of thousands of dollars for his personal use. Mr. Young received immunity from prosecutors. During closing arguments Thursday, lead defense lawyer Abbe Lowell acknowledged that Mr. Edwards had lied to his wife and the American people. But his client didn't violate federal campaign-finance regulations, Mr. Lowell said. "This is a case that should define the difference between a wrong and a crime...between a sin and a felony," Mr. Lowell told the jury. "John Edwards has confessed his sins. He will serve a life sentence for those. But he has pleaded not guilty to violating the law."