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karynnj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-03-10 06:34 PM
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57. but the existance of the trial likely cost him his Senate seat
so he didn't get off scotfree.
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  -Federal Grand Jury Set to Indict John Edwards, Report Claims spotbird  Mar-03-10 03:36 PM   #0 
  - re: "we let Ted walk"... Ted who? for what?  hlthe2b   Mar-03-10 03:42 PM   #1 
  - Ted Stevens. nt  spotbird   Mar-03-10 03:46 PM   #7 
  - ahh...forgot about him...  hlthe2b   Mar-03-10 03:49 PM   #11 
  - LOL! Ted Stevens greatest contribution to the Congressional Record:  twitomy   Mar-03-10 04:46 PM   #25 
  - Ted Stevens WAS indicted  Cheney Killed Bambi   Mar-03-10 05:00 PM   #28 
  - Quite a few big cases were thrown out for the same reason.  dixiegrrrrl   Mar-03-10 05:12 PM   #31 
  - They were all Bush loyalists . . .  defendandprotect   Mar-03-10 08:06 PM   #96 
  - You betcha.  dixiegrrrrl   Mar-03-10 09:04 PM   #125 
  - If the "misconducters" ever did get punished, I never read about it.  No Elephants   Mar-06-10 05:57 PM   #164 
  - but the existance of the trial likely cost him his Senate seat  karynnj   Mar-03-10 06:34 PM   #57 
  - That WAS the purpose! nt  Traveling_Home   Mar-03-10 08:23 PM   #109 
  - Not exactly. Holder DROPPED the charges, citing misconduct, aka, Ted Stevens walked.  No Elephants   Mar-06-10 05:51 PM   #163 
  - "we" being a mouse in handand the writer, plus  L. Coyote   Mar-04-10 11:53 PM   #161 
  - I honestly can't bbelivsed cam[aign funds to payooff his girlfriend.  napi21   Mar-03-10 03:43 PM   #2 
  - Yeah, he seems so clever.  WriteDown   Mar-03-10 03:45 PM   #4 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-03-10 03:57 PM   #13 
  - Not putting up for the guy at all, but the way I understand it  True_Blue   Mar-03-10 04:49 PM   #26 
     - Hiring mistress.  Edith Ann   Mar-03-10 05:30 PM   #33 
     - There's one way that John Edwards can keep Elizabeth from testifying  customerserviceguy   Mar-03-10 08:58 PM   #123 
     - What videos? Has anyone seen them?  defendandprotect   Mar-03-10 08:03 PM   #94 
        - The missing webisodes are on You Tube  True_Blue   Mar-03-10 08:23 PM   #108 
           - Thanks . . . looked at a few ... interesting too look back . . .  defendandprotect   Mar-03-10 09:06 PM   #128 
  - There have been prior allegations that that is what they were looking for  karynnj   Mar-03-10 06:39 PM   #62 
  - The same unreliable source that said he was cheating on his wife  harkadog   Mar-03-10 08:18 PM   #105 
  - actually, they could get a pulitzer for their reporting this year I am  roguevalley   Mar-03-10 10:47 PM   #137 
  - They are still looking for a Democratic penis to convict ... it's been 12 years in the making.  thunder rising   Mar-03-10 03:44 PM   #3 
  - +1  inna   Mar-03-10 03:45 PM   #5 
  - Pretty sure you can't use campaign funds to put your baby-momma mistress up. nt  WriteDown   Mar-03-10 03:46 PM   #6 
  - Yeah, but  spotbird   Mar-03-10 03:47 PM   #8 
  - Meh...  WriteDown   Mar-03-10 03:48 PM   #10 
  - Let's start with the  spotbird   Mar-03-10 03:51 PM   #12 
     - The only way  ezmerelda39   Mar-03-10 04:09 PM   #15 
     - Yea, but nobody has sex with Cheney..so that's that I guess.  Jefferson23   Mar-03-10 05:41 PM   #39 
     - Then why is Vitter still  femrap   Mar-03-10 06:08 PM   #50 
     - Actually Cheney kept pictures of his heavy petting meetings with Osama  Mithreal   Mar-03-10 07:27 PM   #81 
     - "illegal wars, murders"...are always prosecuted if------->  golfguru   Mar-03-10 08:16 PM   #103 
        - Look at the Madoff AmEx bills  spotbird   Mar-03-10 08:23 PM   #110 
        - Again, Madoff is in jail because  golfguru   Mar-03-10 08:26 PM   #113 
           - My point, that you ignore,  spotbird   Mar-03-10 08:32 PM   #117 
              - I can not believe that the government is purposely suppressing  golfguru   Mar-03-10 09:56 PM   #134 
                 - The AmEx bills are public  spotbird   Mar-04-10 01:35 PM   #151 
        - How 'bout lack of WMDs?  catgirl   Mar-04-10 06:06 AM   #146 
     - Great post --  defendandprotect   Mar-03-10 08:08 PM   #99 
  - So, we should let people walk away because others who've  liberalhistorian   Mar-03-10 05:06 PM   #29 
  - Please. nt  spotbird   Mar-03-10 06:18 PM   #52 
     - Please what?  liberalhistorian   Mar-03-10 09:05 PM   #126 
        - Please don't enforce the law when our side violates it.  Dr. Strange   Mar-04-10 03:27 PM   #154 
        - Please enforce the law  spotbird   Mar-04-10 03:48 PM   #155 
        - Please don 't insult me  spotbird   Mar-04-10 03:51 PM   #156 
  - They only pursue cowardly crimes, not murder incorporated.  RedCloud   Mar-03-10 05:39 PM   #36 
  - Both are wrong.  emilyg   Mar-03-10 06:57 PM   #70 
  - Didn't Ensign do that?  radhika   Mar-03-10 04:24 PM   #17 
  - But it would be  spotbird   Mar-03-10 04:38 PM   #21 
  - Great point . . . !!  defendandprotect   Mar-03-10 08:11 PM   #102 
  - Sure you can, if you are a Republican anything is possible.  Mithreal   Mar-03-10 04:45 PM   #24 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-03-10 07:29 PM   #82 
  - +1000% . . . right, its keeping the sex scandal alive that's important --!!  defendandprotect   Mar-03-10 08:05 PM   #95 
  - I agree about the phucked up priorities. Neocons are still  TheDebbieDee   Mar-03-10 03:48 PM   #9 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-03-10 07:25 PM   #80 
     - I will never think of Bush as the good ol days. It is sad that you do!  Minimus   Mar-03-10 07:37 PM   #86 
  - John Ensign anyone?  Myrina   Mar-03-10 04:08 PM   #14 
  - Or David Vitter  spotbird   Mar-03-10 04:10 PM   #16 
  - Speaking of Baby Daddy...I read that  Selena Harris   Mar-03-10 05:40 PM   #38 
     - Vitter's undeclared little "dividend"  Selena Harris   Mar-03-10 05:55 PM   #45 
  - Something is definitely rotten in Denmark /nt  still_one   Mar-03-10 06:01 PM   #46 
  - It's so true.  The Backlash Cometh   Mar-03-10 04:24 PM   #18 
  - This explains why Johnny proposed  customerserviceguy   Mar-03-10 04:33 PM   #19 
  - She can testify  spotbird   Mar-03-10 04:39 PM   #22 
  - I don't think it works that way  customerserviceguy   Mar-03-10 04:58 PM   #27 
  - Yes, she can be compelled. n/t  msanthrope   Mar-03-10 07:35 PM   #84 
     - Well, here's what I was able to locate  customerserviceguy   Mar-03-10 08:16 PM   #104 
  - Just like Clinton. sigh.  alp227   Mar-03-10 04:37 PM   #20 
  - And Tom Delay? Still nothing there, huh?  FiveGoodMen   Mar-03-10 04:42 PM   #23 
  - This SOB lied to all of us while attempting to become a candidate who would have been unelectable  bc3000   Mar-03-10 05:07 PM   #30 
  - Not that I 100% disagree, but my wife is a #%@! McCain and Secessionist Palin sure were "winners."  Mithreal   Mar-03-10 05:50 PM   #43 
  - I agree...what he did was unforgivable  ElsewheresDaughter   Mar-03-10 06:38 PM   #61 
  - Do you think all  spotbird   Mar-04-10 01:44 PM   #153 
  - I'm sorry, but you haven't given a reason why edwards shouldn't be indicted  onenote   Mar-03-10 05:18 PM   #32 
  - Edwards is a ham sandwich  spotbird   Mar-03-10 08:34 PM   #119 
  - This insanity is a trick, gimmick, and side show...  apimomfan2   Mar-03-10 05:31 PM   #34 
  - The Edwards saga is a vortex of failure and disgrace. n\t  leeroysphitz   Mar-03-10 05:37 PM   #35 
  - Personnally, I hope they nail him. He is a morally bankrupt egomaniac who was willing  hisownpetard   Mar-03-10 05:39 PM   #37 
  - He is a Class A jerk  spotbird   Mar-03-10 08:06 PM   #97 
  - It just goes to show, you can't judge a book by ...  TheCowsCameHome   Mar-03-10 05:42 PM   #40 
  - Interesting because he was popular in his state for a long time ---  defendandprotect   Mar-03-10 08:18 PM   #106 
  - Funny. I googled this NO other media is reporting this. Only FOX.  saracat   Mar-03-10 05:45 PM   #41 
  - And Fox picked it up from the NATIONAL ENQUIRER!!!  Auggie   Mar-03-10 06:14 PM   #51 
     - isn't that a kick in the head? And DU is linking to them.Sigh.  saracat   Mar-03-10 06:19 PM   #53 
     - which may get a Pulitzer for all their Edwards coverage  karynnj   Mar-03-10 06:49 PM   #65 
        - Why not? So FOX and NE are now credible because of the Edwards story? Says a lot about journalism  saracat   Mar-04-10 01:24 AM   #142 
  - Sheesh, the FIRST time I ever give my money to a politician,  woofless   Mar-03-10 05:49 PM   #42 
  - Why is Dick Cheney not in jail?  heli   Mar-03-10 05:54 PM   #44 
  - Why do we now allow links to FOX and NE? I thought that was always a no no.  saracat   Mar-03-10 06:06 PM   #47 
  - good question  Mithreal   Mar-03-10 06:23 PM   #54 
  - Yes, NE has been so unreliable on Edwards in the past.  harkadog   Mar-03-10 08:26 PM   #112 
  - I would sincerely love to cry  DonCoquixote   Mar-03-10 06:07 PM   #48 
  - Edwards did NOTHING in the Senate to fight corporations  karynnj   Mar-03-10 06:55 PM   #68 
     - So he should be  spotbird   Mar-03-10 08:25 PM   #111 
     - For that, of course not - If he broke the law, yes  karynnj   Mar-03-10 08:37 PM   #121 
     - Think the whole VP thing is a bad deal . . .especially re assassinations . . .  defendandprotect   Mar-03-10 08:29 PM   #115 
  - so when is any Republican who has done crappy things going to Court or jail?  glinda   Mar-03-10 06:07 PM   #49 
  - Taking over our party will put a lot of things back on the table.  Mithreal   Mar-03-10 06:24 PM   #55 
     - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-03-10 07:22 PM   #77 
        - You're funny.  Mithreal   Mar-03-10 07:36 PM   #85 
  - They did try Stevens and it was problems in how the case was handled  karynnj   Mar-03-10 06:32 PM   #56 
  - Worse problems than anything Don Siegelman faced, obviously.  Mithreal   Mar-03-10 06:35 PM   #58 
     - I do get suspicious as to whether it was corrupted on purpose  karynnj   Mar-03-10 06:57 PM   #69 
        - Same here. A persuasive argument can be made.  Mithreal   Mar-03-10 07:20 PM   #76 
  - I LOATHE that man  ElsewheresDaughter   Mar-03-10 06:36 PM   #59 
  - So do I,  spotbird   Mar-03-10 08:35 PM   #120 
  - Obama is using the DOJ To go after the competition.  McCamy Taylor   Mar-03-10 06:38 PM   #60 
  - Stupidest post I've read today.  tabasco   Mar-03-10 06:53 PM   #67 
  - Should get out more. I mean read more. Might search some of your own too.  Mithreal   Mar-03-10 07:22 PM   #78 
  - Don't be ridiculous - Edwards is not competition  karynnj   Mar-03-10 07:05 PM   #71 
  - Bet Edwards wishes he had been a banker now.  Mithreal   Mar-03-10 07:23 PM   #79 
     - Or stayed the trial lawyer that he was  karynnj   Mar-03-10 07:40 PM   #88 
  - OBAMA is going after his OWN DEMS! and NOT Going after WALL ST. CRIMINALITY!  KoKo   Mar-03-10 07:14 PM   #74 
  - Obama has NOTHING to do with this  karynnj   Mar-03-10 07:42 PM   #91 
     - That won't stop the  Cha   Mar-03-10 08:08 PM   #100 
  - How stupid..  Cha   Mar-03-10 08:07 PM   #98 
  - It's Bush's DOJ  spotbird   Mar-03-10 08:27 PM   #114 
  - bwaahahahahaha.  cali   Mar-03-10 10:25 PM   #136 
  - How can you make that claim and not know prosecutor is Repub holdover in NC  unc70   Mar-04-10 05:49 AM   #144 
  - he already easily beat Edwards before anyone heard of the affair  JI7   Mar-06-10 05:33 PM   #162 
  - Democrats are really taking a beating lately.  crazyjoe   Mar-03-10 06:43 PM   #63 
  - Almost like they are asking for it.  Mithreal   Mar-03-10 06:50 PM   #66 
  - So, do we get our money back for the stuff we ordered from his campaign  Ruby the Liberal   Mar-03-10 06:48 PM   #64 
  - Edwards was the #1 choice at DU even after he dropped out before Super Tuesday in 2008.  onehandle   Mar-03-10 07:09 PM   #72 
  - Sincere people can be fooled by bad people. We were fooled twice in '08  pundaint   Mar-03-10 07:42 PM   #90 
  - Republicans love their sickos  spotbird   Mar-03-10 08:10 PM   #101 
  - At that point, it was only a minority of us who disliked or distrusted Edwards  karynnj   Mar-03-10 09:21 PM   #131 
  - I know...it seems like an IMBALANCE of Justice for a "PERSONAL MATTER!"  KoKo   Mar-03-10 07:12 PM   #73 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-03-10 07:18 PM   #75 
  - Faux News and National Enquirer ???!!  and-justice-for-all   Mar-03-10 07:34 PM   #83 
  - Mods have been alerted but guess those are good sources now.  Mithreal   Mar-03-10 07:40 PM   #89 
     - Faux News not, but the Enquirer was first and best on the Edwards story  Psephos   Mar-03-10 08:30 PM   #116 
  - Too bad he wasn't a War Criminal, there's no US penalty for that.  pundaint   Mar-03-10 07:40 PM   #87 
  - I hear that Edwrds was the secret son of Elvis and an Alien Pod person...  Ozymanithrax   Mar-03-10 07:49 PM   #92 
  - That was great!  laughingliberal   Mar-04-10 01:40 AM   #143 
     - There is no reason to think that  karynnj   Mar-04-10 09:19 PM   #160 
  - Absolutely agree . . . but re Edwards . . .  defendandprotect   Mar-03-10 07:57 PM   #93 
  - Why is this a featured front page topic in the midst of the culmination of the health care fiasco  jonathon   Mar-03-10 08:22 PM   #107 
  - Maybe because it's a good reminder of how deceptive politicians can be -- ???  defendandprotect   Mar-03-10 08:33 PM   #118 
     - Uhm. Isn't President Obama's actions every single day proof enough of that?  jonathon   Mar-03-10 09:25 PM   #132 
        - Yup . . . IMO . . . and I'm thinking of 2012 . . .  defendandprotect   Mar-03-10 09:29 PM   #133 
        - .  Mithreal   Mar-04-10 01:02 AM   #138 
  - Former Edwards donor here. Gotta say the banksters took me for a lot more than Edwards.  Bozita   Mar-03-10 08:48 PM   #122 
  - Bingo  spotbird   Mar-03-10 09:06 PM   #127 
  - +1  Mithreal   Mar-04-10 01:03 AM   #139 
  - Since I actually contributed to him multiple times... if he used campaign funds to deceive...  RollWithIt   Mar-03-10 09:00 PM   #124 
  - Life's a bitch  spotbird   Mar-03-10 09:10 PM   #129 
  - This Is What He Gets!!!  Billsmile   Mar-03-10 09:18 PM   #130 
  - +1 well said  Mithreal   Mar-04-10 01:23 AM   #141 
  - No, this is what he might get if he broke the law  karynnj   Mar-04-10 10:21 AM   #149 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-03-10 10:21 PM   #135 
  - Stop that bullshit. Can't say what I think about people who post that.  Mithreal   Mar-04-10 01:06 AM   #140 
  - Vitter walked, but war was declared on Spitzer  catgirl   Mar-04-10 06:02 AM   #145 
  - Should there be a five year morarouim on the prosecution of political corruption because of Stevens?  Freddie Stubbs   Mar-04-10 06:12 AM   #147 
  - Whatever....move along, nothing to see here.....n/t  gorekerrydreamticket   Mar-04-10 09:39 AM   #148 
  - Look whatever you want to say about priorities. Edwards is a SOCIOPATH. No sympathy from me.  NoodleyAppendage   Mar-04-10 10:29 AM   #150 
     - "pathological sociopathy,"  spotbird   Mar-04-10 01:39 PM   #152 
        - Criminal versus Unethical. Politicians should be neither. n/t  NoodleyAppendage   Mar-04-10 04:10 PM   #157 
        - ...and no, "pathological sociopathy" is not redundant. 1st term denotes severity, 2nd typology. n/t  NoodleyAppendage   Mar-04-10 04:11 PM   #158 
           - Now you're trying to be funny.  spotbird   Mar-04-10 04:13 PM   #159 
 

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