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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 11:28 AM Original message |
John Edwards charges won't be dropped by judge |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
1. Let's nail Edwards ass to the wall, but let Bushco off the hook. |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 12:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. It doesn't matter what the donor thought she was getting. You can't give 725k to a campaign. |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 01:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Unless you are a CORPORATION! |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 02:11 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Wrong. It is illegal for corporations to contribute to Presidential campaigns (nt) |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 07:42 PM Response to Reply #11 |
48. they probably do |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 04:03 PM Response to Reply #9 |
25. Riiiiiight. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 01:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. What part of gift tax return says campaign contribution? |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 04:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
27. The point is that it was for the benefit of allowing the campaign to continue |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 08:10 AM Response to Reply #27 |
37. No.The point is, we really don't know what it was for and don't seem to be able to wait for a trial |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 09:03 AM Response to Reply #37 |
42. I know nothing that was not posted on DU |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 10:00 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. His lawyers are arguing the gifts were NOT to Edwards |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 03:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
23. Too late to edit my prior post, but I am not even sure the campaign ever took in the money or |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 04:31 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. The reason is that a personal gift to Edwards would be a campaign donation |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 07:39 AM Response to Reply #28 |
35. A personal gift to a candidate is a campaign donation? Do you have a link for that? |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 08:36 AM Response to Reply #35 |
40. No link - I am trying to understand this as that appears to be what the charges say |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 12:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Beyond ridiculous. MLK, JFK... n/t |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 02:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. Not sure what you are saying. Did you miss the point of my subject line? |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 05:46 PM Response to Reply #15 |
29. My point is humans make stupid mistakes, even 'good' ones. n/t |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 07:40 AM Response to Reply #29 |
36. I think I may have misunderstood your original response to me. |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 07:02 PM Response to Reply #36 |
47. No problem at all. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 12:09 AM Response to Reply #1 |
30. Friend in NC says they're after his law license -- !! |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 08:28 AM Response to Reply #30 |
38. Does he practice law anymore? I know there is a disgrace factor there, as with Clinton |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 10:54 AM Response to Reply #38 |
45. Probably mainly prestige -- but wasn't his background an anti-corporatist .... |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yawn. I am so OVER that man. |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
5. As long as all candidates are subject to equal application of the law |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 02:11 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. +1. He's always been one of those who spoke about the poor and income inequality |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 02:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. I am not sure it is so clear that he committed a crime. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 12:14 AM Response to Reply #18 |
31. kr |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 02:12 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Tom Delay was convicted and sentenced to prison (nt) |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 02:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. There's a law against getting gifts from someone who filed a gift tax return and |
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Dont call me Shirley (396 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
6. John Edwards was taken down because he dared speak of the Two Americas. |
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zalinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 01:45 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Yup, and they are keeping the pressure up |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 02:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. Yes, 'they' tricked him into impregnating that woman while his wife was dying, and then |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 03:06 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Karl Rove was a genius (nt) |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 03:20 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. No one has yet proven he used campaign funds. |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 07:33 AM Response to Reply #22 |
34. That is apperently now for the jury to decide |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 08:31 AM Response to Reply #34 |
39. Exactly one of my points. We don't know the evidence or the law, yet |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 04:08 PM Response to Reply #6 |
26. Yup! And spoke against Corporate America. Can't have that, now can we? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 12:16 AM Response to Reply #6 |
32. Agree -- According to Dem Party/Third Way "populism or populist discussion .... |
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Spirochete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
7. Of course they won't... |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 02:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Yes. Because Tom Delay totally skated. (nt) |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 03:03 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. McCain seems to have skated. O'Donnell, too. Palin, too. |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 12:53 AM Response to Reply #19 |
33. O'Donnell's not done yet |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 09:09 AM Response to Reply #33 |
43. Sarah Palin seems to enjoy being Sarah Palin very much. In any event, her "sentence" |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 05:10 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. O'Donnell just filed a suit that may backfire in her |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 08:54 AM Response to Reply #19 |
41. And Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Perle, Yoo, etc. ad infinitum |
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liskddksil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
21. and FDR and JFK were not saints either personally...but politically and policy-wise |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 03:40 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. True, both were adulterers, FDR more in his heart than physically, but |
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