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Flabbergasted Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-04-07 05:38 PM
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No it's not hypocritical of Edwards....
Edited on Sat Aug-04-07 05:47 PM by Flabbergasted
There is a massive difference between having a book published by a Murdoch ownerd subsidiary,

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"....(somebody's) childhood home that played an enormous role in defining how we see ourselves and how we choose to make our way in the world. In Home, John Edwards has collected nearly 60 moving stories that reflect how these places, in many ways, are the blueprints of our lives. Home features uplifting, touching, and engaging narratives from all kinds of people across the country--everyday Americans with deeply inspiring stories share the pages with well-known figures from entertainment and religion, from politics and sports."


and accepting direct political donations from Rupert Murdoch, especially when the source is fox news.


John Edwards, who yesterday demanded Democratic candidates return any campaign donations from Rupert Murdoch and News Corp., himself earned at least $800,000 for a book published by one of the media mogul's companies.

The Edwards campaign said the multimillionaire trial lawyer would not return the hefty payout from Murdoch for the book titled "Home: The Blueprints of Our Lives."

The campaign didn't respond to a question from The Post about whether it was hypocritical for Edwards to take money from News Corp. while calling for other candidates not to.


http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,291983,00.html



Unlike Hillary Clinton: (left out of the article)


(snippet)

In an about-face, Murdoch contributed money to Hillary Clinton and held a fundraiser for her at News Corp.’s midtown headquarters. He has also spoken at the Clinton Global Initiative, Bill Clinton’s annual gathering of business and philanthropic leaders .

http://www.buffalonews.com/180/story/132325.html

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Blackhatjack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-04-07 06:27 PM
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1. HRC should step up and defend Edwards from this smear...and if she does not we need to ask why?
This is an outrageous smear by Murdock.

Edwards was right on every point when interviewed by Wolf on CNN.

HRC should step up and oppose this smear by Murdock. I hope she does.

If she does not, we have to wonder why not?
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