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democrat2thecore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 06:29 PM Original message |
NY Times: New John Edwards News - It Ain't The Crime -- It's The COVER-UP! -nt |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. "Cover up is cool." - Sen. Diaper Dave Vitter (R - Family Values Adulterer) |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. adulterers are almost by definition pathological liars - unless theyve told their spouses nt |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
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democrat2thecore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 06:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Payoffs and bribery aren't crimes? And....don't call me a jackass...thanks. |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 07:07 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. ummmm no. The alleged payoffs and bribery |
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democrat2thecore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 07:16 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Actually, yes they would be. The irony is this...as the story makes clear |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 07:21 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. What law do you believe is violated when a person |
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democrat2thecore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 07:24 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. It's the *fraud* in getting the two donors (both in their 90's) to pay off the mistress. -nt |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 07:30 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Do you have even the tiniest scintilla |
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democrat2thecore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 07:36 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Yet YOU post with arrogant certainty he **didn't** do anything? |
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katandmoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
4. Yawn |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 06:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I agree. |
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democrat2thecore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 06:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Payoffs and Bribery are definitely CRIMES. Let's see what the grand jury decides. |
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katandmoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 07:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
35. I'll worry about Edwards after Cheney gets thrown in the slammer for lying us into war. |
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jbnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 12:08 AM Response to Reply #7 |
55. Actually adultery IS a crime in many states, including North Carolina |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
5. Edwards was right. |
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democrat2thecore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 06:54 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Do ALL of you miss the point, here? -nt |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 07:25 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. Deleted sub-thread |
Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 07:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 07:42 PM Response to Reply #25 |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 08:05 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. If you are fifty and you did something good for the Democratic Party, why are you posting this crap? |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
6. Nothing to see here |
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democrat2thecore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 06:55 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Did you READ the NY Times article? There's plenty new |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 06:59 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. He couldn't keep is pants zipped... |
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democrat2thecore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 07:02 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. We usually agree....but.... |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 07:19 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. I think you mis-read the story. |
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democrat2thecore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 07:27 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. No, no, no. and....... (Edwards a non-corporatist?) |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 07:34 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. I think he was pushing the non-corporatist agenda. |
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democrat2thecore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 07:45 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Cocky, cocky, cocky |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 09:15 PM Response to Reply #31 |
43. Fair enough. I would just suggest then |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 10:47 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. Can you give me a link to anything Edwards did in the Senate that |
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digidigido (553 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 11:27 PM Response to Reply #43 |
53. We on the Left should use some f...ing common sense, Edwards brought this on |
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Garbo 2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 02:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
59. Most info in NYT article previously published. Mellon's role in providing funds only significant new |
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InvisibleTouch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
18. I wish they'd leave the guy alone, already. |
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Inspired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 07:25 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. It will go away when he starts telling the truth. n/t |
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democrat2thecore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 07:32 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. Feel SORRY for him????? |
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InvisibleTouch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 08:02 PM Response to Reply #27 |
36. I find this vendetta amazing on a site where I've seen people decry punishment... |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 10:49 PM Response to Reply #36 |
50. No one is putting him on a par with vile death row inmate |
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masuki bance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 02:16 PM Response to Reply #18 |
62. You feel sorry for him? A guy who promised Riehle that he would marry her |
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Inspired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
20. It always is the cover up that hurts politicians most. |
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CocoaBeachCoco (117 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
24. 'Remember how he changed positions on a dime during his campaign?' - Um, no. |
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democrat2thecore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 07:47 PM Response to Reply #24 |
33. Then you weren't paying attention. Um, K? -nt |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
32. for the record |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 08:36 PM Response to Reply #32 |
42. Exactly! BUT, this shows that "progressives" really don't care about poor folk all that much, |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 09:40 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. My sister and I had that conversation today |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 02:15 PM Response to Reply #45 |
58. Thanks for takng this seriously! I'm so glad that you and your sister both see this, and are talkin |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 10:59 PM Response to Reply #42 |
52. No - it shows we don't care for Edwards |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 10:57 PM Response to Reply #32 |
51. Try this little test - on who mentioned "poverty" |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 01:52 PM Response to Reply #51 |
60. In the primaries |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 02:18 PM Response to Reply #32 |
63. a whore? |
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debbierlus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
34. Who CARES? He is out of politics, this is an OLD story, and it is now between him and his wife |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 08:07 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Thank you. |
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democrat2thecore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 08:19 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. And an active Grand Jury - but let's ignore that. He's a Democrat! So let's move right along |
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debbierlus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 11:41 AM Response to Reply #39 |
57. Like I said, this is an OLD story and we have already hashed it out in dozens of threads |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 08:19 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. Seconded n/t |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
41. "Remember how he changed positions on a dime during his campaign?...pathological liar"? No. |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
44. His actions aren't for me to judge. |
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Jane Eyre (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
46. Gray area? |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 10:39 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Exactly. This is way more than just a "personal matter between him and his family." |
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Jane Eyre (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 02:09 AM Response to Reply #48 |
56. More - looks like some funds were washed from his campaign fund to his PAC to his mistress |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
47. Elizabeth, divorce him NOW. Protect your kids' inheritance! |
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Jane Eyre (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 11:52 PM Response to Reply #47 |
54. I think that is why she is talking |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
61. is an affair a crime? |
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