John Edwards, not guilty and also not innocent
John Edwards is guilty of many things — stupidity, venality, arrogance and a callous cruelty among others — but a jury of his peers has found him not guilty of Count Three in the six-count federal indictment against him.
The jury deadlocked on the remaining five charges, and the judge in the case has declared a mistrial on those counts.
For the time being, at least, the verdict means that Edwards has won his gamble not to admit guilt and to fight the charges against him, which focus on alleged abuse of campaign finance laws. I can’t claim to have followed the case closely enough to have an opinion on the legal outcome, in part because as indicated above, I had already reached a conclusion about the man himself, and it wasn’t good. It was enough to know that the country had dodged a bullet in not elevating him to the vice presidency or higher, and that his reputation was forever ruined.
As Roy Barnes, a former Edwards supporter, put it recently, “There are some people who ought to be taken out from a courthouse, tied to an oak tree and just whipped. I think he fits into that category.”
I’m sure Barnes was speaking figuratively when he said that. At least I think he was.
Maybe.
– Jay Bookman
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ragnar danneskjold
May 31st, 2012
5:43 pm
Striking trivia: it has been 32 years since the democrats nominated a presidential candidate who was not a lawyer. In the same period, the republicans have nominated only one lawyer, Bob Dole, in 1996.
Paul
May 31st, 2012
5:43 pm
Thulsa
World wars where you’re fighting for your survival have a funny impact on deficits -
Peter
May 31st, 2012
5:43 pm
jm. You may be speaking about a TV show……….But I am asking about if Newt will get off not paying his bills ?
You libs
May 31st, 2012
5:44 pm
I wish I didn’t have to pay stupid bills so I could stay here all day enjoying the punditry of the Atlanta brain trust.
skipper
May 31st, 2012
5:44 pm
He, like the Kennedys, can espouse liberal ideology….he has his. Folks like the Kennedys could vote for every give-away program out there, because no matter how much it cost the average tax-payer, they had more $ than a show-pony could jump over. Edwards, Kerry (see T. Heinz Kerry) etc. were not liberal icons….they just went after a voting base. I’m glad the sob got tripped up…the ends justify the means.
jm
May 31st, 2012
5:44 pm
TBS – try harder
jm
May 31st, 2012
5:45 pm
“But I am asking about if Newt will get off not paying his bills ?”
probably. bankruptcy and / or back door $ from former supporters
They BOTH suck
May 31st, 2012
5:46 pm
Jm
Your own post show you to be a liar when he you said you were “100% sure ” that you mentioned TV show?
keep up typical games…….. its all good and all you
peace
kayaker 71
May 31st, 2012
5:46 pm
joseph, 5:31,
Restrained? Yeah, guess so. I might add that in many states, like Hawaii and others, there is a state ordered arbitration board that is composed of physicians, dentists, attorneys, clergy and lay personnel that meets and rules on every malpractice case that is filed in the state. Their decisions are not binding, however, if they rule that a suit is not valid, it was rare that that suit ever made it to court. That did not keep my malpractice premiums down, however. Surgeons paid an average of 100K/yr, up front on January 1st in cash… no payment plans. Without this, your admission privileges to every hospital in town were void. This is a burden which we had to bear for the privilege of practicing surgery, however one that was difficult to pass on to our patients. For three of us in the same office the bill was about 300K. I am not saying that people like Edwards were soley responsible for this but they definitely had a role in making fees rise, insurance premiums soar and making attorneys a lot of money.
Peter
May 31st, 2012
5:47 pm
probably. bankruptcy and / or back door $ from former supporters
That is a fellow the GOP can look up too then…. bankruptcy…… kind of the typical Economic GOP plan…cause you know………
Deficits don’t matter folks !
jm
May 31st, 2012
5:47 pm
TBS – reading comp not your forte?
“If he’s like Democrat Eliot Spitzer, he’ll be a TV show host making bank shortly.”
Mary Elizabeth
May 31st, 2012
5:48 pm
John Edwards – villain? Certainly not innocent, but what might be – beyond the surface? I certainly do not know, but I have explored uncomfortable and unorthodox possibilities. This entry on my blog of last August was not written about John Edwards, but his situation was mentioned.
http://maryelizabethsings.wordpress.com/2011/08/17/puritanism-sexuality-and-the-work-ethic/
They BOTH suck
May 31st, 2012
5:48 pm
While Newt isn’t the 1st politician of either party to be in debt over a campaign, the irony is something else that “Mr Slow the spending” is not only several millions in debt with his campaign but his “think (what a oxymoron) tank” went bankrupt a few months ago……..
Couldn’t happen to a better man
Thulsa Doom
May 31st, 2012
5:49 pm
Peter,
FDR ran substantial deficits well before the WW 2 in December 1941. And that was when we didn’t have already built in costly federal programs like medicare, medicaid, etc.
Peter
May 31st, 2012
5:50 pm
skipper. sounds like you are Jealous…..your grand pappy wasn’t a bootlegger at the appropriate time !
That Black Guy
May 31st, 2012
5:50 pm
Off topic. Jay, should this be counted as a donation in kind?
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-31/drugmakers-vowed-to-campaign-for-health-law-memos-show.html
They BOTH suck
May 31st, 2012
5:51 pm
jm
Nice change of direction but I brought up Liddy and North after you mentioned Spitzer being on tv. You asked me to show what news network those two were on. You were showed……… Your tv BS did not come back into play until you were slapped down………
I want you to be on this blog on election night
Please be here
They BOTH suck
May 31st, 2012
5:52 pm
Jm
go back and read the entire sequence. You will notice that even a crier like yourself wouldn’t buy your misdirection and weak slight of hand
As for this issue. I’m done
next
Peter
May 31st, 2012
5:53 pm
yes yes……..FDR ran substantial deficits well before the WW 2 in December 1941. And that was when we didn’t have already built in costly federal programs like medicare, medicaid, etc.
1929 the Great Depression and unemployment was the reason…… and what did he do ? Create the American infrastructure, something we should always thank him for.
He didn’t go out and invade other counties in the GOP fashion to run up the debt did he ?
Then after WW2 we went around the world helping build other countries, and it went away didn’t it ?
josef
May 31st, 2012
5:54 pm
Skipper
Was your granddad a bootlegger?
Peter
May 31st, 2012
5:56 pm
They BOTH suck.. would that now be a ” THUNK Tanked ” ?
They BOTH suck
May 31st, 2012
5:57 pm
Peter
jm
May 31st, 2012
5:57 pm
“I want you to be on this blog on election night”
don’t worry, I’ll drop in briefly no matter the outcome
if we have another FL 2000 though, it may be the next day where you get your chance to say I was wrong (about something, I know not what because I’ve never said that Romney is definitely going to win)
Goes both ways tho. I’ll be here dancing a jig if Obama loses.
They BOTH suck
May 31st, 2012
5:58 pm
Jm
Don’t just drop in briefly if Romney loses. Plan to be here as long as you would if he wins
Thulsa Doom
May 31st, 2012
5:59 pm
I’m watching Fox news and the Five talk about the Edwards trial. Say what you will you libs about Fox but man are the women hot. Kimberly Guilfoyle is smoking in that outfit today. Angela Tantaros is mighty fine too. The libs? They do have Rosie, Joy Behard, and Rachel Maddow I guess. Hilary too. Oh Lawd I almost forgot they got that hideous Debbie Wasserman Schultz too. Eeeeewwww!
Peter
May 31st, 2012
6:00 pm
Thulsa Doom …. The War on Woman continues !
josef
May 31st, 2012
6:01 pm
THULSA
Libs got Shep Smith and Anderson Cooper…what y’all got?
Rob in Atlanta
May 31st, 2012
6:02 pm
He is innocent until proven guilty. Pretty fundamental concept for our supposed “judicial” system.
josef
May 31st, 2012
6:03 pm
I’m crawling under the bed with Mustafa the al Qaaeda Terrorist Cat on election night…
jm
May 31st, 2012
6:05 pm
TBS – I may have a party to go to that night, so I may be “dropping in” either way
Actually, if Romney loses, I’ll probably be here more.
jm
May 31st, 2012
6:06 pm
“Mustafa the al Qaaeda Terrorist Cat”
?
Thulsa Doom
May 31st, 2012
6:07 pm
Peter,
Another view would be that he stuck us with numerous federal programs and crap that we are still paying for today. Fannie and Freddie- front and center of the housing meltdown, came during the new deal. And as just one example he came up with price supports for farming. Which is why today we still have millionaires being subsidized by taxpayers.
Moral of the story- a lot of well meaning govt programs that started under his tenure we cannot get rid of today and some of those programs such as farm subsidies do not support small plot farmers but rather large scale commercial farmers. But we’re still stuck with the bill decades later.
GT
May 31st, 2012
6:08 pm
I keep wondering how these people get this far into a career in politics with these kind of character flaws. And then there are facilitators like Young, Barron and Mellon that are suppose to be descent people. Not one says this is not what I want to get involved with. Lord knows what is going on right now we don’t know about that is facilitated by people we respect.
Old timer
May 31st, 2012
6:09 pm
Well written, Jay. I do not often agree with you, but this time you hit the nail on the head. I actually believed he would be the good guy in the demo party…kinda like Huckabee for the reruns. Edwards let us down.
Thulsa Doom
May 31st, 2012
6:10 pm
josef
May 31st, 2012
6:01 pm
THULSA
Libs got Shep Smith and Anderson Cooper…what y’all got?
josef,
Ya got me there. I’m afraid I’m not qualified to judge in that area. But if I could I would send Rush Limbaugh your way.
josef should be getting a queasy feeling in his stomach right about 3,2,1 now!
David M. Green
May 31st, 2012
6:10 pm
Jay its innocent until proven guilty and as of today Edwards has yet to be proven guilty.
josef
May 31st, 2012
6:10 pm
JM
Our cat’s full name…he’s one of them long, skinny felines and when he was a kitten, he’d reach up and knock sh*t off the table…one night Unmentionable swats at him and says, “You just Mustafa the al Qaaida Terrorist Cat, ain’t you?” Don’t know if you’re a cat person or not, but he shot U. that look they can give of “well, ain’t you just slow on the uptake, Dumba33?” The name stuck.
kayaker 71
May 31st, 2012
6:11 pm
Doom,
Heather Childers is their new anchor. I could watch that lady all day long.
Bruno
May 31st, 2012
6:11 pm
Come on now. Not sure how many “liberals” on this board have run to the defense of Edwards. No different than you have run to the defense of Republican scumbags.
Quick opinion from Bruno: I’m obviously not a John Edwards fan, but I think the proposed 30 year jail term was excessive for a financial crime. Murderers and rapists get less. There is a movement in this country to hand out long sentences, but I think we need to have some compassion mixed in. In his case, he would have died in prison for diverting campaign funds.
“There but for the Grace of God go I”
Gordon
May 31st, 2012
6:12 pm
There are 2 Americas. One where you can avoid going to jail for things like this, and one where you can’t.
JamVet
May 31st, 2012
6:12 pm
Bob Dole, in 1996.
Ironic, rags.
Because in my uppity opinion, he’s been the only decent man the GOP has nominated in five decades!
Rock, chalk, Jayhawk!
Thulsa Doom
May 31st, 2012
6:13 pm
Peter
May 31st, 2012
6:00 pm
Thulsa Doom …. The War on Woman continues !
Peter,
I hear ya. Up here we’ve rounded up most of the women-the ones we haven’t shot yet anyway, and we got them loaded onto cattle cars to send them to con concentration camps. I think a few of them are still hiding out in the bush here and there but we got our tracker dogs to hunt them down. Rest assured slowly but surely we will win this war.
Peter
May 31st, 2012
6:13 pm
Thulsa.. not denying what you wrote, but that again is part of what happened…….and yes some of those programs are not beneficial to typical American’s……but really what has changed ?
Have there not been many years to over turn such nonsense, and if so why hasn’t it been done ?
josef
May 31st, 2012
6:14 pm
THULSA
I was wondering if you’d fall for it…ssshhhesh, spoil sport.
LIMBAUGH
eeeewwwww! Some things are just too horrible to imagine…bleeeaach…
JamVet
May 31st, 2012
6:14 pm
There are 2 Americas. One where you can avoid going to jail for things like this, and one where you can’t.
Agreed, Gordon.
They have become known as the 1% and the 99%.
Liberty and justice for some…
Peter
May 31st, 2012
6:15 pm
Thulsa Doom .. thank you second great laugh of the day, via this blog !
Now how do I sign up ?
Bruno
May 31st, 2012
6:15 pm
For all my blog friends, including JamVet, Matti, and josef:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1DicZDdNJo
Thulsa Doom
May 31st, 2012
6:17 pm
Bruno! Where you been man. Aint seen you in a month or so. You been missing the hatefest.
josef
May 31st, 2012
6:17 pm
ZamVet
Gerald Ford?
BRUNO
Well, ain’t you being forgiving and charitable…when’s the other shoe due to drop…?
Thulsa Doom
May 31st, 2012
6:19 pm
Peter,
You’ve already been recruited. You just didn’t know it. My stormtroopers should be at your door in 5 minutes. And don’t even try to get the women out of there in time. My sniper in the tree across the street has the missy in his sights. Tell them to come out with their hands up.
Bruno
May 31st, 2012
6:19 pm
You been missing the hatefest.
On purpose, TD.
I did stick up for you when Jay took a cheap shot at you a few weeks ago. Keep rocking the board, man. You’ve got more to say than virtually any Lib here. When I look through the posts, I pretty much skip to yours, JohnnyReb’s, td’s and Gordon’s. Of course, it’s hard to ignore the JamMan or josef.
They BOTH suck
May 31st, 2012
6:19 pm
Kayaker
The ladies on the panel of Five on Fox are the ones…….
yummy
JamVet
May 31st, 2012
6:20 pm
jonix, my great mea culpa!
A fine man from Michigan! I guess in that dark era I forgot there were still some damn good guys around…
Bruno, thanks bro…
Everybody knows
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pesIGuV9DDk
They BOTH suck
May 31st, 2012
6:21 pm
TD
Kimberly Guilfoyle’s ex husband used to be the mayor of San Fran and is now the Lt Gov
Bruno
May 31st, 2012
6:21 pm
Well, ain’t you being forgiving and charitable…when’s the other shoe due to drop…?
You know my split personality too well, my friend…..
BTW, I’m about 30 pages into your manuscript. Excellent writing and interesting references, even if it’s all based upon a flawed premise.
Thulsa Doom
May 31st, 2012
6:23 pm
Peter
May 31st, 2012
6:13 pm
Thulsa.. not denying what you wrote, but that again is part of what happened…….and yes some of those programs are not beneficial to typical American’s……but really what has changed ?
Peter,
My beef is that I think his administration just set the tone for a much more expansive govt role in the economy from that point going forward. Certainly some of his emergency measures were needed but overall I just think that starting with his administration that we went from a more market oriented economy to an economy with ever more govt middling in it. That’s all.
Some of the good things built though were the interstate highway system, the rural electrification act, tva, etc.
Bruno
May 31st, 2012
6:24 pm
Kimberly Guilfoyle’s ex husband used to be the mayor of San Fran and is now the Lt Gov
What’s the old saying, TBS?? For every beautiful woman in the world, there’s already some guy who’s already tired of her sh*t……
In my case, however, I couldn’t be any luckier. Most likely wedding bells in my picture. Only took me 20+ years to get over the first one!!
JB
May 31st, 2012
6:25 pm
OJ, now Edwards. What a country.
That Black Guy
May 31st, 2012
6:25 pm
josef
May 31st, 2012
6:14 pm
THULSA
I was wondering if you’d fall for it…ssshhhesh, spoil sport.
LIMBAUGH
eeeewwwww! Some things are just too horrible to imagine…bleeeaach
___________________________________________________________________
Who knows josef, he might grow on ya.
Imagine Rush all oiled up, looking like a big pink discoball. It could be …
No…wait…I just threw up a little.
Thulsa Doom
May 31st, 2012
6:26 pm
They both suck,
Yeah I saw that but they never said who it was. Who was it? Damn that woman is hot. The one on CNN in the mornings Robin Meade is pretty smoking too.
Yall still got most of the ugly women though. Don’t try to deny it TBS. Don’t even try.
Peter
May 31st, 2012
6:26 pm
No doubt to this statement……..My beef is that I think his administration just set the tone for a much more expansive govt role in the economy from that point going forward.
They BOTH suck
May 31st, 2012
6:26 pm
Bruno
Congrats……. Glad to know that things are going well for you on that front. Hope all is well in general.
Hope PB and yourself are ready for the Peachtree. Have you been running some hills?
bman
May 31st, 2012
6:27 pm
John Edwards is just an all-around bad guy who has do e some bad things. A person would have to be crazy to dislike Roy Barnes more…
I plead guilty to the crazy charge.
They BOTH suck
May 31st, 2012
6:28 pm
TD
No denying………. Fox has the best “eye candy” in the bizz…..
No argument here
josef
May 31st, 2012
6:28 pm
ZamVet
Best President we never elected…seriously, though, he, and that wonderful family of his, got us past all that turmoil that marked our generation’s youth. A real father figure, he…
BRUNO
Yeah, I’ve been in a good mood too much lately myself. Liable to give folks who don’t know me a wrong impression…
And what do you MEAN flawed premise…hrrrmph!
Bruno
May 31st, 2012
6:29 pm
In case I haven’t promoted it re3cently, everyone should take a look at The Great Courses videos.
http://www.thegreatcourses.com/greatcourses.aspx
PB and I are working our way through 5 courses right now: Buddhism, Great Ideas of Philosophy, Museum Masterpieces: The Louvre, How to Listen to and Understand great Music, and Physics and Our Universe. Beats the heck out of junk TV.
Peter
May 31st, 2012
6:29 pm
Bruno…….In my case, however, I couldn’t be any luckier. Most likely wedding bells in my picture. Only took me 20+ years to get over the first one!!
You must be a real smart guy…most folks climb back in without giving themselves a chance to be…before rushing back in…..Great for you, and best of luck !
bman
May 31st, 2012
6:30 pm
TD…Robin Meade is more than smoking hot. She is a flame!
Bruno
May 31st, 2012
6:32 pm
Hope PB and yourself are ready for the Peachtree. Have you been running some hills?
We just did a 5 mile run on Monday with no problem, so I think we’re ready.
Big Jersey Hello to TBG. Good job keeping the wannabes straight here!!
josef
May 31st, 2012
6:32 pm
FORMAL BLACK GUY…
I wouldn’t wish that one on anybody but Del, Helen Thomas and the Du-k-sha-nee!
Bruno
May 31st, 2012
6:33 pm
Thanks for the well wishes, Peter.
Tom Middleton
May 31st, 2012
6:33 pm
It’s kind of what can happen when your wee-wee does your thinking for you. I mean, all men have to confront this one at some point in their lives, but some never seem to successfully move beyond it.
But maybe, just maybe now John Edwards has; and as a Christian, I still believe he has a lot of good things to offer both this country and world!
Thulsa Doom
May 31st, 2012
6:33 pm
bman,
Yeah. I get singed just looking at Miss Meade.
Thulsa Doom
May 31st, 2012
6:34 pm
that black guy,
Man i couldn’t even stomach that visual of Rush Limbaugh. Poor josef gonna have nightmares and wake up in a sweat
josef
May 31st, 2012
6:35 pm
BRUNO
Speaking of recommendations…I was mentioning this to Brosephus, but I think you’d like it if you haven’t seen it, PBS’ “The West and the Rest.” A lot of stuff you and I have talked about…
And speaking of Jersey, check in tomorrow night…I got one for you Jersey Boys that I just discovered…
They BOTH suck
May 31st, 2012
6:36 pm
Well heck, maybe I need to get aquainted with CNN a little more. Hardly ever watch it in the morning and usually not much at all, but may have to switch over from my beloved Fox (yes I am a glutton for punishment).
That Black Guy
May 31st, 2012
6:36 pm
Bruno
May 31st, 2012
6:32 pm
Big Jersey Hello to TBG. Good job keeping the wannabes straight here!!
____________________________________________________________
Hey Bruno, heading up there next month, let me know if you need me to bring you something back.
josef
May 31st, 2012
6:32 pm
FORMAL BLACK GUY…
I wouldn’t wish that one on anybody but Del, Helen Thomas and the Du-k-sha-nee!
josef
May 31st, 2012
6:37 pm
THULSA
“Yeah. I get singed just looking at Miss Meade.”
Boy, am I glad I scrolled back on that…I thought you meant Margaret…
Orange 12
May 31st, 2012
6:40 pm
When you attain the status that John Edwards acheived, you would kind of think he was beyond reproach. Being a CA-CA head isn’t against the law no matter what level you are at. Sad his wife had to spend the short remainder of her life living that nightmare.
They BOTH suck
May 31st, 2012
6:40 pm
Bruno
Congrats again to PB and yourself. Hope all continues to go well for you………
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKl6EZShaaw
Bruno
May 31st, 2012
6:40 pm
Nice Neil selection, Jam.
Catch you guys tomorrow on FNM. I’ve been thinking about submitting a few songs to Jay, but I don’t think our musical tastes match up very well. Don’t see him as being much of a rocker.
For anyone who needs a little inspiration right now:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCgQuj8v2gg
Bruno
May 31st, 2012
6:42 pm
and as a Christian
Tom–When you move beyond the self-labeling one day, maybe we can talk…….Until then, keep lying to yourself.
Jm
May 31st, 2012
6:42 pm
Josef re your cat
chuck
May 31st, 2012
6:43 pm
Had the media vetted Barack HUSSEIN Obama like they did Edwards, we would not be in the economic mess that currently plagues us. Edwards is a scumbag and the media saved us from 4 years of embarrassment by outing him. Barack HUSSEIN Obama is a socialist leaning liberal empty suit, that the media allowed to CLAIM to be a centrist. Had they treated him like they did Edwards, he would be a distant memory, relegated to the anonymity he so richly deserves.
WHO CARES how Edwards spent money people DONATED to his campaign? If people are upset with the way the money was spent, they could request a refund from the campaign or sue him for a return of those donations. The trial was ANOTHER waste of my tax dollars, probably costing us well over a million bucks to prosecute a victimless crime. Look at the Roger Clemens trial for instance. It is already over 3 weeks long for LYING TO CONGRESS!?!?! THIS IS A RIDICULOUS WASTE!
I think every President who ever made a state of the union address would be as guilty as Clemens. Government lawyers need to stop trying to make a name for themselves and get back to prosecuting REAL CRIMES.
Bruno
May 31st, 2012
6:43 pm
Hey Bruno, heading up there next month, let me know if you need me to bring you something back.
Hate for you to get busted by airport security, Brother.
I’ll be heading up in July to make another withdrawal from the Borgata……..
Bruno
May 31st, 2012
6:44 pm
Later, gators and taters.
Tom Middleton
May 31st, 2012
6:46 pm
If you don’t know who or what you are, Bruno, then you’re not in control of yourself. We can talk when you get direction that is actually done on purpose.
They BOTH suck
May 31st, 2012
6:47 pm
chuck
So what exactly do you want to know about Obama that you do not already know?
Are you looking for the “diamond” that is going to change your mind and you vote for him?
eddy
May 31st, 2012
6:47 pm
Just another Democrat…no morals, no conscience, no personal responsibility, always someone else’s fault, worships when it is convenient for a photo op, military is evil, unions are great, lawyers are even more wonderful than we first thought…one call, that’s all for copious amounts of money, and he’ll run and be elected in some Democratic district…just saying. There is a pattern and culture.
They BOTH suck
May 31st, 2012
6:50 pm
eddy
The tin foil hats are on aisle 10……….
It is very clear you are looking for one to wear
Jm
May 31st, 2012
6:51 pm
I’ll say this
As bad as obama’s foreign policy is, it is better than his domestic policy
chuck
May 31st, 2012
6:51 pm
TBs, His PRESIDENCY has vetted him NOW. I’m talking about 2008, when we could have AVOIDED this disaster. All the “media” did in ‘08 was fawn over him. It was as if he was the 2nd coming, for Pete’s sake. Had anybody in the media pointed out his total lack of ANY KIND of usable experience rather than talking about how nice he looked or how articulate he was, he would never have even been considered for that office.
Boris Badnoff
May 31st, 2012
6:51 pm
Thank goodness there won’t be another lawyer in the clink corrupting the morals of robbers and murderers. Now Rielle has a date for the prom.
Jm
May 31st, 2012
6:52 pm
Sooth wears his tin foil hat 24-7
Jm
May 31st, 2012
6:52 pm
Gotta run (literally)
Peter
May 31st, 2012
6:52 pm
eddy .. you from the Munster’s ?
How is that GA 400 Toll working for you ?
OK to lie to the GA public because you are a Republican Governor ?
Brosephus™
May 31st, 2012
6:53 pm
Had the media vetted Barack HUSSEIN Obama like they did Edwards, we would not be in the economic mess that currently plagues us.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uRlNDK_Z03o/TqwNcqfvgsI/AAAAAAAAANo/Wes3uDQUSwQ/s1600/ImpliedFacepalm.jpg
Is it really the responsibility of the media to inform you of such things, or are you trying to make up for a lack of the GOP doing their due dilligence in opposition research? That talking point is so debunked from the time you even think about it. Had Obama not been vetted enough, how would the people of the US know about the names Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Bill Ayers, Saul Alinsky, Barry Soetero, and every other thing that was brought up between the Clinton and McCain camps?
If there are so-called bomb shells that have not been discovered about Obama, what does that say about the ability of GOP operatives to effectively conduct opposition research? After all, it’s usually that research that gets leaked to media outlets to generate buzz….
Paulo977
May 31st, 2012
6:53 pm
Matti
but then (a) this behavior is in no way unique to John Edwards or Democratic Presidential candidates, and (b) someone else’s marriage is none of my business.
_______________________________________________
Well ,well ,very well said !!!!!!!!!!!!
Peter
May 31st, 2012
6:54 pm
chuck.
He was elected because McCain and the dumb side kick ran against him……Two boxes of rocks.
They BOTH suck
May 31st, 2012
6:56 pm
Chuck
What did you not know? This notion that everyone or anyone in the so called “liberal media” had block buster stories to break and didn’t is pure BS……………..
With that said, I’m not sitting here saying that Obama has been a great President, but the people crying about him not being vetted need to stop using that as a crutch for what was a weak @ss Republican ticket…….