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john edwards single handedly destroys the left's talking point about newt gingrich
skippy the bush kangaroo —
... addendum: marc ambinder is reporting that elizabeth edwards will speak at the dem convention. well...that should be awkward...
Embracing Elizabeth
Hoffmania! —
... Ambinder: According to people close to the Edwardses, Elizabeth Edwards has
secured a primetime speaking role at the Democratic National
Convention; John Edwards, as of this point, does not, and people close
to him think he will beg off and not attend the convention so as not to
distract Obama. Obama aides would not say whether either Edwards is on
the schedule. Good. Even though she knew since 2006, she still needs friends now that the spotlight is glaring on the affair. She's what we call good people. ...
Report: Fred Baron paid for Rielle Hunter’s hideaway
Overlawyered —
... presidential campaign finance committee, said he paid money for Rielle Hunter to move from North Carolina to another location. …
He said Mr. Edwards did not know about the arrangement.
(Gromer Jeffers Jr., “Dallas lawyer Fred Baron paid for Edwards’ mistress to relocate”, Dallas Morning News, Aug. 8).
More coverage of Edwards’s (partial or otherwise) confession: ABC News, AP, Memeorandum, Marc Ambinder, Ben Smith/Politico, News & Observer, Just One Minute. ...
Election Drama Links
Tennessee Guerilla Women —
... falsely portrayed as a 'promiscuous person' and was not involved in 'setting up' Edwards at the hotel meeting." NewsObserver - Hypocrisy, thy name is John Edwards: "I think this President has shown a remarkable disrespect for his office, for the moral dimensions of leadership, for his friends, for his wife, for his precious daughter. It is breathtaking to me the level to which that disrespect has risen," - John Edwards, on Bill Clinton, 1999. The Atlantic: According to people close to the Edwardses, Elizabeth Edwards ...
