As the trial starts, get ready for a lot of talk about John Edwards: CBS News) With opening arguments in the trial of former U.S. senator and presidential candidate John Edwards set to begin on on Monday, a CBS News/New York Times poll shows that public opinion of him has plummeted since he was a […]
The news is a buzz with word that former Senator John Edwards could face indictment today for funneling campaign cash to his mistress: Criminal charges are expected to be filed Friday against two-time Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, the result of an investigation into campaign cash allegedly funneled to the woman he had an out-of-wedlock […]
I wonder if this story will get the same media attention as say John Edwards: Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife, Maria Shriver, separated after she learned he had fathered a child more than a decade ago — before his first run for office — with a longtime member of their household staff. […]
One of the saddest losses we have experienced in a long time: Elizabeth Edwards, who as the wife of former Senator John Edwards gave America an intimate look at a candidate’s marriage by sharing his quest for the 2008 presidential nomination as she struggled with incurable cancer and, secretly, with his infidelity, died Tuesday morning […]
With an ethics probe and calls for resignation mounting against John Ensign, the embattled Senator has one friend willing to lie for him – Joe Scarborough. This morning while discussing the ongoing trouble for Ensign, Scarborough asked if anyone called for John Edwards to resign when his affair came out. Wait! Edwards resign? Joe apparently […]
I’ve been trying to stay out of the tabloid mania that is John Edwards, but this caught my interest today: Young also said another copy has been turned over to the FBI, which has been investigating the money that exchanged hands during Edwards’ second White House campaign. An FBI spokeswoman declined to comment. Unless that […]
It came out this week that Mark Sanford used a government airplane to go get a haircut, hence making the cost well over $1,000. When I first heard that I kept thinking about the John Edwards haircut fiasco. The right went after him viciously for this, calling him a hypocrite for spending $300 on a […]
There is no argument that when it comes to our politicians and their little sexcapades we have a double standard in this nation – a standard clearly divided amongst party lines. Take John Edwards, Bill Clinton, Elliot Spitzer or Jim McGreevey. These four Democrats suffered severely for their extramarital affairs. One was impeached, two were […]
The party of old white Christian men does it again: RNC candidate Chip Saltsman’s Christmas greeting to committee members includes a music CD with lyrics from a song called “Barack the Magic Negro,” first played on Rush Limbaugh’s popular radio show. Saltsman, a personal friend of conservative satirist Paul Shanklin, sent a 41-track CD […]
John Edwards has admitted to the rumors of his affair, and already the right is in a frenzy. So, can anyone refresh my memory? When was it John McCain started dating Cindy? When was it that they applied for their marriage license? Oh yeah – while McCain was married to the woman who waited for […]