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Unsane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 12:21 AM Original message |
Did Edwards commit election fraud? That is, did he accept donations while covering up adultery? |
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PresidentObama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
1. This doesn't belong in GDP, first off. |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
2. He paid a no-talent blonde who he also happened to be banging $114K in PAC funds |
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thewiseguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 12:26 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Thats perfectly ok because Edwards is a democrat! |
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Unsane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 12:27 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I'd sure be ticked had I given Edwards any sort of campaign donation. This affair happened long ago. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 12:58 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. that makes Spitzer's 80K look like better budgeting |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 12:59 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Spitzer used the allowance he gets from his dad. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 04:37 AM Response to Reply #2 |
15. And the videos were total crap... |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
5. did Bill Clinton commit election fraud by running for President in 1992? |
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Chloroplast (723 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 12:55 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. According to the OP, the answer may be yes. |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 04:58 AM Response to Reply #5 |
18. Different times |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 05:00 AM Response to Reply #5 |
19. Two important differences: |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
6. This is really important? Our economy is crashing, we were lied into an invasion, we're |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 01:13 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. I am scared to death that Americans could find themselves bamboozled into an more devastating war |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 04:44 AM Response to Reply #6 |
16. Maybe part of the reason.. |
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JeffR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
8. How the bloody hell would that contstitute election fraud? |
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Chloroplast (723 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 01:02 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Thank you!! |
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JeffR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 01:06 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Thank YOU! |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 08:49 AM Response to Reply #8 |
22. You're right. |
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pennylane100 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 04:33 AM Response to Original message |
14. I have no idea if Edwards broke a laws by having an affair |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 04:54 AM Response to Original message |
17. He committed fraud upon his supporters, by stealing their $ to pay his girlfriend. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 08:19 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Uh, say what? |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 08:55 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Yes, it is both simple and elementary. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 06:15 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. What campaign money did he use for personal reasons, exactly? n/t |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 07:17 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Oh, this tidbit? |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 07:22 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Campaign pays lawyer and lawyer uses his own money to pay off paramour. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 08:01 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. That's pretty indirect. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 08:08 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. It's pretty standard procedure, actually. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 08:54 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. I would suggest that we hold off on the libel... |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 06:34 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. It's not libel. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 08:28 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Please show me evidence that Edwards misappropriated campaign funds. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 08:39 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Sure the evidence is there. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 10:12 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. I'd agree tht a campaign attorney using his own money to hide the couple is suspicous. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 10:27 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Yes, very suspicious. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. I'm not the one making a supposition. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 04:56 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. I've explained what constitutes evidence in a court of law to you. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 05:06 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Your accusation of Edwards does not constitute evidence. n/t |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 05:11 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. I've explained the evidence to you. It's circumstantial, like most evidence of wrongdoing. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 05:17 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. The only evidence is someone else's claim to have financed the move personally. |
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foo_bar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 05:14 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. maybe this was a bargain by Mark Penn standards |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 05:21 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. That $114,000 for 4 videos was just the tip of the ice berg. |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
21. My GOD what a stupid question. |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
23. Well. Now Fox News can get on air and say "Are SOME asking if Edwards commit Election Fraud" |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
24. This is one reason I spend most of my DU time on the SMW thread anymore. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
30. Oh gawd. Plz make teh stupid stop. |
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dems_rightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 07:15 AM Response to Reply #30 |
36. No kidding |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
32. Uh, no. nt |
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SheWhoMustBeObeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 07:14 AM Response to Original message |
35. LOLwhut? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 05:22 PM Response to Reply #35 |
49. I will shamelessly steal that. kkthx! |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
46. you have to be kidding me. What about Bill Clinton then? He was having affairs before being pres. |
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