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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Thu Aug-14-08 11:19 PMOriginal message Lawyers’ Edwards Ties Suggest Extent of Hiding Affair Advertisements [?]Source: NY TimesAs tabloid reports of a sex scandal threatened former Senator John Edwards’s presidential campaign last December on the eve of the Iowa caucuses, two lawyers surfaced with written statements that appeared to exonerate the candidate.One of them, Robert J. Gordon of New York, said that his client, Rielle Hunter, a pregnant 43-year-old filmmaker, was not carrying Mr. Edwards’s child. Shortly thereafter, the other lawyer, Pamela J. Marple of Washington, sent word that her client, Andrew Young, an Edwards campaign aide, was the baby’s father.Seemingly issued independently of Mr. Edwards, the statements appeared to deflate the anonymously sourced reports of an Edwards tryst. But what went unnoticed was that the two lawyers shared an important connection to Mr. Edwards that suggests they were part of an orchestrated effort to protect him, one that is continuing even after he admitted last week that he had an affair with Ms. Hunter but denied that he fathered her child.The lawyers are linked through Fred Baron, a wealthy Dallas lawyer and former finance chairman for the Edwards campaign who was a key player in the campaign’s response to the scandal. Mr. Gordon has worked with Mr. Baron on class-action personal injury cases, and Ms. Marple helped defend a lawsuit brought against both men and their law firms by an asbestos manufacturer.-----The review found that Mr. Edwards’s political action committee went to unusual lengths to make a final $14,000 payment to Ms. Hunter’s film company months after its contract with the committee had ended. The payment was issued while the committee was short on cash and could pay its bills only after receiving thousands of dollars from Mr. Edwards’s presidential campaign and donations from four people, including Mr. Baron’s wife.Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/15/us/politics/15edwards...
snot (1000+ posts) Thu Aug-14-08 11:24 PMResponse to Original message 1. could the NYT pls devote this much investigatory effort to matters affecting our national well-being?
Demeter (1000+ posts) Thu Aug-14-08 11:31 PMResponse to Reply #1 4. Everything Else Is Classified and locked in Cheney's man-sized vaults, assuming it ever got down on paper in the first place.No, there is no right to privacy, unless it's inside Cheney's safe.
themartyred (1000+ posts) Fri Aug-15-08 02:01 AMResponse to Reply #1 13. EFFING HYSTERICAL - thank you! it's so bizarre - he's not the nominee and although I am proud for what he fought for, he shouldn't have this much focus put on him as if it's the country's NEED to know the truth on this man's pant-lies!
The lawyers are linked through Fred Baron, a wealthy Dallas lawyer and former finance chairman for the Edwards campaign who was a key player in the campaign’s response to the scandal. Mr. Gordon has worked with Mr. Baron on class-action personal injury cases, and Ms. Marple helped defend a lawsuit brought against both men and their law firms by an asbestos manufacturer.
harmonicon (1000+ posts) Fri Aug-15-08 01:47 AMResponse to Reply #3 12. as do I The idea of giving money to that snake-oil salesman made me want to puke then, and would make me laugh now, if it weren't for the fact that so many people were completely had and could have used the money for something worthwhile. Even in the Democratic party, there's a sucker born every minute.
robcon (1000+ posts) Fri Aug-15-08 03:15 AMResponse to Reply #7 16. I don't agree. Edited on Fri Aug-15-08 03:16 AM by robconJD Priestly wrote: "Whatever he did, we already know."We don't know 3 things...1. Where did Hunter get her money and her Santa Barbara house?2. Who's the daddy?3. When did the affair end - was it when Edwards claimed
robcon (1000+ posts) Fri Aug-15-08 09:34 AMResponse to Original message 18. There will be a steady drip of news on this for a while, IMO I don't think Edwards has been truthful (about the money, timing and, maybe, who the father of the baby is) and there will be new revelations.
UpInArms (1000+ posts) Fri Aug-15-08 09:42 AMResponse to Reply #18 19. dear robcon you - with two inane posts to this thread - fomenting ugly - have now made it to my ignore list -enjoy your new status as too unimportant to ever be heard againbuh-bye!
what the hell is wrong with robcon's post? I know...it's logical. *eyeroll*
What is funny is that now, in 2008, people depend on the National Enquirer, which use to be the Prostitute of Journalism, for the real news, while The Old Grey Lady and her West Coast sister, The Old Tie-Dyed Lady, are the useless sluts.
Quote from: Lord Undies on August 16, 2008, 12:04:41 PMWhat is funny is that now, in 2008, people depend on the National Enquirer, which use to be the Prostitute of Journalism, for the real news, while The Old Grey Lady and her West Coast sister, The Old Tie-Dyed Lady, are the useless sluts.Who'da thunk that the Enquirer would ever haver more credibility and better reporting than the NY Times? As Bob Dylan once said "The Times they are a changing". Downright prophetic I think. But the Times is sill more reliable than 'The Weekly World News'.
Quote from: comradebillyboy on August 16, 2008, 12:16:59 PMQuote from: Lord Undies on August 16, 2008, 12:04:41 PMWhat is funny is that now, in 2008, people depend on the National Enquirer, which use to be the Prostitute of Journalism, for the real news, while The Old Grey Lady and her West Coast sister, The Old Tie-Dyed Lady, are the useless sluts.Who'da thunk that the Enquirer would ever haver more credibility and better reporting than the NY Times? As Bob Dylan once said "The Times they are a changing". Downright prophetic I think. But the Times is sill more reliable than 'The Weekly World News'.Yes, but it's the ONLY source where one can learn about the current status of batboy and when the world is going to end.Cindie
Quote from: delilahmused on August 16, 2008, 01:45:46 PMQuote from: comradebillyboy on August 16, 2008, 12:16:59 PMQuote from: Lord Undies on August 16, 2008, 12:04:41 PMWhat is funny is that now, in 2008, people depend on the National Enquirer, which use to be the Prostitute of Journalism, for the real news, while The Old Grey Lady and her West Coast sister, The Old Tie-Dyed Lady, are the useless sluts.Who'da thunk that the Enquirer would ever haver more credibility and better reporting than the NY Times? As Bob Dylan once said "The Times they are a changing". Downright prophetic I think. But the Times is sill more reliable than 'The Weekly World News'.Yes, but it's the ONLY source where one can learn about the current status of batboy and when the world is going to end.CindieAnd, how would we know that little tidbit, milady?
