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Old 01-11-2008, 01:19 PM
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I'm sure the same posts can be written about many candidates, but Edwards gets a special category of loathing from me, which compels this post.

Edwards ran for NC Senator, skipping having to be bothered with running for any other office. Though he had no experience, he and other lawyers bankrolled his campaign on his looks, since there was nothing substantiative about him other than huge lawsuits won.

As a freshman senator- he compiled the worst attendance record- even before running for president.

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WASHINGTON — Despite his office being just across the hall from the Senate Judiciary Committee chambers, Sen. John Edwards has the worst attendance record of any committee member since he joined it three years ago.

That has Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, questioning whether Edwards, John Kerry’s choice as his Democratic vice presidential nominee, is more show horse than work horse, a common criticism by Republicans.

“He is rarely present at important committee meetings, and as a voter that is something I would want to know about,” Hatch said.

Michael Briggs, Edwards’ press secretary, blamed the absences on the election campaign, saying, “When senators run for president, they miss votes and miss committee hearings.”

However, a Deseret Morning News review of committee records shows that Edwards’ attendance was low even before he began his unsuccessful bid to become the Democrats’ nominee for president or became Kerry’s vice presidential candidate; his attendance has just gotten worse.

For example, during the 107th Congress in 2001 and 2002 — before Edwards began his presidential campaign — he attended 10 of the 30 business meetings (for debate and votes) that were held after he joined the committee in July 2001. His 33 percent average attendance was half the 70 percent average for all committee members.

That meant Edwards had the second-worst attendance for that pre-campaign period, behind Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., who attended one less meeting. Edwards was also tied with the late Sen. Strom Thurmond, D-S.C., who was then 99 years old and in failing health.

When hearings are added into the total along with business meetings for that same period, Edwards finished fourth-lowest among 19 members, behind Thurmond, Joe Biden, D-Del., and Kennedy.

Edwards attended 31 of 91 total meetings, or 34 percent. The committee attendance average was 49 percent.

Once Edwards started seeking the White House, his attendance dropped further, giving him the lowest attendance on the committee both for the 2003-04 108th Congress, and for the entire three years since he joined the committee.
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And now, while he was trotting his incurable-cancer wife around during the campaign, he was shacking up with his mistress. Oh, who just had his baby.

Talk about media bias, the Enquirer has been doing stories like this for a year, and only when they had too many witnesses and photographs to ignore it did any press bother picking it up.

I think McCain is a dolt, but there was a series of stories about some woman was romantically involved with him trying to create a scandal. Meanwhile, the ongoing one with Edwards is ignored.

John Edwards- how's that crow, asshat?
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He won't get my vote, but then I don't think he's running.
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The original post was from when he was- but for the office of biggest hypocrite, I think he'll edge out Al Gore...
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Let it die, he isn't running now. Now who am I going to vote for?
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Just in case anyone thinks I've forgotten about that turd royale, Edwards, I read this article: http://abcnews.go.com/2020/John_Edwa...9687954&page=1

The excerpts from that book are so telling- how he hated 'the common people'.

Can I say again how pissed I am that he ever became a senator? Repeal the fricking 17th amendment. Restore some legitimacy to the Senate and make the interest of the States equally represented as the people. It will also increase local interest in politics. Win/Win/Win.
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No doubt, Edwards is the epitome of slime..just covered with a nano-thin slick veneer. You have to wonder how many other of our politicians are involved in garbage like this. Edwards just got caught. I suspect there are many other Democrats and Republicans, both at the federal and state level, who are no better. I've come to mistrust and bitterly despise virtually all of them.
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Obviously, I can't let a subject drop.

*Not* counting the upcoming trail about his illegally-funded coverup, he owes the government... let me rephrase: TAXPAYERS... 2.3 million dollars from excessive campaign contributions.

FEC Orders Edwards to Pay Back $2.3 Million : Roll Call News

Gosh, it is so easy to spend other people's money! $500 haircuts add up, you know.
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