Former Senator and two time Presidential hopeful John Edwards is now facing more challenges and difficulties. Now he must defend his actions of infidelity, fathering a child and attempting to hide his staff worker and pregnant lover from public view. When the truth was discovered, his campaign and his life fell apart.
Challenged with campaigning for the nod from the Democrat Party and having his wife suffering from terminal cancer, he found himself struggling to maintain his façade of being a loving family man and dedicated husband.
And, all the while preserving his mistress, pregnant or not, on the side.
Is it any wonder his reward was to lose his wife, Elizabeth Edwards to cancer? This woman stood beside him as long as she could. Mr. Edwards also lost his bid to win the nod from the Democrat Party to Barrack H. Obama; the first “not black enough” President - according to Jessie Jackson. And, to father an out-of-wedlock child with M’s Rielle Hunter, which he denied as long as he could. Now he must answer to a $925,000 indictment; all because he was having an affair and tried to hide it and his daughter.
AP article written by Tom Breen and Nedra Pickler, quotes are in italics.
["As this indictment shows, we will not permit candidates for high office to abuse their special ability to access the coffers of their political supporters to circumvent our election laws," said Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer, head of the Justice Department's criminal division.]
Will Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer also apply the same firm hand of justice to his bosses, Eric Holder and Barrack H. Obama? President Obama has yet to supply the sources of millions of dollars raised over the internet during Presidential Campaign 2008.
[Edwards was charged with conspiracy, receiving illegal campaign contributions and making false statements for keeping the spending off of the campaign's public finance reports.]
If it is an indictable offense for the man who did not win the highest office in the land, should not the same rule apply to the man who did?
[If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine on each of the six counts. First-time white-collar offenders in federal cases are usually not sent to prison, but the Justice Department typically presses for at least a short stint behind bars for public officials.]
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the complete story go to; http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_edwards_investigation
It should not be assumed John Edwards is going to go to jail for a number of reasons. As a multi-millionaire, before he went to D.C., he can afford more of the best lawyers than he has now. Also as a form Senator, he knows where some of the skeletons are buried. And, more importantly he is a liberal caught making a love child. It appears for liberals, the lower the ethics and morality; the higher the ranking. This should put John Edwards near par with Barrack H. Obama.
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