Sounds like a Grisham novel

Hate to say I voted for the little turd Edwatds. What a lying sack of shit

We should all be so lucky to have a friend like Fred Baron. His helping out his buddy John Edwards is not near as deadly as Cheney helping out his friends at Halliburton.

The Bushie will try to use this as a distraction....hoping that by judging John Edwards, we will not notice the lack of jobs, the high price of gas, unaffordable healthcare, the FISA bill, a worthless war that has killed hundreds of thousands for no reason whatsoever, the fact that Bush lied about WMD's is a crime. Edwards telling a lie about an affair is not. Destroying the integrity of our entire country is far worse that the damage Edwards has done to his very on integrity.
The media will have a hay day with this. The need McCain in office so they can keep their corporate tax breaks for GE, AOL, Time Warner, etc.

My sincere apology to the evangelicals who think our attention will be diverted over a sex scandel. We are far too smart for that now.

Hats off to Fred Baron for doing what he felt was the right thing to do. Correct me if I am wrong but no one died from this.

Hey Jack, suffer from Bush Derangement Syndrome much? There's a good therapist I've heard can help your anxiety.

Let's see...

You remember Al Qaeda, right? Ten years ago this week, they bombed US Embassies in Tanzania and Kenya. Not that we did much about it at the time. But it is worth noting, they haven’t done that to us again, nor have any of these other things, since 9/11. I blame Bush.

You remember Bush, right? The guy who goes to Asia and tells China to free her people, while the press jeers, the guy who, while in Asia also meets with Democracy Activists in Burma and gets ignored for it, the guy who drew enormous and supportive crowds in Korea, while the American press yawned?

Sure, you remember Bush! He’s the guy whose life was threatened along with Barack Obama’s but only the threat to Obama was newsworthy for a very long time at CNN. Bush? You mean the creepy moron who will be charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity as soon as congress can figure out how to do that without exposing itself or having to put some of its own members under oath?

Yeah, that guy! The guy who does more than just talk about freedom and progress. The guy who has brought real hope and change to people all over the world, and yes, here in America. But you don’t want to hear it. It’s the wrong and inconvenient narrative, the embargoed one.

Now go pop the Michael Moore DVD in and -- puhleeze -- leave the delusions in the trailer.

"We should all be so lucky to have a friend like Fred Baron. His helping out his buddy John Edwards is not near as deadly as Cheney helping out his friends at Halliburton."

And so the glossing over begins.

Though I have to wonder in which America is it that a married man can bang a woman working on his campaign while said married man's wife is battling cancer and said woman who is cheating with said married man could be paid off by an uber-rich limousine liberal.

Sure wish I lived in THAT America.

And BTW, this post is in now way meant to defend the presidency of one George Walker Bush. I think he's the worst Republican President I've ever had the misfortune of living under the watch of. But I also think political hacks like Jack E. Jett serve as nothing more than unintentional comedy for the way they'll bend over backwards to defend members of their own party.

And this tactic tends to work the other way, too (see Larry Craig).

Huh? Oh, sorry, I missed what you were saying with all the new flashing strip club adds.

Flashing adds - didn't we all hate the DMN for doing that?

Hey D.O. - how's the budget look these days?

Legs'N Eggs for everyone!

One scumbag lawyer helping out another scumbag lawyer. What a surprise. There is nothing noble in enabling an egomaniac narcissist. Nothing.

Good thing Edwards didn't pull a Ted Kennedy and take Ms Hunter for a car ride off a bridge!

I've admired John Edwards for a long time, and I truly thought he was a sincere, compassionate man of integrity. How could I have forgotten that some people are really good at lying and I don't really know him at all?
Truth is, he's as much of a stranger to me as someone I pass on the street--PLUS he's a politician. Is there any hope for ANY of them?
I don't know who's more stupid: him, for allowing himself to do this, or me, for thinking "No way! NOT John Edwards; he'd never do THAT!" I wonder if I feel even a millionth of the disappointment and betrayal his wife has felt over this. And just what WAS he doing at that hotel in the middle of the night 2 weeks ago to see her--since he says he had realized his "mistake," confessed and repented privately a while back?? I'm disgusted . . . and sorry it will be just that much harder to believe in the possibility of trustworthy leaders.

The Big Guy respects JJ's passionate hatred of the Bushies. I voted for the idiot, and I am disgusted too.

However, The Big Guy also think JJ is doing a disservice to his side by not noting that being married, and fucking someone other than your spouse, is lame.

The Big Guy also thinks that having your buddy pay the woman off is sleazy.

Yes, no one "died" because Edwards lied.

The Big Guy wonders if it would make JJ feel better if he were in a monogamous relationship, got cheated on, and was told by his partner "Correct me if I am wrong but no one died from this."

The Big Guy thinks not.

"But it is worth noting, they haven’t done that to us again, nor have any of these other things, since 9/11. I blame Bush."

See, I blame Crocs, because they became popular right around the time when the Terr'rists were attacking our freedoms, and we haven't been attacked since then. Obviously, there is a direct correlation the popularity of Crocs and our safety.

I also blame white bread for directly causing the deaths of thousands of people, since at least 98% of murderers on death consumed bread a mere 24 hours before killing someone. I'm sure it's a direct correlation.

Or maybe the "terr'rists" aren't attacking our freedoms anymore because they're far too busy killing our young men and women in countries that had nothing to do with 9/11. Or perhaps because it takes a little time to plan things like 9/11 and execute them.

Oh, and I'm sure you don't blame Bush for not giving a second thought to the report entitled "Bin Laden Determined to Attack in the US" with specific examples including flying planes into federal buildings in NYC. Who could POSSIBLY have seen that coming? Maybe Clinton, when he and his cabinet passed along information detailing their efforts to kill Bin Laden before that?

Nah..just too hard to draw any conclusions there.

Oh yeah- back to the subject. John Edwards is scum for cheating on his wife and possibly paying off the mistress. But the poster speaking about his lies not killing anyone was absolutely right- which doesn't make what Edwards did any better.

Go Big Guy

I once cast a vote for Edwards. I'd like the opportunity to slap him

What Hubris

Edwards and Freddy Boy are both dead beat scumbags...lawyers and politicians a truly honorable pair.

I don't know about the rest of you, but this goes so much deeper than American politics. I mean, the idea of a member of the German aristocracy, who I thought had been dead for a very long time, interjecting himself into American Presidential and Vice-Presidential politics is just galling.

Where does this Von Richtoffen guy get off paying hush money to some bimbo to cover for his best friend coulda-been-a-contender-pretty-boy-rich-guy...

What? FRED Baron?

Oh.

That's real different. Never mind.

Okay, I saw the interview with Edwards last night and the boy is not coming clean (pardon the expression)....I don't know why when these guys get in trouble they think they can get by telling bits and piece of the story. That combined with the fact that his wife is so sick is really pathetic.
I don't think he will be able to pull a David Vitter and come back to a rousing welcome in DC.
Also to answer the big guy on his hypotheical. I would feel much better if my partner came home and told me had been fucking around than telling me that he had just killed somene. I say hypothetical because noone outide of ourselves would ever want either one of us. So after 18 years we are living in forced monogamy.

What I want to know is, what did the Edwards Campaign give Fred Baron a ton of money for? It's easily findable in the FEC reports. Did the Edwards campaign really need a that much legal advice? Is Fred Baron really working as a lawyer nowadays?

Or, did they funnel campaign money through Fred Baron to the mistress? If true, that's a zillion times bigger than the affair.

(Yawn.)

Why should we really care about any of this? Edwards isn't even an elected official.

Call it "freak fatigue", but after Gary Hart, Elliott Spitzer, Larry Craig (remember - he's not gay, he's never been gay), Mark Foley, Marion Barry, Dick Morris, Kwame Kilpatrick, Newt Gingrich, JFK, Bill Clinton and all of the other dozens of pols who were too lazy to cover their tracks, should any of us be surprised?

It's always the people with skeletons in their own closet who are the first to cast stones. So it's safe to assume that all of you now raking Edwards over the coals have never lied, or cheated on your wife or girlfriend, right?

If so, do shut up.

Another political disappointment. I don't care who Edwards fucks, that's HIS business but now he can't continue his political work. That sucks. And lets just say those who wanted him to be a VP nom are lucky as hell he didn't. I think the Obama camp knew about it. Shit like this spreads when in happens. I bet a lot of people knew this in March of this year. Edwards never had a chance.

And Hillary says damn why couldn't
I find something like this on Obama or his wife, but I'll keep trying

"There's a good therapist I've heard can help your anxiety."

unfortunately JJ can't afford it

"But I also think political hacks like Jack E. Jett"

don't climb down into the gutter with JJ

"the lack of jobs, the high price of gas"

lets see the unemployment rate is half that of Europe and still below 6%. and the price of gas as well as oil is falling.

jj's dream world is falling apart

Of course Fred tossed her some $$. Nothing better than a honey hole is there now.

Peterk is right.
Don't get down in a gutter with me or you will never get out. It is lonely down here in the gutter. And yes my dreams would be falling apart, if only I had them. I don't.
We in the gutter don't dream. PeterK is always right which is why I love him more than he can ever realize. He is at the topf my prayers list. He knows how poor, stupid and sad that I am. Even though I think I agree with him on this issue, as I have on some before, read my last post) it is always good to let other readers know your personal insight on me.
Your personal emails are so touching that I wonder why you present angst here.

John Edwards bad.

George Bush greatest President.
Dick Cheney humanitarian.

Now on another topic, we just found out that Jerry Falwell left his family penniless. We are going to be taking up an offering for him at our church in the morning. I hope that you will all ask your Preacher to do the same. This man of God left us way too soon and it is up to us to see that his family is well taken care of.

Thanks PeterK, I am on your side. Life is more than just Skittles and eye shadow.

McClellan said that FOX News got talking points from the White House

Bush authorized rendition.

Bush authorized torture. Yes, that means waterboarding.

Bush authorized a war based on lies resulting in millions of innocent Iraqi and Afghani civilian deaths as well as an ethnic cleansing.

Thousands of our troops have been killed or seriously injured.

The US dollar is in the tank.

The housing/mortgage crisis has almost caused a depression.

How about the trampling of our Constitution with warrantless wiretapping?

Laptops are being confiscated at airports and the border.

Under Bush, oil companies are raking in record profits while Americans suffer.

The US attorney scandal.

A health care epidemic.

John Edwards screws around on his wife.

Monica Goodling

A standing ovation in Congress for David Vitter’s return.

Military TV Analysts/Generals scandal.

Larry Craig’s bathroom adventure.

I'm all for waterboarding terrorist.

I'm all for terrorizing waterboarders.

I'm all for boarding terrorist in water

Atta Boy Luke...give'em hell!

"Thanks PeterK, I am on your side."

don't get too close JJ

"John Edwards bad."

not really just a bit hypocritical. Victor Davis Hanson describes the problem best
"I think most Americans, especially given the winning personality of Mrs. Edwards, would rather let John Edwards solve his own problems and not hear about them. But the rub comes from what we might call his trademark preachy mode, transmogrified from the jury summation to the national pulpit. In that sense, Edwards is a sort of a secular version of Jim Baker/Jimmy Swaggert/Ted Haggard—and people long ago tired of him."
http://tinyurl.com/6eaj2j

"George Bush greatest President."
Only time will tell. 50 years ago HST's popularity was about as low if not lower than Dubya's but with the passage of time, the view of him has changed. Greatest can not be decided in the present, it takes time.

"Dick Cheney humanitarian."
all depends upon how you define humanitarian. I suspect JJ's tongue is so firmly planted in his cheek with this statement that it would take a team of oral surgeons to remove it. When you demonize an opponent as the left as done to Cheney by calling him Darth Vader or saying he is the real power in the WH only goes to show that they secretly admire his strength and intelligence.

Yeah, waterboarding is perfect for obtaining misinformation, for gaining false confessions, and potentially subjecting our own military to the same type of torture.

I could see how an idiot might be attracted to that kind of thing. Clearly it has been very effective in helping us capture and kill, say, oh, I don't knpw... Osama bin Laden.

Go see the film "Standard Operating Procedure" and get back to us, Luke.

PeterK
Not sure about the Darth Vader reference. I one of the few people who have never seen a Star Wars. Dick Cheney has protected this country from being attacked and has loved his daughter in spite of her being a lesbian.

Edwards, like others you mentioned, for some reason choose to tell the truth in bits and pieces. I don't understand this concept. Get it out, spit it all out, be done with it and let the healing begin.

Bush has given more to help fight AIDS than any other President. As someone who has lost many friends to this disease, I appreciate his work and his daughters.

"don't get to close" That will be hard Peter
(i just said hard peter) but you already had me at "dont' get in the gutter with jack jett"

"(i just said hard peter)"

JJ - i've heard them all during my life

as to the Darth Vader reference well can't explain it if you haven't seen the movies, but check here
http://tinyurl.com/6q8c99

a more historical reference would be to say he is the Cardinal Richelieu of this administration. the power behind the throne. a Machiavellian creature

that all said your posting has surprised me as you don't come across as someone who thinks that way about Bush and Cheney

I'd rather be waterboarded than have my head cut off

It isn't an either/or dynamic.

Waterboarding isn't going to keep terrorists from doing anything... especially when then they aren't afraid of dying in the least.

What in the world makes you think that waterboarding a suicide bomber or Jihadist infidel might provide reliable information? You don't think these people haven't been trained to provide misinformation if faced with these consequences?

Are you just for it because for the revenge aspect? Or are really dumb enough to think that lowering ourselves to the level of terrorists is a reasonable solution?

What in the world makes you think that waterboarding a suicide bomber or Jihadist infidel might provide reliable information?

Here you go, read the post and watch the video.

Oh, and I'm sure you don't blame Bush for not giving a second thought to the report entitled "Bin Laden Determined to Attack in the US" with specific examples including flying planes into federal buildings in NYC.

Specific examples of flying planes into federal buildings? Well, let's take a look at that report. Here's the section you seem to be referring to -

Nevertheless, FBI information since that time indicates patterns of suspicious activity in this country consistent with preparations for hijackings or other types of attacks, including recent surveillance of federal buildings in New York.

Not only is there no "specific examples" of flying planes into federal buildings, it's clear that hijackings were thought to be completely separate from the surveillance.

I bet Mrs. Edwards had to waterboard her hubby John before he fessed up to his fun times with the documentary fun girl.

Puke you are right. I bet if we could get you together with the terrorist, lets say... in their country, you could convince them with the powers of your intellect, that they are going about things the wrong way. I know you could do that if we can get you face to face meeting with them.

Meanwhile me and Star Wars will sit back and watch the video that comes from that meeting.

Great link Star wars prequels sucked

Where is Osama bin Laden again?

And how many people have been waterboarded during the last seven years in an effort to find, capture and kill him?

Right. All the Fox News propblog posts in the world won't convince me that waterboarding won't come back to haunt the people of the United States in the future.

Even McCain is against it. What's your excuse?

And how many people have been waterboarded during the last seven years in an effort to find, capture and kill him?

Three -

For all the debate over waterboarding, it has been used on only three al Qaeda figures, according to current and former U.S. intelligence officials.

As ABC News first reported in September, waterboarding has not been used since 2003 and has been specifically prohibited since Gen. Michael Hayden took over as CIA director.

There have actually been more people waterboarded by protesters than by the government.