EDWARDS FACES DEEPER TROUBLE – AT 8:51 A.M. ET:  One-time Democratic senator and full-time glamour boy John Edwards faces even deeper trouble.  Having disgraced himself by cheating on his wife Elizabeth, now deceased, and fathering a love child whose existence he long denied, he now faces indictment over money stuff.  From ABC News: 

The United States Department of Justice has green-lighted the prosecution of former presidential candidate John Edwards for alleged violations of campaign laws while he tried to cover up an extra-marital affair, ABC News has learned.

A source close to the case said Edwards is aware that the government intends to seek an indictment and that the former senator from North Carolina is now considering his limited options. He could accept a plea bargain with prosecutors or face a potentially costly trial.

Edwards has been the focus of a lengthy federal investigation focusing on hundreds of thousands of dollars allegedly provided by two wealthy supporters. The government will contend those were illegal donations that ultimately went to support and seclude his mistress, Rielle Hunter.

COMMENT:  Isn't it interesting?  With all that's come out about John Edwards, there hasn't been a single criticism of John Kerry for selecting Edwards as his vice-presidential choice in 2004.  Yet, John McCain is forever condemned by the mainstream media for selecting Sarah Palin.   Double standards anyone?

And of course the mainstream word processors missed the whole love-child story, which was actually exposed by the supermarket tabloid National Enquirer, which actually has a rather good track record in exposing public figures.  Even when the Enquirer did solid reporting, the high-minded reporters of the MSM refused to touch the story.

And of course there's the little matter of how Edwards, an ambulance-chasing malpractice lawyer, made the millions that allowed him to enter politics.  He used junk science to win malpractice cases, but no one wanted to question it, not when the main objective of the media was to bring down BUSH (!!) and CHENEY (!!!!).

The handling of John Edwards is one of the most disgraceful episodes in the modern history of political reporting.  Shame, mainstream media.  Shame.

May 25, 2011