As I blogged earlier, it looks like today could be indictment and/or plea deal day for John Edwards. But take a look at this Winston-Salem Journal story and its characterization of John Edwards. Evidently we’re supposed to shed some tears for the poster boy for reprehensible behavior who cheated on his cancer-stricken wife and is evidently ready to use her as his excuse to try and keep himself out of jail. (emphasis is mine)
Those officials have approved criminal charges; they decided that the hundreds of thousands of dollars that two Edwards donors gave to help keep his mistress, in hiding were contributions that should have been reported publicly by his campaign fund because they aided his bid for the Democratic White House nomination. Edwards’ lawyers have argued that the funds were gifts from old friends intended to keep the affair a secret from his wife, Elizabeth, who died of cancer in December.
A plea to a felony charge involving campaign finances could strip Edwards of his law license and end any hope he could work as an attorney for the poor. And a trial would mean more sordid stories about his campaign affair and the child he fathered during it, further battering his reputation.
Please. Who the heck wrote that?
