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POPSOops, He Did It Again: John Edwards Continues His Epic Fall From Grace This should be a lesson to everyone in Washington. Admit your role and your party's role in the corruption that is all around you. People are tired of being lied to and bill's being written by special interests that are shoved down our throats. Get rid of the deep seeded corruption around you and maybe the American people will actually re-elect you. Otherwise, it doesn't look too good for any incumbent. Now that the average American is paying attention, it will take more than sound bytes and large campaign funds. More than ever, accountability and integrity are required. It's time to come clean with the American People you are supposed to represent. Stepping down off my soap box now.
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POPSOdds of conception
I saw this posted on Slate, and just want to make a comment about the math. The "extraordinary odds" of a 43-year-old conceiving naturally are only 1-3 (or maybe 5)% in a given month, says the article. Question: what are the odds in two months? This is just a basic probability question. What are the odds of not getting pregnant two months in a row? Say there's a 5 percent chance of getting pregnant, there's a 95% chance of not getting pregnant. The odds of not getting pregnant for two months are thus (.95*.95=.9025). So there's a .05 chance in one month but a .0975 chance of pregnancy in two months. For three months it's (.95*.95*.95=.857). For a three month affair, that'd be a 14.43% chance of pregnancy. Still unlikely but not really extraordinary. Say an affair lasts for 16 months, from February 2006 to May 2007 perhaps. At 3 percent per month, the math works to a 41% chance of getting pregnant. At 5% it's a 59% chance of pregnancy. "Extraordinary odds"? The math says not
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POPSWords, words, words Time’s Karen Tumulty, who spotted racist goblins in the recent McCain ad criticizing Obama for seeking advice from Fannie Mae corruptocrat Franklin Raines. A parade of congressional witch hunters for Obama also detects the specter of George Wallace behind every policy bush. Democratic New York Gov. David Paterson says conservative criticism of Obama’s community organizing days is code for “black.” Democratic Rep. Gregory Meeks complained to the New York Observer: “They are trying to throw out these codes.” In the same piece, Democratic Rep. Yvette Clark divined segregationist intent in Palin’s references to Joe Six-Pack and hockey moms. “It leaves a lot of people out.” And Democratic Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid echoed Time’s Tumulty on the McCain camp’s Obama/Raines broadsides: “The only connection that people could bring up about Raines and Barack Obama is that they both are African-American, other than that there is nothing.”
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POPSTimeline of John Edwards-Rielle Hunter Affair 
* Jan. 30, 2008: Edwards ends his campaign for the Democratic nomination. * Feb. 27, 2008: Hunter gives birth to a daughter, Frances Quinn Hunter. No father’s name is given on the birth certificate, filed in California. * July 22, 2008: The National Enquirer reports that it caught Edwards visiting Hunter and her daughter at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. * July 23, 2008: At a press conference in Houston, Edwards says “the tabloid trash is full of lies.” * Aug. 6, 2008: National Enquirer publishes photos that it says are of Edwards with Rielle Hunter and with her baby. * Aug. 7, 2008: Blogs speculate that Dallas trial lawyer Fred Baron was funding Rielle Hunter for John Edwards. * Aug. 8, 2008: Edwards admits to having an affair with Hunter. He denies fathering her daughter or making any financial payments. * Aug. 8, 2008: Fred Baron admits that he funded Hunter and Andrew Young (the former Edwards aide, married with children, who claimed to the father of Hu
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POPSPoliticians, hypocrisy and the free press. Britain, America, even the Middle East, politics, sexual indiscretions, the usual pot pouri of mixed messages. What is most damning is the so-called free-est press in the World deliberately left this two faced shit alone. I cannot imagine Guido Fawkes being so accommodating. What do Edwards and Boris of London say to their children..."your mother's a good women, but the slut is a better fuck?"
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POPSCaught with his pants down - Another liberal liar exposed This slimeball blames "narcissicism". Seems this is a liberal trait. Boy oh boy, can't wait to read Coulter's next column on this! Now let's look at the other liar, B. Hussein Obama who claims to not be a muslim. Anybody look at the satellite view of his Hyde Park home, directly across the street from a mosque??
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POPSParis To "White-Haired Dude" --- "What Ever" Most astonishing of all, Big Media (the broadcast and cable networks, The Associated Press and major newspapers) continue their near-total blackout of reporting on a story that broke in the National Enquirer on July 22, well before we went on vacation -- where the tabloid's reporters and a photographer staked out a Los Angeles hotel where former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards allegedly visited his rumored mistress. You can read or hear all about it in the British press, online bloggers, Internet Web sites (including the Huffington Post and most exhaustively on Mickey Kaus' blog), the usual right-wing radio suspects. Even late night comics like Jay Leno are starting to joke about it. But don't expect a word of it to pass the lips of Brian Williams, Charlie Gibson or Katie Couric. Elizabeth Edwards Speaks Out On Her Husband's Affair http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/08/elizabeth-edwar.html
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POPSEdwards Fesses Up I do not see how anyone could not see through this phony guy. He has always given me the creeps. The slimiest of lying politicians.
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POPSPolitics as Tarot cards "One notes that it would be tempting to put the Republican Nominee on this list at a couple of places, but one fears that the Secret Service has little understanding of the esoteric meanings of certain cards and even less of a sense of humour in these matters. This is their job, and it’s ok. I recognise that this list could easily be written from the other side of the aisle with a lot of changes save I doubt Mr McCain would fit in the “Fool” slot."
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POPSAfter A Son's Death "From afar, Americans have wondered at their bond or questioned their values, cheered them on or condemned them. Some people assumed they were in denial, others accused them of an ambition that knew no bounds. But to the Edwardses, their decision simply showed a sense of purpose and a lesson learned a decade ago from crushing pain: If you can’t control life, you can at least embrace it more urgently." I simply CANNOT fathom a death of a child, much less run a political campaign while suffering from cancer. Just from looking at her in pictures, I can tell Elizabeth is NOT a well woman. Say what you want about their politics, the Edward's have more strength than I could must up in a lifetime. And I admire them for that.
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POPSPoliticians and Their Games Because it's the writers' guild that really needs help in their labor relations... Screw the coal miners, the auto workers, or the illegal aliens.
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POPS The Top Most Influential US Liberals: 1-20 jim webb,george soros,arianna huffington,donna brazile,richard holbrooke,elizabeth edwards,joan blades and wes boyd (founders of moveon.org) round off the top twenty influential liberals in the U.S.
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POPSHunter in Love With Ann Coulter Duncan Hunter proves he is more twisted than even the rest of the flat earthers running for president on the repugnant ticket. He actually supports Ann Coulter's vileness because she likes him. What a pathetic little man Duncan Hunter must be to protect the likes of Ann Coulter.
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POPSElzabeth Edwards Gently Slams Coulter Elizabeth Edwards called into Chris Matthews' Hardball political talk show on MSNBC last night and politely asked her to stop using such personal attacks against her husband and other individuals she happens to disagree with. All Coulter could come up with is accusing Mrs. Edwards of telling Ann she should no longer write books and not talk at all. Even Chris Matthews jumped in and told Coulter that is not at all what Mrs. Edwards was suggesting. Coulter is a mean-spirited shrew who adds nothing positive to the ongoing political debate and discussion. She is purely a hatemongerer who, sadly, makes a lot of money off a public that pays good money to read her books due to the sensationalism involved. What an indictment about the priorities and values of some of our citizens.
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POPSIs Mrs. Edwards Really Speaking for John? It seems to me that Elizabeth Edwards is saying what John Edwards is not yet ready to say for himself. My guess is however, that as the days and weeks go by, Mr. Edwards will be joining Mrs. Edwards in this sentiment. I think he is trying to give the impression that he is slowly coming to the realization that banning same-sex marriage is discriminatory and that he really does not see any moral harm in permitting two people of the same sex who love each other to marry. His wife is softening the ground for him.
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