Silky Phony Watch: John Edwards’ Rupert Murdoch connection
Looks like the former (thank goodness) Senator from NC has been caught being a hypocrite – again:
Looks like the former (thank goodness) Senator from NC has been caught being a hypocrite – again:
Several months ago I asked “Has John Edwards flipped out?” in response to an article I’d read about him in which he essentially tried to channel what Jesus’ thoughts would be about the Iraq war, in an attempt to pander to the religious site Beliefnet.com.
There’s cronyism and there’s phoneyism, and as we all know by now, John Edwards ranks high on the list of biggest phoneys to ever run for political office. I’ve written about it here before on numerous occasions, and tonight, ST reader Dana Pico takes the hammer to the nail in this piece about how Edwards has made oodles and oodles of $$ off of things he rails against to the public. Dana referenced this article, written for MSN’s Money Central page by Tim Middleton. In it, Middleton lays out the facts:
Marc Ambinder has a good point in his piece contrasting the differences between the story on Romney’s $300 makeup bill versus John Edwards $400 x2 haircuts: