Edwards brother raises DWI hell

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/212416p-182902c.html

Sen. John Edwards' little brother has an outstanding warrant for his arrest in Colorado and has thumbed his nose at more than $800 in fines for driving infractions.

Wesley Blake Edwards, 39, has been a terror on the road for more than two decades. He has been arrested four times for drunken driving, twice been sentenced to a week in jail for DWI and lost his right to drive in four states.

But even after his license was suspended and revoked, he repeatedly got back behind the wheel - only to be stopped by police again.

He is currently a wanted man in Colorado, which issued a warrant for his arrest in 1994 after he skipped a court date on a DWI case.

Amazing how news media can dig this up - but in 2000 the news media couldn't find this stuff on Bush and Cheney!

[Logansquare]

1. Republican, is he? n/t

[Zorra]

40. He's not registered to vote, but his wife is a republican. And John

Edwards is one awesome guy - he bought his brother a house in 1999.

Brother racked up
different kind of record
By ADAM LISBERG
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
snip---------

The campaign issued a statement to the Daily News yesterday: "Sen. Edwards loves his brother. He is a good man who worked hard and has never wanted to be in the spotlight."

Blake Edwards lives with his wife, Debbie, 46, and their daughter in a modest two-story home that his brother bought for him with $100,000 cash in 1999, property records show.

Blake Edwards works as a union electrician, and his well-worn toolbox sat on the front porch after he returned from work last week. A white Dodge - the same car he was caught driving last year - sat in the driveway with an International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers sticker and a "John Edwards for President" bumper sticker.

Despite the sticker, John Edwards' little brother does not appear to be registered to vote in North Carolina. Debbie Edwards is - as a Republican.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/story/211134p-181909c.html

[louis c]

47. So what

He's not running for V.P.

The most disturbing part of this story is that Blake's not registered to vote. His wife, I would assume, is Republican for Kerry-Edwards.

As far as his DUI is concerned, the Supreme Court selected a President who did that.

I wish my IBEW Brother all the best, because I'm sure you are a decent guy and you can be proud of the fact that your real brother will help turn this nation around.

Good Luck to you and Debbie.

Local 123

[stevedeshazer]

51. I wouldn't make that assumption

My real brother is a Republican; his wife is a Republican office holder. I wouldn't vote for them for anything, and the feeling is mutual.

[louis c]

68. However

John Edwards says his brother is a hard working guy who shuns the spotlight. I tend to believe John Edwards.

There are some very decent folks who have personal problems which may include drinking or other vices. I pass no judgment and give each the benefit of the doubt. However, I draw the line at electing one President.

As for Debbie, I firmly believe that everyone votes in their own best interest. Having a Brother-in-law as V.P. seems obvious to me, but I may stand corrected, she may not want all the attention that goes with it.

[stevedeshazer]

52. dupe

[louis c]

69. How can my only reply

to this thread be a dupe?

It's my own personal observation.

Please explain.

[stevedeshazer]

70. My reply, not yours, was a dupe, which I deleted

Sorry for the confusion. Sometimes when you post here it shows up twice.

[louis c]

71. Thank You

I was thinking that maybe I had an evil twin posting while I was at work, or asleep.

[PaDUer]

63. Isn't it interesting that we never heard of his brother

all this time, but now they're desperate aholes and are digging into the family background..scumbags they are..let's pull the stories on the mobs and families, and hopefully someone went to the same colleges as the twins, let's get some of tht info into the press..someone must KNOW them from college since they're fair game now..

[Zorra]

64. Yeah. Blake Edwards is just a workingman that may have an

alcohol problem. And John Edwards loves his brother and tries to help him out. What is the big deal?

I have a brother with a drinking problem, and I love him and try to help him, too.

Does that make me a bad person?

Republicans are pathetic.

[shoelace414]

2. the VP (canidate) brothers DUI is newsworthy

but the presidents DUI isn't

[Cha]

8. And let's not forget fuck head cheney with FOUR

DUIs on his record!!!!

So I'd say we had some catching up to do.

[shoelace414]

20. holy damn

I follow politics closely. I didn't even know that.

[prolesunited]

24. That's cause they didn't want you to know

And he also didn't kill anyone like the first lady and Janklow.

[TaleWgnDg]

61. hey, shoelace414, is that singular or plural?

Is there one drunk driving charge against GWBush? or more than one?

Yes, there's one in Maine where Georgie plead out nolo contendere (no contest, i.e., "guilty"), however, is there rumored some (plural) in Texas too?

What's that Diversion Program thingie George did out-of-the-blue while in Texas long before he was governor??

Just curious :evilgrin: . . .

[ChompySnack]

3. Bush's brother had sex with underage prostitutes in Singapore

Please, let's play that game!

[Jacobin]

16. I agree. Which Bush Brother "did" the savings and loan in

Colorado?

What was it, $500 million in taxpayer money lost and thousands of depositers screwed. Because of his fraud.

I wanna play the brother thing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:bounce:



:bounce:


:bounce:

[Rebellious Republican]

50. Neil Bush, the little rat bastard! I lost my life savings because

of him! He is 1/3 of the reason I am no longer a republican! Jeb and W are the other 2/3's. Cheney them all...........

[Media_Lies_Daily]

54. Let's not forget that Neil was about to have lunch with Hinckley's....

...brother when Reagan was being shot by the other Hinckley.

The Hinckley and Bush families go way back to Midland, Texas and the oil business.

[Pachamama]

67. That link always makes me wonder about "why" they were meeting....

...talk about 2 degrees of separation...coincidink? :think:

[robbob]

27. How can we win this game

When the game is rigged? We can play the game all we want here at DU, but how will Joe Sixpak ever have a chance to recognize the hypocrisy of the media coverage if they never hear about the varied and many crimes of Neil, Dick and George?

[pathansen]

42. What about Bush's DWI? Along with other arrests?

[trotsky]

4. Wanna talk about brothers, huh?

Fine then Repukes, let's talk about Neil "that Taiwanese prostitute just wandered into my room and we had sex, oh and there was that trillion-dollar-S&L-mess" Bush, shall we?

[Reverend_Smitty]

5. two words...

Neil Bush!

[leftchick]

36. exactly... you wanna talk about brothers?!?

ah, the bush* boys take the cake in dysfunctional families... :eyes:

[Lex]

6. Sounds like Cheney's drunk driving record, or similar to it anyway. n/t

[maddezmom]

7. brothers and uncles

What's the uncle's name again at Rigg's Bank? Ya know the one that laundered Saudi money.

[catzies]

13. That is dear Uncle Jonathan, one of Poppy's brothers.

Their other brother Prescott Jr. was head of the US/China Chamber of Commerce.

[maddezmom]

15. yeah, Uncle Jonathan's Rigg's Bank sure likes to be in the news

Chile May Probe Pinochet's Possible Secret Accounts (Rigg's Bank)

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=586&ncid=586&e=2&u=/nm/20040715/wl_nm/chile_pinochet_dc

[demnan]

9. Every family has at least one

n/t

[KayLaw]

10. Sounds like a wild one

If it's true, that is. How many times was Cheney arrested for DUI?

[Jacobin]

17. Hey!! Only four

(that we know about)


:-)

[KayLaw]

26. Oh!

Is that all?

:eyes:

[Jacobin]

29. In some states, if he were a democrat

He would have permanently lost his driver's license and had mandatory jail time.

Of course, since he's a republican, all his forgiven.

[Red State Rebel]

11. This is totally unfair...

it's obvious that John Edwards has done what he could to help his brother. He is not responsible for the bad behaviour of this grown man.

[bushisanidiot]

12. Pres. AWOL & Cocaine - Neil Bush & Prostitutes - Cheney & DUI/Draft dodgin

g..

keep pointing fingers, repukes. We've got FAR more on you than you do on us.

heh..

[progressivebydesign]

14. What kind of article is this?

Is that supposed to be written as a news piece or an op-ed? Because the term "terror on the road" is ENTIRELY subjective and should be off-limits to any REAL journalist. Smear piece. Can the writer bring him or herself to mention CHENEY's DUI's??? Or Bush's??? Stupid fuckers.

[LiberalEsto]

18. speaking of brothers

The media has conveniently forgotten how W's brother Neil Bush ripped off American taxpayers in the savings & loan scandal.

Oops, I forgot. A crime is only a crime if a Democrat does it, according to these cheneys.

[PaDUer]

62. Start contacting all the media outlets

to get this press time...what's good for the goose,is good for the gander...that entire mob family has plenty to hide..Wait, the twins are on the trail...People nationwide should attend these events AS a repuke and get friendly w/ the twins, they'll let their hair down..oh yes...that would be the ultimate.

[Misinformed01]

19. So what? All of our President's have had kind of nutty brothers

Billy

Neil

Prescott Jr.or the III

Roger

So, we are going to have another wacky party brother to watch...hope to God he doesn't hurt anyone or himself with his drunk driving crap, but, otherwise, we aren't voting for him.

[progressivebydesign]

28. Don't we ALL have a sibling like that? Or perhaps WE are the sibling? N/T

[Catt03]

57. Don't forget Donald Nixon

[starroute]

60. Even Nixon had a brother who got into trouble

I was too little to be aware of it at the time and never learned the details, but I think it had something to do with borrowing money.

[daleo]

21. Cheney and Bush

At least 3 drunk driving convictions between them. Plus, Bush's wife killed someone with a car.

[Democat]

22. Bush and Cheney DUIs are off limits to the press, but Edwards brother...

Big news.

[baldguy]

23. I'm not gonna vote for Wesley Edwards!

[progressivebydesign]

25. I dashed off a note to NY Daily News..

.. I mentioned that I was shocked they'd write a piece like this about a candidate's brother, and ignore Bush and Cheney's own DWIs. Also, if they are willing to drag adult family members into this.. then the Bush daughters and their own alcohol, legal troubles are also fair game.

[aden_nak]

30. It's clearly Clinton's fault.

:P

But really, that's kind of pathetic, no? Considering that I never knew about Cheney's 4 DUIs, and I literally go out of my way to find out ugly truths about that dispicable subcreatinous son of a bitch.

[fob]

31. I predict John will bring this all around to an advantage, but first

the right-wingers need to froth it up a little more. Please cheneysticks, bring it on!

[VoteDemocratic2004]

32. I got two questions?

What does he look like and is he married?

:evilgrin:

[Gin]

33. let him face any consequences for his actions...it's not John's Edward's

responsibility to fix this or say anything onhis behalf.....many families have these problems....the brother needs to be punished and grow up for gods sake.

[VoteDemocratic2004]

34. How about Bushs drunk driving charge?

Someones brother doesn't count.

[Cha]

35. Yeah, since they seem to want to open

that can of worms!! Let's reopen bush's DUI that he was trying to hide.

[VoteDemocratic2004]

37. How about the "Twins"...the right wingers want to go there let's go there

Let's bring up Bushes drunk driving charge and the twins drinking problem.

[2Design]

38. Edwards should say......yes my brother has a drinking problem

and has chosen not to get help.

And just like the president and his family, they have their difficulties. It appears the president still drinks and we are not sure if he still does drugs. and then there is the rest of bush family into drugs, alcohol and arrests, drinking underage while accompanied by federal agents. And we have cheney who has several DUIs. And laura bush killed someone. Neil stole money from a bank and blamed it on everyone else.

And we could go on but ......perhaps the reporter needs to attend a 12 step meeting....

[stickdog]

39. And Cheney's brothers?

Are they still running with the pack?

[Rose Siding]

41. Funny; the Riggs Bank article didn't even mention

Bush's uncle.

If he'd gotten dui's instead of screwing up international finance he might get his name in the paper.

[chopper]

43. d00d...

my old roommate was the son of Speaker Hastert, and he did all kinds of crazy shit. jeez, the goopers are really desperate, eh?

[DemoTex]

44. Read Granta #37: "The Family."

Subtitled: "They Fuck You Up."



September 1, 1991.

[AlCzervik]

45. while it's newsworthy i guess

he's not responsible for his brother's actions.

[Freddie Stubbs]

46. Just about every family has one of these

Billy Carter, Neil Bush, Roger Clinton....

[Lisa]

48. Carter and Clinton had wild brothers, too ...

But in the Bush family's case, the dodgy guy was the one who got the top job.

[LibDemAlways]

49. Media whoring at its most insidious.....

Dig up any shit you can about relatives of the Dems but completely ignore repuke offenses.

I cancelled my LA Times subscription back in 01 when they ran a piece attacking Hillary and, on the same page, ran a puff piece saying what a great gal Pickles is. More whoreshit than I could stomach.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

55. If I owned a paper, it would be a Left Wing Washington Times.

[dsc]

53. No one can make the younger Edwards get help

and provided John hasn't used legal pull to help him out this is a total BS story.

[Jack Rabbit]

56. Oh, well . . . Wade Edwards could be joining the . . .

. . . Hall of Fame for Presidential kid brothers, should Senator Edwards ever dwell in the White House.

He'll be right beside Donald Nixon, Billy Carter and Neil Bush.

[banana republican]

58. My Dad was IBEW n/t

[Tellurian]

59. Yeah, next thing you know someone will accuse J.F.Kennedy of

not authoring "Profiles in Courage" all by hisself!

[pauliedangerously]

65. This is a great sign!!!!!

We had Billy Carter in the late seventies.

Rock on!!! I think the partying brother is a great way to draw peoples' attention. I have confidence that John Edwards will make a good thing out of this.

:headbang:

[devilgrrl]

66. That's nothing! W's little bro Neil bankrupted a bank in Colorado!

The New York Daily news... typical.