DWI trial for Edwards' bro - Democratic Underground

RamboLiberal

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Tue Jul-20-04 04:57 PM
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DWI trial for Edwards' bro

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/213882p-184129c.html

Sen. John Edwards' younger brother finally turned himself in to a Colorado judge on a nearly 11-year-old drunken-driving charge yesterday and could face up to a year behind bars, officials said.

Wesley Blake Edwards, 39, who lives outside Raleigh, N.C., pleaded not guilty and was released on his own recognizance, with orders not to drink alcohol or drive a car. A trial was scheduled for Nov. 29.

Wesley Edwards "wishes he would have handled this matter earlier," his lawyer, Harvey Steinberg, said in a statement. "Mr. Edwards is looking forward to having this matter resolved in the near future."

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Edwards, a union electrician, lives with his wife and daughter in a home his brother bought them. His driver's license has been suspended in North Carolina, Tennessee, Maine and Michigan.

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Dover

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Tue Jul-20-04 05:00 PM
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1. The right wing is desperately rummaging through the skeleton closet

Good idea to beat them to it.

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RamboLiberal

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Tue Jul-20-04 05:03 PM
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4. Daily News not exactly RW - wonder if Faux and Post are running

Edited on Tue Jul-20-04 05:04 PM by rmpalmer

with this.

This won't hurt Edwards. Heck it may mean he should be the top of the ticket - seems since Carter black sheep brothers seem to be almost de rigeur. Course with the Bushies you could argue the whole dang family are black sheep!

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rfranklin

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Tue Jul-20-04 05:00 PM
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2. He can get a Secret Service chauffeur just like the Bush twins...

to drive him, bail him out and cover up.

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gratuitous

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Tue Jul-20-04 05:02 PM
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3. And Stupidhead's Uncle Jon?

Curious how his perfidy, certainly of newer vintage than an 11-year-old moving violation, doesn't seem to rate a mention in the popular media.

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Hobarticus

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Tue Jul-20-04 05:16 PM
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5. Not a word from Dry Drunk?

Expect this to sink qucikly. GOP won't touch it.

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RamboLiberal

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Tue Jul-20-04 05:33 PM
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8. Only paper running with it is NY Daily News

Just kind of fits their type of news story - and I don't think anyone is going to make a big deal out of this.

For once I don't smell Repug stink on this.

Hey, they don't want their candidates DUI's brought up or Neil's whoring.

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Logansquare

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Tue Jul-20-04 05:24 PM
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6. So, did Cheney do his time for his DUIs?

What was it, four or five?

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Logansquare

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Tue Jul-20-04 05:27 PM
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7. Just two DUIs for Cheney--I was thinking of his deferments

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/cheney_doc.html

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