John Edwards is not MY politican

12/23/07 04:05 PM
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John Edward pretends he is for "all of us". John Edwards is a multi-millionaire trial lawyer. Since he thinks millionaires don't pay enough taxes, will he donate his $40,000 annual salary from the UNC to the U.S. Treasury? Has he started to calculate what is his own "fair share" of taxes and start paying that, regardless of current tax law? Will he sign a pledge stating he will never "evade" taxes via tax-free investments, like munis?



Edwards became one of America's wealthiest trial lawyers by winning record jury verdicts and settlements in cases alleging that the botched treatment of women in labor and their deliveries caused infants to develop cerebral palsy, a brain disorder that causes motor function impairment and lifelong disability. Although he was involved in other types of personal injury litigation, Edwards specialized in infant cerebral palsy and brain damage cases during his early days as a trial lawyer and with the Raleigh, N.C., firm of Edwards & Kirby. Edwards has repeatedly told campaign audiences that he fought on behalf of the common man against the large insurance companies. But a political critic with extensive knowledge of Edwards' legal career in North Carolina told CNSNews.com a different story.


"Edwards always helped the little guy as long as he got a million dollars out of it," said the source, who did not want to be identified according to CBS News. So one has to wonder if Mr Edwards would be willing to support legislation that would limit attorney caps on award settlements against pharmaceutical companies so that the people in class action suits could get more than just enough cash for a week or two? Of course not.


Mr Edwards is an angry man who has nothing better to do than to run for office full well knowing that he has a snowball's chance in hell of winning the nomination. He is therefore a fraud in my opinion so before he can pretend to be "one of us" I suggest that he go back to hi s multimillion dollar lifestyle and spend the money that he took from his clients pockets.
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