Poverty talk is expensive
Posted May 22nd, 2007 at 10:18 AM by Jon HamJohn “Two Americas” Edwards’ political tin ear keeps biting him in the behind. First there was the 28,000-square-foot house. Then came the $400 haircut. Then there was the assertion that he “wasn’t personally involved” in the haircut. And now it comes to light that he charged the University of California at Davis $55,000 for a speech … on poverty.
Has Hillary Clinton managed to get an undercover adviser on both Edwards’ and Obama’s campaigns?
UPDATE: I completely forgot about the hedge fund misstep, in which Edwards made nearly half a million bucks in order to study how financial markets relate to poverty.
UPDATE: I added the link to the UC Davis story. Sorry I forgot it earlier.
May 22nd, 2007 at 4:11 pm
Don’t forget the Wal Mart posturing, followed by the “line cutting” incident to get a PS3 at Wal Mart
May 22nd, 2007 at 4:17 pm
Bubba, welcome to Right Angles. And thanks for reminding me of those two incidents. There are just so many. And the hits will probably keep on coming.
May 23rd, 2007 at 3:21 pm
And now John Edward’s own a piece of the pirate booty found in the Atlantic.