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Lesson For Aspiring Politicians

When hiring a “videographer” to “humanize” you, it helps to hire a professional who has a basic understanding of how to hold a camera steady, what proper lighting is and what professional editing looks like. Oh, and you probably don’t want to put someone on the payroll who’s so enamored of you that they turn out the most expensive home movie ever made that makes you look like a narcissistic jerk. Exhibit A:

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  • Hope Floats

    Maureen Dowd called him a Ken doll, right? Kudos to JE for screwing the amateur documentarian who was tasked with humanizing him… and paying her buttloads of $$$, because that’s what human beings who don’t love one and other do. GO DEMS!

  • http://uppitywoman08.wordpress.com Uppity Woman

    “I want the country to see who I really am”.

    Well, John, you have succeeded.

  • Bridgette

    I didn’t think he was being narcissistic, I just thought he was being funny…

  • HARP

    Something tells me he isn`t interested in her holding the CAMERA steady.

  • roseeriter

    Yup, He did a great job and there’s tons more to come- I’m thinking of some Obama blackmail info down the road.

  • http://www.ushistory.org/Declaration/document/index.htm Hillary’sSimplytheBest

    Sorry off topic…

    BREAKING ON FOX NEWS>>> 3 shots fired at AR DNC dem headquarters. 1 person shot 3 times in critical condition. Shooter appears to be in custody.

  • Darryl

    The person shot 3 times is the DNC chairman and superdelegate in Arkansas, Bill Gwantney. He was a Hillary Superdelegate, guess he won’t be voting for Hillary now.

  • fred

    I was asked to put this Video on the blog, so we did.
    Now I will ask everyone that view it to be prepared to hear his point made in his style. Thank You
    http://countusout.wordpress.com/

  • voterinexile

    JEs body language is disturbing esp. the way his tongue pops in and out of his mouth like a snake in the grass which he is.
    Pelosi has odd ‘mouth’ movements too. Not as obvious but she’s always wound very tight and it shows in her pursed lips, dry mouth and bug eyes.
    Don’t mean to focus on physical traits but often more telling than words.

  • Darryl

    Maybe its an automatic reaction from licking too much Obama ass.

  • No for O

    The National Enquirer have reportedly uncovered more John Edwards lies.

    When it comes to Johnny boy, the tab has proven to be repeatedly right!

    According to the Enquirer:

    - Edwards’ political operatives are still paying the mistress and alleged baby momma Rielle Hunter. She was also reportedly whisked away on a private jet two days before he confessed their extramarital affair on national TV!

    - Edwards secretly visited Rielle and their love child three separate times at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Los Angeles this year. So the July visit was one of three? Bastard!

    - After Edwards confessed the affair to his wife, he restarted it, and was sexually involved with Rielle when she became pregnant.

    - Despite his denials, Edwards WAS aware that his former finance committee chairman, Fred Baron, was funneling money to Rielle.

    The Enquirer is also reporting that experts are now calling for a federal investigation into Edwards’ use of campaign funds.

    Remember, Rielle was given $100K to produce Edwards campaign videos.

    Wonder how past Edwards contributors feel about their hard earned money going to Johnny’s girlfriend?

  • Zee

    And the gunman was shot…some reports say he’s dead, others condition unknown.

    I hope Bill pulls through.

  • No for O

    BTW, it is really sad to find these details at the NE because the mainstream media refuses to do their work.

  • HARP

    Ouch!!

  • No for O

    Well, that was a visual treat. Glad I was not eating lunch.

  • simanov

    In admitting their affair to ABC on Friday, Edwards said his “short” romantic relationship with Rielle Hunter began only after Hunter was hired in July 2006 to produce videos for his campaign, and ended that year.

    He said he then confessed the relationship to his wife, Elizabeth.

    But the National Enquirer is reporting today that Edwards restarted the affair after coming clean to Elizabeth, and that Hunter, now 44, got pregnant shortly afterward.

    NY Post

  • Dawnelle Leona del Puma

    Oh Hail NO!
    I got as far as the “morale authority” BS on a STICK and then I had to shut it off

    I’ll look at the rest later after my tummy settles! YAK nothing will make you more nauseous then witnessing hypocrisy in action!

    I’d rather view THIS article from
    HUBBLE
    with GREAT shot below. 100,000 orbits and 18 yrs later.

    this final shot! (you must blow this up to appreciate it fully) WOOWOWOW!
    WORTH IT I WOULD SAY

  • RepublicanChick

    Prayers up for Bill Gwantney and his family.

  • TeaMug

    Can anyone help with posting a link from The New York Observer. The heading is “Defiant Clinton Women refuse to support Obama”. I tried posting the link to the article but it is not posting on NQ. If someone else can try to post the link that would be great. It might work for you!!

  • http://www.sugarnspice.typepad.com Sugar

    JE is such a sack of shit. He’s sitting there with his leg all cocked up, calling himself a Ken doll and grinning like his feces smells like fresh baked brownies. I especially like the way he is cracking jokes and such about some of his duties as a PRESIDENTIAL candidate. What kind of sorry ass…

  • vinnie

    nice, JE…coming back for seconds since your wife’s cancer was in remission, classy. Never trust a guy with a $400 haircut. Bonafide, JERK.

  • TeaMug

    What about all those who supported Edwards during his campaign with donations. I would want my money back without conditions. I would demand it back.

  • http://! Clinton Fan

    Pelosi’s movements and expressions are due to botox, restalin in the lips, and that characteristic “blinking” one sees after an eyelift or a facelift.

    If this fucking society would just let women (and men, it’s getting to be as well) AGE instead of placing this artificial cachet on “appearance of youth” then we’d all be better off. The plastic surgeons would be pissed though!

    Helen Thomas may be a lot older, fatter and wrinkled than Britney Spears, but I’d trust Helen to balance my checkbook or make that bank deposit for me. And I happen to like faces that look lived in–but then, that’s just me!

  • notodisenfranchisement

    Rush Limbaugh saying Pidgeon O’Brien, friend of Rielle Hunter, was on ABC(?), saying that the affair started around winter of 2006, and that Elizabeth Edwards only found out about it after she confronted John Edwards about it, and that he told her a few days after he announced his run for President.

  • simanov

    Dead Man Found in Denver Hotel with Large Amount of Possible Cyanide

    DENVER (CBS4) — It has the makings of international intrigue. Less than two weeks before the Democratic National Convention a man has been found dead in a Denver hotel room with a container of what authorities initially suspect to be the deadly poison cyanide.

    Adding to the intrigue is that the dead man, Saleman Abdirahman Dirie, 29, appears to be from outside the U.S. No passport was found on Dirie, who is believed to have entered the country from Canada.

    A large container of a white powdery substance was found in the man’s room on the fourth floor of The Burnsley hotel at 10th and Grant. Tests are now being done by the Denver Police Crime Lab to determine exactly what the substance is. The tests could take days.

    It’s believed Dirie died from something other than the substance that was in the container.

    http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/30923_Dead_Man_Found_in_Denver_Hotel_with_Large_Amount_of_Possible_Cyanide

  • notodisenfranchisement

    What happens if the NY Observer finds out that there are also Defiant Men supporting Clinton…will the newspaper explode?

    the media’s investigative journalism is down the toilet – they can’t even find out there are men in this “resistance.”

  • Ai1een

    Hilarious!

  • Fenelon spoke

    Can we please get off the subject of John Edwards and back onto how to get Hillary in nomination?

  • American Woman

    awww he’s in love…yukidy yuk…What a class A jerk…

  • katmandu

    Well, we could point out that McCain is still staying close to Obama, and he is seen as more able in a crisis, according to this Pew poll:

    http://people-press.org/report/443/presidential-race-draws-even

    In June, McCain led by 9 points in the category “would use good judgment in a crisis.” Now it’s 15%.

    I think this Russian issue is going to make some delegates think about Hillary a little more.

  • ritamary

    John, we now see who you really are. We have lost all respect for you. Those like me who voted for you in the primary are ashamed and embarrassed. We allowed ourselves to be taken in by such a sleazy POS.

    Please go home and spend time with your family. Try to make up to your wife for all the pain you have caused her while you still have her with you. We voters do not want to see your sorry ass ever again.

  • NO for O

    No kidding, I would be first in line. CBS is now reporting the $ issue as well.

  • http://OTliesvideo Lyn

    interesting song they chose

  • Dawnelle Leona del Puma

    Note to my new R friends –
    My Dem friend that works for the VET ADMIN just sent me this. If it’s true you should talk to your candidate! NOT a good time to be making ANY mistakes!! Personally it’s not a big deal for me considering all the problems Barry has are universally worse but still? and it’s entirely too long of an article, sorry but I felt worth getting some feed back on. Or some defense, lay it on me! ;-)
    ——————————

    McCain ignoring calls to cancel controversial fundraiser
    By Susan Crabtree
    The Hill Magazine

    Republican presidential candidate John McCain so far is ignoring calls from several watchdog groups to cancel an Atlanta fundraiser promoted by Ralph Reed, a longtime friend and business partner of imprisoned lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

    Public Citizen, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), and Campaign Money Watch are urging the Arizona senator to cancel plans for the Aug. 18 fundraiser at the Marriott Marquis in downtown Atlanta and remove Reed from McCain’s Victory 2008 Team.

    Reed lost his 2006 campaign for Georgia lieutenant governor in large part because of details about his relationship with Abramoff — much of the information uncovered by McCain’s Indian Affairs Committee investigation into the wide-ranging lobbying corruption scandal.

    The Senate probe discovered $4 million in payments Reed accepted to run a bogus anti-casino campaign aimed at reducing gambling competition. An Indian tribe with a competing casino made payments to Reed, which according to the Senate investigation’s final report, were “passed through” Abramoff’s firm, Preston, Gates, Ellis & Rouvelas Meeds, and another organization, Grover Norquist’s Americans for Tax Reform.

    On the campaign trail, McCain often touts his work tackling Abramoff’s corrupt lobbying practices as evidence of his commitment to cleaning up Washington and a straight-shooting style that transcends politics.

    The watchdog groups reacted to a “special invitation” Reed sent to friends and political contacts, inviting them to the fundraiser and asking them to contribute to the McCain campaign by sending checks to Reed’s address.

    “Attached is a contribution form and a fact sheet that details the event,” Reed wrote. “Please complete the contribution form and return it to me at [address], Duluth, GA 30097. If you select (sic) to use your credit card, you may fax the form to me at [number].”

    In the invitation, which was first reported by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Reed also said he had agreed to serve as a member of the McCain Victory 2008 team.

    “John McCain also believes that tax cuts work best when tied to spending restraint,” Reed wrote in the e-mail solicitation. “He has a 26-year pro-life voting record and has pledged to appoint conservative judges who will interpret the law, not legislate from the bench.”

    Watchdog groups are floored that McCain, who has worked with them for years to reform campaign finance law, has called on Reed to help bundle contributions.

    “[Reed’s] hypocrisy is legion — now matched only by John McCain’s attending a fundraiser he’s helping host,” said Melanie Sloan, CREW’s executive director. “You just have to wonder who’s the bigger hypocrite.”

    Public Citizen’s Craig Holman called on McCain to cancel the fundraiser immediately.

    “[Reed] was involved in money laundering and McCain’s investigation uncovered it,” Holman said. “This is a mistake by the McCain campaign. I would be very surprised if he doesn’t cancel this event.”

    An official at the Republican National Committee (RNC) returned a call to McCain’s campaign. The official said Reed’s name is not on the event’s official invitation and would not confirm whether the Georgia Republican is a member of the McCain 2008 Victory Team.

    He referred to a quote RNC spokeswoman Katie Wright gave the Journal-Constitution: “I find it laughable [watchdog groups] would go this route, considering Sen. McCain chaired the Senate Indian Affairs Committee that investigated Jack Abramoff. I suggest they take a closer look at Barack Obama’s friends, like convicted felon Tony Rezko, or his National Co-Chairman Harry Reid, who took nearly $68,000 from Abramoff.”

    Democrats said Abramoff’s contributions to Reid occurred before news of the scandal broke, and any effort to equate the two relationships is ridiculous.

    “Calling yourself a maverick and claiming credit for fighting corruption while raising money with one of the central figures in the Jack Abramoff corruption scandal is not what most voters have in mind when they think of ‘straight talk,’” said Damien LaVera, a spokesman for the Democratic National Committee. “It is, however, one more example of why John McCain is offering more of the same failed Republican leadership.”

    Reed, for his part, said he doesn’t believe he is an official host of the event.

    “I don’t think I am,” he said. “I am just strongly supporting Sen. McCain. I’m contributing to him and encouraging others to do so.”

    Federal Election Commission records show no contributions from Reed to the McCain campaign or the RNC in the election thus far.

    Reed explained that he is good friends with Jamie Reynolds III, McCain’s Georgia finance chair, and was contacted and asked whether he wanted to come to the event and ask others to contribute.

    “I said, ‘Absolutely,’” Reed recalled.

    Reed doesn’t believe McCain’s Senate Indian Affairs Committee accused him of any “wrongdoing” in its final report so he doesn’t see anything unusual about wanting to help the Arizona senator’s presidential election.

    “How many people have been charged or indicted or accused of wrongdoing in that matter?” he asked. “I fully cooperated with the investigation and I was never accused of wrongdoing.”

    When asked whether he accepted laundered money, Reed replied only: “I stated at the outset of the work that I would not be paid with any gambling revenues … and none of the funds paid by me through the law firm or anyone else were from gambling.”

    He also stressed that he has no formal role or title in McCain’s campaign. The reference in his e-mail to being a member of “McCain’s Victory 2008 Team” was simply “draft language that was pre-approved and provided for people raising funds for the campaign,” he said.

    “What is the Victory 2008 Team, anyway?” he asked.

    Reed also refused to say how many people he solicited in the e-mail.

    “I really don’t even know … I couldn’t give you a number. Look, they were just friends — people I’ve worked with over many years,” he said.

    Some Republicans say they understand why McCain is turning to Reed, despite his fall from grace.

    John Feehery, a former House GOP communications strategist who has bemoaned Abramoff’s corrupting influence on the party, said Reed maintains strong ties to Christian conservatives, a key GOP demographic McCain needs to attract. For instance, in the Indian Affairs Committee’s Abramoff report, Reed boasts of having contact information for 3,000 pastors and 90,000 religious conservative households in Alabama alone.

    “He is connected with Christian conservatives and he’s a pretty savvy political operator,” Feehery said. “This is the time when you’ve got to get all the forces in the party together.”

    Other Republican stalwarts agree, although they recognize the political expediency of the relationship.

    “There’s no indication that Reed did anything illegal,” said David Keene, chairman of the American Conservative Union. “I do find it interesting that the two of them are now getting together. [The investigation] was a cause celebre for McCain. Maybe that means McCain is forgiving his former enemies. … I should get in line.”

    http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/mccain-ignoring-calls-to-cancel-controversial-fundraiser-2008-08-12.html

  • http://confloyd connie floyd

    I found no info on the SD shot in Arkansas, the media is blocking the coverage, right now its all about RUSSIA, how convenience!

  • SHV

    “I found no info on the SD shot in Arkansas, the media is blocking the coverage, right now its all about RUSSIA, how convenience!”

    http://www.arktimes.com/blogs/arkansasblog/2008/08/capitol_ave_crime_scene.aspx

  • joseyj

    Good idea!

  • http://www.revolutionaryblog.com Opposition Research

    Check Out PICTURES of Barack Obama Checking out Bikini Clad Women in Hawaii at this link:

    http://www.mikefrancesa.com/wordpress/?p=974

  • Hope Floats

    The arrogance of this jerk and deceitfulness of his wife are unbelievable.

  • Hope Floats

    There is no doubt in my mind now that Obama supporters are bona fide psychos. Dear God, that poor man! I hope he pulls through.

  • Smells like McGovern

    I saw her and Rielle’s sister on one of the morning shows. One of the women said that JE lied when he said he ended his affair with Rielle, and that the two of them are still in contact.

    The sister was really upset, apologizing to Elizabeth Edwards.

  • Fenelon spoke

    Well, I guess that means he’s probably not gay. We can put that rumor to rest. ;^)

  • SensibleWomanNOTforBO

    The perpetrator has died.

    You can keep up with breaking news on this story here.
    http://twitter.com/KATVNews

  • Uña de Gato

    Yuck, Obama and his lascivious stares make my skin crawl.

  • http://! Buzz Latte

    Maybe.

  • standard

    Anybody can shoot, anybody can write an ad, anybody can design.

  • roseeriter

    Fake is fake whether its Botox induced or Obama induced IMHO.

  • roseeriter

    They said Baron was now involved with the Obama campaign also. I smell blackmail big time.

  • roseeriter

    Try just typing it in without the www. and we can copy and paste it into our browsers. Sometimes this place tale a link and sometimes it doesn’t I think its depends on the amount of traffic on site at the time.

  • roseeriter

    I don’t even think he’s that cute. I also think he’s a bit effeminate especially with his hair, or is that metrosexual?

  • roseeriter

    How can you tell where he’s looking with sun glasses on? I still bet he’s Bi.

  • NO for O

    Wow…keep us posted. I believe that the snake pit is riddled with fraud of biblical proportion. I have seen many elections throughout my life, none that compare with this one.

  • stingy

    who is blackmailing who in your opinion?

  • 935 Lies

    Nice to know that you have Cracker Slickness figgered out.

    Would you buy a new double-wide from this man?

  • 935 Lies

    Yes, despite the tear-jerking story of her cancer (to which I have lost a grandmother, mother and aunt, Thank You Very Much), she is JUST as sleazy and crooked as he is.

    Might not be gracing the bedspreads at the CockyLocky MO-tel with other JD’s and travelling tractor and fertilizer salesmen, but ass deep in shit, all the same.

  • 935 Lies

    Reed’s a known quantity with limited credibility beyond the trailer park denizens and snake handlers.

    The people who march to Obama’s drum offend and concern me much more.

    This isn’t to say that Reed couldn’t use a swift kick to the butt…

  • destardi

    Hey all! O/T, sorry

    I’m NOT a conspiracy theorist, but in the midst of one of the most bitter internal grab for power, is it so strange to question WHY a DNC Hillary Delegate got shot?

    Did he know something?

    Ok, I’m done..flame away. :)

  • DCMedigirl

    If this video proves anything it’s that NOT anyone can shoot, write and design.

  • Smells like McGovern

    Ralph Reed is a slimeball.

    He’s the worst kind of slimeball, using religion to advance his personal ambition.
    That said, I have to agree with the following:

    He referred to a quote RNC spokeswoman Katie Wright gave the Journal-Constitution: “I find it laughable [watchdog groups] would go this route, considering Sen. McCain chaired the Senate Indian Affairs Committee that investigated Jack Abramoff

    McCain took a lot of heat from his own party over his sponsorship of Campaign Finance Reform. So a low-level hanger-on sent out an e-mail for this fundraiser…why are the watchdogs all in a tizzy?
    Why aren’t they apopleptic over the Middle East money going to the Senator O-hole campaign?

  • Toni

    FEC Investigation of Obama Eligibility

    http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/Federal-Elections-Commssion/index.html

    We need more signatures.all most there.Just go at the end where it ask if you like to donate and if you can’t just go to the bottom of the page and hit go back to petition.And hit ok- againok then hit the back bar till you are at the petition again.go to signutures at the top and click.Look to see if you got yours on there.You can remain Anonymous

    We are almost there.We need to get Obama’s true birth certificate and invesagation for it and other stuff to they are working on now

  • heather

    Heck no, he got himself photographed looking at bikini’s for the same reason he went bowling in PA.

  • I Will Remember in November

    I never liked edwards. I thought he had a used car salesman quality i found unappealing and besides he blinked too much for me. And he had a overly heavy chester cat kind of smile. Never liked him.

    The reason why he doesnt want to admit it is his baby–he didnt use protection-no rubber-to cheat and not protect your wife fighting cancer THE GUY IS SCUM!

  • I Will Remember in November

    You guys need to stop the obama is gay stuff- obama is not gay (not that there is anything wrong with that). i had je pegged-slime and i have obama pegged-dirty to the core politican who has a deep resentment for america but the man aint gay or bi let that one go.

    PUMA

  • Toni

    Obama’s voted NO to try a born alive child after abortion.He voted NO.What a scum.He said as he try to get out of it when he was caught.He said the bill was not the same as the other bill.Well both bills were the same and Obama voted no on saving a born alive child.He his camp tried to lied there way out of it.

    As you will see both bills that they are the same bills.These are Ill bills-Obama was chairman on the board.Obama lied again as to say he will protect the childre.He did not protect the children.Go through it and you will see he voted no on both bills.The bills are the same.As his camp tried to say they were not the same.Baby killer who is born alive after abortion.The mothe r has no chioce aftre that to say stop sane my child

    http://www.nrlc.org/ObamaBAIPA/SenRepubStaffAnalysisSB1082.html

    Index of Documents regarding Obama Cover-up on
    Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Bill

    http://www.nrlc.org/ObamaBAIPA/index.html

  • http://www.progressive.org/mag_reed0508 Beowulf

    “obama is not gay (not that there is anything wrong with that).”

    Obama is not a Muslim either. Not that there’s anything wrong with that! LOL.

    This brings to mind what Adolph Reed wrote of the Obama campaign accusing (race-baiting as usual) the Clinton campaign of making him appear “darker” in a cammpaign ad:

    The campaign’s accusation that the Clinton team made Obama look darker in a photo or video clip than he actually is—and what exactly are we to make of that as an accusation?

    Source: http://www.progressive.org/mag_reed0508

    Translation: “I’m black. But I’m NOT THAT BLACK! I’m not one of those midnighters! And by the way, stop comparing me to Jesse Jackson, for that is without question RACIST!”

  • Toni

    5. Obama has promised to expand Bush’s controversial “faith-based initiative”, which funnels millions of tax dollars each year to religious organizations, some of whom oppose civil rights.
    In an attempt to woo right-wing evangelical voters away from McCain, Obama has recently called for an expansion of the President’s program to transfer funding for social programs away from traditional nonprofits and into the coffers of churches. A $500 million package involving a public/private “partnership” is already on the drawing board, no doubt keeping hope alive for convicted housing project developer Rezko and five other associates who are longtime Obama fundraisers.

    Grim proving ground for Obama’s housing policy

    http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/06/27/grim_proving_ground_for_obamas_housing_policy/

    Sure Obama gives the money and nothing is done.Not even asking where he money went to by Obama-I bet in his own pockets.Again let’s people down

  • Jean

    Monday, February 4, 2008
    Follow the Money: Rezko and Alsamarrae: corruption in Iraq (w/Updates)

    http://rezkowatch.blogspot.com/2008/02/rezko-and-alsamarrae-corruption-in-iraq.html

    Obama knows Rezko and all the corruption-Obama himself is coorrupted

  • Jean

    FEC Investigation of Obama Eligibility

    http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/Federal-Elections-Commssion/signatures.html

    We need singatures to have the FEC to invesagate Obama’s birth certificate.You can or not make a donation on theis petition site.If not just at the end wher you can donate just go to bottom and click on back to petition.and hit back bar untill you get back to the petition and then go up top to signatures to see if your is there . You can stay Anonymous.

  • TeaMug

    Thanks

    observer.com/2008/politics/defiant-clinton-women-refuse-support-obama

  • http://lifestyle-health-news.com/video-theme/parenting+tips.html Jack

    low fat diet sheet…

    Although I understand the gist of what you are trying to say, there are still a few points that I need further clarification on….

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    Jim Spence…

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