John Edwards, U.S. Senator, North Carolina (D), official portrait
In legal circles – in which I do not travel – there is a common saying (one which can be found on Wikipedia – the so-called “fount of all knowledge” – please excuse me while I find the vomitorium) – which says “A good prosecutor could get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich.”
It is that aphorism – an aphorism, which by the way, is defined as “a terse saying embodying a general truth, or astute observation” – upon which I begin this entry.
John Edwards, a former U.S. senator from North Carolina, Democrat, and former presidential candidate, was discovered to have fathered a child out of wedlock while he was married to his now-late former wife Elizabeth, whom was also an attorney, and whom died of a recurrence of cancer.
Fearing public censure, “handlers” for former Senator Edwards’ presidential campaign sought to Read the rest of this entry »
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