Former presidential candidate and dashing senator john edwards goes on trial today for, what was it, concealing an extra - marital affair, and illigally transferring campaign contributions..presumably, to the affairee. he could get, what, 30 years? two consecutive lifetimes? heaven only knows, in america, the land of punishment.
who in their right mind wouldn't conceal an extra marital affair? and why should it be illegal to conceal one from the government? wife, yes, but government??? why should the government care?
all this fuss about campaingncontributions and the legal way to handle them is made necessary by our insane systems of constantly purchasing political office. it cost one to two million to become a house of representative, there to five mil to join the senate, and, thanks to obama, a cool billion to become president.
obama is of course as much the property of the corporate oligarchy as any other president.
people can vote for whomever they want to. but they're gonna vote fot the candidates who advertise the most, are we the sheeple, and the ones selected for big corporate money are gonna be the ones most pleasing to the big corporations who fund the candidates.
john edwards may have no business being in a marriage, or in politics... but prison? we could end this mess by encouraging more flexible, open marriage contracts, and prohibiting the purchase of political advertising. otherwise, you and i might end up having to pay for john edward's room and board for decades.
Bb
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