Randi Rhodes: Edwards' Gift To Weiner

It's Friday, ya bastids! John Edwards was indicted today, and I’m sure nobody was happier about that than Anthony Weiner. Now Anthony Weiner’s penis will get a much needed break—something that John Edwards’ penis should probably have taken. This indictment puts a new spin on John Edwards’ much-repeated rags to riches story. Now his story may end up being that of the son of a simple mill worker who went on to become a convict. That’s not quite as inspirational. A grand jury has been looking into whether money given to support Edwards’ mistress by Edwards’ supporters should have been considered campaign donations. Hey John, you should have taken a cue from John Ensign—get the money for your mistress from your parents. Prosecutors say Edwards improperly accepted over $900,000 in an effort to conceal facts that could have damaged his White House bid. Hey, if you’re spending almost a million dollars to hide things that would damage your White House bid, maybe you shouldn’t be making a White House bid. It’s always the cover up. John Edwards would have been better off taking his mistress with him on the campaign trail. Oh that’s right—he did that! Edwards defense would be that the money shouldn’t be considered a campaign donation. It was simply a cash gift to help keep his cancer-stricken wife from finding out about his mistress and their baby. That is not the best defense I’ve e ver heard. The jobs report for last month was not good, or as Republicans refer to it, “good.” Private employment rose by 83,000, which is evidently not a lot, though there are 83,000 people who are probably pretty satisfied with it. Government jobs decreased by 29,000. Remember, back in February, Speaker John Boehner said that if budget-slashing causes job losses, then “ so be it.” Well, judging from the latest jobs numbers, it be so. “So be it!” I would say that was the merlot talking, but there’s just as much of a chance that it was John Boehner’s natural indifference to other people’s suffering that was talking. Sarah Palin’s bus tour keeps happening, like herpes, or a bedbug infestation. While in Gettysburg earlier in the week, Sarah Palin stopped into a Walmart… because that’s what you do in Gettysburg. I guess all those savings remind a person of how the Union was saved at Gettysburg. Establishment Republicans are annoyed at Palin for sucking so much oxygen out of the real campaign coverage. And everybody else is annoyed at Palin for sucking so much, period. >;>> MORE