Just thought I would post this for conversation only. I do not care. You?


Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards recently defended taking a lucrative book contract from a publisher controlled by Rupert Murdoch -- whose News Corp. empire Edwards has sharply criticized -- by insisting that “every dime” of his $500,000 advance went to charity.

Left unmentioned by Edwards, however, was that Murdoch’s HarperCollins paid portions of a $300,000 expense budget for the book to Edwards’s daughter and to a senior political aide, Jonathan Prince.


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"I was surprised that it sold it all, and I'm astonished at the amount it went for," said one of the editors. "It's inconceivable that you would pay $800,000 for this book."

"We wouldn't have offered half that," said another

Well well. This is interesting. Being a lawyer has served him rather nicely.

It worked out great for his daughter also, who didn't feel so much compassion for the poor.

Something else Edwards forgot to mention also.

His spokesman, Eric Schultz, said the charities include Habitat for Humanity and College for Everyone. Edwards did not mention the previously unreported fees to Prince and to Edwards' daughter.

College for Everyone is Edward's own charity. I'm thinking he's pretty cleaver where it comes to moving funds around.