I guess it’s time for Elizabeth to go and defend her hubby again. This is huge:
“As a presidential candidate, Democrat John Edwards has regularly attacked subprime lenders, particularly those that have filed foreclosure suits against victims of Hurricane Katrina. But as an investor, Mr. Edwards has ties to lenders foreclosing on Katrina victims.
The Wall Street Journal has identified 34 New Orleans homes whose owners have faced foreclosure suits from subprime-lending units of Fortress Investment Group LLC. Mr. Edwards has about $16 million invested in Fortress funds, according to a …

John Edwards seems to think that one can ignore the past.¬† Not in the age of Google.¬† Matt Drudge has taken the ambulance chaser’s present comments and compared them to his comments from 2001.
In the age of Google, you can’t hide past comments.¬† Nor can you hide a questionable association (there are pictures of Al Gore with the Westboro Baptist Church).¬† Folks, between Google and YouTube, any person can find that sort of thing out.

John Edwards is going after himself on taxes:
“SAN DIEGO (AP) – Democratic presidential contender John Edwards said Sunday he would consider raising taxes on corporations and the wealthy to fund programs such as universal health care.
Edwards has long said he wants to repeal the tax cuts on upper-income earners enacted during the Bush presidency, but Sunday he seemed to go further, by saying he was open to raising them higher than they were before George W. Bush took office. He also said he would consider taxes on “excess profits,” including …