It should have been rhetorical but after Tweeting John Edwards latest declaration of Ass-hattedness to Twitter and Facebook about an alleged John Edwards sex tape, I was asked jokingly:
"Is John Edwards and alleged Scumbag or is it confirmed he is a Scumbag. Don’t want you to cross any legal lines."
Great question. When exactly does an ambulance chasing trial lawyer turned professional lying-cheat, rat-bastard, who had an affair on his cancer-stricken wife, making a sex tape with his videographer who had his love child, cross the line to scumbag?
That’s not a hard question to answer even if we can’t agree that he started on the other side of the line. But why is allowing his mistress to create a sex tape she never destroyed her fault? You don’t make sex tapes with politicians unless you either want to blackmail them or you want to spice up the act; does anyone actually watch these after they make them, or do they just wait until they get stolen and show up on the internet? And if you are a politician and you let someone make a sex tape–when you are married and running for President? Well….who is the idiot in this scenario? Was it not dumb enough just to cheat on your sick wife while on campaign, or dumber to then allow someone to make a record of it?
I can’t give an unbiased answer for several reasons but mostly because I think he always was a scum bag. So I figured I’d give some of the folks who were willing to ignore the fact that he was an ambulance chasing trial lawyer turned professional lying-cheat, rat-bastard, and supported his goal to to be President, an opportunity to answer the question for us. To that end I have included an October 2007 list of Graniteroots town chairs for Edwards I found over at NH Insider. If anyone can tell us when or if he has crossed the line to ‘scumbag’ they can.
The list is on the jump.
Or we can ask Tim Horrigan, also an Edwards fan at least in Jan of 2008, who is the one Democrat I know of most likely to read this post.
So find a name and take a survey. Let us know if Edwards is officially a scumbag across the ideological spectrum or…will the democrats now elevate him to Clintonesque stature? Sex scandal, perjury, a southern lilt, lying dirt-bag; that’s presidential material for left wingers. This could be a tough one.
TOWN | NAME | LAST | TITLE |
Acworth | Jay | Phinizy | State Representative |
Alexandria | Deirdre | Henss | Alexandria Activist |
Allenstown | Theresa | Zinis | Allenstown Activist |
Alstead | Courtney | Porter | Alstead Activist |
Alton Bay | James | Connors | Alton Activist |
Amherst | Leonard | Lindberg | Veteran |
Andover | Janet | Bliss | Colby Sawyer College Professor |
Antrim | David | Essex | State Representative |
Ashland | Doris | Tremblay | Ashland Activist |
Atkinson | Marcia | Beaulieu | Nutritionist and Activist |
Auburn | Ron | Poltak | Environmental Activist |
Barrington | Duane | Kimball | Small Business Owner |
Bartlett | Brenda | Monahan | Bartlett Activist |
Bath | Joseph | Shelton | Bath Activist |
Bedford | Diana | Dewitt | Special Education Teacher |
Belmont | Susan | Lavin | Belmont Activist |
Berlin | Lawrence | Kelly | Executive Director of Tri-County CAP |
Bethlehem | Judith | Wallace | Bethlehem Selectboard Member |
Boscawen | Laura | Clegg | Boscawen Activist |
Bow | Jon | Bresler | NH Democratic State Committee |
Bradford | Carol | Latham | Bradford Activist |
Brentwood | Ann | McDonough | Brentwood Activist |
Brentwood | Tracy | Waldron | Brentwood Activist |
Bristol | Carolyn | Shulman | Bridgewater Activist |
Bristol | Steven | Shulman | Bridgewater Activist |
Brookline | Victoria | Sandin | Brookline Activist |
Campton | Bernard | Hitzig | Campton Activist |
Canaan | Jenn | Barg | Canaan Activist |
Canaan | Pat | Danielson | Canaan Activist |
Candia | Susi | Nord | State Representative |
Canterbury | Frank | Tupper | State Representative |
Carroll | Nancy | Mitiguy | Carroll Activist |
Center Barnstead | Michelle | Doiron | Barnstead Activist |
Center Conway | Kelly | DeFeo | Conway Activist |
Center Harbor | Mary-Ann | Keay | Center Harbor Activist |
Center Tuftonboro | Jill | Daley-Gibson | Tuftonboro Activist |
Chester | Nancy | Graham | Chef and Activist |
Chesterfield | Nancy | Crawford | Nurse and Chesterfield Activist |
Chichester | Candice | Brehm | Chichester Activist |
Claremont | June | Mohla | Claremont Activist |
Claremont | Carole | Schuschu | Educator |
Concord (Ward 1) | Cynthia | Ouellette | Educator |
Concord (Ward 2) | Donald | Taylor | Concord Activist |
Concord (Ward 3) | Christine | Miller | Activist and Mental Health Professional |
Concord (Ward 4) | Christopher | Seufert | Prominent Attorney and Activist |
Concord (Ward 5) | Rob | Werner | Concord City Councilman, Merrimack County Democrats Chair |
Concord (Ward 6) | Suzanne | Amidon | Concord Activist |
Concord (Ward 7) | Don | Brueggemann | State Representative |
Concord (Ward 8) | Ray | Lacasse | Senior Citizen Advocate |
Concord (Ward 9) | Barbara | Kuhlman Brown | Former School Board Member |
Concord (Ward 10) | Bill | Noelte | Concord Activist |
Cornish | Peter | Burling | State Senator; Asst. Majority Leader |
Cornish | Linda | Fuerst | Cornish Activist |
Danville | Pam | Harrington | Educator and Activist |
Deerfield | Nancy & Richard | Potavin | Deerfield Activists |
Deering | Patricia | Bevans | Deering Activst |
Derry | Bob | Howe | Treasurer, Derry Democrats |
Derry | Bonnie | Murray | Derry Activist |
Derry | Donna | Thompson | Environmental Activist |
Dover | Jen | Brown | State Representative |
Dover | Paula | Dinardo | Democratic Committeewoman, GLBT Leader |
Dover | Joanne | Dodge | Senior Advocate |
Dover | Bill | McCann | Dover Democratic Town Chair, Former State Rep. |
Dover | David | Meikle | Small Business Owner |
Dover | Kevin | Quigley | Veteran |
Dover | Mark | Ryder | Attorney |
Dover | PJ | Whitney | Nurse |
Dublin | Rita-Joan | Goldmann | Dublin Activist |
Durham | Stephanie | Bradley-Swift | Durham Activist |
Durham | Ruth | Davis | Durham Activist |
East Hampstead | Kathy | Pynn | East Hampstead Activist |
East Kingston | Jackson | Casey | Attorney |
East Kingston | Belen | Lee | Educator |
Easton | Susan | Ford | Easton Democratic Town Chair and Secretary of the Northern Grafton Democratic Committee |
Effingham | David | Manley | Effingham Democratic Town Chair |
Enfield | Michelle | Goldsmith | Enfield Activist |
Epping | Susan | McGeough | City Council |
Epping | Nancy & Robert | Murphy | Epping Activists |
Epsom | Stand and Cina | Podlaseck | Epsom Town Democratic Committee Members |
Exeter | Doug | Flockhart | Activist |
Exeter | Julie | Gilman | Exeter Selectwoman |
Exeter | Joe | Pace | Exeter Democratic Town Chair |
Farmington | Lyle | Doughty | NECA Electrical Contractor and IBEW member |
Fitzwilliam | Robyn | Anderson-Hannett | Fitzwilliam Activist |
Francestown | Rosa | Bromberg | Francestown Activist |
Franconia | Ann | Menninger | Franconia Activist |
Franklin | Linda | Bean | Franklin Activist |
Gilford | Johan | Andersen | Gilford Activist |
Gilford | Gary | Liptak | Gilford Activist |
Gilmanton | David | Sykie | Gilmanton Activist |
Gilmanton | Sally | Sykie | Gilmanton Activist |
Goffstown | Diane | Macon | Goffstown Activist |
Gorham | Roland | Beausejour | Gorham Activist & Business Owner |
Grantham | Karen | Ryan | Former Grantham Democratic Town Chair |
Greenfield | Kathleen | Carpenter | Labor leader and Greenfield Activist |
Greenland | Connie | Gardoqui | Activist |
Greenland | Elaina | Valzania | Home Healthcare Worker |
Greenville | Carolyn | Turner | Greenville Activist |
Hampstead | Gail | Bacheller-London | Hampstead Activist |
Hampstead | Martin | London | Hampstead Activist |
Hampton | Bob & Sharon | Constentino | Hampton Activists |
Hampton | Glenn | McKenzie | Hampton Activist |
Hampton | Julie | Moore | Hampton Activist |
Hampton | Chris & Melanie | Muns | Hampton Activists |
Hampton | Bruce | Segal | Cardiovascular RN |
Hampton Falls | Ed | Beattie | Educator |
Hancock | Katrina | Hall | Hancock Activist |
Hanover | Deb | Nelson | Educator |
Hanover | Sharon | Nordgren | State Represenative |
Hanover | Lori | Shipulski | Hanover Democratic Town Chair |
Henniker | Catherine | Kalob | New England College Professor of Social Work |
Hillsborough | Meg | Curtis | Executive Board Member of the Hillsborough Chamber of Commerce and Hillsborough Lions Club |
Hinsdale | Janice | Glasgow | Hinsdale Act ivist |
Holderness | David | Ransom | Holderness Activist |
Hollis | Cliff | Conneighton | Former Hollis Democratic Town Chair |
Hooksett | Joan | Lydon | Small Business Owner |
Hopkinton | Gary | Richardson | Hopkinton State Representative |
Hopkinton | Elizabeth | Sanders | Physician and Hopkinton Democratic Town Chair |
Hudson | Phil | MacKenzie | Activist; Former Educator |
Intervale | Maureen | Westrick | Conway Environmental Activist |
Jackson | Daniel | Andrews | Jackson Activist |
Jackson | Gino | Funicella | Jackson Selectboard Member |
Jaffrey | Mary | Giovetti | Jaffrey Activist |
Jaffrey | Mary | Poplin | Jaffrey Activist |
Jaffrey | Betsy | Potter | Jaffrey Activist |
Keene | Abigail | Abrash | Educator and Keene Activist |
Keene | Charles | Redfern | Keene City Council Member and Keene Activist |
Kensington | Ed | Cunningham | Kensington Activist |
Kingston | Jen | Casey | Kingston Activist |
Kingston | Guy & Sue | Gobeil | Kingston Activist |
Laconia | Karen | Labbe | Laconia Activist |
Lancaster | Cynthia | Winget | Lancaster Activist |
Landaff | Rachael | Booth | Navy Intelligence Veteran |
Lebanon | Scott | Pauls | Dartmouth Professor |
Lee | Doug | Karo, PHD | Professor (Retired) |
Lisbon | Mark | Roberts | Lisbon Activist |
Litchfield | Stephanie | Husband | Litchfield Activist |
Littleton | Linda | Massimilla | Town Manager, Committee Member, and Head of Androscoggin Valley Retired Teachers Association |
Londonderry | Denis | Corbeil | Londonderry Activist |
Londonderry | Sharon | Corbeil | Londonderry Activist |
Londonderry | Lynn | Eaton | Londonderry Activist |
Loudon | Ken | Krzewick | Former Educator |
Lyme | Ann | Bokermann | Activist |
Lyndeborough | Gretchen | Uhas | Lyndeborough Activist |
Madbury | Michael | Rogers | Madbury Activist |
Manchester (Ward 1) | Mary | Devine | Nurse |
Manchester (Ward 2) | Muriel | Cavanaugh | Registered Nurse |
Manchester (Ward 3) | Diane | Swasey | Ward 3 Democratic Chair |
Manchester (Ward 4) | Carmen | Polo | Medical Professional |
Manchester (Ward 5) | Jeff | Michelsen | VP, NH Coalition to End Homelessness |
Manchester (Ward 6) | Barbara | Wesolowski | Educator |
Manchester (Ward 7) | Brad | Connolly | Educator |
Manchester (Ward 7) | Stephanie | Orr | Manchester Activist |
Manchester (Ward 8) | Susan | Doukas | Retired Educator |
Manchester (Ward 8) | Sandra | Paradis | Former School Board Member |
Manchester (Ward 9) | Diane | Lavoie | Retired |
Manchester (Ward 10) | Cindy | Linehan | Educator |
Manchester (Ward 11) | George | Lessard | Manchester Activist |
Manchester (Ward 12) | Bob | Copeland | Manchester Activist |
Meredith | Elizabeth | O’Neil | Meredith Activist |
Merrimack | Evan | Fulmer | Merrimack Activist |
Middleton | Evelyn & David | Campbell | Middleton Activists |
Milan | Wayne | Forsythe | Milan Activist |
Milford | Sandy | Frades | Milford Activist |
Milton | Bob | Srnec | State Representative |
Milton | Claire | Williams | Milton Activist |
Monroe | Carol | Laflamme | Monroe Activist |
Mont Vernon | Andy & Andrea | Baver | Mont Vernon Activists |
Moultonborough | Dorothy | O’Callaghan | Moultonborough Activist |
Nashua (Ward 1) | Melliyal | Annamalai | Nashua Activist |
Nashua (Ward 2) | Joanne | St. John | Nashua Activist |
Nashua (Ward 3) | Bill | Barry | Attorney |
Nashua (Ward 4) | Jen | Craffey | Nashua Activist |
Nashua (Ward 5) | Kathleen | Rivard | Nashua Activist |
Nashua (Ward 6) | Glenda | Ouellette | Nashua Activist |
Nashua (Ward 7) | Daniel | Cronin | Nashua Activist |
Nashua (Ward 8) | Gailyn | Casaday | Nashua Activist |
Nashua (Ward 9) | Vincent | Ranucci | Nashua Activist |
Nelson | Carol | Crawford | Nelson Activist |
New Boston | Julia | Tam | New Boston Activist |
New Castle | Cynthia | Burns | New Castle Activist |
New Castle | Michael & Catherine | Donovan | New Castle Activists |
New Durham | Mary | George | New Durham Activist |
New Hampton | Cheryl | Towne | New Hampton Activist |
New Ipswich | Maralyn | Steinberg | New Ipswich Activist |
New London | Pam and Ken | Child | New London Activists |
Newbury | Lenny | Bloksberg | Former Newbury Democratic Town Chair |
Newfields | Lauren | Gowing | Activist |
Newfields | Bernard | Jankowski | Activist |
Newfields | Doug | Marino | Student, Cooperative Middle School |
Newfields | Kristine | Meier | Activist |
Newmarket | Scott | Foster | Activist |
Newmarket | Dana | Glennon | Vice-Chair of Newmarket Town Council & Postal Worker |
Newmarket | Cindy & Jerry | Sneirson | Activists |
Newport | Harold | Perkins | Secretary, Newport Democrats |
Newton | Susan | Peterson | Educator and Newton Activist |
North Conway | Joanne | Sparks | Conway Activist |
North Hampton | Judy | Day | State Representative |
North Hampton | Larry | Miller | Republican; North Hampton Activist |
Northfield | James | Doubleday | Northfield Activist |
Northwood | Lucy | Edwards | Northwood Democratic Town Chair |
Northwood | Paul | Thorington | Republican, Doctor |
Nottingham | Ginny | Mills | Nottingham Activist |
Nottingham | Chris | Mills | Environmental Activist |
Orford | Paul | Goundrey | Chairman, Orford Board of Selectmen |
Pelham | Susan | Harden | Educator and Pelham Activist |
Pembroke | Frank | Davis | Assistant Majority Leader, State Representative |
Pembroke | Patricia | Davis | Former Educator |
Pembroke | Vincent | Greco | State Representative |
Peterborough | Eileen | Whitfield | Peterborough Activist |
Pittsfield | Beatrice | Pszonowsky | Educator |
Plainfield | Sandra | Stettenheim | Former Plainfield Democratic Town Chair |
Plaistow | Sarina | Ryan | Educator and Plaistow Activist |
Plymouth | William | Kietzman | Plymouth Activist |
Porstmouth (Ward 3) | Jeanne | Rosadina | Activist |
Portsmouth (Ward 1) | Barbara | Pamboukes | Nurse |
Portsmouth (Ward 2) | Jim | Flynn | Attorney |
Portsmouth (Ward 2) | David & Judith | Halliday | Activists |
Portsmouth (Ward 3) | David | Frost | Psychiatric Counselor |
Portsmouth (Ward 3) | Evelyn | Sirrell | Former Mayor of Portsmouth |
Portsmouth (Ward 4) | Elias & Isobel | Abelson | Activists |
Portsmouth (Ward 4) | Ruth | Mott | Activist |
Portsmouth (Ward 4) | Rahul | Sivaprasad | UNH Graduate Student |
Portsmouth (Ward 5) | Laurie | McCray | Nurse |
Portsmouth (Ward 5) | Judy | Ullman | Activist |
Portsmouth (Ward 5) | Tom | Watson | Attorney |
Randolph | John | Turner | Ran dolph Democratic Town Chair |
Raymond | Paul | Foster | Activist |
Rindge | Patricia | Barry | Rindge Democratic Town Chair |
Rochester | Chris | Brewer | Activist |
Rochester | Sue | Devito | Activist |
Rochester | Charlie | Devito | School Board Member |
Rochester | Art & Peg | Doyle | Activists |
Rochester | Mark | Hamilton | Reverend |
Rochester | Bill | Powers | Small Businessman |
Rochester | Audrey | Stevens | School Board Member |
Rochester | Bob | Watson | State Representative & School Board Member |
Rollinsford | FS | Gilbert | Retired Machinist |
Rollinsford | Dan | Pike | Treasurer, Rollinsford Democratic Town Committee |
Rumney | John | Downs | Rumney Democratic Town Chair |
Rye | Elisa | Bolton | Activist |
Rye | Otto | Grote | State Representative |
Rye | Jaci | Grote | Rye Planning Board Member |
Salem | Patricia | Bjork | Salem Activist |
Sanbornton | Carol | Valente | Sanbornton Activist and Educator |
Sanbornville | Gary | Bushey | Veteran & Wakefield Activist |
Sandwich | Jeffrey | Fleischmann | Sandwich activist |
Somersworth | Barbara | Ansteth | Activist |
Somersworth | Lorraine | Eckland | Secretary, Somersworth Democrats |
Somersworth | Jennifer | Mayer | Activist |
Somersworth | Kathleen | Stone | Activist |
Somersworth | Shirley | Tracy | Activist |
South Hampton | Mac & Marcia | Odell | Founder and Executive Director of WORTH Foundation |
Spofford | Jack | Crawford | Attorney and Spofford Activist |
Stark | Willy | Cowie | Stark Activist and Veteran |
Stoddard | Maureen | Meyer | Stoddard Activist |
Strafford | Kelli | Cicirelli | Small Business Owner |
Strafford | Elaine | Grant | Small Business Owner |
Stratham | Bill & Joan | Chandler | Activists |
Stratham | Bob & Sharon | Dillon | Activists |
Stratham | Robert | Donohue | Writer |
Stratham | Dean | Merchant | Former State Representative |
Sullivan | Hilliare | Wilder | Educator and Sullivan Activist |
Sunapee | Lucy | Ahearn | Activist |
Surry | Earl | Anderson | Surry Activist |
Sutton | Nancy | Fitzgerald | Sutton Town Democratic Committee Member |
Tamworth | Jennifer | Smyth | Tamworth Activist and College Student |
Thornton | David | Palmer | Thornton Activist |
Tilton | Daniel | Jordan | Tilton Democratic Town Chair |
Walpole | Lynda | Katz | Educator and Walpole Activist |
Warner | Elizabeth | Buck | Nutritionist and Activist |
Weare | Willis | Ottery | Deacon in Episcopal Church |
Weare | Linda | Ottery | Educator |
Weare | Sheila | Rose-Switzer | Special Education Teacher |
Webster | Jennifer | Buck | Chef and Activist |
Webster | Tricia | Neville-Carey | Educator and Activist |
Westmoreland | Sarah | Bonneau | Westmoreland Activist |
Whitefield | Bonnie | Boswell | Whitefield Activist |
Wilton | Christian | Hettinger | Wilton Activist |
Windham | Brian | Smith | Windham Activist |
Wolfeboro | Louise | Graham | Wolfeboro Activist |