All this would have been funnier if he actually became our VP.

Cue "ZOMG EDWARD'S GOT NO JUSTICE!!" Facebook statuses.

Retry????

If John Edwards and Donald Trump accidentally bumped heads would the Universe Explode?

Another hopper full of money just got flushed down the crapper

Being a douchebag unfortunately isn't illegal.

Brick-House: Retry????

can't.

Meh...

BEHOLD THE POWER OF HIS HAIR!

Brick-House: Retry????

No, Fail.

/It's the South, so "abort" isn't an option.

Felgraf: Hrm. Unfortunate, but being a raging douchebag is not against the law. I had wondered if this would be the outcome.

That's been the general consensus on the legal blogs I read.

However, you will be pleased to know his vanity project here at UNC-Chapel Hill (the Center for Poverty, Work and Opportunity) is still in existence, and still providing crony jobs on the taxpayer's dime. It's not like he's going to be doing without his lunch money.

/North Carolina, the new New Jersey

Amurica...Fark Ya!: Meh...

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At least we know he's sensitive to transgender issues.

Can this dude just disappear now? I at least liked Spitzer and Weiner. Edwards at his best was meh.

Good, at least this time around the jury was smart enough to publish its findings, otherwise the prosecutor would have them all stuck in a recursive loop.....

wow that guy dodged a bullet, if he was smart he'd take his brazillions of dollars and go recede into the night.

Crocodilly_Pontifex: Brick-House: Retry????

can't.

Doesn't a mistrial allow for a re-trial on those 5 other counts?

Crocodilly_Pontifex: Brick-House: Retry????

can't.

Not on the charge he was acquitted of, but he certainly could be on the 5 the jury hung on. Whether the prosecutors will do so is an entirely different matter.

Hillary/Edwards in 2016!

I bet he didn't see that happening.

Just goes to show you, and it'll show you once again: JURIES LOVE FAMOUS PEOPLE.

Seriously, why should we give a fark?

Angry Drunk Bureaucrat

Not seeing it in TFA, which charge was he found not guilty of?


All of them, I guess.

Right now, it's just a waste of taxpayer money. I mean, it's not like he's going to do any jail time..

Felgraf: Hrm. Unfortunate, but being a raging douchebag is not against the law. I had wondered if this would be the outcome.

It might not be illegal, but it doesn't help when it comes to the jury.

Soon

Wolf_Blitzer: Crocodilly_Pontifex: Brick-House: Retry????

can't.

Not on the charge he was acquitted of, but he certainly could be on the 5 the jury hung on. Whether the prosecutors will do so is an entirely different matter.

Probably only in Edwards-bashers wet dreams - not much point in trying again, just a waste of money.

This was just another Obama inside job. He made one of this cadre of white women have sex with Edwards because Obama knew he couldn't defeat him one-on-one.

wildsnowllama: If John Edwards and Donald Trump accidentally bumped heads would the Universe Explode?

I think the saddest part of this is that noone will be surprised by this verdict.

Can't they give him the death penalty just for sh*ts & grins?

Say, did you guys know that John Edwards is the son of a mill worker?

I figured if the jury could separate his behavior as a husband from what they were there to decide he would be acquitted. After all the facts are that the Bunny Mellon chick gave the money that this whole thing was about to him, and she even paid gift taxes on it, not his campaign.

ecmoRandomNumbers: Pants full of macaroni!!: Just goes to show you, and it'll show you once again: JURIES LOVE FAMOUS PEOPLE.

This.

I'm convinced that it's part of our DNA -- something to do with our evolution and survival.

It's also possible the man isn't legally guilty.

He should of just tortured her and kept her locked up forever in a prison on some island some where. I hear you can get away with anything if you change the definition around.

This is bad news....

for Obama.

metallion: Right now, it's just a waste of taxpayer money. I mean, it's not like he's going to do any jail time..

That would have just killed his wife...oh, wait...

He's a douchebag, she's not ugly, and he has glorious hair.


Subby has earned 66.6%.

Pants full of macaroni!!: Just goes to show you, and it'll show you once again: JURIES LOVE FAMOUS PEOPLE.

George Zimmerman should start giving more interviews to reach celebrity status before jury selection.

Nice! Kerry/Edwards '04 gets to stay on my bumper!

Ugly? Hardly.

9beers: This is bad news....

for Obama.

Obama made the jury give a mistrial so that he could get all the trial lawyer money. Because everyone knows that John Edwards controls every trial lawyer in America.

Oh, come now. He's guilty of more than that, unless you're using douche bag in as a catch-all.