Coffee Break

An aide to former Democratic U.S. presidential candidate
Hillary Clinton says she’d be the nominee today if John
Edwards hadn’t initially denied a sex scandal.

Howard Wolfson, Clinton’s former communications director,
says if Edwards’ now-admitted extra-marital affair had
been known earlier this year, the former North Carolina
senator would have been forced out of the race and his
absence from the Iowa Democratic caucuses would have
allowed Clinton, the senator from New York, to defeat Sen.
Barack Obama, D-Ill., ABC News reported Monday.

“I believe we would have won Iowa, and Clinton today would
therefore have been the nominee,” Wolfson told the network.
As it happened, Clinton finished third in the Iowa
caucusing, close behind Edwards, while Obama won, gaining
a momentum that set the pace for the rest of the primaries.

ABC noted Edwards had denied a story in the National
Enquirer about the alleged extramarital affair last October.
He admitted to the affair last week, but that earlier denial
“certainly had an impact on the election,” Wolfson said.

Do you think Hillary would be the Democratic
nominee today if John Edwards come clean about his
extra-marital affair?

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             Triple wedding saves $60,000
A trio of British couples said they saved an estimated
$60,000 by holding a triple wedding for the price of one
marriage.  Melanie Taylor, 42, said she came up with the
idea for the triple wedding after going over the costs of
marrying her boyfriend, Michael Padgett, 34, The Mirror
reported.  “We were with our friends, Emma Wood and Spencer
May, one night and they had been thinking about getting
married too, so I joked about having a double wedding,”
Taylor said. “Then our other friends, Gloria Mooney and
Andrew Tilley, joined us and we laughed about making it a
triple.”  However, she said the joke soon became a
full-fledged plan, and the three couples married at a
ceremony with nearly 300 guests at a hotel in Leicester,
England.  “Getting married together made it even more of
a special day,” Taylor said. “There was no trying to
outshine each other.”  As much fun as the couples said it
was to share their wedding with one another, the three
pairs said they opted for separate honeymoons.
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          Jets, Giants fans scramble to pay new fees
Fans of New York’s pro football teams, the Jets and the
Giants, say they are going to extremes to pay a new fee to
give them the right to buy season tickets.  Giants fan John
Costantini said he and his family are dipping into retirement
funds and taking out bank loans to afford the family’s
$80,000 “personal seats license” fee, which was adopted by
the two teams to help pay for the $1.6 billion in construction
needed for the new stadium the teams are scheduled to begin
sharing in 2010, the New York Post reported.  The fees come
in addition to the prices of regular season tickets.  PSL
prices for Jets games have not yet been announced, but the
Giants PSLs are selling for between $1,000 and $20,000 per
seat.  Costantini said his family is being required to pay
$20,000 for each of their four midfield seats three rows
behind the Giants bench.
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            Man found guilty of sending pig head
A London court has found a man guilty of sending a pig’s
head disguised as a birthday present to his ex-girlfriend’s
sister-in-law.  The Kingston Crown Court jury found Martin
Anderson, 44, guilty of masterminding a hate campaign against
Kim Teague that left the woman fearing violence, The Sun
reported.  Judge Stephen Bellamy set sentencing for Sept. 5.
“Obviously all options as to sentencing will be kept open,”
he told Anderson after the guilty verdict was announced.
Teague had told the court she received a gift-wrapped package
that contained the severed head of a pig with the letters
“RIP” written on its forehead. She said she also received
anonymous phone calls from someone who made pig noises over
the line.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Reader Comments ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
What are your thoughts on Clinton foreging repaying herself?

“That is what should happen!  Good grief!  I can’t even
imagine it being a question that others be paid back before
them.  I think this shows how ridiculous it is for
politicians to spend so much money on campaigns.  Can’t
anyone see there are better ways to spend millions in this
country?”

“She has millions and should forgo repaying herself!”

“I wonder what interest rate she was gonna pay herself?  How
do you “Loan” yourself money?”
Steve from Sparta, WI

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