There Will Always Be Idiots
There now appears to be a third wave of post-prison publicity for The Silver Zipper.
The first wave was when Edwin Edwards was released from the slammer, to the news that his toadies in the Acadia Parish courthouse gang were going to install him as Grand Marshal of the Crowley Rice Festival, that he had a new job working for state Democrat party chairman Buddy Leach but not to do anything political and that he’d found a new blonde chippy and he was engaged.
Wave Number Two came when he finished his turn on parole, subsequently got hitched to the abovementioned blonde chippy and threw himself a fundraiser at which the aging sleazebags who supped at his gubernatorial table before the Justice Department condemned the feast gladly ponied up $250 for the privilege of his company, and threw in a press conference at which he proclaimed himself a victim of journalistic malpractice – he wasn’t convicted of selling casino licenses, see, but rather extortion. And by the way he never profited off the people of Louisiana, dontcha know.
That was a couple of weeks ago. Now it appears Wave Number Three is breaking along our receding coastline.
That’s because of a Facebook page which has hit the state’s collective consciousness.
An effort is underway to get a presidential pardon for Edwin Edwards. It’s happening on-line as the first step of the process aiming to allow the federal felon to run for governor again.
“I really feel that if I did run, I would be able to get elected,” Edwards proclaimed.
Edwards was asked, “If you had to opportunity would you do it?”
“Yes!” was his emphatic reply.
“At least 40 percent of the people of this state will always vote for me for any office that I run for,” Edwards insisted. “At least 30 percent will vote against me for any office I run for”
Supporter Brenda Dolan is trying to help. She started a Facebook page to lobby President Obama for an Edwards’ pardon.
In just two weeks, more than 400 people have signed on to the effort.
“I would think that there would still be a lot of people that would support him and back him,” Dolan said. “He’s loved by so many people.”
“He’s always been Louisiana’s favorite governor,” she explained. “He’s risen from the ashes many time.”
This from the Facebook page, entitled Ask Obama To Pardon Edwin Edwards…
My name is Brenda- i created this fb page because like many other Louisianians we adore our Gov. We believe the good this man has done in La far outweighs why we r asking for a pardon. EWE is a legend, a dignitary, a veteran, a friend, a good man even to those who can nothing for him- he deserves a pardon and the dignity it would bring to his life~
On that page you’ll also find items like these…
i saw on the news the Democrats are no longer the majority party in La—thats not very good news- but i bet i know who could revitalize the party
And…
Moments ago I requested a pardon for EWE on the White House FaceBook page. My husband is stroke victim/hospitalized and made comment contact uing an unfamilar TV internet service so could not copy/paste it on this group page. A Curtis Piper has responded negatively to my pardon request.
And there was this…
Plan on coming to the International Rice Festival and wearing a shirt because Edwin Edwards is our GRAND MARSHAL.. wouldnt it be great for him to see a bunch of supporters in a shirt like this,,, message me if you want one!!
And here’s the shirt…
Strangely enough, there was no discussion on the page that touting the 84-year old ex-con for president might be a little counterproductive in asking the current occupant of that office, who will be running for re-election next year, to pardon him and thus make him eligible for elected office.
Apparently that’s a level of sophisticated thinking which hasn’t descended on the 426 people who have joined the page.
And that’s a surprise, because one of them came up with this golden nugget…
Served his time now it’s time to serve. Good luck Governor!
And we have this example of shockingly poor Facebook etiquette…
You never “like” your own wall post. Ever.
There’s a great deal more, but it’s a little depressing. Thankfully, the reaction to this hasn’t been completely positive…
This doesn’t particularly represent a groundswell – 426 people in two weeks is actually a fairly pathetic showing for something billing itself as a serious public undertaking – but it’s worth shining a little daylight onto.
Because if you ignore stupidity, it grows like a fungus.
Besides, it’s funny to watch the imbeciles.
FREE LIL’ BOOSIE!!!! YEA-AH!!!!
PEACE AND JUSTICE, YA’LL!!!
I would like to know what TP member has time to fool with a Pardon EWE FB page with the United Nations trying to creat a Global Governance! Really self centered people on that FB page…
Can a convicted felon actually run for office? I know it’s LA and all, but can a common, convicted criminal run for elected office? Really? I knew they shoulda gone for the death penalty for this old clown.
When the money is gone. The child bride will fade away and sue for millions as a reimbursable companion.
Edwards was a criminal. Is a criminal and his gaggle of far- left morons will never accept this.
Thank goodness someone has made a page to counteract this pardoning idiocy. I believe that this is the page that most of the reader here would be looking for:
“Ask Obama not to pardon crooks like Edwin Edwards”
We should try to show that there are more people against the pardon than for the pardon.
As for as raising funds he should host a Poker Game, that was a success before. The question is how many potential scams do you think our man has been presented? I think just knowing his track record it will be hard for him to be straight. He can help it its in his DNA.
If Obama was to pardon Edwards, Obama knows it will be one more nail in his own coffin in 2012. Wait a minute! Write the pardon Obama! Hurry!
Don’t hold your breathe Edwards. Obama is fighting for his own survival.
Edwards will never win! Neither will Obama in 2012. The ridiculous thing about the whole deal is that the Democrats in this state never learn. They place their hopes in crooks and phonies.
Great. Get rid of one criminal and put in another. Just what the country needs. Jeeze….
Yeah im the creator of the page- we now have 1,665 which is more than you have on your facebook LOL i see your like are all republican so i think we can all see where u r coming from!
Ya n we c where u r coming from 2.
Read the headline, that’s you. Go take an English class, then you can come back and tell us why it is that you support the idea of resurrecting the political career of a felon.
Genius.
Very clever signing your name as “Genius” LOL! Does that make you feel like you are a big dog? Since you obviously have no idea of why most people are for resurrecting Edwards political career, I’ll let you in on the little secret. He did more for our state than all other Governors combined! How about you go take a history class then come back with your comments!
No, moron, he didn’t. Louisiana is last in almost everything – that’s Edwards’ legacy.
No, moron, he didn’t. Louisiana is last in almost everything – that’s Edwards’ legacy.
its up to 1700 now,,and by the way we all have opinions
EWE 2012
Yours is like what everybody also has. Smells the same way.
Well as a supporter Edwards (and I’m Republican) your comments about stupidity, fungus and imbeciles show just how much of a childish personality you have. Oh and by the way the last time I looked the “Ask Obama to Pardon Edwin Edwards” page has surpassed “The Hayride” page. Which fits you well since hayrides were intended for the joy of children! So for now on just stay on your little “Hayride” and keep your mouth shut! Because in Louisiana, when you down one of us, you down us all! And we tend to not take that very lightly!
Nope. I’m not downing all Louisianans. I’m downing you personally because you embarrass the state.
Nowhere else could someone as flagrantly criminal as Edwin Edwards generate so loyal a group of sycophants as you morons. If it’s childish to call out mindless stupidity, then we rejoice in our childhood – but by no objective measure is the glorification of crime a mark of maturity or adulthood.
You’re a disgrace.
I guess Brekk hit a nerve since you blocked him from commenting. Very clever! That way you have the last word and it makes him look like he is speechless! You all just want a one sided story here! I understand! So now who is the Moron???
Brekk Smith, let me tell you one thing i know for certain about idiots: idiots try the same thing over and over and expect different results. Yeah, Einstein said that, go to his grave and argue with him. Because you and your “large” group of imbeciles are expecting to actually get Edwin Edwards elected into office so he can once again swindle us out of money. And you go so far as to say Edwin 2012: you want to do it to AMERICA? No, i think i stand for all of the readers of the Hayride, AND all the Conservatives (excluding yourself, because you have proven yourself to not be one) in saying that Edwin Edwards deserved to be imprisoned and needs to live out the rest of his life as a happily married man without political participation.
Ps, Reagan’s 11th commandment: never speak ill of a fellow Republican. I may have broken that rule, but you broke it first.