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November 02, 2004
Louisiana | Former Gov. Edwards to Stump for Dems in La. Prison

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Edwin Edwards, Louisiana’s former governor currently serving time on a federal conviction, was moved from the Fort Worth facility where he began serving time in 2001, to the federal prision in Oakdale, Louisiana this week.

A spokesman for the DNC said they had lobbied to have the colorful and still politically influential Edwards moved back to Louisiana in time for him to do some last minute stumping for Sen. Kerry’s bid for the nation’s chief executive, but more importantly, “To help force David Vitter into a run-off with Chris John.”

Edwards will be visiting fellow prisoners today, handing out provisional ballots and cigarettes.

In his typical dead-pan style, Edwards quipped, “This brings a whole new meaning to the old political term of ‘pressing the flesh.’”

(Cross-posted at Cornpone)



Posted by John Dias at November 2, 2004 01:45 PM | TrackBack
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