Wednesday, April 11, 2007
John Edwards has Secret Service protection?
I was reading an article about the guy living next door to John and Elizibeth Edwards. His name is Monty Johnson. He is the man Elizabeth Edwards referred to as a “rabid, rabid Republican.” She also said she didn’t want her children anywhere near him because of his love for guns.
In the article, Monty spoke of first seeing the Edwards:
The day they looked at their property, the couple and several Secret Service agents parked on his land and walked across the street into the woods.
Johnson approached the agents and asked what they were doing on his property. “The Secret Service let me know it wasn’t my concern,” he said.
Did they use The Force? Like Obi-Wan telling the stormtroopers, “These are not the droids you are looking for.”
Why would Edwards even have Secret Service protection? I thought that only happened when a candidate actually won his (or her) party’s nomination. Edwards would have had such protection while running for the Vice President in 2004, but in another article written in January of this year it states that they recently moved into this home.
Would the Edwards even have time to go house hunting will running for Vice President?
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Bent — I wrote a similar story today, but mine includes the guidelines about whom the Secret Service is charged to protect. As I interpreted the guidelines, John Edwards didn’t qualify. Check it out: http://bobmccarty.wordpress.com/2007/04/12/is-secret-service-protecting-edwards-if-so-why/ at Bob McCarty Writes™ ( http://www.BobMcCarty.com). — Bob
Rick — I received this comment on my blog post about John Edwards and Secret Service protection:
“I believe that the Edwardses purchased their property back in 2004. The land records data on the Orange County government website indicates that there is a deed for the property recorded that year. The only subsequent records are for a right-of-way in 2005 and an easement last year. If the 2004 date is correct and if that is the time period that Johnson is referencing, then, yes, they could have legitimately have had Secret Service protection at the time of their visit to their property.”
In response, I said the following:
“Thanks for the information. If it’s accurate (and I have no reason to believe it’s not), the case is solved and the potential conspiracy debunked. If anyone can prove it’s not accurate, please let us know.”
Same goes for folks on your blog. If you have evidence that the explanation above is wrong, let us know here or at Bob McCarty Writes™ ( http://www.BobMcCarty.com ).