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Edwin W. Edwards puts himself in hospice care, calls it 'a matter of convenient care'
Posted on 7/6/21 at 12:33 am
Posted on 7/6/21 at 12:33 am
The Advocate
I've always thought that old bastard would live forever, to be honest. But it appears that there is a chance his number may be coming up sooner than later. Godspeed EWE
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“His blood oxygen and blood pressure were both low,” said his wife Trina Edwards, “and we made the decision to go the hospital out of an abundance of caution. His strength has been failing in recent weeks but Edwin has always rallied back in the past and we’re praying for that again
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“While people assume that hospice means I’m dying, I assure everyone it’s simply a matter of good and convenient care that is less trouble for everybody,” Edwards said. “I’ve made no bones that I have considered myself on borrowed time for 20 years and we each know that all this fun has to end at some point.”
I've always thought that old bastard would live forever, to be honest. But it appears that there is a chance his number may be coming up sooner than later. Godspeed EWE
This post was edited on 7/6/21 at 12:34 am
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Posted on 7/6/21 at 12:42 am to LSUGrad9295
He’s 93 and has a 7 year old son. Wow.
Posted on 7/6/21 at 12:46 am to tigergirl10
I think it is interesting to note that he has outlived 4 different governors who took office after his 1st term--Treen, Foster, Roemer, and Blanco. That isnt easy to do. And none of the 4 died at a young age either.
Posted on 7/6/21 at 12:55 am to LSUGrad9295
Doesn't drink, doesn't smoke, has sex with younger women. If you did that you'd live to a hundred too.
Posted on 7/6/21 at 12:56 am to LSUGrad9295
I've met him a few times over the years. Starting as a very young kid.
He was always kind...and oddly...genuine.
Politics aside, he's a kind man. Certainly more so than the other prominent figures back in this area three decades ago.
He was always kind...and oddly...genuine.
Politics aside, he's a kind man. Certainly more so than the other prominent figures back in this area three decades ago.
Posted on 7/6/21 at 12:57 am to LSUGrad9295
quote:Deals with the Devil eventually all come due. Ol' Edwin probably struck a deal so good he gawna' be here 'til he's 110 and make one more baby to boot!
I think it is interesting to note that he has outlived 4 different governors who took office after his 1st term--Treen, Foster, Roemer, and Blanco. That isnt easy to do. And none of the 4 died at a young age either.
Posted on 7/6/21 at 1:12 am to LSUGrad9295
Edwin Edwards and Bobby Jindal are the only living former Governors.
Posted on 7/6/21 at 1:23 am to X123F45
quote:
He was always kind...and oddly...genuine.
One of the kindest men that I’ve met in my
life.
Posted on 7/6/21 at 1:29 am to TchoupitoulasTiger
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Edwin W. Edwards puts himself in hospice care, calls it 'a matter of convenient care'
quote:
He was always kind...and oddly...genuine.
One of the kindest men that I’ve met in my
life.
I agree with that. I oppose his political views but the man is genuine, kind, and one of the smartest people I have ever known. And the poster is right the man refuses to lose control or his inhibitions unless there is a highly frickable blonde in the equation..
Posted on 7/6/21 at 1:31 am to LSUGrad9295
My exes mom dated him before he was governor
Posted on 7/6/21 at 5:01 am to LSUGrad9295
Met him twice. Really nice man. Prayers sent
Posted on 7/6/21 at 5:07 am to LSUGrad9295
if they could prop him up the people of Louisiana would re elect him tomorrow.
Somebitch got rich off the Casino deals for sure
Somebitch got rich off the Casino deals for sure
Posted on 7/6/21 at 6:14 am to LSUGrad9295
The most talented politician in my lifetime. That does not mean that he was worth a frick as a governor. Slicker than Slick Willy.
Posted on 7/6/21 at 6:21 am to LSUGrad9295
He spent a lot of years where he had to be paid if you wanted a state contract. I wonder who he has told where the millions that are left are stowed away. Wife? Sons? Somebody has to know where all that bribe money has sat for all these years.
Posted on 7/6/21 at 6:32 am to LSUGrad9295
Isn't he from (my original parish) Avoyelles? Marksville maybe?
Posted on 7/6/21 at 6:35 am to The Torch
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Somebitch got rich off the Casino deals for sure
He got rich way before the casinos as he’s been a fricking crook his entire adult life. How he is held in such esteem is hard to understand considering how much damage he did and how
Much money he stole from this state. Yet people think the sun shines out of his arse.
Says volumes for the electorate in Louisiana.
Posted on 7/6/21 at 6:36 am to LSUGrad9295
Hospice is a scheduled death--usually 2 weeks
Posted on 7/6/21 at 6:37 am to The Torch
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if they could prop him up the people of Louisiana would re elect him tomorrow.
I’d take him over JBE for sure
Posted on 7/6/21 at 6:42 am to LSUGrad9295
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Edwards was found guilty on seventeen of twenty-six counts, including racketeering, extortion, money laundering, mail fraud and wire fraud; his son Stephen was convicted on 18 counts. "I did not do anything wrong as a governor, even if you accept the verdict as it is, it doesn't indicate that," Edwards told the press after his conviction. On his way to prison he said, "I will be a model prisoner, as I have been a model citizen". Wikipedia
It is sad that he would more than likely be elected again if he was able to run tomm. He was good at his job, as evident by the remarks of him being "kind" and "genuine". He was nothing more than genuinely corrupt, period! TD complains about corrupt politicians, but for some reason EE gets a pass? He can be mourned and respected in death but also be remembered for what he was, corrupt!
Posted on 7/6/21 at 6:46 am to X123F45
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He was always kind...and oddly...genuine. Politics aside, he's a kind man. Certainly more so than the other prominent figures back in this area three decades ago
He’s one of those guys that I can’t force myself to dislike, even though I know he’s guilty of a lot of stuff (kind of like OJ). He was a crook, but he got shite done.
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