I can't decide whether the newspaper article was a whitewash or merely "sympathetic."
Her comment that it was wrong then and it is wrong now and that she was there to accept the consequences, and referring to the fact that some of them will be life-changing, was exactly approriate for someone caught with the cookie crumbs on their face.
Makes it sound to me that she's quite adept at adapting to circumstances... as apparently demonstrated by her past (koff-koff-ahem-'scuse me). Not much difference between a streetwalker claiming that she's doing things to support her baby, and her doing things for a laptop and tuition or whatever (koff-koff-ahem-'scuse me).
I'd be inclined to consider most of her past as water under the bridge except for the apparent illegal "green card" act.
And my understanding is that the so-called statute of limitations begins to run at the discovery of a crime, not the commission of a crime. I could be wrong there, though.
But I guess a lot of whether prosecution is in the offing depends on the attitude of the Justice Department. And that depends on whether they figure there's enough "hard evidence" to go to trial with, even though she 'fessed up to the supposed wrongdoing.
Political consequences for the Gubernatorial race? Heck, I don't know. I suppose it depends on the attitude of the Big Media, whether "common law marriage" could be invoked, with her acting as First Lady, and a whole bunch of other things. With the discovery made so close to the election, I don't think too much will be done, legally, in the time involved, especially with the accusation of using her relationship to further her own business. It'll take some digging to bring that from suspicion to proof.
Just off the top of my shiny bald head.
Terry
