J.E. is a snakeoil salesman. One of the worst (or, actually best) kind. People really seem beleive him.

John Edwards, actually pretended to channel words of a yet to be born (Matt # 48, above), breeched baby girl. During his final arguments in one case, Edwards told the jury, “She said at 3 ‘I’m fine.’ She said at 4, ‘I’m having a little trouble but I’m ok.’ Five, she said, ‘I’m having problems.’ At 5:30, she said, ‘I need out.’” Edwards went on to say, “And I have to tell you right now – I didn’t plan to talk about this – right now I feel her. I feel her presence. She’s inside me, and she’s talking to you.”

This performance was supposed to demonstrate that the doctors lack of an immediate Caesarean section caused the baby to have brain damage. The jury bought this and awarded the plaintiff a $6.5 million verdict.

{Adam Liptak and Michael Moss, “In trial work, Edwards left a trade mark,” New York Times, Jan. 31, 2004.}