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* KickTheSonOfABitch: Nucky cuts a deal with Hague behind Edge's back to get the road money, and then ruins Edge's possibilities to get the 1920 Vice Presidential nomination.
-->'''Nucky''': Senator, the only chance you have of entering the White House is on a guided fucking tour.
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!!Edward "Ed" Bader

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!!Edward Lawrence "Ed" Bader



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* SpannerInTheWorks: Edge appears at least one time per season to cause trouble for Nucky back in DC. In the first, he allocates his promised road funding to Frank Hague; in the second, he presses Daugherty to assign a more professional attorney to handle Nucky's corruption case. In the third season he doesn't even make it willingly: he heads a Senate investigation about the poor enforcement of the 18th Ammendment that puts heat on Daugherty, Daugherty tells Nucky to be more discreet and he cuts all liquor sales except Rothstein's. [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom Cue war with]] [[AxCrazy Gyp Rosetti]] (and Daugherty [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder indicting Nucky anyway]]).

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* SpannerInTheWorks: Edge appears at least one time per season to cause trouble for Nucky back in DC. In the first, he allocates his promised road funding to Frank Hague; in the second, he presses Daugherty to assign a more professional attorney to handle Nucky's corruption case. In the third season he doesn't even make it willingly: he heads a Senate investigation about the poor enforcement of the 18th Ammendment Amendment that puts heat on Daugherty, Daugherty tells Nucky to be more discreet and he cuts all liquor sales except Rothstein's. [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom Cue war with]] [[AxCrazy Gyp Rosetti]] (and Daugherty [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder indicting Nucky anyway]]).
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* HypocriteHasAPoint: Like most others in the executive branch, he knows that Prohibition worked better as an idea rather than a reform; it doesn't stop him from working with Nucky. He also criticizes the income tax's questionable legality despite being the man to manage it.

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* HypocriteHasAPoint: Like most others in the executive branch, Executive Branch, he knows that Prohibition worked better as an idea rather than a reform; it doesn't stop him from working with Nucky. He also criticizes the income tax's questionable legality despite being the man to manage it.
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* HypocriteHasAPoint: Like most other legislators, he knows that Prohibition worked better as an idea rather than a reform; it doesn't stop him from working with Nucky. He also criticizes the income tax's questionable legality despite being the man to manage it.

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* HypocriteHasAPoint: Like most other legislators, others in the executive branch, he knows that Prohibition worked better as an idea rather than a reform; it doesn't stop him from working with Nucky. He also criticizes the income tax's questionable legality despite being the man to manage it.
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* BodyLanguage: Used to illustrate his power compared to Nucky, a man of impressive standing on his own. During their meeting at the country club, Nucky sits poised and upright while Mellon lounges comfortably and at ease.

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* BodyLanguage: CharacterizingSittingPose: Used to illustrate his power compared to Nucky, a man of impressive standing on his own. During their meeting at the country club, Nucky sits tensely poised and upright while Mellon lounges comfortably and at ease.

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* CorruptBureaucrat: He's portrayed as more professional than most of Harding's administration, but he still allows Nucky to run the Overholt Distillery and collect the profits.

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* CorruptBureaucrat: BodyLanguage: Used to illustrate his power compared to Nucky, a man of impressive standing on his own. During their meeting at the country club, Nucky sits poised and upright while Mellon lounges comfortably and at ease.
* CorruptPolitician:
He's portrayed as more professional than most of Harding's administration, but he still allows Nucky to run the Overholt Distillery and collect the profits.
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* HypocriteHasAPoint: Like most other legislators, he knows that Prohibition is a joke that only paved the way for more crime. He also criticizes the income tax's illegality despite being the man to manage it.

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* HypocriteHasAPoint: Like most other legislators, he knows that Prohibition is worked better as an idea rather than a joke that only paved the way for more crime. reform; it doesn't stop him from working with Nucky. He also criticizes the income tax's illegality questionable legality despite being the man to manage it.
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'''Mellon''': Sanctioned robbery, with no constitutional basis.
'''Nucky''': And Prohibition?
'''Mellon''': A child's idea at morality.

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'''Mellon''': -->'''Mellon''': Sanctioned robbery, with no constitutional basis.
'''Nucky''': -->'''Nucky''': And Prohibition?
'''Mellon''': -->'''Mellon''': A child's idea at morality.

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