John Edwards confirmed to ABC News today that he had an extramarital affair with a novice filmmaker during his presidential campaign, even as his wife was fighting a recurrence of cancer. Classy. However, the woman’s baby isn’t his (he says). And the good news: He isn’t the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee.
So much for Edwards’ prospects of becoming Barack Obama’s running mate or attorney general.
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Rhonda,
Thank you. Nevermind that we have basically known about this for some time now and that it finally took him admiting to it for you to acknowledge it.
EDITORS,
Now how about a thread talking about how Obama is going negative.
Even though he is supposed to be running a “new” campaign, not that old politics stuff.
Where is his change?
If Edwards acknowledged his affair during the primary his approval rating among Republicans who support McCain and Guiliani would have increased.
EDITORS,
How about pointing out that not only a month ago Obama was against using the Strategic Oil reserves and now he is for it?
Will we ever get a thread talking about Obama negatively like you do McCain?
Directly below this is the thread asking if the GOP is the Party of Stupid.
No, he’s in the other one.
Well, you always know who the mother is!
Maybe he was able to ‘channel’ the fact that the little fetus didn’t have his hair.
Put a fork in him … he’s done.
………….old man price, who is your boy’s mama?
Would the Price’s like a little cheese with that whine?
Mmmmm I love cheese and I love wine.
What kind of cheese are you offering libdave?
………..marine-boy, who’s your mama?
“Would the Price’s like a little cheese with that whine?”
Well, at least with regards to Nathan, his whining is getting pathetic. McCain’s negative campaigning is still running about 6:1 over Obama’s negative campaigning by my last unofficial count (I’ve been counting recent ads where the opponent was attacked), so at this point in time it would be ludicrous to have equal threads about negative campaigning between the two when one is clearly resorting to it more than the other (again, at least at this time). As for flip flopping concerning how Obama was agin’ something before he was for it, do you really want to get into that when contrasting him with McCain (Mr. I was agin’ offshore drilling before I was for it)?
Apophis,
I’ll tell you who my mother is if you tell me what school you teach at.
Deal?
Agnatha,
The point isn’t how many negative ads are being run, it is that the Eagle only highlights it when McCain does it.
The point is not that McCain has also flip flopped on issues, it is that it is not highlighted when Obama does it.
Sure, lets go back and forth on how both Obama and McCain have been flip flopping. At least it would be an honest debate then instead of the one sided one we get from the Editors here.
Nathaniel, I said whine not wine. And for you that would be good old goat head cheese.
As for Edwards having an affair on his wife…not classy at all.
Of course, shall we bring up McCain’s history concerning affairs while being married to an ailing wife?
Agnatha, don’t forget IOKIYAR.
libdave,
Really? I just figured you didn’t spell the word correctly or that it was a typo.
I don’t get it, so are you or are you not offering me cheese to go with my wine?
Is GOP the party of stupid?
See Nathaniel’s posts on this thread for the answer.
Why is it impossible for a guy to get laid in secret?
“Agnatha,
“The point isn’t how many negative ads are being run, it is that the Eagle only highlights it when McCain does it.”
Wrong. Pretty much all campaigns go negative Nathan. McCain’s direct ad attacks on Obama were multiple within a week. In the same span, Obama ran one negative ad against McCain balanced by a policy ad that touted his own energy policy. To equate the two at this time is absurd. I am sure that we will have plenty of negative campaigning this election, but right now, McCain’s go on the offensive ad campaign was certainly more noteworthy.
“The point is not that McCain has also flip flopped on issues, it is that it is not highlighted when Obama does it.”
Nonsense. We still have a topic on this very page for this blog on this subject (regarding Obama’s changes/pandering on energy policy).
“Sure, lets go back and forth on how both Obama and McCain have been flip flopping. At least it would be an honest debate then instead of the one sided one we get from the Editors here.”
I think this reveals more about your perceptions than reality.
I would have liked to have seen Edwards as attorney general. He sure screwed that up. Dammit.
That settles it. Edwards isn’t getting my vote!
How about limburger cheese for the whine? Bet you’d quit whining real quick.
About the only good thing one can say for bush is he has zipper control. Then again, maybe he doesn’t get the opportunity.
What was mccain’s statement on the Edwards’ affair “Been there, Done that”.
“I made a serious error in judgment and conducted myself in a way that was disloyal to my family and to my core beliefs”
-John Edwards
Does this make Edwards a hypocrite?
I didn’t know that Democrats actually had “core beliefs”. Maybe he should just change or rationalize his core beliefs and then he would have nothing to apologize for.
Or better yet, try doing what is right no matter what.
Nevertheless, It is good that Edwards apologized.
How is this relevant?
Edwards holds no office and is not running for any.
But it’s all gotcha all the time.
That it is why it is FOOLISH to think cons can ever be worked with.
They hate us just as much as we hate them.
“I didn’t know that Democrats actually had “core beliefs”. ”
That just shows your ignorance.
What are Republican “core beliefs”? Multiple marriage/divorce. Drug addiction/crime? Those are the “core beliefs” demonstrated by GOP spokeperson Rush Limbaugh.
I think I’ve give the topic about all of my attention it deserves.
Well, let’s at least get one thing straight: Elizabeth’s cancer was in remission when he did this:
He said he was “ashamed” of his actions, and that he had informed his wife about the affair in 2006 and had asked for her forgiveness, the statement said.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7550740.stm
. . and it looks like she forgave him. So it’s unclear if this affects his fitness for any particular office. Yeah, I know, the “trust” issue, but I see a qualitative difference between an affair and, say, stealing money, or lying a nation into war.
John Edwards you fool! All you had to do was keep denying this and the Eagle and other msm’s would have watched your back til their presses fell silent. (About 2010 the way things are going for the dinosaur print media)
I guess I understand why the National Enquirer would do this.
I think their readership is largely slack jawed cons. Guess they couldn’t find a “Boy locked in refrigerat eats own foot!” story here lately for the yokels.
If you are going to eliminate from public life every male who every had an extra-marital affair your pool possible office holders would be very small indeed. Unfaithfulness has more to do with opportunity than honor. Those who aren’t tempted have no imaginations.
As a democrat (and a liberal…do I dare admit it?), I find revelations of behaviors such as extramarital affairs by our public leaders and officials to be important and relevant, irrespective of the party to which they belong. Public officials take an oath appropriate to their office. If an individual cannot be trusted to honor the oath and committment they make to their spouse, why should they be expected to honor the oath and committment they make to the public? As one poster indicated, affairs are often the result of opportunity. I personally do not want someone who is so weak that they cannot resist such opportunity to be in a position of authority. (Though I wasn’t in favor of Clinton’s impeachment, I thought his resignation from the office of President would have been the appropriate course of action.)
Character matters. As another poster pointed out, if we eliminate from office all of those who had affairs, there would be scant few people qualified to hold office. Perhaps we are in the mess we are in because for too long we haven’t insisted our public leaders be individuals of strong character, who know what committment means, and who place honor above their own personal desires. John Edwards is not fit, in my opinion, to hold public office. His character does not warrant public trust.
Ironically, the commercial prior to the Edward’s video was sponsored by Dove Hair Care…
The backstairs apartments and the love nests around the country are slamming doors faster than bee wings now or at least until the November election.
I wonder now that the horse is out of the barn, so to speak, if there will be a paternity suit. Would be interesting to see if Edward’s get caught in lie number 2.
Well, he can always become an Ambassador to France, they like this sort of thing there.
mcdonaldm,
I didn’t think there was a single democrat/liberal that could could actually think, or one that had ethical/moral standards to try and adhere to in their life.
I very happily admit…..I was wrong.
Of course this is the first time I’ve seen you post, and I am conditioned, as I am used to reading the mental dribble posted by most of the DemLibs on this blog.
You are exactly on target with what you said above. If a person can’t honor their oath and commitment made to their spouse, to friends and family and before God (that still happens in most church weddings)how can they be trusted to honor ANY oath or promise.
Character IS important, and there is damn little appreciation of it expressed or shown by most of the DemLibs on this blog.
You Sir are an exception and I hope to see you commenting here frequently.
Welcome!
Maybe he could be Mccain’s running mate? Mccain better keep him away from Cindy though.
I don’t think you can fairly judge man’s (or woman’s) fitness for office based on what happens in a bedroom.
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DavidB
Posted August 8, 2008 at 7:59 pm | Permalink
I don’t think you can fairly judge man’s (or woman’s) fitness for office based on what happens in a bedroom.
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Sure you can.
Especially if it’s in multiple bedrooms.
” We know that because almost all of our great presidents, and great leaders throughout history, have had numerous affairs. Obviously it didn’t hurt how they governed at all.” …
“Does John Edwards care less about poor people today than he did yesterday? Would his affair lead him to change his position on NAFTA? How would it alter his policy on Iran? …
Some will claim, as they did with Bill Clinton, that it’s not the affair but the lies that went along with it. Really? Did JFK come out and tell the American people – or his wife – “by the way, while my wife was in the hospital I was having an affair with not one, but several women at the same time”? No, of course, he lied too. Every man that has ever cheated on his wife has lied (and so has every woman who has ever cheated). It is part and parcel of the affair.” …
“Now, we get to the most relevant question – if John Edwards’ political career is done, why isn’t John McCain’s? John McCain had a well-documented affair on his first wife, with his current wife. He has admitted in the books he has written about his life that he ran around with several different women while still married to his first wife.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cenk-uygur/why-doesnt-john-mccains-a_b_117811.html
It’s a nice try David B., but this thread is about John Edwards and his affair.
Diverting the truth away from Edwards serves no purpose other than you are making excuses for Edwards’s behavior.
Why stick up for someone you’ve never met and probably could give a crap about you?
My my my…
Yet another high-ranking member of the democrat party admitting to sexual misconduct after a long period of denial.
*shock*
And you are all personal friends of the Edwards? LOL!
Hillary Clinton comments on the Edwards’ affair at Obama rally:
“My thoughts and prayers are with the Edwards family today and that’s all I’ve got to say,” she said.
Forget that Thomas Jefferson had an affair with his slaves. Don’t even THINK about Ben Franklin’s bedroom antics in Paris and Boston. And they were not fit to lead, either I suppose.
Apparently Edwards said in the interview “If you want to beat up on me, feel free.”
Have your fun. It’s petty and irrelevant.
We’ll see your Edwards.
And raise you Larry Craig.
Larry Craig: 1 of about 300 GOP congressmen.
John Edwards: the last democrat party VP nominee.
I’ll raise with a Newt.
Today
by elizabethedwards
Fri Aug 08, 2008 at 04:40:51 PM PDT
Our family has been through a lot. Some caused by nature, some caused by human weakness, and some ? most recently ? caused by the desire for sensationalism and profit without any regard for the human consequences. None of these has been easy. But we have stood with one another through them all. Although John believes he should stand alone and take the consequences of his action now, when the door closes behind him, he has his family waiting for him.
John made a terrible mistake in 2006. The fact that it is a mistake that many others have made before him did not make it any easier for me to hear when he told me what he had done. But he did tell me. And we began a long and painful process in 2006, a process oddly made somewhat easier with my diagnosis in March of 2007. This was our private matter, and I frankly wanted it to be private because as painful as it was I did not want to have to play it out on a public stage as well. Because of a recent string of hurtful and absurd lies in a tabloid publication, because of a picture falsely suggesting that John was spending time with a child it wrongly alleged he had fathered outside our marriage, our private matter could no longer be wholly private.
The pain of the long journey since 2006 was about to be renewed.
John has spoken in a long on-camera interview I hope you watch. Admitting one?s mistakes is a hard thing for anyone to do, and I am proud of the courage John showed by his honesty in the face of shame. The toll on our family of news helicopters over our house and reporters in our driveway is yet unknown. But now the truth is out, and the repair work that began in 2006 will continue. I ask that the public, who expressed concern about the harm John?s conduct has done to us, think also about the real harm that the present voyeurism does and give me and my family the privacy we need at this time
Moreover…
Craig has been ostracized by the GOP and asked to resign.
Edwards will likely be embraced and idolized by the democrat party.
AND…
He was caught red-handed (and likely blue-balled) with the slut while his wife is home dying of cancer.
And he was the democrat #2 in ‘04.
A real winner.
I’ll raise you John McCain and his throw away first wife.
She had a car accident and wasn’t pretty enough anymore.
At least Edwards is still with his wife.
Errrrr…. I should’ve said:
ANOTHER real winner.
Adultery is much akin to idolatry, which matters only if there is a Moral lawgiver. No Moral Lawgiver (and MaggotPunk says He does not exist) then what is the big deal???
“The existentialist…finds it extremely embarrassing that God does not exist, for there disappears with him all possibility of finding values in an intelligible heaven….Dostoevsky
once wrote, ‘If God did not exist, everything would be permitted,
Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980)
So we must ask, is Edwards a theist or merely an animal doing what animals are wont to do?
Isn’t that what the democrat party is all about: the absence of a higher moral authority?
“Wide stance?” Oh, sorry, wrong political party.
Edwards claims to be Christian…
http://www.beliefnet.com/story/213/story_21312_1.html
Isn’t what the Republican party about thinking it IS the higher moral authority?
I’d be leary of Cindy as first lady, seems she used to have a thing for married men that have children.
Edwards claims to be Christian…
So does Larry Craig – you remember, the Republican, family values “conservative” with the “wide stance.” Oh and David Vitter, the Repubilcan who used the prostitute service. And let’s not forget that queer Jeff Gannon of homosexual website and escort fame the Republicans gave frequent access to the White House.
Let the Republican “GOP = GOD” double standard begin. Let the “Christian” – “We aren’t perfect, just forgiven.” excuse-making begin. You people are a joke.
“Does John Edwards care less about poor people today than he did yesterday? Would his affair lead him to change his position on NAFTA? How would it alter his policy on Iran? …”
John Edwards doesn’t give a damn about “poor people” or anything else except himself and how many of those “poor people” he can deceive into voting for him.
He is self-centered and drunk on his own notoriety and power….oh, and a ridiculously expensive haircut.
Here is the most important part of this story:
“…had an extramarital affair with a novice filmmaker during his presidential campaign…”
How exactly do you have an affair while being a major candidate for POTUS? This ‘affair’ is really an indictment of the so-called journalists covering his campaign.
Where are the people talking about Gene Stephenson yesterday? They had a lot of hate yesterday but I don’t see them tonight.
Say what you will about George Bush but he keeps his zipper zipped.
bjb
Posted August 8, 2008 at 8:48 pm | Permalink
“Adultery is much akin to idolatry, which matters only if there is a Moral lawgiver. No Moral Lawgiver (and MaggotPunk says He does not exist) then what is the big deal???
“The existentialist…finds it extremely embarrassing that God does not exist, for there disappears with him all possibility of finding values in an intelligible heaven….Dostoevsky
once wrote, ‘If God did not exist, everything would be permitted,
Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980)
So we must ask, is Edwards a theist or merely an animal doing what animals are wont to do?”
bjb,
Without asking permission I re-posted your post from above in it’s entirety as it most certainly deserves to be read multiple times and considered in more than passing.
Thanks,
I know that the keepers of the blog will always post threads on this type of thing. But bloggers almost never end up discussing the political impact etc… It always turns personal.
I have to confess, I had a short-lived flash of pleasure upon hearing the Edwards news. But we ALL have had our personal failures, so maybe compassion would be a better response. As long as he doesn’t try to justify his actions.
And these threads always draw illogical knuckleheads (you know who you are) who have to try to turn an individual’s personal failure into an indictment of the over 200 million Americans who profess Christianity.
“This ‘affair’ is really an indictment of the so-called journalists covering his campaign.”
What about the journalists ignoring McCain’s shabby treatment of his first wife?
If this was one of those Islamic countries the Libs stick up for so much, we could stone Edwards to death.
Sorry Outlander, I had to get that stab in..
Possibly a little humor is in order at this point, that somewhat relates to the subject at hand.
TWENTY DOLLARS
On their wedding night, the young bride approached her new husband and
asked for $20.00 for their first lovemaking encounter. In his highly
aroused state, her husband readily agreed. This scenario was repeated
each time they made love, for more than 30 years, with him thinking that
it was a cute way for her to afford new clothes and other incidentals
that she needed.
Arriving home around noon one day, she was surprised to find her husband
in a very drunken state. During the next few minutes, he explained that
his employer was going through a process of corporate downsizing, and he
had been let go. It was unlikely that, at the age of 59, he’d be able to
find another position that paid anywhere near what he’d been earning,
and therefore, they were financially ruined.
Calmly, his wife handed him a bank book which showed more than thirty
years of steady deposits and interest totaling nearly $1 million.
Then she showed him certificates of deposits issued by the bank which
were worth over $2 million, and informed him that they were one of the
largest depositors in the bank. She explained that for the more than
three decades she had “charged” him for sex, these holdings had
multiplied and these were the results of her savings and investments.
Faced with evidence of cash and investments worth over $3 million, her
husband was so astounded he could barely speak, but finally he found his
voice and blurted out, “If I’d had any idea what you were doing, I would
have given you all my business!”
That’s when she shot him.
You know, sometimes, men just don’t know when to keep their mouths shut, or better yet…zippers zipped.
LOL. Libs stick up for WHAHAAAAA!!!!!????? The male dominated, sexist Islamic nations?? Oh I did not get that memo from the comrades!! WHAHAHAHAH
KSGolfnut
Posted August 8, 2008 at 8:41 pm | Permalink
AND…
He was caught red-handed (and likely blue-balled) with the slut while his wife is home dying of cancer.
And he was the democrat #2 in ‘04.
A real winner.
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Please tell us about the divorce from your spouse. I am sure it will be more interesting…
John McCain cheated on his first wife Carol and left her after she was horribly injured in a car crash that caused her to gain weight. He even applied for a marriage license to a 17 year old beer queen while still married to Carol. Additionally, said beer queen was a pill poppin momma that had to steal from her own charity to get her fix
Perhaps at best we all are flawed. To each of us is their own flaw. When it comes to presidential candidates and those who win, each and every one of them was in some way flawed.
At one end of the spectrum you’ve got the pure of hearts like Truman, Nixon, and G.H.W, Bush, maybe even W. Bush(after he quit drinking and snorting coke).
Then at the other end you have Jefferson, JFK, and Big Bad Bill Clinton. These guys clearly like to play around, a lot.
In between you’ve got FDR, Eisenhower, and Reagen all of whom had at least a stray from their first wives.
Now we’ve got McCain and Obama. On one hand McCain left his wife who waited for him while he was a POW for a rich girl whose family owned one of the most profitable beer distributorships in the country.
On the other hand there is Obama who has apparently been completely loyal to his wife. Although she might kill him if she ever caught him cheating. Regardless, Obama has never ever been called a womanizer.
With all that said, I could care less if our next president had the morals of Bob Guccione, Hugh Hefner and Larry Flynt combined. All I care about is whether he can run the country and help all of us to a better life. After all isn’t that what it is all about?
Con Icon Rush Limbaugh has NO children (firing blanks) and THREE failed marriages (lousy in bed)).
But Rush regularly brags about having mistresses in various places.
You on the right are the marriage police.
Best sort out you and your own before judging, I’m thinking.
Republican Congressman in Missouri gets caught in Child molestation case http://www.kansas.com/news/state/story/487438.html
Sorry, GHW bush is also a cheater.
It’s worthy to point out here.
Men are stupid and vulnerable their whole lives.
I know, I’m a single Dad.
Pre menopausal women can be even more stupid.
OR dangerous.
Barack Obama is RIPE to be in a place to make a dangerous mistake.
John McCain has already demonstrated the most despicable aspects of the male character.
There IS another candidate available…..
Boxlox,
No need to apologize for taking my stuff, heck I throw it all out on the web, a cyber voyerist I must be.
Great joke, btw.
At the end of the day we can only judge one a hypocrite against his own standards or Divine standards. Our own standard simply because we have the Moral Law Giver’s imprint upon our soul. If you are interested in more go to my blog and check out Reasons to Believe. He is There and Is Not Silent. If He is not there, then none of this can make sense, it is all just chance, plus time, plus nothing. It is all meaningless if there is no God.
Thank God there is a God.
And it could be that John Edwards is a Christian. The core message of the Gospel is that the only sinless man died a horrid death at the hands of bad government so that we can live in communion with our Creator. The Creator wills that none are betrayed like Ms. Edwards was, but we all still are betrayers.
At least I am.
God help us all.
Get back in touch with us when “GOD” speaks in an audible voice again there bjb.
See Romans 1
A two thousand year old collection of fables is not a big booming voice from the sky there bjb.
I am very sad to hear about this. One could say the following: politicians are humans – no more or less than any other flawed, gifted individual.
Somehow, in this case, this reasoning doesn’t totally wash.
For one thing, the lovely Elizabeth Edwards is terminally ill. As her husband has readily admitted, she is hardly a disinterested spouse. He was and is not in love with his videographer. With startling (and, some would say, ill-advised) candor, he admitted to self-absorption and “narcissism” as defining factors.
Suffice it to say, it probably wasn’t abject deprivation and protracted isolation which propelled him into this affair.
Character matters when it comes to whom we elect to public office. Then again, Edwards is hardly alone here. A whole lot of Republicans have erred in this arena as well.
Elizabeth Edwards’ recent statements merely buttress my opinion of her: She is a classy, intelligent and dedicated lady. Bluntly, it probably isn’t pleasant to be dealing with terminal cancer while addressing the erotic vagrancy of one’s spouse.
As many unhappily married individuals have known through the ages, it’s one thing if one’s spouse divorces himself or herself from the (mutual) obligations of marriage. It’s one thing if one is lonely and bereft of human companionship. (This doesn’t excuse adultery, but it does speak to human vulnerabilities.)
I remember the anguished statement of one now-ex-Catholic many years ago – in the aftermath of an illicit affair: “It had been so LONG since I held anyone in my arms!”
It’s one thing if one’s spouse behaves deplorably – and inexcusably – and makes the home unbearable.
Somehow, I don’t think these factors weigh into Edwards’ foibles here. (And he’s the first to admit it.)
I must be honest. I’m disappointed – a lot. That being said, I wish Mr. Edwards and his wife the very best – even more.
Agnatha is a hate-filled left-wing simpleton who has nothing better to do than slam McCain and every person who might be slightly Republican. OH NO, we can’t slander Messiah Obama! He is going to save the world from America! On Nov. 5, we’ll be paying $1.59 for gas, we’ll all have $1,000 rebate checks in our mailboxes, the troops will be coming home, and we’ll all hug our neighbors and have a sing-a-long. If you believe all of that, then I have a nice beachfront house in Russell to sell you.
Philadnering is natural for politicians named EDWARDS. John just wanted to follow in the footsteps of his hero, the ex-governor of LOSER-ANA, Edwin Washington Edwards, who happens to be rotting in a federal prison for taking bribes. Maybe when EWE gets out of prison in 2011, they can go buy some cheap hookers in Vegas. The stories of EWE blowing hundreds of thousands at the craps tables at Caesar’s Palace is legendary on the bayou.
Edwards is a “has been” and will remain so. He dropped out of the race. Who ever proved that a president can’t be effective because he was involved in an affair? Quit being hypocritical.
On the topic of the current candidate enrgy plans:
Don’t take any of the energy plans by any of the candidates too seriously. I think Obama and McCain just started forming their plans two weeks ago. It will take a long time before our country heads in the right direction on energy issues. It’s too large of a task to accomplish for anyone. In the mean time, if we have to pay high price for gasoline, then so be it. It sucks, but, we don’t really have control over it. I could see someone taking our oil reserve and selling it at profit to foreign countries.
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ICTisInferior
Posted August 9, 2008 at 6:18 am | Permalink
Philadnering is natural for politicians named EDWARDS. John just wanted to follow in the footsteps of his hero, the ex-governor of LOSER-ANA, Edwin Washington Edwards, who happens to be rotting in a federal prison for taking bribes. Maybe when EWE gets out of prison in 2011, they can go buy some cheap hookers in Vegas. The stories of EWE blowing hundreds of thousands at the craps tables at Caesar’s Palace is legendary on the bayou.
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Yep, no republicans have ever stepped out on their old ladies, have they. phuckin’ hypocrite.
Edwards was/is dead in the water politically.
He couldn’t get elected even back in his own state asthey have seen through his fake facade.
Possibly he is scheming that the appearance of a ‘fallen but contrite heart’ will get him back in the public consciousness with sympathy and a shot at a political future. UH…NO WAY!!!
The real story if anyone wants to cover it, is the Vast Left Wing Conspiracy to cover this story up. Without the National Enquirer and the Conservative Blogs this would have stayed buried.
And just exactly why SHOULDN’T this story have stayed buried?
Edwards is not a candidate for anything.
And spare me any notions of media conspiracy unless and until the Republican nominee for President is asked why it is he tossed his first wife aside like a broken toy.
This story was done by this con rag for one and only one reason.
To inflict pain.
That is what the cons, through and through, are all about. They hurt people for no good reason at all.
Other than their personal satisfaction at being able to do so.
Rielle: Oh Hairboy, when will Elizabeth finally die? I can’t stand having to sneak around like this with you!
John: Oh Darlin, the old bag will die soon, I’m tellin ya. She can’t stand that Chemo much longer. Soon she’ll be dead and gone, and you can move in and take her place right after the funeral.
SCUM.
Rielle: Oh Hairboy, when will Elizabeth finally die? I can’t stand having to sneak around like this with you!
John: Oh Darlin, the old bag will die soon, I’m tellin ya. She can’t stand that Chemo much longer. Soon she’ll be dead and gone, and you can move in and take her place right after the funeral.
SCUM.
Presumably God came down from the clouds and told Max this version of events. The rest of us just have to make do with the facts we have.
Remember that outrage, Max, when the longest-serving Republican senator is history is convicted of mulitiple criminal offenses.
More generally, those who go nuts over sins of the flesh should share some of that outrage for a sitting president whose indisputable moral terpitude makes John Edwards look Jesus Christ in comparison.
If you’re going to get all indignant about marital unfaithfulness, actual criminal offenses directly related to one’s employment might be worth your attention, too.
Good rule to live by:
NEVER do ANYTHING that you wouldn’t want printed on the front page of the newspaper.
Too bad common sense is often rare for those living in a fishbowl. He deserves what he gets, it’s just sad that he turned out to be such a self centered bastard.
I am disappointed with Edwards’ behavior before, during, and (especially) after his dalliance.
I am male and I’m not without sin. I’ve considered, from time to time, to enter politics as a candidate but I realize there’s probably someone somewhere who’d come up with something stupid I’ve done that would hurt a lot of people (guilty and innocent) and pretty much scotch my chances at electoral politics. Discretion is the better part of indiscretion, and all that…
Given that fully-documented war crimes committed by the Shrub Administration go by with a wink-and-a-nod from the mainstream media and tapping your foot in an airport men’s room turns into a scandal, the message is pretty clear that our national priorities are skewed.
I guess I thought Edwards — and, especially, Elizabeth Edwards — understood that, too.
I thought Gary Hart was solid presidential timber. I still do. I don’t think a hanky-panky cruise should disqualify a person to lead the free world. But American voters — or, at least, the conservative-dominated mainstream media — seem to think it does. I guess, if I really wanted to pursue a career in politics I might take that into consideration before I boink the hottie du jour.
I chose long ago. I went for the hottie.
That, if for no other reason, is why the CONs will never have to deal with Senator Monkeyhawk.
You know what I find ironic about all this?
McCain cheats on his faithful first wife then dumps her after she is disabled and no longer the hottie he wanted. He says he believes in the sanctity of marriage and thinks gay marriage is morally wrong and would destroy the sanctity of straight marriage.
Edwards says he cant condone gay marriage because of his baptist faith and the conservatives values he was raised with. To quot him, he cant make those values just “disappear”. He is against gay marriage and believes in the sanctity of “one man one woman”.
WTF?
McCain and Edwards didnt seem to let those deeply held conservative values, or their chrisitan faith, or their believe in the sanctity of “one man one woman” get in the way of gettin’ sum.
I’ve never cheated on a spouse or significant other in my life. Nor will I ever. A little matter of personal integrity to me.
WTF?
THESE jokers are gonna lecture ME on the phucking sanctity of marriage? They are going to keep my love and I from enjoying the benefits of marriage because we are not “ONE man and ONE woman”?
WTF?
Hypicricy, thy name is mccain/edwards.
They can both roast in the hottest part of hell. Sanctity my fat white ass.
I know you cons would rather soil yourselves than soil your keyboards with DU, but for those of you unafraid, here’s a little thread where folks like me are sharing similar thoughts.
Kinda give you pause. That is, if you are a thinking person….
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389×3762426
Sanctity indeed
IOKIYAAChristian.
This might be a good time to point out to the good Senator the untenability of his position.
“Agnatha is a hate-filled left-wing simpleton who has nothing better to do than slam McCain and every person who might be slightly Republican.”
Uh huh. So who’s spewing now?
“OH NO, we can’t slander Messiah Obama! He is going to save the world from America! On Nov. 5, we’ll be paying $1.59 for gas, we’ll all have $1,000 rebate checks in our mailboxes, the troops will be coming home, and we’ll all hug our neighbors and have a sing-a-long. If you believe all of that, then I have a nice beachfront house in Russell to sell you.”
I think the above says far, far more about you than it does about me. Let me know when you are ready to have a discussion with me rather than a straw man projection from your own convoluted mind.
Gotta love the Lib defense of Edwards.
As if a long listing of all other political scandals will make the news about Edwards go away, the Libs do their darndest to avoid defending Edwards directly.
Just hide the Scum with the Scum, and they all blend together, and no one individual looks so bad, by comparison.
Scumbag, one of many, but still a Scumbag.
“Say Rielle, she still has a pulse, but just barely!” John.
Rage
Posted August 8, 2008 at 5:28 pm | Permalink
I would have liked to have seen Edwards as attorney general. He sure screwed that up. Dammit.
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Gosh Rage, Edwards didn’t break any laws. Why would you think he’s not qualified to be AG now?
Having a record of being a Scumbag doesn’t disqualify anyone from being an attorney, in fact, it’s a prerequisite!
(Sorry Vaughn, GMC, there are always exceptions you know.)
“Larry Craig: 1 of about 300 GOP congressmen.
“John Edwards: the last democrat party VP nominee.”
John McCain: The current Republican nominee.
Anyone who tries to argue that infidelity is more characteristic of politicians from one party than from another is either myopic or dishonest.
–“What’s the definition of ‘futile’? Elizabeth Edwards trying to balance the checkbook.”
Edwards is a dog for sex just like most democrat politicians.
Plays holier than thou, but appreciates a good piece of ass as much as the next man.
He is a lawyer so we should be seeing, “I did not have sex with that woman” shortly.
Perhaps a new definition of blow job too.
“Edwards is a dog for sex just like most democrat politicians.
Plays holier than thou, but appreciates a good piece of ass as much as the next man.”
And the Republicans dogs don’t do the same?
KSGolfnut
Posted August 8, 2008 at 9:00 pm | Permalink
Isn’t that what the democrat party is all about: the absence of a higher moral authority?
Dave,
Would that be the same higher moral authority that you used for years while married, conning online young women to meet you in person?
Pot meet Kettle…
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