Edwards Admits Sexual Affair; Lied as Presidential Candidate

Mind blowing.

Thought I'd beat fog to the punch on this one and be the first post sans any attempt to use this as an overreaching indication of how Democrats are "as a people" because Edwards is a lying cheating bastard despite having a terminally ill wife at home. It'd be as smart as saying all homophobic Republicans are really closet homosexuals that only look for love in public restrooms . . right? Yeah.

The other amazing thing about this is what was this fucking asshole doing running for president if he had this skeleton in his closet? Imagine him getting the nomination, or getting a VP not from Obama, and the whole bird comes crashing down. His life would've been over, not just for fucking up his family, but basically fucking up the entire Democratic race for the presidency.

What . . a selfish . . fuck!!

Anyway, it's disgusting and disappointing to say the least. Edwards is now officially a scumbag in my eyes. Amazing how one's perception of a person can change in the blink of an eye.

 

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Well said sublicon.

He always seemed a fake to me and a fake is just not that far or different from a liar and a cheat. Anyway, most of these politicians do this from what I hear. If that is indeed the case, I wish the media would just leave it alone so the families dont have to suffer publically. Why would the media want to cover this story when his wife is dying.

 

No offense, but is anyone really surprised about this??

[Inject your assumptions below.]

 

It's more about what would be at stake, than the indiscretion itself. Putting this party's run for the presidency is a big deal. It's one thing for the presidents you name to do what they did while in office, but it's a whole different matter altogether when you have not yet assumed the post and you stand to not only ruin it for yourself but everyone else as well.

Just my feelings on it, honestly. *shrug*

It's more a situation where given all the circumstances, I really hoped that it wasn't true. I love scandal, trust me. But this time, I was really hoping it wasn't so.

 

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Of course he's a liar and a cheat - he's a trial lawyer. Duh.



Shame that people don't learn from the mistakes of guys like Gary Hart & former rising star Henry Cisneros, but that stuff goes on for both sides of the aisle...

 

sublicon: Your observation about his being a selfish prick regarding his party and what would happen SHOULD he have gotten the nomination is dead on.
That was the first impression of Ann Althouse, a great lawblogger

Don, I'd request you set aside your political differences with Newt and explain to me how ANYONE could have done that. I, personally, cant imagine anyone I detest dropping a bomb like that. Not Kerry, not Edwards, or insert any other name here.
According to Newt's wiki, it didnt happen. They discussed the divorce, which implies she knew it was happening before the surgery.

So why doesnt Newt deny it? We have all just seen how much good a denial does.

Most of all it just doesnt make sense.

 

I always kind of wonder what the dynamic really is in these political marriages. In this case Mrs Edwards was said to know of the affair for quite some time and they decided to go ahead and run any way. That gives you the perception that shes just as much invested in his career as he is, that she'd like to be first lady as much as he'd like to be president and was evidently equally blinded to the risks and implications of it all.

Take the Spitzer situation. My first thought when I saw that was, she knew, she definitely knew. Though when I told a few people that view they pushed back pretty hard against the idea which made me question it.

So it makes you wonder, theres 100 senators and 435 members of congress. Makes you wonder how many have partners on the side. 20%?, 50%?, 80%? and how many wives are actually oblivious to it?

 

Anything that compromises a politician is dangerous. Whether it's the business people you associate with that have a potential interest in getting gov't contracts or a woman who wants to do some campaign videos and bats her eyes and rubs his thighs. Most politicians can't resist temptation. Edwards is scum, but there is alot of other scum we haven't been apprised of yet. :3d nervous:

 

Hey now, you pulling that holier than thou crap Don. So you never speculate on the marriages of others eh. And if theres ever any news coverage of public infidelities then you automatically turn the dial and flip the page I gather.

Well I don't. Contrary to your claim, this does reflect poorly on John Edward's intelligence. As pointed out both he and his wife were of the belief that this affair could be concealed throughout an extensive and probing general election campaign. That shows a flaw in judgment.

And hey! I think you pulling the issues card (You remember issues, don't you? The war, the economy, lack of medical care, the dollar, etc. etc. etc.) is rather rotten :shock: You know damn well I remember the issues. I argue about them on here all the time. And I'm going to the ballot box on the issues. You pard on the other hand have said your voting Republican because you don't like how Obama dealt with his church.

So a mans relationship with his wife is no ones business but his relationship with his church is grounds for losing votes? Seems to me that has nothing to do with the lack of medical care, the economy, the war, the dollar, ect., ect., ect. When explaining the decision you said (I'm summarizing) that the issues you care about are never addressed anyway so this(the church) was sufficient reasoning. Hows that mesh? I don't think it does.

 

To be fair, Don's been pretty clear in saying that Obama's ambiguity on policy specifics is what's driving his vote.

I fall on the side of Edwards' indiscretion reflecting poorly on him. Of course being a trial lawyer and politican do as well, to me, so this doesn't exactly make it much worse.

I'm just curious though, who supports this guy? He seems so blatantly and obviously plastic to me (and this is compared to other pols), that I just can't fathom how anyone would buy into him. Doesn't appear he had any supporters on this board from what I've read. Maybe he gets them from sympathy for his wife, in which case Don's wrong, his actions are absolutely lethal to his career and should be. It cuts both ways.

 

Look, here I am coming to Don's defense, summat.

As I said in the earlier post, Sublicon got it dead on. That he had the affair while intending to run for President is the issue. Which always has the danger of detracting from the issues at hand.
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Ike's dalliances with his driver are a different matter. FDR's affair is probably a different matter.
While it's WRONG to judge others private matters in themselves, it's also wrong to say Morals doesnt matter. It matters to a lot of people thus must be taken into account. Whether we agree or not.

Further let's parse down why we dont like Edwards' lawyer background. If he had been a defense lawyer, it would be a whole different thing. 'Johnny Cochrane for Pres!' But Edwards made his millions by sucking them from companies, primarily insurance companies by representing 'class victims'. While these cases do perform some public service, by causing the defendant entities to practice their business with an eye to possible penalties down the road, we all know they often cost US a lot of money when we go to buy our own insurance, products and services.

In other words, he's just an elevated version of your local 'As Seen on TV: The Dog doesnt actually have to BITE YOU, for you to sue!' lawyer.

The kind that if you knew them, you wouldnt tell them ANYTHING PERSONAL.

 

Hillary the victim

A Clinton aide claims Edwards' lying about the affair cost Hillary Iowa and the Dem nomination. Interesting - Hillary the victim of a cheat again. If Obama becomes President and saves the world, will we someday be grateful for Edward the Cad.

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/ ... 63,00.html