Comments on: John Edwards Comes Clean About Affair

By: Kat

Kat — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 12:43:33 +0000

Wow – no one quick to judge here. I’m glad we’re all personal observers in their marriage that we assign blame so quickly.

Yes, he cheated. Yes, his wife had previously gone through a health scare (and unfortunately, would be going through another).

Americans are uptight when it comes to morality. It sucks that his marriage isn’t going well enough – but there are always *two* in a marriage. Unless he’s a serial cheater/cad like our friend Bill Clinton – it’s not necessarily an example of his lack of morality. Just an example of poor judgement and a bad patch in a relationship (or just plain bad relationship – people do grow apart – and it’s harder to divorce when you have kids and/or in politics).

It doesn’t change that he probably would have been an amazing president (liked alot of his political views) and possibly a great vice-president if that was the possible future.

Why is it that 49% of the people thought that a cocaine snorting fun drunk was better than a man who protects the environment and was one of the political leaders that created the internet. And that a president was on trail for having an affair, when one who lied to the senate, the UN and the american people is not? There are people DYING because of those lies – and Osama Bin Laden has his feet up right now watching the olympics.

Personally I would still like to see John Edwards as presidents regardless of who he sleeps beside, He reminds me of someone who lead the US to several years of prosperity and made good foreign decisions.

By: julie

julie — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 13:56:45 +0000

At least he admits it – gotta give him that. But it still sucks. He was one of the few Dems I actually liked. Why can’t politicians keep it in their pants?!

By: kittycatastrophe

kittycatastrophe — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 13:51:49 +0000

-@wundersmack:

I’m not excusing what he did, I was just stating that anyone is capable of doing selfish things and arrogantly believing they can get away with it. He’s no more scummy or dishonest than most of the politicians out here, he just wasn’t smart enoug not to get caught with his hands in the cookie jar. If anything he’s proven himself to be a poor long-term thinker and a horrible liar.

By: marymary

marymary — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:24:44 +0000

Paz — as stated in the article, “Edwards made a point of telling Woodruff that his wife’s cancer was in remission when he began the affair with Hunter.” She had breast cancer surgery back in 2004.

Any way you look at it, he is a scumbag liar — whether his wife was diagnosed the first time, the second time, or the TENTH time

As a democrat, I was never a huge fan of Mr. Edwards but am obviously less-so now… and convinced that the term “honest politician” is an oxymoron. Why the hell can’t these guys keep it in their pants?!?!?!?!?

By: Paz

Paz — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 03:24:03 +0000

*For the record, his affair was before his wife was diagnosed with cancer.

By: jessica

jessica — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:13:59 +0000

you know what? what he did was messed up, but at least he admitted it. the first step to correcting your actions, in my opinion, is admitting that you have done something wrong. i wish more politicians would just tell the damn truth. of course, when they do, no one votes for them. i’m not saying he’s a good guy for doing what he did- but like i said, at least he told the truth.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 01:25:59 +0000

I’m a little peeved that anyone is let down or disappointed in Edwards because of this. Eight years of republican mental illness has brought out the worst in all of us, I guess.

I’ve heard roughly eight hours of moral outrage from Edwards’ supporters and other non-republicans, as if Edwards’ successes are diminished by this AND as if CNN and the National Enquirer were colleagues or some–oh, never mind….

Why is this such a big deal compared to the atrocities being committed daily by more worthy human specimens of depraved indifference?

By: Eve

Eve — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 01:20:01 +0000

He’s scum. I hope Elizabeth leaves him. His career is over. And JD, seriously, no one outs the Republicans? If anything it’s the other way around. If you’re a Republican you cannot get away with anything. If you want to talk about getting away with murder look no further than Ted Kennedy. He actually killed someone and he is a still serving as a US Senator.

By: Heather

Heather — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 00:25:46 +0000

What gets me is he’s still lying about the baby. If they broke up before the baby was conceived, why meet her in Beverly Hills recently? Who sneaks away in the middle of the night to meet a woman they don’t love, and a baby that’s not theirs? Especially somebody with everything to lose. He’s not telling the whole story. Still lying. These politicians think we’re idiots – they’re barely putting any effort into their lies anymore!

By: KKinthe Marina

KKinthe Marina — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 22:49:47 +0000

I have to agree with everyone else. I actually LIKED Edwards so very much and thought that he had good ideas for America. He legitimately understood what it means to be poor, and I thought that he cared very much to make everyone’s lives better. He still does believe and represent for those things, but I just can’t think about him the same way! I mean, I voted for the guy several times…why do these candidates have to disappoint us so much? I’m not naive–I understand that men chronically cheat–and I guess that I’m grown up enough to recognize that personal lives can be personal, and have nothing to do with how somebody governs the country (hello, Bill Clinton), but it is truly, fucking disappointing. I believed that Edwards was one of the good guys. guess not. geez!