his anger is turned toward the wrong ppl

Waiting two years to expose a damp wick isn't reasonable?

He's not sorry about what he did. Just sorry he got caught.

Hey, John- here's a clue: the media isn't beholden to you.

How dare you expose me!
I have fabulous hair!
/silky pony

Ummmm... Waaaaaaaaa?

Or

Cheese with that whine?

Please.... spare us the false "outrage"....

He's 99% honest, though!

Honest!

IT'S ALL THE MEDIA'S FAULT!

/ever notice that GWB has never ONCE complained about the slings and arrows cast at him?

For some I can't help but picture silkyboy in an Ed Wood movie... his only line being "I am the puppetmaster" repeated until hoarse...

The most ethical group of politicians doing what they do best "for the children. May they all rot in hell, and I wish the child would be given to a family that does not look at it as a pawn in their power games but as a gift from God.

Edwards had hoped to control the news cycle by making his admission late on a Friday night when the country was watching the Olympics and the long weekend yawned ahead.

Edwards: "Why can't we have a media like the one in China?"

He's worried he'll end up in an apt. over a laundrymat and his wife 'gonna get all the goodies he got channeling dead children.

Michael Medved has been calling him The Reptilian Con Edwards for a couple years now. Completely deserved appellation.

When Silky Pony gets agitated, does he build up a big static charge? Does his hair stand on end?

re: #14 CyanSnowHawk

When Silky Pony gets agitated, does he build up a big static charge? Does his hair stand on end?

Alternative Energy!

Garbage In, Garbage Out.

#14

Bounce in the rinse cycle will clear that right up.

re: #15 CynicalConservative

Alternative Energy!

It would be about as useful as a Van de Graaff Generator.

Ross and his producers at ABC News had been insistently dogging Edwards for some time, uncovering the money trail from an Edwards’ campaign contributor, Fred Baron, to Hunter, who was installed in a $3 million house in Santa Barbara, Calif.

"installed"?
That's a rather strange description.

re: #8 goddessoftheclassroom

IT'S ALL THE MEDIA'S FAULT!

/ever notice that GWB has never ONCE complained about the slings and arrows cast at him?

Whatever Bush has done right or wrong over the past 8 years, I have nothing but respect for the man.

re: #19 solomonpanting

"installed"?
That's a rather strange description.

She's an appliance now. LOL.

Let's get this straight: He cheated on his cancer-stricken wife. He repeatedly lied about this affair. The media sat on the story for ages. He admitted the truth on a Friday afternoon to minimize news coverage. But he's upset because one news broadcast didn't bury it in the Olympic coverage?

If there was any doubt that he was a little, slimy bastard this settles the matter.

re: #18 CyanSnowHawk

It would be about as useful as a Van de Graaff Generator.

How dare you one-up me!

seriously, vvn - 2 points....

There is no limit to this mans cynicism, except where his wife surpasses him.

re: #8 goddessoftheclassroom

IT'S ALL THE MEDIA'S FAULT!

/ever notice that GWB has never ONCE complained about the slings and arrows cast at him?

AMEN.
No public figure has been subject to more constant abuse, much of it grossly unfair, than Bush II. I am sure it is painful for him and even more so for Laura, yet he has never complained about it.

I have often disagreed with Bush politically, but I admire him as a human being.

re: #23 CynicalConservative

How dare you one-up me!

seriously, vvn - 2 points....

I dinged you up too. Good Straight Men are hard to find.

Very hard to feel sorry for wife or hubby. These two perpetrated a huge con on the American public. They both should be tried under the RICO Act.

re: #25 wolfie

And whatever else anyone might accuse GWB or VP Cheney of, neither has EVER been accused of infidelity.

re: #22 mossley

Let's get this straight: He cheated on his cancer-stricken wife. He repeatedly lied about this affair. The media sat on the story for ages. He admitted the truth on a Friday afternoon to minimize news coverage. But he's upset because one news broadcast didn't bury it in the Olympic coverage?

If there was any doubt that he was a little, slimy bastard this settles the matter.

Just looking at the guy, Something in the back of my mind said weselly, little slimeball. Maybe it was the hair.

re: #28 goddessoftheclassroom

And whatever else anyone might accuse GWB or VP Cheney of, neither has EVER been accused of infidelity.

There are some on the left that would take that to be a good trait. And they just can't say good things about GWB.

re: #29 Shay4l

Just looking at the guy, Something in the back of my mind said weselly, little slimeball. Maybe it was the hair.

I also always got a bad vibe from him... part of it might have been the hair but perhaps it was also because of his channeling of dead people.

re: #29 Shay4l

Just looking at the guy, Something in the back of my mind said weselly, little slimeball. Maybe it was the hair.

Typically it's the D next to their name that is the tipoff.

WTF did he expect? You would think by now that the lesson would have sunk in: The longer you try to hide something like this, the worse it bites you in the ass when it comes out.

I think his main problem is that of any Democratic politician: they are so accustomed to the MSM rolling over for them, it shocks them to the core when journalists remember they're supposed to report the news. Obama's reaction to a reporter's less-than-fawning questions is telling. I sincerely doubt any of them (with the possible exception of Hillary) would be able to withstand what GWB has had to put up with for the last seven years.

In a just world, Silky would find himself disbarred over ethics questions. We'll have to see what the folks down in Carolina do. I haven't been watching, but I'll give odds they don't like any part of this.

Slime ball!
Vote hair or nay.

The hairs have it!

re: #19 solomonpanting

A money trail from a campaign contributor?
Hmmmm. Looks like there may be some dirty money business here.
Federal Election Commission should be looking into this.

re: #35 wolfie

A money trail from a campaign contributor?
Hmmmm. Looks like there may be some dirty money business here.
Federal Election Commission should be looking into this.

That would be awesome if they could make a connection like that. Especially if it's in the news for the next few months.

re: #21 CyanSnowHawk

She's an appliance now. LOL.

Definitely not a frigid heir.

re: #28 goddessoftheclassroom

And whatever else anyone might accuse GWB or VP Cheney of, neither has EVER been accused of infidelity.

What the big GWB scandals?
The firing of the Prosecutors.
and Plame.

The big investigations are into document release and Bush and Cheney are protecting the Office of the President so future presidents can do their jobs without congress interfering in the nuts and bolts.

ABC News broke this? ROFLMAO! It was the National Enquirer which broke this story months ago, BECAUSE THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA WOULDN'T DO IT'S JOB!
ABC, CNN, NBC, MSNBC, and CBS knew about this months ago, when the Breck Girl was still a Presidential candidate, but chose not to report on it until they had no choice.
It says a lot about the sorry-ass state of the MSM these days when we have to get the real "scoop" from supposedly unreliable tabloids, such as the National Enquirer, while those claiming to be "real" journalists do their best to cover-up the indiscretions of those they're cheering for and acting as press secretaries for, usually liberal candidates.

re: #31 soccer fan

I also always got a bad vibe from him... part of it might have been the hair but perhaps it was also because of his channeling of dead people.

Now I'm thinking more about it, he's a wussy looking short man who made multi-million$ suing the tobacco farmers that have always been a huge economic backbone of his own state. Everything about the guy rubs me the wrong way.

He should conside himself very lucky. It could have broke after Obama named him as VP candidate. Plus the Olympics and a war started at the same time. He is lucky.

re: #31 soccer fan

I also always got a bad vibe from him... part of it might have been the hair but perhaps it was also because of his channeling of dead people unborn children.

Fixed it for you.

re: #37 solomonpanting

Definitely not a frigid heir.

I'm thinking money disposal.

re: #33 Steffan

Hillary wouldn't have been able to stand the kind of abuse Bush has gotten. She would have been bitching and moaning about it from day one and IMO would have ended up a homicidal maniac!

She couldn't tolerate criticism when she Bill was in office. She whined like a stuck sow when most of the MSM was shilling for Obama during the primaries.
She can dish it out in buckets but can't so much as a drop going her way w/o paranoid fury.

re: #28 goddessoftheclassroom

And whatever else anyone might accuse GWB or VP Cheney of, neither has EVER been accused of infidelity.

Infidelity is (unfortunately) viewed as a minor infraction by a significant slice of the American electorate. Bill Clinton was the trailblazer on that road to perdition.

re: #38 jcm

Truth be told, you'd be hard pressed to find a more ethical presidency in all of US history.

re: #28 goddessoftheclassroom

And whatever else anyone might accuse GWB or VP Cheney of, neither has EVER been accused of infidelity.

"Goddess" -

That is Correct -AND - Spousal Infidelity is NOT the Greatest Sin a Politician can commit. It Is - however - a Harbinger of what MIGHT be beneath in terms of general character. AND - I say this, being entirely innocent when my "EX" questioned me about female campaign contributors. The "PROBLEM" was her's, not mine.

-S-

i never liked his hair.

re: #47 wolfie

Truth be told, you'd be hard pressed to find a more ethical presidency in all of US history.

Give the lengths the (D)s have gone to, to generate scandal, I would whole heartedly agree.

He’s reportedly furious with ABC News for breaking the story of his extramarital affair early on Friday, instead of waiting for the Olympics opening ceremonies to start.

Don't you guys understand, he thought he could win a medal!

re: #30 CyanSnowHawk

I'll admit that while I'm not a fan of GWB, the demonetization of the man is really uncalled for.

I'm sick of hearing all the Bush=Hitler bullshit.
I'm sick of hearing about how Bush is a psychopathic murderer.
I'm sick of hearing about how the US is becoming a police state.
I'm sick of the maladjusted rantings of the far-left.

Frankly, I'm sick of the far-left entirely who do far more damage to reasonable liberals and sane democrats than they do to anyone else.

Where the hell have the Trumans gone?

re: #49 nyc redneck

i never liked his hair.

Thinking about his hair always makes me think of this video.

re: #38 jcm

"jcm" -

To Me, the biggest "GWB Scandal" is the fact that the Two Border patrol Agents are still in Jail. NOT BAD for 7+ years - AND - still should be Corrected.

-S-

The media should have waiting to bury they story.

re: #48 Dr. Shalit

A person who is unfaithful is very good at rationally his or her immoral behavior, and it is immoral behavior that is the issue.

Had this occurred in the past and Mrs. Edwards forgave and moved on, it would not be newsworthy now. The fact that this weasel had this affair a year and half ago IS the issue.

re: #52 paradox42

"dox42"

"...Where Have All the Truman's Gone?..."

"...Become Republicans, Every-One..."

"...When Will They Ever Learn? X2

-S-

re: #56 goddessoftheclassroom

re: #57 ploome hineni

I just glanced at your two comments and what came out of the speedread was
"hairweasel."
I think it fits the man.

Oh well, you can control the MSM most of the time, not all apparently. Like with hillary and the fake ducking of bullets at the Serbian airport. Tough nuggies.
Anyway, so johnnie-boy is banished from the demorat convention for cheating. Instead they have billy-boy clinton speak instead to laud teddy-boy kennedy. Bwhhhaaahaaa haaaa! The irony!

re: #57 ploome hineni

oh come on, admit it

you are green with envy

:P

Gotta say, no. Imagine having to check your hair in a tiny mirror every 10 minutes to make sure it's perfect. No thanks!

re: #52 paradox42

I'll admit that while I'm not a fan of GWB, the demonetization of the man is really uncalled for.

I'm sick of hearing all the Bush=Hitler bullshit.
I'm sick of hearing about how Bush is a psychopathic murderer.
I'm sick of hearing about how the US is becoming a police state.
I'm sick of the maladjusted rantings of the far-left.

Frankly, I'm sick of the far-left entirely who do far more damage to reasonable liberals and sane democrats than they do to anyone else.

Where the hell have the Trumans gone?

I hear you. The far left have far too big a platform within the party and their rantings are destroying it. They have become unbalanced.

re: #16 ted

Garbage In, Garbage Out.

/how dare you insult his love child

re: #53 Sharmuta

Thinking about his hair always makes me think of this video.

A truly great moment in American video history !

re: #59 jaunte

re: #57 ploome hineni

I just glanced at your two comments and what came out of the speedread was
"hairweasel."
I think it fits the man.

ROTFL!

HAIRWEASEL!

Of all the Dem candidates, Edwards was the one who set off alarm bells as a BIG PHONY! Socialist considerations aside, Obama seems more a pure opportunist while Hilary has no scruples whatsoever. But Edwards' sanctimonious class warfare message, preening smirk and odious tort lawyer background repulsed me from the start. When I read about how he spooked Jawn Carry with the "i've never told anyone this before" comment on two occasions, it was confirmed for me.

Wait for more dirt to come out on his buddy Baron, the nonexistant paternity test ("I have the hat to this day") and multitudinous inconsistencies and ommisions.

Edwards is a class A Douchebag - watch him try to come back in a year or so guaranteed.

re: #56 goddessoftheclassroom

"goddess" -

Let US agree where we can. Think we both agree that this creep IS A CREEP!

-S-

re: #54 Dr. Shalit

"jcm" -

To Me, the biggest "GWB Scandal" is the fact that the Two Border patrol Agents are still in Jail. NOT BAD for 7+ years - AND - still should be Corrected.

-S-

I'm leaning that one on that story. While back a writer whose opinion I respect made a very good case for the governments position (can't remember who). Enough it check some of my ire on that, but I still think it's a travesty.

That said, I will be disappointed if a Presidential Pardon is not given by the end of his term.

HAIR TODAY-- GONE TOMORROW! LOL ROLF

Hairweasel

re: #49 nyc redneck

i never liked his hair.

I spend less time on my hair in month than he spends in just checking his.

re: #67 Durkadurka

Dude, Edwards is TOAST

No shit

re: #29 Shay4l

Just looking at the guy, Something in the back of my mind said weselly, little slimeball. Maybe it was the hair.

Or the fact he was a predatory lawyer who used junk science to put doctors out of business, or exploited his own son's death to make a fortune?

re: #64 ploome hineni

you can probably count on the fingers on one hand

a 'ruler' who has been monogamous, or 'faithful' as we understand it, to one woman

Does that excuse the behavior, then?

re: #73 Shay4l

Dude, Edwards is TOAST

No shit

Oh, so he uses tanning beds too? Why does that not surprise me?

re: #73 Shay4l

Dude, Edwards is TOAST

No shit

Milk toast.......

Somebody call the WAHHMMMMMMBULANCE!

Oh, wait. Don't. He'll probably wind up chasing it.

re: #74 mossley

Ack! Thanks for correcting me, I thought he made his money on the tobacco lawsuits.

Mea culpa.

re: #78 MandyManners

Somebody call the WAHHMMMMMMBULANCE!

Oh, wait. Don't. He'll probably wind up chasing it.

{MandyManners}!

Just when I thought I couldn't feel any more contempt for the Hairweasel (see above).

re: #72 jcm

I spend less time on my hair in month than he spends in just checking his.

"jcm" -

Couldn't care less if a President's conceit was his/her hair. Do the JOB, do it WELL - and - Do Your Hair - Far Away From Cameras!

-S-

re: #62 CyanSnowHawk

Hopefully when Obama loses the election the far left will be thrown under the bus. If in 2012, the Dems try to force another Obama on us, then I'm through with them for good.

Hillary---->pants suit
Obama---->empty suit
Edwards---->hirsuit

Mrs. Edwards----->lawsuit?

Isn't it illegal to divert campaign funds to pay a mistress? Making an online video doesn't cost $100,000.

re: #81 Dr. Shalit

"jcm" -

Couldn't care less if a President's conceit was his/her hair. Do the JOB, do it WELL - and - Do Your Hair - Far Away From Cameras!

-S-

True dat. However when someone is more worried about hair than policy.

Koskidz cry over terrorist poetry....
Mahmoud Darwish is dead

Darwish's work isn't well-known to many Americans, but he was an absolutely stunning poet, full of vibrant, concrete, often surprising imagery. Add to that a pervasive sense of loss, an overpowering elegiac worldview forged in the fires of the Nakba and the Palestinian Diaspora.

I don't have much to say: the loss to international poetry and progressivism, as well as to the Palestinian people, is huge, and I'm not a scholar of his work.

Rose are red
Violets are blue
Jihad ain't fun
unless you're killing a Jew

can't wait to hear ingraham and levin on monday ...

Thanks for the hat tip, Charles. I'm proud to be of help in your efforts in even the smallest of ways. = )

re: #83 solomonpanting

Hillary---->pants suit
Obama---->empty suit
Edwards---->hirsuit

Mrs. Edwards----->lawsuit?

Oh, VERY good!

re: #82 paradox42

Hopefully when Obama loses the election the far left will be thrown under the bus. If in 2012, the Dems try to force another Obama on us, then I'm through with them for good.

Why would they throw them under the bus? They didn't after 2000 and 2004. The far left convinced the rest of the dems that Bush/Cheney/Haliburton/Diebold/FarRightBloggers cheated and stole those elections. They'll do the same thing this November if Obama loses, this time throwing in 'The Right Is Racist" angle

re: #90 sattv4u2

Why would they throw them under the bus? They didn't after 2000 and 2004. The far left convinced the rest of the dems that Bush/Cheney/Haliburton/Diebold/FarRightB loggers cheated and stole those elections. They'll do the same thing this November if Obama loses, this time throwing in 'The Right Is Racist" angle

And then wonder why they can never get 50% of the vote.

re: #79 Shay4l

Ack! Thanks for correcting me, I thought he made his money on the tobacco lawsuits.

Mea culpa.

I remember his campaign, where he moaned about the lack of medical coverage and couldn't believe his arrogance. A big chunk of medical expenses are do to fraudulent lawsuits like his. Then it was reported that he used an IRS loophole to avoid paying hundreds of thousands into Medicare taxes.

I don't know if he had anything to do with tobacco lawsuits or not. He went after any group with money.

re: #64 ploome hineni

you can probably count on the fingers on one hand

a 'ruler' who has been monogamous, or 'faithful' as we understand it, to one woman

Regardless of how I, or many other individual people, feel about his sex outside marriage, it is well known that the American public generally frowns on it and judges the person that indulges in it, for myriad reasons. That counts now in political races like it never used to. It was not reported. It was rumored, maybe even hinted at, but never reported openly.

The tabloid culture that is taking over our political reporting, and other reporting in general, is awful. Is that really what the public is crying out for? It seems to be, given the ratings generated by this crap v. issue based political reporting.

/rant off.

re: #90 sattv4u2

You're probably right, but I'm hoping that there are enough sane liberals like me out there who will push the Dems to purge the looney lefties from their ranks. I'm not optimistic however. The Dems excel at shooting themselves in the foot, they've made an art form of it.

re: #82 paradox42

Hopefully when Obama loses the election the far left will be thrown under the bus. If in 2012, the Dems try to force another Obama on us, then I'm through with them for good.

I think that will take a Carter-like defeat. I don't think McCain can pull that off. I think he will win, but not by the big margin needed for DNC soul searching/blame storming.

re: #89 goddessoftheclassroom

Oh, VERY good!

Thank yew, ma'am.

Edwards is the poster boy for why I hate lawyers and hope they all die miserably.

re: #80 goddessoftheclassroom

{MandyManners}!

Just when I thought I couldn't feel any more contempt for the Hairweasel (see above).

The past couple of days have stirred up some painful shit for me and you. I'm about six years away so I know what it's like in early days.

((((((gotc))))))

re: #97 Hucbald

Edwards is the poster boy for why I hate lawyers and hope they all die miserably.

Now, now. Not all attorneys are slime-puppies! I've a feeling that Edwards would be a rotten bastard if he were an engineer or a postal clerk.

re: #94 paradox42

Sane and liberal do not belong within the same sentence. ;)

I just went to his Wikipedia page and found out he sued because a Dr didn't immediately perform a Caesarean at the first sign of distress during a birth.

The result of his lawsuit reign of terror, filing many similar suits, is that Dr.s now perform many more unnecessary surgeries instead of allowing women to deliver normally, in fear of douchebag lawsuits like he started.

re: #39 Bob in Breckenridge

ABC News broke this? ROFLMAO! It was the National Enquirer which broke this story months ago, BECAUSE THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA WOULDN'T DO IT'S JOB!
ABC, CNN, NBC, MSNBC, and CBS knew about this months ago, when the Breck Girl was still a Presidential candidate, but chose not to report on it until they had no choice.
It says a lot about the sorry-ass state of the MSM these days when we have to get the real "scoop" from supposedly unreliable tabloids, such as the National Enquirer, while those claiming to be "real" journalists do their best to cover-up the indiscretions of those they're cheering for and acting as press secretaries for, usually liberal candidates.

Thank god for the alternative media. You may recall, also, that The Drudge Report broke the Clinton/Lewinsky mess based on information that Jonathan Alter was sitting on.

re: #100 Cartman

Sane as compared to the Noam Chomsky, terrorist loving, Stalin worshipping, Jew hating, far left.

Now we know why he was smiling in the interview with ABC;
Rielle says no to DNA test. He knew it wouldn't happen.

re: #92 mossley

Yeah, and that is the truth.

18th year in medicine, finally named in a case, but we won.

I am sure the the cost just to defend was at least a quarter million.

Just pure bullshit.

Guys like him rape the system. It has created a domino effect, I know 3 OB/GYN's who refuse to deliver babies anymore because of the litigation.

His type do nothing for society. They sponge. He contributes nothing of any value.

Scumbag.

Many more ways than one.

re: #85 jcm

True dat. However when someone is more worried about hair than policy.

jcm -

YUP!
-S-

re: #12 jcm

He's worried he'll end up in an apt. over a laundrymat and his wife 'gonna get all the goodies he got channeling dead children.

G-d, wouldn't that be karmic justice?

;-P

re: #94 paradox42

I don't know if you will ever see that again.

Could you imagine, if a candidate attempted to now run on a similar platform to what JFK did?

What they do now would be a whimper in comparison.

re: #97 Hucbald

I must say, they are not all bad.

Some do still stand for the Constitution, law, and justice.

re: #52 paradox42

I'll admit that while I'm not a fan of GWB, the demonetization of the man is really uncalled for.

I'm sick of hearing all the Bush=Hitler bullshit.
I'm sick of hearing about how Bush is a psychopathic murderer.
I'm sick of hearing about how the US is becoming a police state.
I'm sick of the maladjusted rantings of the far-left.

Frankly, I'm sick of the far-left entirely who do far more damage to reasonable liberals and sane democrats than they do to anyone else.

Where the hell have the Trumans gone?

They have evolved into the Silky Pony types.

re: #97 Hucbald

Edwards is the poster boy for why I hate lawyers and hope they all die miserably.

Now, now, we've got a couple legal beagles that hang out here.

re: #110 Truck Monkey

I think you mean devolved, or maybe degenerated.

Frankly, I don't understand the big fuss. "If it feels good, do it!" has been the unspoken mantra of the left in this country at least since the sixties. Why does the liberal media act so shocked?

Or is this just an instance of "resume enhancement," a la Bill Clinton?

Edwards' ex-mistress won't seek paternity test

I bet the check was a doozy.

re: #104 jcw46

Now we know why he was smiling in the interview with ABC;
Rielle says no to DNA test. He knew it wouldn't happen.

She doesn't want to be "uninstalled" from her $3,000,000 digs in Santa Barbara. Duh.

re: #84 jaunte

Isn't it illegal to divert campaign funds to pay a mistress? Making an online video doesn't cost $100,000.

Is WAS a good video doncha know.

re: #116 Truck Monkey

Did it have the brown-chicken-brown-cow music?

re: #105 formercorpsman
We've had an influx of doctors in our area who fled Philadelphia because they couldn't afford insurance in PA. And I'll betcha the same politicians who refused to rein in frivolous lawsuits are now complaining about the lack of doctors in the area.

The Bottom Line for Edwards is this:

You shoulda kept your zipper zipped. Now you have to live with the very public consequences. Do we think you were stupid? Yes.

re: #119 songbird

The Bottom Line for Edwards is this:

You shoulda kept your zipper zipped. Now you have to live with the very public consequences. Do we think you were stupid? Yes.

He should go sue himself.

re: #118 mossley

Are you in Virginia?

re: #120 itellu3times

He should go sue himself.

That takes some real flexibility.

The love child could be damage control.
Maybe the couple is Edwards&Young, and Ms. Hunter is the beard?

re: #123 FightingBack

The love child could be damage control.
Maybe the couple is Edwards&Young, and Ms. Hunter is the beard?

What, that killed the thread?

re: #78 MandyManners

Somebody call the WAHHMMMMMMBULANCE!

Oh, wait. Don't. He'll probably wind up chasing it.

Well, to call the Wahhmmmmmmmbulace, you first have to dial whine-1-1.

re: #44 wolfie

Hillary wouldn't have been able to stand the kind of abuse Bush has gotten. She would have been bitching and moaning about it from day one and IMO would have ended up a homicidal maniac!

She couldn't tolerate criticism when she Bill was in office. She whined like a stuck sow when most of the MSM was shilling for Obama during the primaries.
She can dish it out in buckets but can't so much as a drop going her way w/o paranoid fury.

That's why I said "possible." To be honest, I do recall her bitching, moaning, and whining about the negative news coverage she got before she bailed on the primary.

It's going to be interesting to see what she does in Denver. She hasn't released her delegates, yet, and if Obama's suggestion that the delegates in MI and FL get full votes take root, she'd have more pledged delegates than he would. You can bet that she's been working the superdelegates behind the scenes.

re: #52 paradox42

Where the hell have the Trumans gone?

They either retired, or switched to the GOP. Think Zell Miller and Ronald Reagan.

Truman wouldn't be able to run for dogcatcher as a Democrat -- the party simply wouldn't support him. Same with JFK, who was entirely too "jingoistic" and "hawkish" for the current party's leadership.

When you stop to consider that the current party's leadership includes JFK's brother Ted, you really have to wonder about how much the party has decayed.

Last summer on vacation i saw a movie on TV called "Double Jeopardy" starring Ashley Judd and Bruce Greenwood and Tommy Lee Jones. Greenwood plays a sleazy lawyer who fakes his own death and pins it on his wife. I was struck by the amazing resemblance that Greenwood bears to Edwards, even down to the hair and accent and while I already loathed Edwards, his awfulness was captured perfectly in this portrayal. No murders in real life, I hope, but I nominate Greenwood to play the role of Edwards in the made for tv movie.

Johnny...Johnny...What's wrong Johnny?

You're mad? At who?

The reporters?

No no no. The reporters didn't do anything wrong, well except look the other way the last two years. Johnny. Pick up your little makeup mirror. Yeah, that one. Look in the mirror. There's the problem.

The Breck Girl is under the impression he's special.
He's wrong.

I don't blame Edwards for being angry, he probably expected a sympathetic ABC (which participated in the MSM cover up) to give him another break. Instead the ratings whores decided to throw him under the bus.

No honor among liberals.

Even as his continued denials became untenable, Edwards attempted to control (and futilely limit) the media exposure.

Was he really so stupid to think he had any chance to either control or limit media exposure of this story? That would be borderline delusional.

Ah, the Breck Boy is upset. Sure glad he never was elected president. Fortunately, that will never happen. This might have also destroyed his career as an ambulance chaser.

re: #127 Steffan

Teddy was mistakenly switched at birth.

re: #99 MandyManners

Now, now. Not all attorneys are slime-puppies! I've a feeling that Edwards would be a rotten bastard if he were an engineer or a postal clerk.

I accidentally dinged you down Mandy. Can someone ding her up for me.
Thanks!

re: #32 CyanSnowHawk

Typically it's the D next to their name that is the tipoff.

Media usually doesn't let you know that.

I'd be pissed they released it all, but I guess you kind of lose control when you submit the confession yourself...

He may have made a huge mistake saying he didn't love her(Rielle)...
Give her a little time to digest that public admission, and she will begin to seethe. Don't want to mess with a woman scorned!

/gonna cost him even more.

re: #27 ted

Very hard to feel sorry for wife or hubby.

I'm growing more than a little weary of this poor, poor Elizabeth crap. She knew he was a snake when she married him. That was probably the initial attraction.

And the lies haven't stopped. Remember how he said he'd take a paternity test? It's because he already set up a little agreement (presumably for lots of dough) with the gal he knocked up.

She's refusing to take a paternity test.

Edwards ex-mistress rules out paternity test

Aug 9, 6:58 PM (ET)

WASHINGTON (AP) - The ex-mistress of former presidential candidate John Edwards says she will not participate in DNA testing to establish the paternity of her daughter.

Rielle Hunter's lawyer, Robert Gordon, says his client is a private individual who wishes to maintain the privacy of herself and her daughter.

In a statement, Gordon says that Hunter is ruling out any kind of testing that could establish who the daughter's father is.

On Friday, Edwards admitted to having an extramarital affair with Hunter in 2006 but denied that he was the father of Hunter's five-month-old daughter. Edwards said he will take a paternity test to prove he is not the father.

Wow.

How did they plan on handling this if they had made it to the White House ? They HAD to talk about it with a good 50/50 chance that over 4 years the story might come out. They knew full well what the Clintons' actions caused in terms of dividing the country. The only semi comforting thing is that with the wife knowing early on most of the leverage for a black mail attempt went out the window but still - somewhere at some point in time these low life manipulative SOB's HAD to have sat down and talked this out while at least 1/2 of the country was wringing out their handkerchiefs over them ! To me, this is the worst !

Here is some great humor on John Edwards “confession” about his affair. For people like Edwards an affair is a badge of honor to be worn at cocktail parties.

See: Edwards interview with Brit Hume

re: #142 docremulac

And the lies haven't stopped. Remember how he said he'd take a paternity test? It's because he already set up a little agreement (presumably for lots of dough) with the gal he knocked up.

She's refusing to take a paternity test.

Edwards ex-mistress rules out paternity test

Aug 9, 6:58 PM (ET)

WASHINGTON (AP) - The ex-mistress of former presidential candidate John Edwards says she will not participate in DNA testing to establish the paternity of her daughter.

Rielle Hunter's lawyer, Robert Gordon, says his client is a private individual who wishes to maintain the privacy of herself and her daughter.

In a statement, Gordon says that Hunter is ruling out any kind of testing that could establish who the daughter's father is.

On Friday, Edwards admitted to having an extramarital affair with Hunter in 2006 but denied that he was the father of Hunter's five-month-old daughter. Edwards said he will take a paternity test to prove he is not the father.

Wow.

I'm sure she would be breaking whatever contract she signed to keep her mouth shut if she gets a paternity test showing Edwards is the father. Eventually a book publisher will offer her more than Edwards can pay and we'll finally know what we already know.

This guy is an ego maniac! Even for a politician. They always try to dump these scandals on Friday nights, especially during the summer months. But ABC "betrayed" one of their own by busting him in the morning.

And I bet through this entire ordeal his hair still will never get messed up.

re: #121 formercorpsman
Marylandre: #121 formercorpsman

Are you in Virginia?

Maryland.

hey, i'd be mad too.

re: #140 desertbrat

Give her a little time to digest that public admission, and she will begin to seethe. Don't want to mess with a woman scorned!

Imagine Elizabeth coming home to find the kids' pet bunny rabbit boilin' away on the kitchen stove !

I will assume the mistress is a liberal. Which means unless the Breck girl pays her hush money from now to eternity she will apply for some federal aid. When she does and they ask for paternity on the child for collecting from the deadbeat dad someone will have to prove who daddy is.

Edwards Furious with ABC News for Breaking Affair Story Early

Earlier than what, Christmas?

re: #26 CyanSnowHawk

I dinged you up too. Good Straight Men are hard to find.

and a hard straight man is a good find.

ABC had no choice but to go ahead with the story ASAP. They got pummeled by the National Enquirer. Say what you will about the National Enquirer, they get their stories by following tips and actually sending reporters to see what people are doing. The MSM gets most of their news from press conferences and press releases, repeating what they are told with little or no investigation.

Too bad the National Enquirer only does stories about who is screwing who physically, not politically.

This man got the VP nod four years ago and came within spitting distance of getting the VP nod again this year. Why libs aren't angrier with Silky Pony than they appear to be is beyond me. Imagine if the media were successful in hushing this up until October 2008, and then it broke? What a catastrope it would have been for Obama's campaign. Of course the clueless libs would then try to claim it was a repub dirty trick October surprise. (BTW have you noticed that every one of the October surprises since 1992 were effectuated by dems against repubs and not vice versa-HMMMM).

IMHO Elizabeth will turn him into a gelding for his own good......the hubris of men in politics/public figures who think they are smarter than everybody else is unbelievable, see, e.g., William Jefferson Clinton, David Vitter, Ted Haggard, Elliot Spitzer, and the list goes on and on... when was the last time a woman pol did something equivalent? Ever? What is it genetics, common sense? I'll stop here.......

Love the idea that ABC "broke the story". They didn't "break" anything - they just aired his self-serving confession. If he hadn't confessed, they would never have touched it.

I wish Obama had chosen him for his running mate. Obama would have thrown him under the bus faster than he threw his "typical white person" grandmother.