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I wonder if he thinks we really believe baloney like:
Edwards denied paying any money to Hunter to keep her from going public but said it was possible some of his friends or supporters may have made payments without telling him.
It really better not be his kid, because if it is his kid or could be his kid and he's still trying to distance himself from this, that is really bad. It's a child, not a scandal.
It really better not be his kid, because if it is his kid or could be his kid and he's still trying to distance himself from this, that is really bad. It's a child, not a scandal.
I think that, in general, politicians develop an Invulnerability Complex. They do it once, don't get caught, then assume that they can continue to cover it up for as long as they want.
I guess I'm not as jaded as I thought, because this really shocked and bothered me. I really, really liked him. I feel oddly betrayed and want to kick his ass on Elizabeth's behalf.
I wonder what it says for my cynicism and apathy towards Big Politics in general that I was completely unsurprised by this and my reaction is basically "oh, gee, another politician who can't keep his dick in his pants".
Edwards made a point of telling Woodruff that his wife's cancer was in remission when he began the affair with Hunter. Elizabeth Edwards has since been diagnosed with an incurable form of the disease.
Yes, people do make mistakes and I don't think we should demonize him, but to repeatedly deny? It's smarmy. No, it isn't our business who he sleeps with, but maybe he should have said that he doesn't discuss his romantic life. Or, owned up from the get go. Now, he looks like a heel (especially with his wife's cancer). He's done.
heh Hellbient. The guy is a waste of space in the political spectrum. I mean, I lean democratic but he just has always seemed slimy/smarmy to me. No substance or original thought whatsoever. Like a used car salesman in a different suit.
But if he'd gone into the Presidential or VP race with this skeleton banging on his closet door, I'd have personally driven to North Carolina and beat him with one of TPS' inflatable hammers.
Well, here in NC he released a press statement that said, among other things, that he is willing to take a paternity test. Lemme go check the internets and see if I can find a link-it was a pretty good mea culpa.
Ah, here we go: In 2006, I made a serious error in judgment and conducted myself in a way that was disloyal to my family and to my core beliefs. I recognized my mistake and I told my wife that I had a liaison with another woman, and I asked for her forgiveness. Although I was honest in every painful detail with my family, I did not tell the public. When a supermarket tabloid told a version of the story, I used the fact that the story contained many falsities to deny it. But being 99% honest is no longer enough.
I was and am ashamed of my conduct and choices, and I had hoped that it would never become public. With my family, I took responsibility for my actions in 2006 and today I take full responsibility publicly. But that misconduct took place for a short period in 2006. It ended then. I am and have been willing to take any test necessary to establish the fact that I am not the father of any baby, and I am truly hopeful that a test will be done so this fact can be definitively established. I only know that the apparent father has said publicly that he is the father of the baby. I also have not been engaged in any activity of any description that requested, agreed to or supported payments of any kind to the woman or to the apparent father of the baby.
It is inadequate to say to the people who believed in me that I am sorry, as it is inadequate to say to the people who love me that I am sorry. In the course of several campaigns, I started to believe that I was special and became increasingly egocentric and narcissistic. If you want to beat me up – feel free. You cannot beat me up more than I have already beaten up myself. I have been stripped bare and will now work with everything I have to help my family and others who need my help.
I have given a complete interview on this matter and having done so, will have nothing more to say.
Is anyone really shocked by this? Power and money attract people and Edwards had both. Plus politicians, as a group, aren't really the most ethical bunch in the world.
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