Edwards admits affair

[Stella3]

OMG, he is sooooo slimy. He paid her in excess of 100,000 to do webwork for him (which she was not qualified for, according to the news report I'm watching.) and he claims HE didn't give her hush money, but that his staffers or supporters MIGHT have, he'll have to check into it.

 

[NY Disney fan]

So John and Newt Gingrich have something in common -- cheating on your wife while their wives are dying of cancer. Nice.

 

[jack hannah bananah]

Just proves he is the slime ball I always thought he was.

I just hope he doesn't have some pathetic press conference where he makes his poor wife stand next to him and "support" him. I hope she says shove it.

 

[Laura]

Well, I look at JFK, a notorious womanizer, and I've heard he was a great president. I do believe people can keep their sex lives and work lives separate.

BUT I still think it's wrong morally.

I agree. It's too bad, really. I feel sorry for his family.

 

[lindalinda]

I am not sure why people think he should have a paternity test, unless she is asking for one? Do you think he should have one so that WE will know? I just dont think this is any of our business.

If the woman wants to establish paternity, then she should. But if she is saying someone else is the father why in the world should we care, true or not?

I hope that they can survive this and come out of it okay. His wife is a strong woman, and she should decide whether she wants to stay or leave, without pressure from the peanut gallery.


For those of you using these right now.. You should be ashamed.

 

[Biscuitsmom31]

I can't stand politicians. It seems like they are all scumbags.

Maybe she's the reason for the pricey haircut.

 

[MoniqueU]

I never liked him just for the fact that he put his political aspirations above his wifes illness, even if she said she wanted him to. Sometimes you just have to suck it up and put your family first no matter the circumstance.

And I loved the whole thread about how the NE was wrong and there was no mainstream news reporting it. HEck I knew it was a strong possibilty just because i knew he was a slimeball.

 

[lovepurple]

I am confused. If it isn't his baby and he didn't love the woman, why is he meeting up with her and the baby in a hotel room? If I were his wife I'd have a hard time forgiving him if he was still meeting with the other woman.
I hope he and that other guy he blamed the baby on have had testing for STD's. Notice he didn't say it couldn't be his baby because he used protection.

 

[moon]

Shocked, I am just SHOCKED!

Good for you that you find this sad turn of events so amusing and hilarious. I hope that neither you or anyone you love goes through what Elizabeth is going through right now.

 

[arminnie]

I just hope he doesn't have some pathetic press conference where he makes his poor wife stand next to him and "support" him.

I HATE those stupid press conferences. I'll give him brownie points if he doesn't have poor Elizabeth do that.

This quote from another board summed it up for me:

Wife dying of cancer, would-be President refuses to keep it in his pants.

 

[shortbun]

It's a bad thing but relative to hiring expensive prostitutes or looking for love in airport bathrooms, it's a minor blip in my life. I say let Elizabeth and John settle this privately. He's running for nothing, officially having a private life.

 

[DawnCt1]

It's a bad thing but relative to hiring expensive prostitutes or looking for love in airport bathrooms, it's a minor blip in my life. I say let Elizabeth and John settle this privately. He's running for nothing, officially having a private life.

The mainstream media has left it alone, its his "private affair", BUT if this were Mitt Romney, the three major networks would be camped out on his front lawn.

 

[Saphire]

Ugh, poor, poor Elizabeth. I have admired her tenacity and her wonderful attitude, strength and grace as she has fought a terminal illness. Now she must endure the pain of knowing her husband broke his vows to her. How bad can it get.

One thing I don't understand is how people can cheat on their spouse (bad enough) but then not use protection!!! I cannot get my mind around how you can betray your marriage AND risk pregnancy, disease and death. STUPID!!!

 

[EMom]

If I was his wife, I would stand beside him at the news conference. And them I would kick him behind the knees so he'd tumble to the ground. A girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do.....

And it's rude of me, but here goes. The other woman ain't exactly a beauty queen, to put it mildly. He risked his marriage for THAT? Seriously, if he wanted to have an affair, he could have gotten some stunners.....but he chooses a woman most men wouldn't even notice in passing??? She must have "talents" that are not visible at first glance.

To try to minimize it by saying he was not in love with her is a mistake. The less said, the better. Just shut up.

 

[CowboyCO]

Actually, doesn't this make him revelation eminently-qualified to be the Democratic candidate for President?

 

[moon]

Actually, doesn't this make him revelation eminently-qualified to be the Democratic candidate for President?

yeah, Newt, Guliani, McCain.....Ooops, I forgot, they are REPUBLICANS!

 

[SwedishMeatball]

Ugh, poor, poor Elizabeth. I have admired her tenacity and her wonderful attitude, strength and grace as she has fought a terminal illness. Now she must endure the pain of knowing her husband broke his vows to her. How bad can it get.

One thing I don't understand is how people can cheat on their spouse (bad enough) but then not use protection!!! I cannot get my mind around how you can betray your marriage AND risk pregnancy, disease and death. STUPID!!!

According to the article, he stated that Elizabeth knew about the affair in 2006, but he admitted that she was not aware that he had met up with Hunter a couple of weeks ago in California. My heart does go out to Elizabeth, because obviously she loved him enough to want to continue the marriage, but now this would be betrayal on top of betrayal. Regardless of political affiliation and feeling cynical about politicians, there is nothing here that I can find to laugh or mock at. It is just simply sad.

 

[DISUNC]

I feel for his wife and kids....

The fact that he tried to "justify" it by saying he didn't love her, and his wife was in remission just made it even more nauseating.

Very sad for his family and the baby.

But I find it even more creepy that he claims the child isnt his, but his friends!

 

[720L]

What a pig.

 

[Saphire]

According to the article, he stated that Elizabeth knew about the affair in 2006, but he admitted that she was not aware that he had met up with Hunter a couple of weeks ago in California. My heart does go out to Elizabeth, because obviously she loved him enough to want to continue the marriage, but now this would be betrayal on top of betrayal. Regardless of political affiliation and feeling cynical about politicians, there is nothing here that I can find to laugh or mock at. It is just simply sad.

And now she must endure the public embarrassment of this whole fiasco as well. There just aren't enough sad 'smilies' for Elizabeth and this tragic story.