John Edwards made a large sum of money as a PI lawyer.
His looks and perfect amount of southern twang, helped his rapid rise to senator then to vice presidential hopeful in 2004 and a leading presidential candidate in 2008. In fact there were many that felt Edwards was on the "Short List" of running mates for Obama.
Today any hopes he might have of "Higher Public office" ended in a fiery crash after he admitted he lied repeatedly about the affair with Rielle Hunter. He went on to deny fathering her child.
That kind of Revelation has leveled many a politician but when you add the fact that he was cheating on his wife between her bouts with inoperable cancer, I can't see any way back into the good graces of the American People.
I think it is time for him to just "Go away" for a while, then find another line of work.
Larry Lubell
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John McCain had a well-documented series of affairs on his first wife after he came back from the war. She had been severely injured in a car accident and after cheating on her several times with several different women, John McCain eventually left her for a much younger, much richer woman.
Now, it seems like I am condemning John McCain for his actions, but actually I'm not. I wasn't in his situation and no one really knows what happens inside someone else's marriage. I think the personal lives of politicians are absolutely irrelevant, especially their sex lives.
Well, first off, John Edwards is NOT an elected official. He is a private citizen. That said, I am disapponted in him. But let the conservatives have their moment here - it won't last long. Because at the end of the day, there are two GOP senators still serving with the full blessing of the Republican party - Larry Craig and his public men's room antics, and David Vitter, the married GOP senator on the D.C. Madam's list who was banging hookers. As to McCain, there isn't really a difference, except that McCain's was decades ago. Both parties have their share of bums. My grandfather used to say if he had $5 for every hypocrite in Washington, he could have retired filthy rich. I think he was correct.
Well, first off, John Edwards is NOT an elected official. He is a private citizen. That said, I am disapponted in him. But let the conservatives have their moment here - it won't last long. Because at the end of the day, there are two GOP senators still serving with the full blessing of the Republican party - Larry Craig and his public men's room antics, and David Vitter, the married GOP senator on the D.C. Madam's list who was banging hookers. As to McCain, there isn't really a difference, except that McCain's was decades ago. Both parties have their share of bums. My grandfather used to say if he had $5 for every hypocrite in Washington, he could have retired filthy rich. I think he was correct.
David
Time.....
It all comes down to timeing.
John McCains affair was years ago, I can promise you if he had an affair today, two things would happen.
1. He would be in the same situation as edwards.
2. He would be a likely spokesperson for Viagra!
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