Barb wrote:Saint John wrote:You know what? Fuck Edwards' wife too. She let that scumbag husband of hers run for office knowing what he did and sat idly by as he lied to the American people as a presidential candidate. She aided and abetted him as he tried to get into the White House as a liar. I wish her a full and speedy recovery somehow, but she's not exactly the epitome of class, either. She should have outed that son of a bitch and NEVER let him run for office with that skeleton in his closet. He was repeatedly asked about that affair and lied and said it was "completely false." She should have left that scumbag when she found out that it was a TWO YEAR relationship. She didn't and he cheated on her again...good.
That's kind of harsh, SJ. She was a woman battling cancer with 2 small children. I don't think her primary thoughts were about politics. She thought it was over and done. I have no idea what I'd do in her shoes. What I do know beyond any doubt is that if my husband had cancer, the last thing on my agenda would be a sexual relationship with another man. Call me a saint, I guess.

Barb, you're one of very few people on this board whose opinions I respect dearly. I'm probably being too harsh and you're probably being too lenient. The right "answer" is probably somewhere in the middle. I'm just having a hard time feeling sorry for someone that goes back to a guy who was banging someone for
2 years . That said, I think she had a moral obligation to out that son of a bitch when he began lying about it to the public, but in retrospect she obviously had more important things to worry about....namely staying alive. I'd like to think that that was the sole reason she didn't out him, but something tells me that being the first lady was a huge factor in her decision to stay quiet and let him continue to lie to the American public as he sought the highest office in the land. Regardless, I'm hoping for a miracle cure for her. She's been put through enough. Man, I don't think there's anything that could happen to him that would garner a fucking tear from my eye.
