My Take On The John Edwards Scandal — Page 3

"Again, you have to look at the timing with all of this. The affair happened when he was out of office."

That doesn't matter. He was still an important part of the DNC (with possibility of being a VP, AG or Poverty Czar). It would have been in the DNC's best interest to keep this story quiet. So we don't as of yet know what political money was paid.

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"The story broke Friday and the speculating is being mixed in with facts."

No, the story broke months ago, the MSM didn't want to report it until Friday in the hopes that the opening of the Olympics would trump the news and it would be swept under the rug. The British press had reported the story several days ago.

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"Why didn't FOX NEWS break the story before this Goth since they are in your opinion NOT considered the MSM?"

Fox News was talking about it earlier. The pressure from Fox and the British press is what finally made Edwards come out and make his statement. The convention is in two weeks, the Dems don't want this issue muddying up the convention.

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"So, you are bitter that the story took this long to break? You know Goth, I disagree with you on a lot of things but this Edwards Scandal is one that I think you and I agree on. Only difference is it sounds like you want there to be more to this story than there is. If there is more dirt it will come out. Are you this hungry for liberal blood?"

First of all, I'm not bitter. I'm glad this story broke. With as much non-stop coverage as the MSM gives to how wide a man spreads his legs in a bathroom stall, it's about time some dirt gets thrown in the direction of liberals.

If the MSM had been doing their job, it wouldn't have been left to the National Enquirer. As I said in a previous post, this clearly shows the liberal bias of the media. They didn't want to report/follow-up this story because it doesn't fit in with their agenda.

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"The Larry Craig scandal is like the Edwards scandal."

No, when the Larry Craig scandal broke, that's all we heard for days. We had to hear every minute detail. The DNC is trying to shut down the Edwards scandal before the convention and the media is assisting them.

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"Are the stories the Enquirer are reporting about Bush, Limbaugh and McCain suppose to be taken seriously or just the stories about Democrats? Give us an answer."

The point is that had the MSM been doing their job, it wouldn't have been left to the NE. Give us an answer on that.

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"The point is that had the MSM been doing their job, it wouldn't have been left to the NE. Give us an answer on that."

I'm not sure how far "investigative journalism" needs to extend into someone's bedroom. You're right the MSM isn't doing it's job, but that job shouldn't involve balancing bias. The so-called"liberal" media is just non-existent. Right now it's the web and like one national radio station.

If you find the media to be liberal now, I can't imagine what you would say if they actually reported facts based on proof. For some reason there has been this move to make a dichotomy out of the MSM. Like the media should opinionate truth and evidence.

If facts are inherently liberal and you don't want to believe fact then you can live in a state of dumb objectivity but don't expect the rest of us to.

I saw that Papa. I think John and his mistress are scum but I am doing my best to hold back my feelings towards Elizabeth. Still feel she should have stepped in and told John NOT to run or endorse! I do feel bad for her, but she should have known better. She was also trying to mislead the public by withholding important information.

What really angers me is I was his biggest supporter. More so in 2004 than 2008, but I was out there hoping he would get another chance at becoming VP. If the man just went away and retired from politics there is a damn good chance this story would have never broke.

The real mystery now is who leaked the story and how much did the Enquirer pay for the story? All of this is and will come out, its only a matter of time.

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"The real mystery now is who leaked the story and how much did the Enquirer pay for the story? All of this is and will come out, its only a matter of time."

Is the source really that important?

Not to discount anyone's intelligence or anything, but a lesson has been served. That is, all politicians are human. The minute we start treating them as infallible beings, we set ourselves up for disappointment. Only the Pope's got that one on lock-down but I digress.

All I want from any politician who represents my interests is to do my bidding, end of story. I don't need him or her to save me from myself or right every societal wrong or shove democracy down the throats of foreigners who have no taste for it. Does that make me a self-absorbed azzhole? Perhaps, but it helps me keep things simple, maintain a balanced perspective on political turf wars and avoid unrealistic expectations of those in elected office.

I'm also never going to support a candidate who doesn't know how to pick his/her battles either. Edwards has been advocating "class warfare" in a period when the nation desperately needs a "uniter", not a "sovereign monarch" or "polarizing partisan".

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Updated On: 8/12/08 at 12:56 PM

As much as I don't care what he does in the bedroom his career is about over.