August 26, 2008
Right on the money
Sorry for my lack of sympathy, but she's as lowdown as her husband. "Oleaginous" does not even begin to describe them.
Two weeks after a devastating revelation sent her husband into political exile, Elizabeth Edwards isn't getting the steady sympathy usually afforded to a woman scorned.Instead, she's faced criticism from dedicated Democrats who think she was too willing to keep the affair a secret to help John Edwards' political ambitions, as well as her own.
At a time when she was expected to hold a prominent role in pushing an agenda of improved health care for Americans, she stands silent. While fellow Democrats converge in Denver to nominate Barack Obama for president, Edwards remains in seclusion in North Carolina.
It seems an odd way to treat a woman with incurable cancer wronged by a cheating husband, the latest in a series of deep hardships in life that includes the death of a teenage son.
But some former followers have questioned the recklessness of keeping the affair under wraps even though her husband - a former U.S. senator, two-time presidential candidate and the 2004 vice presidential nominee – said he confessed the affair in 2006, before the campaign began in earnest the next year.
Posted by George Moneo at August 26, 2008 08:43 AM
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Mike:
In all that sadness why should she make it public, let the poor woman die in peace.
Posted by: Larry Daley ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.babalublog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
at August 26, 2008 10:55 AM
Larry, it's George, not Mike. If she'd had some principles she would've dumped that asshole years ago. But the lure of the White House, or its environs, kept her going on his road. It's a shame and a tragedy. I'm not calling her Lady Macbeth by any stretch, but she was sucked in to the game.
Posted by: George L. Moneo at August 26, 2008 11:09 AM
Esto es peor que una novela de Televisa.
Posted by: Gigi at August 26, 2008 04:24 PM
Holy crap ... it's totally a novela ... though the formula is a bit discombobulated.
sick/crippled girl ... check
rich guy ... check
bastard child ... check
fabulously wealthy person ... check
poor(ish) person ... check
situation keeping the protaganists apart... check
My God ... all they need is a butt ton of make up and one really random wierd looking guy. Though I imagine there is one lurking that I have just overlooked.
Posted by: Alisa at August 27, 2008 08:54 PM
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