Posted on 11/04/2008 9:23:10 AM PST by presidio9
IS it over between John Edwards and his wife, Elizabeth? "The wedding band is missing," the Washington Post reported yesterday after covering a speech the cancer-stricken mother of two gave in DC on Monday night. Edwards, the former North Carolina senator who ran for president twice, finally acknowledged three months ago that he had an affair with campaign videographer Rielle Hunter. He denies he's the father of Hunter's baby girl, although he has been spotted visiting mother and child. A source said Edwards is no longer living with Elizabeth and that the couple have separated. But reps for Elizabeth Edwards did not return calls and e-mails.
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Liz does NOT deserve this, I feel bad for her. Hubby is a scumbag..
Well, if Silky hurries he can re-marry in CA today before the same sex marriages are banned. He can finally be the blushing bride he wants to be.
“Liz does NOT deserve this, I feel bad for her. Hubby is a scumbag..”
I’m not so sure. I think I recall her daying some pretty darn mean things about Laura Bush.
Mom told me not to wish ill on others. I follow that advice. Now as for enjoying misery that befalls those that deserve it... Mom wasn’t so clear, so I’m going to enjoy this.
If the media had not shielded Edwards from exposure in his adulterous affair (which ended this spring), he would not have had a successful showing in a 3-way race with Hillary and Obama. The election may have turned out differently.
The 2006 election was about a “culture of corruption” that amounted to partisan “show trials” of Republicans (that didn’t pan out) and some sexual scandals. Those same “corruptions” exist today in Pelosi’s congress and in the presidential primaries but the media didn’t use that card this time.
He’s of no use to her anymore as far as power. All he has now is half of his wealth to take, before Obama takes it.
Oh, fer Jesus H. Christ.
She’s dying. All she wants is to maximize her time on this earth with her children. That’s why she homeschools them. I think she wouldn’t divorce him because she wouldn’t want them gone even for weekends.
He’s scum.
She was perfectly happy to live an extravagant lifestyle financed by her husband’s fraudulent lawsuits that destroyed many other people’s lives. No sympathy from me.
She’s actually the mother of four, correct? With one of her children being sadly deceased.
I too feel sorry for any woman dying (even a bitter partisan hack) who has two small children and this stress added at the end of her life
At least financial worries are not part of her problems
Prayers for Elizabeth no matter the case.
Did she give him the boot or did he walk when his political aspirations went down the drain?
That’s what ring guards are for. Plus, she can afford professional re-sizing. You don’t shed a wr over weight fluctuation.
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If he had bowed out earlier, Clinton would have won the nomination. Today would not have even been close. 500 EC votes for Hillary. We got the candidate we wanted. At least this will be close....I hope.
When I think back to that 60 Minutes interview, where they announced that Miss Breck was running in spite of Liz’s terminal illness, I seem to recall them both saying that they were not expecting her to make it to see him elected. Well, here we all on on election day, including Liz Edwards, and I can’t help but wonder if a mother knowingly exaggerated the gravity of her illness for political gain. If she did put her children through that grief, she’s just as bad as he is, as far as I am concerned.
I don't keep up with family matters of people I despise, so I can't answer how many children they are inflicting on us.
And I can't imagine how one gets joyously deceased.
Elizabeth Edwards is a scum who is using the cancer thing to gain sysmpathy.
Also, deep down inside, no matter what her status was and how intelligent or worldly-wise people might have thought she was, perhaps she was just a scared woman. Scared of being alone to face her health problems, scared that if she separated and took the kids that upon her death they wouldn't have as close a relationship with their Daddy - and that troubled her. Also, no matter what resources she had, obviously her special needs affected her ability to be strong and walk out. I think she just felt trapped, and kept her mouth shut, hoping for the best. Not the best decision, but understandable.
Anyone who understands narcissism, or has lived with a narcissist knows how terribly hard it is to get away from them. They make you feel guilty, even if they are the ones in the wrong. They threaten, and beat down your self-esteem. The mind-tricks are boggleing, and hard to overcome.
It is true her husband was a scum-bag even before the affairs and she benefited from his seedy legal career. But sometimes a person really is "in love," and when the other is revealed to be something not originally thought, you just hope they will change.
I wish her luck.
It will be fun to remember when Obama cuts military spending, pulls out of Iraq, capitulates with Iran and the PLO, increases taxes, spreads wealth and implements unreversable social programs, strengthens organized labor, exempts broadcasting from 1st Ammendment protection, and appoints justices to watch over, strengthen and protect Roe V Wade for the next three decades, that John Edwards' candidacy's main effect was to take votes away from Hillary Clinton and ensure Obama's nomination.
That's what happened when I lost weight, too. It got too loose and I had to have it resized.
Hillary would have done all those things, too.
Liz does NOT deserve this, I feel bad for her. Hubby is a scumbag..
Been through cancer and chemo twice. The drugs can make you retain and drop water very quickly. Your size changes often so resizing a ring with weight changes isn’t reasonable. Also chemo can leave you with fuzzy thinking, it is an easy time to loose things. Taking off the ring for a couple of months is the easiest answer.
You pretty much nailed it as far as I’m concerned. Elizabeth is entitled to her politics. And she has a demonstrated “nasty streak”. But that’s no reason for me to not feel sympathy for her situation.
John, OTOH, crossed a line with me. He has 4 kids that he just dumped all over.
That’s what I thought. She took it off so it doesn’t fall off.
My respect for her just went up. Too bad Hillary didn’t have the same moral compass.
Too bad the same could not be said for her husband's innocent victims.
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