Posted on 12/28/2010 12:03:21 PM PST by presidio9
No Forgiveness for John Edwards
The National Enquirer reports that when John Edwards realized that the end was near he begged his betrayed wife for forgiveness, but Elizabeth refused to relent.
On her deathbed, a hurt, angry Elizabeth screamed at John, saying You ruined my life Ill NEVER forgive you!
Reports say that John Edwards repeatedly broke down in tears, and actually doubled over with grief at Elizabeths bedside. But she showed John no remorse. Nothing he said could change Elizabeths mind.
The only concession Elizabeth was willing to grant her cheating husband was to pray with him that God would give him the strength to protect and raise their two young children, Jack and Emma Claire, after she was gone.
Cutting John Edwards Out of Her Will
Not only did Elizabeth refuse to forgive John as she neared death, she informed John that shed changed her will to cut him off from part of their $53 million fortune if he married his mistress, Rielle Hunter, after she died.
As she lay dying, Elizabeth Edwards also unleashed her anger at Rielle Hunter for destroying her marriage and ruining the bright political future John Edwards had.
According to reports. Elizabeth also had a few choice words for Rielle before she died, screaming to John that Rielle . will 'rot in hell!
A source close to the Edwards family reported that when it finally dawned on John that the end was near for Elizabeth, and that she would never forgive him, he collapsed.
No doubt John realized that the stress of dealing with his infidelity, and the bitterness and rage she felt about his betrayal served to hasten Elizabeth Edwards death.
The animosity Elizabeth harbored for his mistress, Rielle Hunter, was probably a contributing factor , as well.
Elizabeth Edwards' deathbed words will probably haunt John Edwards for the rest of his life.
I agree with you.
Urban legend. Phrase was coined by David Hannum.
Something's got him spooked.
I guess you're right about that but it's a shame that she went to her judgement refusing to grant forgiveness to her husband.
I hope, for the sake of Elizabeth's soul, this isn't true.
Elizabeth Edwards' deathbed words will probably haunt John Edwards for the rest of his life.
Unfortunately, I doubt he has the moral compass necessary for this to "haunt" him.
Nope, her eternity will depend only on the decision she made of whether or not to accept the grace of salvation offered by Jesus, and she made that decision - whatever it was - long before her deathbed actions toward John.
I read her book and I don’t believe this Enquirer story (of course, the book could be full of lies too).
She basically makes the point in her book that after the death of a child, nothing else can touch that pain. Not infidelity, not cancer—nothing. Hence the title “Resiliance.”
I don’t believe a word of this. It may well be true that Elizabeth never forgave John, but screaming on her deathbed? With advanced cancer about to claim her life, and with the kinds of powerful pain-killing drugs given to such patients? No way did the scenarios described in this article happen.
Agreed. Complete BS.
Elizabeth Edwards’ deathbed words will probably haunt John Edwards for the rest of his life.
I highly doubt it.
In fact, I’d bet money he left her bedside, checked his hair and bedded is mistress that night.
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I’m with you on that one.
LOL! Right? The cancer surely ruined her life. John Edwards fling? The 53 million could have cushioned that blow very nicely.
Since the Enquirer broke the original story about Edward's affair, perhaps the affair never happened. /SARC
I agree with Elizabeth Edwards ... Infidelity is the greatest of all sins.
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Not quite.
Forgive me, but I am not one who think that this woman was a saint, simply because she got ‘betrayed’ by her husband. She knew what he was, what a sleazebag he was and stayed with him anyway - at least up until the affair. One can only guess the reasons she stayed with him through all the rest of his ‘honorable’ career, I’m sure. Finally, whatever the result is from the affair, it was the cancer that eventually killed her, not the affair.
She's dead. I'm certain that she now faces much bigger concerns.
How sad for Elizabeth, to go to the grave with that much hate.. when we hold that much rage at someone it eats us up not the object of the anger..
I have it on good authority that PT Barnum said it too
You can only do it if the money is in a trust and they aren’t that solid.
He's a trial lawyer and a dem. He was long over it before she assumed room temperature
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