It is a good read.
However, at noon eastern time today, Mr. Edwards may be bowing out of the White House due to a possible recurrence of his wife's cancer.
I, for one, do not agree with Mr. Edwards on just about everything he proposes. But I do hope that his wife is not ill again. That would be a shame, and I am sending her prayers. I know, she is a liberal, too, and said some really dumb things in the '04 election; but I do hope that she is all right.
Let's hold the sympathy until we see what the press conference is actually about.
I won't be.
I'm not wishing for an adverse diagnosis either, but these people are just bad.
John Edwards is evil scum. Period.
His willful actions for his own benefit and the benefit of his family affect us all, and have an impact on the well being of our children:
Many doctors [OBGYN] are fleeing the practice as fast as they can
They are costing us all real money, which also affects our ability to care for our families:
health insurance premiums have skyrocketed, in part because doctors don't just absorb higher malpractice fees; they also pass them on
Every month when I write the outrageous health insurance check I think about people like John Edwards.
I blame people like him directly. Like illegal aliens, he's stealing money from me. I see no difference between the results of his courtroom actions and being held up at gunpoint. Either way the money is gone.
His wife is a willful partner in all of this, and she's produced offspring who have a high chance following in dad's footsteps. Think Al Gore.
If John Edwards got cancer and died, I'd consider it poetic justice. I wouldn't wish it on him, but I wouldn't shed a tear either.
His wife is not an innocent bystander, she's an active partner, so I feel no different about her.
All this is BEFORE you factor in his politics and how they directly impact our lives.
Think Al Gore. Again. Every time my lousy 2 gallon toilet jams, guess who I blame?