Posted on 03/22/2007 8:23:49 AM PDT by kddid
John Edwards is suspending his campaign for President, and may drop out completely, because his wife has suffered a recurrence of the cancer that sickened her in 2004, when she was diagnosed with breast cancer, an Edwards friend told The Politico.
"At a minimum he's going to suspend" the campaign, the source said. "Nobody knows precisely how serious her recurrence is. Itll be another couple of days before theres complete clarity."
"For him right now he has one priority which is her health and the security of the two young children," said the friend.
As for the campaign, "You don't shut this machine off completely, but everything will go on hold."
John Edwards will exploit his wife's pain for political gain.
Because that is what the presser was .. they can control that .. the cancer they may not be able to do
It's very unsettling.
When she talked about how she broke her rib, John made punching her side gestures, mentioning that he had hit her. That was as close to her as I saw throughout the whole presser.
I'm agreeing with you.
So I'm left to deduce he called the press conference to hold off anybody jumping ship.
Amazing, his hair looks better today than it did in 06...
that looks pretty darn noticeable to me.
But it wasn't about HER, it was about HIM.
she looks old and thin
You watch --- his polling numbers will spike. I doubt that the spike can hold.
What galled me was when he said "there are those who would like us to cower in the corner".
Right. I don't think too many people were worried about him to begin with.
And to me, it would appear MORE noticeable if you weren't around all the time, right?
And I think the mole is gone!
And, in the past the campaign trail has not been friendly to her waistline. The weight loss from last fall is dramatic. You have to wonder if we have the full story.
That was a weird thing to say, wasn't it?
I didn't recognize her at first and thought she was a spokesperson or something, they seemed so removed from one another.
who knows she may have been dieting for the campaign and that's what people attributed the weight loss to. much as people are monitoring algore's tonnage to see if it is decreasing.
The change in her appearance is very telling. I only hope she has other family members and friends that can support her through this since it's obvious her husband won't be at her side all that much.
Speaking of carbon footprints..........LOL.
Because SHE wants it to be about him
She has been working even harder the him to get him to this point
I would also not be surprised if she was at the point she couldn't get out of bed and she still wanted him to campaign
The question is .. Will he do what is right and stay by her side
Time will tell
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