Posted on 08/08/2008 3:20:07 PM PDT by Maelstorm
Some months ago, while she was on tour, promoting her book, Saving Graces, I met and interviewed Elizabeth Edwards at a signing in New York City (see the interview below). At the time, John Edwards had not yet announced his 2008 presidential candidacy but the intention was in the air. As his wife spoke, her husband of 30 years watched her with pride and affection. They exchanged knowing looks and smiles. They conversed in the way of long time friends and lovers.
Yesterday, with her husband by her side, looking at her with pride and palpable affection, Elizabeth Edwards revealed with candor and grace that her breast cancer had recurred. Specifically, the cancer had traveled to her bone taking up residence on her right rib. Officially, Elizabeth Edwards now has Stage IV metastatic breast cancer which means her cancer is chronic, treatable but not curable. She’ll need treatment of one kind or another for the rest of her life.
I can't forget how she went after Ann Coulter when Ann was on Chris Matthew's show. Ann implied that Edwards used his son's death to benefit him politically, and Elizabeth took a "How dare you!" attitude with Ann over it.
I guess I can see Elizabeth's point. I mean, surely no man who would cheat on his dying wife could possibly stoop so low as to capitalize on his own son's death. /sarc.
I’ll pray for her not to suffer, but I don’t have that much compassion for her. She helped perpetuate his lies, and for political gain at that. I just don’t have enough sympathy to spare for her, as far as the affair and love child issue goes.
I do feel terrible for her children though....they are the innocents here, and do need prayers and compassion.
And he's been caught sneaking out of her hotel room TWICE int recent months. The affair is ongoing, or at least was until he said he dind't love her... now he's in trouble on that count.
What’s the big deal? For a RAT, this is a resume-enhancer.
I feel sorry for her medical condition but its inconceivable that we all could know with reasonable certainty about her husband’s extramarital shenanigans and she would be oblivious.
Odds are she knew something was up quite a while ago. Today’s news publicly embarrasses her and removes all public doubt. But I don’t think she was wide eyed and naive - the only thing different today is that the rest of us know with no doubt what she almost certainly knew all along.
How old is this story? I couldn’t find a date on it, but if they follow the practice of using the date in the URL, the story would be from October 2006 (although there is a link to a 2007 items.
Suggesting a very old date is the fact that the book signing ‘some months before’ was prior to Edward’s 2006 announcement of his candidacy. So the article appears to be at least a year old.
Amen.
Article was written on 23 March 2007. Edwards announced her cancer had recurred on 22 March 2007.
I don’t say that it did, but apparently he told his wife in 2006 that it ended.
If they weren’t frosty before, I’d bet they will be now that it’s public. How humiliating. And I find it hard to believe that that’s not his child. Now really, he has an affair with her, but she conveniently gets pregnant later by one of his staffers?
Folks remember Mrs Edwards did not say she knew about this. It was John Edwards who said she knew about it
Well, I don’t wish her harm, I don’t especially wish him harm (if hoping that he’s through in politics isn’t harm)-mainly because they have young children-and I even feel a bit sorry for them both-but just a little, because I can’t help seeing through the same cynical eyes that they saw through while attempting to perpetrate an image of a squeaky-clean “family values” campaign when running for office. They could have still run, and left that out of the campaign. To do otherwise was pretty cynical on their parts.
That and the NE photos from 3 weeks ago I agree this isn’t over at all. The only reson he issued a statement was because he got caught not because he was sorry.
Thanks.
I must admit I am enjoying watching this weasel's life fall apart in the public eye. He deserves everything he gets. Hopefully jail is in his future too.
I'm not Christian. Spare me your bigotry.
Hmmmm... And you feel she had some special obligation to share it with you personally?
She lied to the media about it, thus she lied to the public.
Is there anything she could have done that makes her worthy of your prayers?
I pray for her health.
However, why should I pray for her when she's a friggin liar? She's just another Hillary.
I think it's pretty obvious he did.
I'm not Christian. Spare me your bigotry.
Now it is bigotry to point out that Jesus would have you pray for her?
I will pray for you, along with Mrs. Edwards.
It's bigotry for you to assume I care what Jesus thought.
I will pray for you, along with Mrs. Edwards.
I will pray you get a third brain cell.
Since Elizabeth Edwards tried to foist her good-for-nothing husband off on the nation and shamelessly expoited her illness for political gain, I am having a hard time ‘ginning up sympathy for her now.
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