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What is John Edwards Thinking Tonight?
Associated Content ^
| December 7, 2010
| Ron Hart
Posted on 12/07/2010 5:14:25 PM PST by Pinkbell
Elizabeth Edwards, the estranged wife of former Democratic North Carolina Senator and Vice Presidential candidate John Edwards died today, at the age of 61, after a grueling six year battle against cancer.
Edwards, it was announced yesterday, learned over the Thanksgiving holiday that her cancer had spread to her liver. Her doctors recently advised Edwards against further treatment and she returned home to be surrounded by her family as she passed.
Edwards faced not only cancer, but public humiliation when it was revealed that her husband carried on an affair while she was sick with campaign aide Rielle Hunter; an affair that ultimately resulted in Hunter's pregnancy. The Edwards separated earlier this year and were planning to divorce.
It has been reported that John Edwards was among his wife's bedside visitors in her dying days. If so, it is difficult to imagine what must have been going through his mind.
Does John Edwards regret cheating on his cancer stricken wife? Would he had been more, or less, likely to stray had his wife been healthy? How does he feel today as the mother of his children passes at a young age from a horrible disease?
Marriages of all sorts require work. No matter how deep the love, and no matter what the socio-economic status of the people involved, for two people to commit to each other for a lifetime, until death do them part, is the greatest commitment one can voluntarily make to another person. It's a different type of commitment than the one a parent makes to a child, in fact. There is nothing so great as a mother's love, it is said. In many ways, this makes the devotion and care that a parent demonstrates to their children easier, actually.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: elizabethedwards; johnedwards
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To: Pinkbell
“What a loathsome, disgusting human being I am.”
That’s what he SHOULD be thinking anyway.
61
posted on
12/07/2010 6:00:18 PM PST
by
random_user_827
((d) buy a new computer, this one's toast)
To: pugmama
I take it you either work for or are a hospice volunteer? May God bless you. It takes a strong person to do that job.
62
posted on
12/07/2010 6:01:52 PM PST
by
Pinkbell
To: Pinkbell
RIP Elizabeth. I did not agree with your politics, but you did not deserve the hand you were dealt (i.e., a total scumbag of a spouse and a terrible disease). I am confident that The Lord is welcoming you home to Paradise, and that He is comforting your children and your family and friends.
63
posted on
12/07/2010 6:02:26 PM PST
by
ought-six
( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
To: Pinkbell
“What is John Edwards Thinking Tonight?
about himself? Narcissists do that, you know...
To: dfwgator
What is going through Silky Pony’s well-coifed head?
“Cool! Next to family reunions, funerals are the best place to meet chicks!”
65
posted on
12/07/2010 6:05:07 PM PST
by
tumblindice
(Uglier than a hobbit's foot, dirtier than a geisha's hair--a broken oath)
To: Pinkbell
$$$
66
posted on
12/07/2010 6:06:01 PM PST
by
Chode
(American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: Pinkbell
What is John Edwards Thinking Tonight? What a question. Let it go.
67
posted on
12/07/2010 6:07:43 PM PST
by
giotto
(DonÂ’t look at the photo)
To: South40
Rielle is a younger version of Camilla.
68
posted on
12/07/2010 6:12:22 PM PST
by
machogirl
(First they came for my tagline)
To: mimaw
Hes probably thinking 0% estate tax. And saying a silent prayer of "thanks" to guess who? George W. Bush for his despicable "tax cut for the rich."
To: Pinkbell
He’s thinking about his children more then likely.
70
posted on
12/07/2010 6:17:20 PM PST
by
linn37
( "The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples money.)
To: Pinkbell
I imagine he is looking in a mirror.
71
posted on
12/07/2010 6:20:24 PM PST
by
killermosquito
(Buffalo (and eventually France) is what you get when liberalism runs its course.)
To: Pinkbell
There was a lot going through my head the night my wife died of breast cancer. One of the thoughts was."I am so grateful I never betrayed her"
I wonder if John Edwards has any thoughts on the topic.
72
posted on
12/07/2010 6:24:30 PM PST
by
muir_redwoods
(Obama. Chauncey Gardiner without the homburg.)
To: Pinkbell
Maybe he stayed too long because she was sick and it backfired and we saw the end result of that decision. Just saying. Who knows what goes on behind closed doors and in other's minds. I must say however John Edwards really fucked up and managed the whole of it poorly.
73
posted on
12/07/2010 6:26:01 PM PST
by
GOP Poet
(Obama is an OLYMPIC failure.)
To: Selmore
Who edits this crap? Edwards faced not only cancer, but public humiliation when it was revealed that her husband carried on an affair while she was sick with campaign aide Rielle Hunter;
I wondered the same thing.... my daughter gets extra credit for finding grammatical errors in print. I had already copied this article for her to turn in tomorrow! A classic misplaced modifier in the vein of Groucho Marx's "this morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas... how he got into my pajamas I'll never know!!"
74
posted on
12/07/2010 6:26:01 PM PST
by
Momto2
(Love my Auburn Tigers! War Eagle!!!)
To: machogirl
Rielle is a younger version of Camilla. Or just a more female version of this guy:
75
posted on
12/07/2010 6:26:21 PM PST
by
fireman15
(Check your facts before making ignorant statements.)
To: goseminoles; South40; Lazamataz
Laz would hit it. Where's the cartoon Laz? It always cracks me up.
76
posted on
12/07/2010 6:27:43 PM PST
by
GOP Poet
(Obama is an OLYMPIC failure.)
To: Red_Devil 232
Yup..I would like to think he is too...
“very sad”... and possibly suicidal
77
posted on
12/07/2010 6:29:48 PM PST
by
M-cubed
To: Red_Devil 232
Yup..I would like to think he is too...
“very sad”... and possibly suicidal
78
posted on
12/07/2010 6:30:03 PM PST
by
M-cubed
To: nolongerademocrat
>
Hes probably thinking that hes so happy he still has his gonads and his money. John Edwards has gonads? Who knew?
(He got his mistress pregnant, it's true, but remember he denied it...)
79
posted on
12/07/2010 6:39:35 PM PST
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: Pinkbell
I lost my best friend as an adult ... to breast cancer that mestastised to her liver.
My sincere and heartfelt prayers for the Repose of Elizableth's soul and for the well being of those children she left behind.
Who can possibly care what her slime-ball husband thinks of her passing or does from now on (or in the past, now that the ultimate hurt was enacted upon his good and faithful wife -- whether or not I ever would or could have agreed with her).
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posted on
12/07/2010 6:46:47 PM PST
by
AKA Elena
(St Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle -- and this is war!)
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