I know I am tough on women and Edwards was a weakling of a man, but he got caught in an affair and certainly an un-planned pregnancy.
The rest of the story is of what was seen publically by Elizabeth, as the supportive and sympathetic wife who, of all things, suffered and lived in a terminal condition for which she received undying and sincere sympathy from the public.
Because Edwards was a weakling, there was plenty to be read of evidence that he was emotionally abused, and maybe used, by a demanding, power hungry Elizabeth, both in private and in the presence of others, and who himself finally cracked. If that should be true, he at least has never distorted her better image, as the saintly, harmed wife, but kept her best image entirely intact probably for the sake of the children.
Already destroyed, John Edwards has suffered immeasurably and perhaps as much as Elizabeth, and if he has a conscience, probably more so. What an awful saga, all the way around.
That was my take on it also except John, himself, was just as much a lying scumbag as that ugly, foul-mouthed wife of his! I feel sorry for their kids having to live with that legacy, but those ill-gotten millions will certainly assuage their guilt, eh?
JC
I have to admit that I followed the Edwards saga in a somewhat cowering position. While I felt it was important as a key to assessing Edward’s character, it was also about marriage and personal conflict and that’s where I tend to bow out. When it comes to Edward’s affair, the mistress, the child, the wife, the betrayal, the cancer and the death, I leave that to God to deal with. That being said, my Mom lived her entire life with a deadly heart condition; I’m not buying this.