Hmmm… now where did I put those extra long reaching sticks?
And John, you are "special," just like Ed.

I'm mulling over the statements: "it was only for a short time; it's not my baby; and the real gem: I didn't love her."

Look out Kevin Federline, you have some competition for Father of the Year!

I am such a loyal loving family man.Is that what he stood for?

i am sooooooo disappointed to hear this. the cheating thing is bad enough, altho ultimately nobody's bizness except the parties involved, but the lying and covering up, and possibly paying off part is such a disappointment. i really really liked him and felt like he was such a moral person, politically speaking. ugghh. the whole thing makes me really sad for him and his family. i have to wonder why were the paps at the hotel that night? and who took the pics of him in the hotel room with the baby?

Doesn't this remind you of every incorrigible 9 year old that you have met?

(Not the regular 9 year olds-they usually have learned to take responsibility. They usually have also learned that things go easier when you tell the truth. You still have consequences from your actions, but not as bad as when you lie to cover.)

I can just see this all going down in the principal's office:

First-blame the friend. Andrew did it.

Then-minimize the deed. I didn't MEAN to do it, it was only for a short time. Plus I didn't love her, so it doesn't count.

Then-avoid punishment. I have beat myself up already. You don't have to mete out punishment.

Edwards. Grow up.

The woman ought to be ashamed of herself, only trollops chase after married men who's wife is dying of cancer. I like how he got his aide to say he is the kid's father. Suspicious much?

I can't judge this guy. He's too cute. Seriously, if you're good looking I'll cut you a break but if you're an ugly ass NJ governor, I hate you.

How did Eliot Spitzer rate on your good looking scale, maria?

I thought he was kinda cute.

Not scandal-absolving cute. But kinda cute.

This is fun! Let's try it some more.

How should we rate Bill "I Did-Not-Have-Sex-With-That-Woman Clinton ?

He is VERY cute. :-)

Way to go, John. Put the whole fucking Democratic party at risk, which puts the whole world at risk.

Oh ilnaz, you know what? I was in the Principal's office when he was getting dressed down.

He can't play on the team as part of his punishment for a year. And during that year, he has to keep his grades up and keep his nose clean,
and keep up with his child support payments.

They, (I guess the Principal and the admin) will review his progress, and then decide if he can get back on the team again.

I am wondering if he gets awarded visitation rights, how that will go over with Mrs. Edwards.

I know if I was she, I'd be like "That's on YOU. I raised MY kids already. Have fun at the park, DADDY."

Maria:
your honesty is as refreshing as it is appalling LOL.

Ilnazhad: I wasn't aware that Jesus Christ had returned - as a Democrat.

Oh qc! I never came back last night to finish the discussion. Spitzer was a 7, which made me forgive him, but I'm glad he's gone.

At least he can spell adequate…

real world real people

the rest was drivel as expected… but "I started to believe that I was special and became increasingly egocentric and narcissistic" seems almost strikingly honest.

What about McCain and his 1st wife? Why is it when democrats have affairs we hear talk of how it might ruin their career in politics, yet republicans like McCain, H W Bush, Newt Gingrich get a pass.

Read this about McCain's first wife Carol:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/fem.....ehind.html

She was a swimsuit model when he married her, but while he was a POW she was in a horrible car crash. When he came back he immediately started cheating. John meet Cindy when he was 42 and she was 24. He had a wife and children at home and he was chasing the 20 year old blonde cheer leader around a desk.

He abandoned his first wife after she was crippled to marry a 20 year old skinny blond cheerleader, who happen to be the heir to a 100 million+ fortune.

What Edwards did is despicable, but when do repugs always get a pass? Edwards mentioned McCain's affair in his ABC interview yesterday and they edited it out? Tell me about the liberal media bias again.

What makes you think she went after him? That whole thing about how she went after him is total bullshit. So what if someone is attracted to you? It doesn't mean you have the right to stick your peen in whatever takes a shining to you. Frankly, they should both be ashamed, but she didn't have a husband whose cancer just went into remission.

This confirms every bad feeling I've ever had about him. He just looked too slick for me.

What I wonder about is that everyone thought that John Edwards was this super nice family man. Everyone thinks the same thing about Obama. Is this truth-shedding about John Edwards going to bleed over to the Obama campaign?

maybe it's a sad commentary on the state of fidelity and commitment and yadda yadda, but i really don't get outraged by this stuff. it's private crap between the family. all of this "oh i cheated, now i'm going to drag my wife to a press release and make her stand there while i tell the world what a douchebag i am" crap is getting old.

it was a horrid thing to do, yes. but that doesn't change the fact that he has been pretty much the lone voice speaking out against poverty and corporatism. it just sucks that all of that is going to be eclipsed by this craptasticness simply because he couldn't keep his weiner in his pants. or at least stick it in a bagel hole if he really wanted something different.

nice move, johnny boy.

now can we all move on?

at least until we find another "values champion" doing crystal meth and having butt secks?

Why the hell would this bleed onto Obama?

McCain's the scumbag cheater still in the race.

mccain's skeletons are out of the closet. he's as old as time. all of his skeletons are historically documented on the back of the ten commandments tablet.

obama, on the other hand is new to the scene. he is bud light with lime. sure, it tastes good now, but tomorrow you'll wake up with a hangover, wondering "what the hell was i thinking." we don't know yet whether he has a lesbian, half-black, half monchichi devil spawn that he keeps chained in his basement like sloth in the goonies.

He's a Democrat that's all, and who else in this race shares his beliefs more than Obama? Edwards is young, attractive (by political standards), charasmatic and had that "I come from meger beginning" shtick. Besides, do you really think that Karl Rove won't somehow spin this into a Democratic / Obama thing? That dude is Palpatine personified.

agreed stm. A politician who cheats on his wife? Color me shocked. If it was me I don't think I'd let myself be dragged around and act all supportive of the cheating bastard.
But I'm angry and bitter.

One more thing, where can I get that rocking purple top that chick is sporting?

blah, rove is going to have a field day with this, you can bet your ass!

remember how he dragged mccain through the mud during the 2000 SC primary race by implying that the bangladeshi child that he adopted was really his black love child? recently rove was talking about what a great guy mccain is for adopting a child from bangladesh.

shameless.

didn't larry flynt basically call upon people to report anything they knew about infidelity by members of Congress and the Senate so he could call them out as the blatant hypocrites that they were when they were crucifying Clinton?

false outrage is good times.

Well played Mebe, well played indeed.

Oh maria, I hope you see this.

(you got me started on that other post with your most hilarious "system of a down…in flames" comment. thank you! That was a fun day for me.)

Here is another hottie on my list of cheater pumpkin eaters: John F. Kennedy

Right?

Let me ask you how you rate Newt Gingrich.

While we are rating, does Larry "Wide Stance" Craig count?

It wasn't really proven beyond a legal doubt that he was a cheater pumpkin eater.

We can talk about how in 1987, Gary Hart really broke our democratic hearts with that whole "Monkey Business".

I have pondered the great mystery, so many times and haven't figured out the answer.

Why do many politicians, (and back in the day, many televised preachers) seem to fall victim to the "snake in the can syndrome"?

We actually called it the "jack-in-a-box syndrome".

For the youngs, a jack-in-a-box was not just a delicious fast food restaurant. It was a toy first.

You would turn and turn the crank on this box, but you never could tell when the jack would pop out.

It would suprise and delight you with the spontaneous upward thrust. Very similar to a snake in a can.

The press is still talking about it. Comparing Edwards to Clinton, I guess keeping it in the political family. Good for McCain because he certainly doesn't want to talk about his political family, Foley (pedophile), Craig (shady bathroom sex), Vitter (sex with prostitutes), Ryan (creepy s&m group sex).

It just makes me mad. It's not like there is a war, a recession, a crumbling infrastructure or anything important going on.

STM - I didn't even know McCain adopted a kid from Bangladesh, much less all the brew-ha-ha that resulted from Karl Rove. He's just a dirty dirty man. I wonder what kind of skeletons are in HIS closet.

Since I saw the Dark Night again tonight, I'm in a fun mood. He definately is the clown they let out of the box.

He's a lying, fakey jerk like everyone expected.

STM…I love ya!!! Sometimes I think that you and I are the only sane ones of the bunch. Scratch that, I'm just a heartless cruel Libertarian ;-)

Of course he says he'll take the test - because she states that she won't as she's "not a public figure." Girl just wants to keep getting P-A-I-D.

And shame on his wife - I thought that she had a little more class. I'm so fucking sick of these wives standing next to their disgusting husbands and supporting them. WTF. I'd give my hubby a big fucking shiner that would be nice and prominent during his press conference.

If all politicians are liars, I have to say I'm worried about our innocence. I don't think anyone can think about Obama doing skeexy things…but inevitably we'll find out he did something horrible, then we'll probably jump to his defense because we can't accept that he's jsut like all the others.

I need a drink.

And Alycia, I think someone MAKES them do that, and convinces them that it's in their best interest or something. Or maybe they're just shells of people and someone leads the monto a stage and they don't even know they're left the house.

Mebe- So, so true.

QC - thanks for busting out the Gary Hart reference. Donna Rice, his mistress, is now married to the former CFO of my company. She ended up landing herself another big fish . . . of course. Women like that always do.