John Edwards, please shut up and go away.

[Raven]

Go rehabilitate yourself in private.

[DURHAM D]

1. He just said he was going to dedicate his life

to helping poor kids around the world.

oh sure...

[gateley]

4. Hell, what else can he do? Nobody will touch him. nt

[frazzled]

6. oh right

maybe poor kids he's fathered?

[obamanut2012]

11. That is the best thing he can do

He is also still a licensed attorney, and can also help the impoverished in North Carolina.

[Life Long Dem]

29. Sounds like his campaign to me.

That's what he was running on before. Helping the poor.

[redwitch]

2. I have to agree with your sentiment.

I am so tired of liars and lowlifes.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

3. His heartwarming speech about his family sucked monkey ass.

HEY!

JOHN!

Elizabeth was your family too. Remember her? You were married to her while you were fucking Reille Hunter.

[virgogal]

5. + 1

[cali]

7. a sentiment I heartily agree with, Raven.

[i want to tell u]

8. Would you be so kind

as to join him?

(In response to such a rude OP. I find telling someone to go away to be very mean-spirited.)

[cali]

9. oh dear, isn't that just too fucking bad.

welcome to du, hon.

[DURHAM D]

10. He has left the building.

[Raven]

12. My, my my...:-)

[just1voice]

33. Their 1st amendment rights suggest they can say whatever they like

Welcome to America dear and the 1st Amendment that allows the confederate flag to be flown that you just argued so vehemently for.

[GObamaGO]

17. Wow, just wow

[jimlup]

19. agree /nt

[MrSlayer]

13. America loves a good comeback story.

Especially after tearing a guy down. Don't be surprised if he's back in a few years. People have done worse things and have come back.

[Life Long Dem]

14. Time to turn the channel

We know the pukes are not happy over their framework, but it's time they move on. Haa ha!

[Whisp]

15. I'm glad this is done and over with and he is not charged.

I held a lot of resentment toward that man for many reasons. But I now wish him and his family the best. He has gone through hell and back and it's time try to emulate that jesus dude and do some forgiveness stuff.

[qazplm]

18. agreed

let's be honest. He did a bad thing, no doubt, but a whole lot of people have cheated on their spouse, and quite a few have cheated on a very sick spouse.

The idea that he's bereft of anything that isn't pure 100% unadulterated evil was always a bit over-the-top to me.

[BlueStater]

16. He's now only as guilty as Newt Gingrich is.

So look for his next bid for president around 2024. LOL.

[CottonBear]

20. What happened? I've been at work with no access to news. n/t

[Zalatix]

42. We're busy eating our own yet again. Want some BBQ sauce?

[bvar22]

21. John Edwards, PLEASE keep spreading the WORD about the "Two Americas".

Your campaign in 2008 addressed issues that the "Centrists" would rather ignore.
The LAST time The Poor were mentioned as a Democratic Party Issue in Campaign 2008
was the day you withdrew.

It is critically important the Economic Injustice and lack of opportunity for the poor & disenfranchised in America be highlighted and addressed,
as you did with your Two Americas Campaign.

I really don't care about your personal life, and whom you sleep with.
You were and are an important voice in our Party.
Please keep speaking out for those that have no voice in America.

[cali]

23. John Edwards you fucking elitist hypocrite, please don't use the poor

in the disgusting cynical way you did to feed your sick ego and further your political career.l

He never gave a flying fuck about the poor. that's obvious and it was obvious years ago. I warned people then.

[bvar22]

24. Sounds like a personal problem.

The more Democrats carrying the message of Economic Inequity,
the better off we are.

Tell me,
do you carry such a cancerous, consuming hatred for John Kennedy?

[cali]

25. uh, no. what does JFK have to do with this?

Sorry, I don't like being used.

[bvar22]

31. John Edwardes "used you" ?

How?
Did you know him personally?
You seem to know his mind on an intimate level to judge him as harshly as you do.

John Kennedy had the same problems in his personal life that John Edwards does.
He was perhaps an even more prolific Hound Dog,
and a very effective legislator and a GREAT Democrat.

When did we start judging our Democrats based on problems in their personal life?
Is there a list somewhere I can check to see what the new basis is?
Obviously, cheering into a microphone is now on the bad Democrat list.
How many Democrats do we now cast stones at for being unfaithful in their married life?

I want Democrats to effectively represent ME and MY Working Class Issues.
I don't want to marry them.
I couldn't care less what they do behind closed doors.

[GCP]

37. Very well said

I'm so sick of the piling on. Yes, he was an asshole, yes, I thought his wife was worth a hundred of him, but he did talk about the poor, which nobody else had the guts to do.

I hope he does rehabilitate himself, and the mandatory DU kicking of someone when they're down will cease.

[cali]

40. yes, he used me- and YOU

I could care less about his fucking around either, dear.

I care about his going to work for Fortress, a very slimy Hedge Fund to "learn about poverty".

I care about his rah rah pro Iraq War stance.

I care about his hypocrisy on the environment.

I care about his phony stance on poverty.

He never represented the poor or the working class.

He used us,

duh.

[Zalatix]

34. Uhmmm how were you "used"?

[cali]

41. He used

poor folks. I'm poor.

[HiPointDem]

35. tell me one pol or notable who doesn't use the poor cynically to feed their own ego and career.

i can't remember any for a long time.

[Snotcicles]

26. +1000, I agree bvar22. nt

[EFerrari]

39. What you said, bvar. n/t

[Raine]

22. Agree, I'm glad he wasn't convicted but Please don't run for office

again. Do lots of good deeds and keep what you do private between yourself and whoever you're helping.

[progressoid]

27. And Bill Clinton too?

[cali]

28. How are they different? Let me count the ways

We knew from the get go (Genifer Flowers) that Bill Clinton was a philanderer. He didn't use his marriage to oppose marriage equality. His wife wasn't dying of cancer.

[HiPointDem]

36. no we all didn't.

[Raven]

30. Yeah. As I remember, I felt the same

way about him back then.

[farmbo]

32. WOW... In a Citizens United world, the OP is villifying Edwards!?

This was a Stalin -era Show Trial. Bush holdover US Attorneys took a lame case to an informed jury and got their clocks cleaned.

Stop already!

Edwards was a joke and a sinner, but in the Roberts' Court era, undisclosed money is the rule... Not a crime.

[GCP]

38. Please stop with the piling on

This was a bad case as shown by the verdict. He was a jerk, we all loved Elizabeth Edwards, but this is getting ridiculous.
He was a brilliant speaker for the issue of the Two Americas, and I hope he continues to highlight the problems of poverty in this country.