John Edwards... the REST of the story

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24. OMFG. Just read the whole sickening piece. The diarist is a sick piece of crap. Shame for posting

from the diary.

In my mind, Edward’s biggest crime was not divorcing his wife when he realized they weren’t happy, but it was SHE who insisted he run for senate, and then she insisted he run for president and later VP with John Kerry, and she again insisted he run for president, so HER political ambitions won out. When she first became ill, he wanted to drop out and she wouldn't let him, and she wore the pants in that family. As far as I know, she hadn’t had the relapse when he later fell in love with Rielle, if he did fall in love, and why wouldn’t he have? His wife was unkind to him, dismissive and humiliating in front of others, so how long is a guy supposed to take that, not to mention she let herself go? I’m tired of people pretending that being diagnosed with cancer trumps treating your husband badly for years, and gaining 75 pounds. If you treat someone like crap but you’ve tied your ambition to theirs, and you call the shots because you’re a ball buster, don’t be surprised if your husband go off the rails and falls in love with someone who is pretty and tells him how smart and wonderful and sexy he is. How you treat someone matters, and we’re all human, even politicians running for office. If being a decent and loving person and treating your spouse well isn’t enough in itself, consider that someday you may become ill and might need that person in a way you hadn’t planned.

I’m sorry Edwards isn’t bringing cases of the type he used to, that resulted in faulty products taken off the market and harmful business practices amended or eliminaed. I feel like the only person (and Edwards’s supporter and contributor last election) in America who doesn’t see what he did as that big a deal; falling in love and having a baby out of wedlock.