John Edwards... the REST of the story

[loyalsister]

176. We dodged a bullet

He is not a person who we would want to carry the OWS message.
What offends me most about him is that he knew better and didn't restrain himself. We had been through it 10 years before. The Lewinski scandal did damage when Clinton became a punchline and the Democratic message was overwhelmed by the curiosity of a soap opera loving voyeuristic society and an impeachment trial. Following two successful Democratic terms there should have been no question of whether Clinton would be a good surrogate. He left us with a weakness. Edwards knew it would be damaging to the party and our goals if he got caught either during a campaign or a presidency. We would be in the midst of another impeachment trial bound to be successful had he gotten elected.
I care less about the morality of his cheating behavior than about the fact that he knew what was at risk. His message takes on a whole new light when you consider that he was willing to risk his ability to carry it further and the possibility of having it eclipsed by his bad behavior. I most definitely question whether his commitment to us as a constituency was authentic.