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In reply to the discussion: I'm very sorry Hillary Clinton has a sad today. [View all]karynnj
(60,981 posts)a pretty graphic way that Edwards - then running for President - was not an honest person. If anything the confidence violated was Kerry's. While it is true that Edwards told Kerry he was speaking in confidence - he also spoke of how this was something he had never told anyone. Kerry was shocked, because Edwards had previously told Kerry the exact same thing earlier. What shocked Kerry was that Edwards was obviously in the habit of telling this intensely personal story as a device to get close to them. Kerry had never been a close friend and didn't even share any committees with Edwards.
That Kerry told Shrum the story when Shrum, Clinton, and Kennedy all pushed for Kerry to select Edwards. This event had soured Kerry enough on Edwards that he told Shrum he needed to meet with him again before even considering him. Kerry felt he had to explain while in his gut he was not for Edwards. (As Edwards, thanks to the gaga media coverage polled the best and many in the media were already arguing that the only reason he might not be chosen is that Kerry did not want the charismatic Edwards to outshine him. In fact, in the general election that was NEVER close to reality.)