John Edwards' daughter leaves courtroom crying

[JDPriestly]

31. He did not decide to lose his son. He did not decide to lose the 2008 election, possibly

to fraud and illegal election practices. He did not decide that Elizabeth Edwards should get cancer.

Is it any wonder that he chose to seek comfort from someone who pretended to be understanding and offered what appeared to be joy and fun?

I think we should be careful about judging him.

He was under a lot of pressure.

Some DUers like to argue that he was insincere when he spoke of Two Americas. I don't think he was. I think he saw what was happening in the economic life of our country and that he wanted to at least make our economy a campaign issue. Now we have the Occupy movement which is taking the message of Two Americas -- that of the 1% versus that of the 99% to the streets.

There are a lot of people who would like to silence the message that Edwards brought. And face it, when he ran in 2008, Edwards was very popular on DU. And for good reason. He was right about the economy. Shame about Rielle Hunter (if that is her real name. I'm not sure it is.) But, considering all the disappointment and burdens he carried, I do not want to judge Edwards that harshly.