John Edwards' daughter leaves courtroom crying

[JDPriestly]

66. Yes. I meant 2004.

And I think that people who are reminded of the difficult things that Edwards went through and then who show so little compassion for him are the real sociopaths.

Edwards' affair was wrong, stupid, etc. But it wasn't criminal.

I've heard of so many worse things such as pandering to bankers on Walls Street who cheat.

Edwards was speaking out against predatory lending way before the others were. The economy was the least of Obama's concerns.

Edwards was a strong candidate. There was massive support for him here on DU, and rightfully so.

Obama has not prosecuted a single of the really big bankers -- of the derivatives experts who caused the economic crisis.

We don't know what Edwards would have done. But I have observed as have others that when a couple loses a child, they have to be very lucky and work very hard to maintain their relationship. It is extremely difficult.

I wish Edwards had not done what he did, but look at Newt Gingrich. He did precisely the same thing, and has spent far more than he took in during his recent campaign. But there aren't any criminal actions against him. Maybe they just haven't looked hard enough.

Edwards made a stupid, tragically stupid mistake, but his worst mistake was running against Barack Obama as a Democrat. Had he run on the Republican ticket, he would be sitting rich and pretty and enjoying a prime time slot on Fox.