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obamanut2012

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14. No, but he doesn't have to
Thu May 31, 2012, 04:36 PM
May 2012

What he can do if live a good life for the time he's still here, dedicating his life to those less fortunate, and not "all over the world." In in own back yard. In the inner cities of Charlotte, Durham, Raleigh, the economically devastated textile counties in the west, the kids in Appalachia, the dirt-poor people in the east descended from slaves and wreckers, the Lumbees. That's who he can help.

He can try to mend his relationship with, especially, Cate, and try to be a good father to her and his other children, and a good man to everyone else. He can, maybe, do something to affirm the time Elizabeth Edwards was here.

He is educated and a hard worker. There is nothing wrong with a life of penance and charity. It can be uplifting.

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You forgot to add rocktivity May 2012 #1
Done. n/t cynatnite May 2012 #7
highly unlikely. cali May 2012 #2
No. H2O Man May 2012 #3
He's a lying adulterer Amerigo Vespucci May 2012 #4
That ship sailed four years ago n/t RZM May 2012 #5
I never thought Michael Jackson would be able to step foot on the stage again, Not Me May 2012 #6
Not in my book. Liberal Veteran May 2012 #8
I think so hollysmom May 2012 #9
It's possible that he can reinvent himself... cynatnite May 2012 #10
It all depends on what he does and how much time he has left to do it. Uncle Joe May 2012 #11
He might star in next season's "The Bachelor" but beyond that... Motown_Johnny May 2012 #12
That you John?? n/t 2on2u May 2012 #13
No, but he doesn't have to obamanut2012 May 2012 #14
he doesn't give a flying fuck about those less fortunate cali May 2012 #15
I never bought what he was selling either RZM May 2012 #18
Yup, he didn't even really try to rehabilitate his voting record Spike89 May 2012 #37
Edwards is done aint_no_life_nowhere May 2012 #16
Sure. He can become a Republican. They'll love him. Scuba May 2012 #17
Probably the only chance he'd ever get in politics again. n/t cynatnite May 2012 #19
ask Gary Hart Johonny May 2012 #20
And, Eliot Spitzer. GoCubsGo May 2012 #41
Bill Clinton did. n/t grasswire May 2012 #21
Bill didn't father a child while cheating on a wife dying of cancer. JoePhilly May 2012 #23
Newt cheated on a wife with cancer and ran for president tabbycat31 May 2012 #31
Newt "came back" only if we count making an ass of yourself as "coming back". JoePhilly May 2012 #33
Other politicians have managed it. I guess we'll have to wait and see. Arkansas Granny May 2012 #22
Who the fuck cares. Baitball Blogger May 2012 #24
THink with your brain, not your emotions Pyrzqxgl May 2012 #25
Others have done just that. SoutherDem May 2012 #26
Not sure exactly what "rehabilitate" entails loyalsister May 2012 #27
I think so but it will take time ecstatic May 2012 #28
enough decades go by and he'll be a senior statesmen magical thyme May 2012 #29
The real question is, "Do you want a politician with this in his baggage?" OneTenthofOnePercent May 2012 #30
No way. Watching him give his self-serving speech after the trial brought back all my dislike for jenmito May 2012 #32
Yes, but he will have to work very hard to prove he has changed and learned from all the pain he sabrina 1 May 2012 #34
he's done... jorno67 May 2012 #35
Who cares? LiberalEsto May 2012 #36
Who cares? Fumesucker May 2012 #38
No and I hope we never hear from him again Raine May 2012 #39
He should lead an entirely private life the rest of his days. northoftheborder May 2012 #40
No chance in hell. morningfog May 2012 #42
I don't think so. undeterred May 2012 #43
Can? Will. And NOT because he deserves a second chance. n/t cherokeeprogressive May 2012 #44
I doubt seriously that he can rehabilitate his image chieftain May 2012 #45
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