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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 05:28 AM Original message |
Elizabeth Edwards writes about husband's affair in book, 'Resilience' |
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Jeep789 (935 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 05:35 AM Response to Original message |
1. If he had already confessed to her, wasn't she guilty of lying |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 05:41 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I don't know. She kept silent, but would one really have a reasonable |
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Jeep789 (935 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 05:45 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I understand the sentiment but wasn't she, in essence, betraying |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 05:47 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I don't see how she was betraying her children and I certainly |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 07:46 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. She was in a tough situation. And I think we all put ourselves in that position in our minds |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 07:50 AM Response to Reply #5 |
15. No, she wasn't, but he was. It wasn't up to her to come clean it was her cheating husband |
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colinmom71 (616 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 08:38 AM Response to Reply #5 |
28. No. She probably felt she was protecting her kids... |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 11:17 AM Response to Reply #5 |
36. She was probably in denial |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 06:07 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. People love to blame the victim here. I don't get it. nt |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 06:10 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I don't either. |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 07:52 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. My sentiments exactly. |
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Jeep789 (935 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-01-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
44. BS. I did not blame her for his infidelity or lies |
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Inspired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 05:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. John owns these lies, not Elizabeth. |
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Jeep789 (935 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-01-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
45. John owns his and she owns hers. nt |
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Inspired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-01-09 03:52 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. When has she lied? I'm confused. |
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Jeep789 (935 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-01-09 03:57 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. She campaigned with him as the perfect family |
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Inspired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-01-09 04:27 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. We were never in any danger because Edwards was never going to win. Never. |
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jsamuel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 11:08 AM Response to Reply #1 |
34. . |
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Smith_3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 05:36 AM Response to Original message |
2. I'm just glad he wasn't our final candidate. nt |
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Inspired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 05:44 AM Response to Original message |
4. So many things about this campaign now make sense to me. |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 06:04 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I agree. I think it's awful that he's kind of left Elizabeth holding the bag, |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 06:09 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Although that certainly doesn't speak well of JE, that's between them |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 07:57 AM Response to Reply #8 |
18. What is he doing now? |
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dustbunnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 07:33 AM Response to Original message |
12. Why do people feel the need to wash their dirty knickers in public? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 07:46 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. that's actually an interesting question. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 08:15 AM Response to Reply #14 |
26. You have to get your side of it out there before someone else manufactures a version. nt |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 07:57 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. It's an American thing |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 08:00 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. I don't get it either |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 09:52 AM Response to Reply #12 |
29. I agree with you |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 08:01 AM Response to Original message |
20. I remember having a discussion with my wife... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 08:06 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I think that's pretty darn perceptive of you |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 08:12 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. cali... |
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Inspired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 08:12 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. I actually sensed that too but always found ways to excuse it. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 10:02 AM Response to Reply #20 |
30. I noticed it looking at some of the 2004 videos as well |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
22. If she'd of had the strength to divorced his cheating, narcissistic ass, I'd read her book. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 08:09 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. ugh. that's hateful of you. |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 08:32 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. No it's not. It's an opinion. Of course, I would have made a less than stellar political wife. |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 10:18 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. You are calling Edwards a serial adulterer? I haven't heard of any other women he cheated with. Are |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 10:26 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Given the fact that Edwards has fathered a child with his mistress, I wouldn't consider |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 11:36 AM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Frankly, even now, he turns my stomach and I supported and donated to him. |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 10:43 AM Response to Reply #23 |
33. I think we have a right to be angry with both of them. |
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Jeep789 (935 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 11:57 PM Response to Reply #33 |
42. That is exactly what I was trying to point out above |
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MicaelS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-01-09 12:28 AM Response to Reply #33 |
43. You nailed it exactly, thank you. |
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jsamuel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
35. As much as John Edwards is a jackass for what he did... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 03:15 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. I always saw Edwards as a complete phony- having nothing to do |
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jsamuel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 03:17 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. OK, obviously I disagreed. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
39. Are they staying together? |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 03:20 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Word around Chapel Hill is that he was living at the beach; she's here with the kids. |
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