Political Punch

The issue is becoming where the money came from. It appears more and more that Edwards used campaign funds which would be an illegal move and thus he may be defending himself in a courtroom over his actions.

Any time a 42-year-old woman can steal the spotlight from the Bubble Gum Brigade (the Britneys, Lindsays, Nicoles, Jessicas and Paris crowd), I say go girl

Oh my god! A polician has made a mistake like a normal human being! What ever will we do? Won't someone think of the CHILDREN!?!

It's pretty hard to fault a man for lying, when given the same circumstances, you're pretty sure you'd lie about it yourself.

I wish this had been kept private, but since it's not I am simply amazed at the 'so what' attitude expressed by so many of you. Adultery is immoral and utter mistreatment of a spouse, and if your supposed 'best friend' has cancer for crying out loud, how can any of you be alright with Edwards' act(s)???

"It's not hypocritical to be a male and do what males do."
"Clinton did it while in office and it doesn't make him satan."
"Why all the focus here and not on Bush..." blah blah blah.

First - Edwards should be as ashamed as Spitzer, and neither should be allowed to legislate again. Lack of moral fiber will infect (both literal and figurative meanings) their thought proceses and we deserve better.

Second - We all need to stop the bitter political diviseness continually expressed in these blogs. Bush did a bad job, though we haven't had another 911. Obama needs to demonstrate more substance. McCain needs to stop those foolish ads. We need to call them as we see them rather than continually, ad nauseum pushing our agendas!!!

Edwards lied to protect himself. It is his families' business. There are so many politicians that lie and their wives are are despicable (not Mrs. Edwards). Some local political figures will do what it takes lie to their wives and the public.

Why did Edwards endorse Obama when Obama's health insurance plan is deficient? It's Hillary's plan that Elizabeth Edwards thought was the best. Curious. Did Obama know of the affair?

Former Mistress? Former? As in like, 2 weeks ago Jake?

WHY IS THE MSM RUNNING WITH THIS STORY? WHY ARE THEY NOT WRITING TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT OUR CURRENT FAILED LEADERSHIP... HOW THE ECONOMY HAS BEEN TRASHED... AND HOW THESE LEADERS LIED TO THE WORLD CAUSING 4,000 DEAD SONS AND DAUGHTERS... WHY?

She sounds like her name, "Real Hunter"

So, Elizabeth Edwards knew about her husband's sexual affair with Rielle Hunter in 2006 and fully supported his run for the White House ??? Is she nuts?? No wonder the media tried to cover up John Edwards' affair. Exposing John's sex romp makes Elizabeth look just as stupid as him. Of course the infidelity would come out for two reasons: Rielle Hunter told all her family and friends, and the National Enquirer has the cold hard cash!

John really blew it from the start. He should have claimed the baby was his from artificial insemination and the Rielle was a paid surrogate. When Rielle refused to give up the child, John wanted to talk to her alone. Elizabeth could have claimed full knowledge.

If Obama didn't know what John Edwards was doing with his spare time (even though the Enquirer told him) and still had him as a VP candidate, then how is Obama going to figure the Iranians out? The answer: Obama knew.

Personal life vs. Political life

Yes, he's sleazy. Yes, he shouldn't have a political career after this. But come on. This is a personal issue. Leave it alone. This affair shouldn't cause Edwards' political ideologies to die with it. We need others to take up his goals and ideas because, as uncouth as his behavior was, his political ideals are still worth fighting for.

What do you mean "Former Mistress"? Edwards just got caught at the Beverly Hilton and Hunter was there, too..coincidence? I don't think the American people are that stupid even though the networks didn't publish the liason until he was caught last week. Thank you Fox News and Drudge Report for pushing this info to the media. Edwards got what was coming to him..he thought he was above scrutiny.

No vote here!

So what? Kennedy & Clinton were Presidents during their affairs and no one can guess at how many current politicians are involved in adulterous or criminal activities. Where are the headlines regarding our current President & his administration's unbelievable acts? So we wait for Edward's headlines to wear down so that maybe the Media will give us news that we can only find by searching reputable online sources. Stop with the front page gossip and write with some courage and intelligence. We wouldn't even know there are soldiers and families dieing everyday in a non-war far away if we had to count on our news media to find out.

Thanks, WestCoastMessenger! Agreed!

If Elizabeth Edwards knew about the affair how could she subject her kids to the pain of her husband being exposed by running for president. She cares for her kids about the same as Michelle Obama does (by sending them to that hate filled church).

"Men. I've never met any. They're all boys."

That's, of course, because nobody with self-respect would talk to somebody like that.

For those of us who supported Edwards early in the primaries, and I'm one of them who sent in money, for him to run for president full knowing his frivolity would show up sooner or later, and full knowing this would end his campaign, this makes him a huge fraud...a liar...a self-serving SOB...and it's my opinion that all Edwards supporters should file a class-action law suit against him demanding the return of all campaign funds...100% refund!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This opinion is not about someone who wishes to tiddle their wink inside some whore...it's about full-knowing the consequences of his behavior and with a straight face asking Americans to send him money for his campaign!!!!

it is amazing that since the repubs cannot find any substantial scandal against obama they try to blame him for everyone elses misdoings-----he will win in the fall---and mccain can go wet start his airplane----my money is on obama-----but i still want paris to wash my car.

"Lets not forget the JUST WORDS speech that Obama stole and the MEDIA covered for him saying the speech was borrowed."
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It wasn't really STOLEN -- David Axelrod
apparently furnishes that speech to ALL the photogenic young things in his stable.

First to fly into office on Axelrod's script was "friend" Deval Patrick, who succeeded in seizing the governor's seat in Massachusetts (Kerry's state, whose primary The One didn't "win"), where he's cozied up to casinos.