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| John Edwards calling former staffers asking for forgiveness | |
| 2008-08-26 | |
It's proving a hard sell with onetime true believers. Many are bitter and disillusioned after swallowing his lies about his affair with a campaign staffer and vouching for his credibility with friends and journalists. Some ignore his plaintive phone entreaties and don't call back - even when Edwards leaves follow-up messages. A few return his calls - and give him a piece of their angry minds. When Edwards reached one longtime confidant asking for advice, he was cut off with a terse: "I don't want you to call me again." The conversation ended abruptly. "I let you down, and I'm sorry," is a common refrain of these messages, said another top ex-assistant on the receiving end of one of the calls. "It was kind of pathetic, to tell you the truth," said the ex-aide, who said he didn't return the call and doesn't expect to speak to his former boss again. For months, the former North Carolina senator and John Kerry's 2004 running mate vigorously denied National Enquirer reports of an affair with campaign videographer Rielle Hunter, who since gave birth to a child. On Aug. 8, Edwards admitted the 2006 affair with Hunter in an ABC interview - when his wife Elizabeth's cancer was in remission - but insisted he isn't the father of her son. One source who compared notes with other former colleagues said Edwards makes no attempt to justify or rationalize his behavior in these desperate phone conversations. He simply expresses his regret for deceiving them and asks for their understanding and forgiveness. Many think he's still not telling the truth. "As painful as it will be for him, he needs to come clean," one of them said. "There's an overwhelming view that he's still lying." | |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #11 Democrat Convention Morality: The Democrats have suddenly developed a keen sense of morality. John Edwards has been banned from making a speech at the Democratic convention for having an affair and lying about it. In his place Bill Clinton will be speaking. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-08-26 20:23 |
| #10 "Dialing for Pity" Don't the Johnnie (and his beard) realize that pity and contempt are two sides to the same base coin? |
| Posted by: regular joe 2008-08-26 17:48 |
| #9 "Not guilty by reason of insanity, Your Honor. I'm jus' CRAZY about that stuff!" At least Lisa Jo was old enough to legally consent. |
| Posted by: Jolutch Mussolini7800 2008-08-26 13:23 |
| #8 And wives who cheat only tell the truth, right Marilyn? |
| Posted by: Capsu78 2008-08-26 12:05 |
| #7 You people need to read more on the facts regarding when Elizabeth found out about the affair - PEOPLE magazine date 8/25/08. Edwards had already announced he was running for President before Elizabeth CONFRONTED John about having an affair. John continued lying to Elizabeth about everything including that he had not ended the affair. Stop beating the wife up. John and Rielle are guilty of the affair - the wife is usually the last to know. Besides men WILL ALWAYS LIE FOR A PIECE OF A$$! |
| Posted by: Marilyn 2008-08-26 11:30 |
| #6 Elizabeth isn't faring much better since his confession noted that he told her about the affair in 2006 and she kept quiet about it, even (or especially because) though he was running for POTUS (or VP or AG) and had to know it would eventually come out. Perhaps she's a little more ambitious and enabling than her MSM image? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-08-26 09:53 |
| #5 Many are bitter and disillusioned after swallowing his lies Wait till they discover Sasquatch is a media fabrication. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-08-26 09:07 |
| #4 How about the wife? He call her yet? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-08-26 09:05 |
| #3 I'm so disappointed in Edwards. I thought he was just a trial lawyer who made his money cheating the taxpayers. I'm SHOCKED! SHOCKED! that he would cheat on his wife. |
| Posted by: Betty Grating2215 2008-08-26 07:19 |
| #2 Because Hillary didn't have a terminal disease and Clinton didn't get anyone pregant, as far as I know. Edwards is still possibly lying about being the father. Clinton already had power and was at the top for many years. Attempts were made to impeach him, even though they failed. Edwards has no power and seems quite pathetic, so now he's being supressed and will never make it any higher. |
| Posted by: Pliny Sleash8027 2008-08-26 05:07 |
| #1 Heck, it worked for Clinton. Why are people pissed at him, I don't get it? |
| Posted by: gromky 2008-08-26 01:48 |