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Home Front: Politix
Breck Boy & Missus split?
2008-10-31
IS it over between John Edwards and his wife, Elizabeth? "The wedding band is missing," the Washington Post reported yesterday after covering a speech the cancer-stricken mother of two gave in DC on Monday night.

Edwards, the former North Carolina senator who ran for president twice, finally acknowledged three months ago that he had an affair with campaign videographer Rielle Hunter. He denies he's the father of Hunter's baby girl, although he has been spotted visiting mother and child.

A source said Edwards is no longer living with Elizabeth and that the couple have separated. But reps for Elizabeth Edwards did not return calls and e-mails.
Posted by:Fred

#14  Re-read what I wrote, Darrell (including the strike-through) - I would never insult so noble an animal as a dog.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2008-10-31 21:31  

#13  "Lie down with dogs, get up with fleas."
Don't insult my dog. My dog does not have fleas and is far more loyal than John Edwards.
Posted by: Darrell   2008-10-31 21:20  

#12  What Barbara said.
Posted by: Jolutch Mussolini7800   2008-10-31 19:43  

#11  I hope Elizabeth Edwards recovers from her cancer, but I don't feel sorry for her over her husband. She's done well enough with his ambulence chasing cash to sneer at her less fortunate neighbors. She was an integral part of his hypocritical political campaigns, and even used her own illness to help him. That he would also use and lie to her doesn't break my heart.
Posted by: DoDo   2008-10-31 19:11  

#10  Sounds great, ed, but from what (little) I've read she won't live long enough. He can - and no doubt will - drag it out until she's dead.

I have all the sympathy in the world for her, for her cancer. For her treatment by Johnny-boy, none whatsoever. She had the opportunity to bounce his ass a long time ago, and covered for him instead. Lie down with horndogs, get up with fleas.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2008-10-31 13:43  

#9  John Edwards, Defendant. I like the sound of that. It'll be back to bogus medical malpractice suits based on emotion, bogus scientific data, and a toothy smile after Elizabeth take him for all he's worth.
Posted by: ed   2008-10-31 12:31  

#8  Johnnie boy would never have been the Donk nominee. He never, ever got anywhere close the voters he needed. In the contested primaries he was third and sometimes fourth.


He would, however, very likely have gotten a Cabinet position in the Obama administration, particularly since he timed his endorsement of Bambi rather well. So it's just as well that his true nature was revealed. Our country owes the National Enquirer big-time for this.
Posted by: Steve White   2008-10-31 12:07  

#7  Damn. Does this mean I gotta marry that skank?
Posted by: John Edwards   2008-10-31 12:02  

#6  Correction: 20-30% favorable to John McCain
Posted by: JohnQC   2008-10-31 10:57  

#5  He might have been the donk Presidential candidate had someone not been able to dig into his background revealing a history of screwing around, cover up, and bad judgment.

Now, the LA Times is giving Barack Obama cover about who knows what? This denies the voters information that might be relevant to electing a man to the highest elected office in the country. We as voters don't really know anything about BO. The MSM has given BO cover and nearly everyone agrees they are in the tank for him. Stories, coverage and MSM reporting are 70-80% favorable for BO and 20-30% unfavorable to McCain and Palin. I have never in my lifetime seen anything like this effort to get BO elected. As a young boy I was aware of FDR's election. I have seen every presidential election since FDR. There has absolutely never been anything like what is going on today to get BO elected. Fair reporting, the First Amendment, and consequently the truth have suffered in this process.
Posted by: JohnQC   2008-10-31 10:55  

#4  "The Thunder Rolls," third verse
Posted by: Mike   2008-10-31 09:33  

#3  Is her cancer considered terminal?
Posted by: Grenter, Protector of the Geats   2008-10-31 08:47  

#2  I don't wish either of them ill.  But she enabled him, covered for him and can be vicious in a genteel Southern way.  They deserve each other IMO, although he's the bigger jerk.
Posted by: lotp   2008-10-31 07:43  

#1  Good for her. She's better off without him. I wish her well.
Posted by: Betty   2008-10-31 02:00  

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