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| The Pain of Elizabeth Edwards |
| 2009-08-31 |
| A new memoir by the politician's wife shows that the pain of infidelity pales in comparison to the loss of a child. by Christopher Hitchens |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 Pain in the ass, maybe.... |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-08-31 15:30 |
| #8 Mr. Hitchens comments admiringly in the piece that Mr. Edwards married the smartest girl in their law school class, and it's clear Mr. Hitchens has enjoyed the friendship with her. Mr. Clinton married one of the smartest girls in his law school class, too, as he mentioned several times over the years. Both women married ambitious men who took them to a world they were willing to sacrifice the usual standards in order to stay in. Clearly Hillary and Elizabeth considered the humiliation they endured well worth what it bought, so I feel no sympathy. Mrs. Edwards did not get what she paid for, because the man she chose was not at good at what he did as the man Mrs. Clinton chose. As for her standards, Mr. Hitchens makes it clear her beloved father had been flirting with other women in front of his wife for many years, a calculated insult for behaviour he should have had the grace to keep hidden. Friendly teasing is one of the joys of being a member of a species with two sexes; what Mr. Hitchens appeared to describe is quite something else. The one who gets my sympathy is the wife of Governor Sanford, who dumped the idiot when she found out about his Brazilian adventure. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-08-31 10:16 |
| #7 Not necessarily, Spot. I don't think character mattered as highly in her calculations as earning potential or chance of getting to ride on Air Force One. Under those standards, yeah, she had very high ones for the man she would choose to marry. |
| Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie 2009-08-31 09:45 |
| #6 she had a very high standard for masculine role models Ha. I think she had a very skewed standard. That would at least explain her choice of husband, whose true character was not that difficult to see. |
| Posted by: Spot 2009-08-31 08:42 |
| #5 The Largely Self-Inflicted Pain of Elizabeth Edwards There, fixed it. |
| Posted by: Mike 2009-08-31 07:49 |
| #4 John and Elizabeth Edwards? Yea.... all the way to the end of the street, hang a right. Their's is the faded blue doublewide right next to the recycling bins. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-08-31 07:18 |
| #3 St. Elizabeth lied to the American people to advance her lying cheating husband's chance at the highest office. I have no sympathy. The memoirs, the Oprah visits, the press conferences...all lies |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-08-31 07:10 |
| #2 We can sympathize with her while recoiling at the awfulness of her covering up for her creepy husband. |
| Posted by: lord garth 2009-08-31 05:30 |
| #1 Whatever happened to John Boy? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2009-08-31 01:28 |