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In reply to the discussion: John Edwards' daughter leaves courtroom crying [View all]Beacool
(30,247 posts)60. Edwards' affair was far more distasteful.
I'm not excusing Clinton. I was pretty angry at him at the time. What he did was equally stupid, but Edwards went beyond a garden variety affair. First of all, Hillary was healthy. Clinton only received a certain service from Monica, he didn't sleep with her. Let alone do so without using protection. Bill didn't have a child with her. Bill also didn't enlist other people to assume paternity of his child. Neither did he reach out to large donors to finance the cover-up of his indiscretion.
There are plenty of men who are womanizers, and then there's Edwards. He's in a category of his own.
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Edwards was not to blame for his son's death or his wife's cancer -- or the loss.
JDPriestly
May 2012
#30
That's really sad; I haven't been paying attention, but did she even have to be there? nt
babylonsister
May 2012
#3
ya. so, when we decide it is just consenting adults, maybe we ought to consider all the loved ones
seabeyond
May 2012
#7
Perhaps the scumbag should have put some thought into that before he made some of his decisions
TBMASE
May 2012
#10
as a parent, even if i did stupid, i would not compound it having daughter in courtroom
seabeyond
May 2012
#11
and it doesnt even touch on the fact that this older daughter will bring it into her marriage
seabeyond
May 2012
#19
My dad cheated on my mother and his cheating has nothing to do with my marriage. Why?
Luminous Animal
May 2012
#26
Haha!!! Wait until your sons are adults and see how much power you have allowing anything...
Luminous Animal
May 2012
#22
He did not decide to lose his son. He did not decide to lose the 2008 election, possibly
JDPriestly
May 2012
#31
That's the one thing I still respect him for--wanting to fight the Ohio vote fraud in 2004
eridani
May 2012
#48
It must really be painful to hear how your mother was betrayed by your father. nt
Raine
May 2012
#12
It may be even more painful to hear people chatter about how shocking his conduct
JDPriestly
May 2012
#32
Lots of men cheat when they are under stress. That's precisely when they do it.
JDPriestly
May 2012
#69
OK, I used to think Newt Gingrich was a piece of shit for serving his wife with divorce papers
Nye Bevan
May 2012
#71
Edwards is not putting his kids through this. The prosecutor is putting Edwards'
JDPriestly
May 2012
#33
Having lived thru adultery - the one thing the cheaters never think about are their kids.
jillan
May 2012
#28
if it's republican, why do we find so little support from democrats? it's odd.
HiPointDem
May 2012
#42