Reply #18: The John Edwards/Baby Story....

[CherokeeDem]

certainly didn't get any traction, did it? Duh...of course it did and he was no longer running for President. While I personally believe that a person's private life is just that... private...when it begins to infringe on my life through policy or in John Edwards' case, the outcome of an election had he been the nominee, then it becomes my business. I never felt that Bill Clinton's problem affected the way he governed until the Republicans forced it to become a problem. I never condoned his behavior but that was private. I will not have this woman tell people to abstain from sex, not to use birth control in any circumstance and then cover up her own family's indiscretions. She could not control her daughter's decision to have sex but she could have educated her in how to protect herself from an unwanted pregnancy. And then, well, we know what cover-ups can lead to. I do not condemn the daughter...I do condemn the mother's actions after the fact. Hypocrisy reigns.