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Mon May-04-09 07:24 AM
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| 8. I don't see how this book provides closure for her |
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and it certainly won't provide it for Jack and Emma.
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| -Why did Elizabeth Edwards write her new book? |
cali |
May-04-09 07:02 AM |
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A Woman on the Verge of Divorce Needs Some Lawyer Money |
Demeter |
May-04-09 07:05 AM |
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She has plenty of money for a lawyer. |
cali |
May-04-09 07:06 AM |
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She's not getting a divorce. Maybe she wants her side out before she dies? |
WI_DEM |
May-04-09 12:02 PM |
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Not really - the lawyer will fo it on sp[ec and get the money later |
AngryAmish |
May-04-09 12:16 PM |
#57 |
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Maybe she wanted to get her side out... |
MinneapolisMatt |
May-04-09 07:07 AM |
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maybe. it just seems weird to write something |
cali |
May-04-09 07:10 AM |
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Maybe she wants her kids to read it someday, knowing that they will |
pnwmom |
May-04-09 12:04 PM |
#55 |
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Could be. When you reach the point of having nothing to lose, truth becomes more important |
havocmom |
May-04-09 08:09 AM |
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Yup, happened in my 1st marriage |
stevenleser |
May-04-09 01:56 PM |
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but it hurts her rather than helps her |
karynnj |
May-04-09 11:04 AM |
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Why does it hurt her? she is just being honest. |
WI_DEM |
May-04-09 12:03 PM |
#53 |
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Is she really? |
Medusa |
May-05-09 03:22 PM |
#131 |
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She's devastated and she's telling the story she WANTS to believe . . . |
The Hope Mobile |
May-06-09 10:39 PM |
#158 |
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The truth sometimes hurts |
havocmom |
May-04-09 03:35 PM |
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'truth' doesn't hurt liars AT ALL! |
elleng |
May-05-09 12:14 AM |
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No, many liars are VERY concerned with image and truth bashes image |
havocmom |
May-05-09 08:22 AM |
#100 |
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read the title of the book |
jules1962 |
May-06-09 06:51 AM |
#143 |
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So she can ask her husband to help proofread and stuff... |
Ian David |
May-04-09 07:12 AM |
#5 |
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Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner! |
Tutankhamun |
May-06-09 10:29 PM |
#157 |
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One word,,,,,Closure |
lazer47 |
May-04-09 07:22 AM |
#6 |
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I don't see how this book provides closure for her |
cali |
May-04-09 07:24 AM |
#8 |
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Truth telling can be a comfort. |
havocmom |
May-04-09 08:11 AM |
#26 |
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Then tell it to your friends |
Inuca |
May-05-09 11:33 AM |
#113 |
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I agree. This need to splat your personal experiences all over |
tsuki |
May-04-09 10:19 AM |
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It will provide her voice to Jack and Emma when she is gone. |
pnwmom |
May-04-09 12:05 PM |
#56 |
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As I said above before reading your message |
Inuca |
May-05-09 11:37 AM |
#114 |
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Naw, this will open more than it closes. |
Captain Hilts |
May-04-09 07:58 AM |
#21 |
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To call the paramour "Pathetic" in the public square, perhaps? |
MADem |
May-04-09 07:22 AM |
#7 |
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Refusal to acknowledge one's child |
Adelante |
May-04-09 07:38 AM |
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There are more than a few contenders for father of that child. n/t |
quiller4 |
May-04-09 12:23 PM |
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Says you. How many visited the kid at 3:00 a.m. before trying to leave through the basement? |
WinkyDink |
May-04-09 07:08 PM |
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John has asked her to take a paternity test |
hyphenate |
May-04-09 11:37 PM |
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She has denied that Edwards is the father. |
quiller4 |
May-05-09 08:30 PM |
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Calling her pathetic is pathetic.... |
Baby Snooks |
May-04-09 08:04 AM |
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Well, she's pathetic then, because she calls Rielle Hunter "pathetic" in the book. NT |
MADem |
May-04-09 08:25 AM |
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Rielle Hunter is pathetic but Elizabeth Edwards doesn't |
quiller4 |
May-04-09 12:20 PM |
#59 |
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I haven't read the book, so it's really not for me to say. |
MADem |
May-04-09 10:10 PM |
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Another vote for Rielle Hunter is pathetic. |
avaistheone1 |
May-05-09 09:11 AM |
#105 |
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because she might need her own money when this probe starts |
a kennedy |
May-04-09 07:28 AM |
#9 |
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Elizabeth is a savvy lawyer |
cali |
May-04-09 07:33 AM |
#10 |
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you don't know. being a full time mom |
mopinko |
May-04-09 09:58 AM |
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Hey, mop. |
elleng |
May-05-09 12:16 AM |
#93 |
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hey back at ya |
mopinko |
May-05-09 09:30 AM |
#107 |
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'her own money' we have no idea about. |
elleng |
May-05-09 12:12 AM |
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Agreed. |
TuxedoKat |
May-04-09 07:36 AM |
#11 |
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She believes she was something of worth to say about resiliance |
stray cat |
May-04-09 07:40 AM |
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could be, but couldn't she have |
cali |
May-04-09 07:42 AM |
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How much detail of the affair is there in the book? It certainly qualifies as a difficult time |
stray cat |
May-04-09 07:44 AM |
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Not enough, apparently. It's a "short book" they say. |
MADem |
May-04-09 07:49 AM |
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If she doesn't write her story, someone else will. That's why celebs often do these now. |
Captain Hilts |
May-04-09 07:47 AM |
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Elizabeth Edwards is no Katherine Hepburn.... |
Baby Snooks |
May-04-09 08:11 AM |
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It's more complicated than that. But prominent folks are wise to get their view out there. |
Captain Hilts |
May-04-09 10:22 AM |
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Spencer Tracy... |
Baby Snooks |
May-04-09 11:44 AM |
#48 |
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He always struck me |
TuxedoKat |
May-04-09 07:03 PM |
#80 |
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That is a pretty gender biased thing to say, dontcha think? |
stevenleser |
May-04-09 07:15 PM |
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I agree with the money reason given above. nt |
Saturday |
May-04-09 07:52 AM |
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She wrote a book after the campaign too |
sandnsea |
May-04-09 07:52 AM |
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Sometimes people write these because they're bored shitless on campagin planes, etc. |
Captain Hilts |
May-04-09 07:58 AM |
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That was all political |
karynnj |
May-04-09 11:17 AM |
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Wow, I didn't know she did that to the Kerrys |
ellacott |
May-04-09 01:05 PM |
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The Kerrys are |
Cha |
May-04-09 04:51 PM |
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My views of her first book are the same as yours. I didn't like her nearly as much after I read it. |
Diane R |
May-05-09 01:21 PM |
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Call Me Naive, But |
abluelady |
May-04-09 08:04 AM |
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good points. When life brings pain, many try to make the pain serve a purpose |
havocmom |
May-04-09 08:14 AM |
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I think you are right. The job of a writer is to explore reality. |
JDPriestly |
May-04-09 11:14 AM |
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If I could only recommend a reply... |
gardenista |
May-04-09 04:44 PM |
#71 |
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Attention |
dancingme |
May-04-09 08:10 AM |
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I don't know..... |
Klukie |
May-04-09 08:26 AM |
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You have hit the nail on the head, IMHO. |
classof56 |
May-04-09 09:39 AM |
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Before we speculate... |
deerheadgal |
May-04-09 08:42 AM |
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I don't need to.... |
Baby Snooks |
May-04-09 10:14 AM |
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Exactly. When a man cheats on his wife, IMO, the "other woman" is not to blame, it's him. |
ShortnFiery |
May-05-09 11:38 PM |
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I think she was really stung by all the criticism from her fellow liberals on her |
CTyankee |
May-04-09 09:15 AM |
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I think Elizabeth is a very sweet and classy person. |
avaistheone1 |
May-06-09 01:43 AM |
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In my view, to set the record straight while she has the chance. |
Beacool |
May-04-09 09:51 AM |
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she doesn't have to publish now to do that. |
cali |
May-04-09 10:05 AM |
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True........ |
Beacool |
May-04-09 10:43 AM |
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She knows that talking about her husband cheating will make people buy the book? |
Mass |
May-04-09 10:24 AM |
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Confusion - bewilderment that she and JRE fell so far so fast |
karynnj |
May-04-09 11:03 AM |
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yes, it does look as if she lied.in August |
cali |
May-04-09 11:44 AM |
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I don't either - |
karynnj |
May-04-09 11:52 AM |
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Writing the book |
Adelante |
May-04-09 12:04 PM |
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She probably didn't trust her husband to tell the story after she's gone |
marshall |
May-04-09 11:29 AM |
#46 |
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Self expression? |
Politicub |
May-04-09 11:54 AM |
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Regarding the whole "want to have my side of the story out" |
Nicholas D Wolfwood |
May-04-09 11:54 AM |
#51 |
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actually, from what I've read she is terminally ill. Money won't change that. |
sohndrsmith |
May-05-09 10:37 PM |
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It probably is as simple as wanting to get her view of the story out. n/t |
AtomicKitten |
May-04-09 12:17 PM |
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I don't know, but she is entitled. |
Political Heretic |
May-04-09 12:25 PM |
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no one is saying she doesn't have the right to do it. |
cali |
May-04-09 12:28 PM |
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I know, I understand the point you are making. |
Political Heretic |
May-04-09 12:37 PM |
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I think we will hear about alot of other things than the affair. Elizabeth Edwards is a formidable |
applegrove |
May-04-09 01:15 PM |
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Sometimes brutal, public honesty... |
LanternWaste |
May-04-09 01:18 PM |
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Maybe it's an attempt to undo the "victim" role |
buzzycrumbhunger |
May-04-09 01:29 PM |
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The big question is... |
zulchzulu |
May-04-09 02:40 PM |
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Because she simply craves the attention. |
beachmom |
May-04-09 05:00 PM |
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bingo! |
dancingme |
May-04-09 06:01 PM |
#75 |
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Bingo twice. |
Diane R |
May-05-09 01:51 PM |
#130 |
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I think you hit it on the nail |
karynnj |
May-06-09 07:45 AM |
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$he's just trying to get her $ide of the $tory out there. nt |
Occam Bandage |
May-04-09 05:09 PM |
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nah, I don't think she's doing it for the money |
cali |
May-04-09 06:03 PM |
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I think she's very angry and very bitter. |
MoonRiver |
May-04-09 06:07 PM |
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Angry and bitter, but self deluded enough to cover it with a ton of sugar coating |
karynnj |
May-05-09 09:06 AM |
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Dying does things... |
JuniperLea |
May-04-09 06:15 PM |
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John and Elizabeth rock! Always have, always will! n/t |
balantz |
May-04-09 06:49 PM |
#79 |
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keep the faith. |
cali |
May-04-09 07:15 PM |
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Well ........ there current relationship does sound rocky |
karynnj |
May-05-09 08:49 AM |
#102 |
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The truth shall set you free. |
WinkyDink |
May-04-09 07:10 PM |
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I think she may have done this for a variety of reasons |
Grateful for Hope |
May-04-09 07:12 PM |
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My opinion - Greed |
Debi |
May-04-09 07:18 PM |
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I don't know if it's greed or what |
Adelante |
May-05-09 06:10 AM |
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Thanks |
Debi |
May-05-09 10:22 AM |
#109 |
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Greed may be too strong a word... |
Orsino |
May-05-09 06:44 AM |
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'value and honesty' |
Debi |
May-05-09 10:22 AM |
#108 |
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It matters what she knew, and what she covered up. |
Orsino |
May-05-09 11:28 AM |
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Just one of many articles says she knew in December of 2006 |
Debi |
May-05-09 12:19 PM |
#119 |
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Again: knew what, exactly? |
Orsino |
May-05-09 12:43 PM |
#124 |
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Wait...so you don't believe that news of the affair had come out during the campaign |
Debi |
May-05-09 12:56 PM |
#127 |
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I don't demand fidelity of candidates... |
Orsino |
May-05-09 01:25 PM |
#129 |
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Yes, indeed. |
avaistheone1 |
May-06-09 01:18 PM |
#146 |
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I believee that a lot of people on this thread are being very judgmental. |
juajen |
May-06-09 12:43 AM |
#140 |
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Catharsis maybe. |
polichick |
May-04-09 07:19 PM |
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Because she could. |
hyphenate |
May-04-09 11:29 PM |
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Is this the ***OFFICIAL*** diehard Edwards supporters throw-Elizabeth-under-the-bus thread? |
smalll |
May-05-09 02:15 AM |
#94 |
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no, it's clearly not that. |
cali |
May-05-09 06:41 AM |
#97 |
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people write books for two reasons |
Teaser |
May-05-09 06:14 AM |
#96 |
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A small rewrite of your first reason |
Inuca |
May-05-09 11:39 AM |
#115 |
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Excerpt in Time: How I Survived John's Affair |
Adelante |
May-05-09 08:07 AM |
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It is clear that she is still in denial and still whitewashing JRE |
karynnj |
May-05-09 08:48 AM |
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Agree |
Adelante |
May-05-09 08:53 AM |
#103 |
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No contest - |
karynnj |
May-05-09 09:11 AM |
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This fragment is rather painful and sad to read |
Inuca |
May-05-09 11:07 AM |
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You know what I take away from these two paragraphs. EE blames the mistress and herself for getting |
rvablue |
May-05-09 12:39 PM |
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I know, it's just bizarre nt |
Adelante |
May-05-09 12:54 PM |
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It's depressing that on the one hand she says the whole think makes her sick |
XemaSab |
May-05-09 12:51 PM |
#125 |
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Opportunism. |
joshcryer |
May-05-09 10:54 AM |
#110 |
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It's become very obvious that she possesses very little of the |
deaniac21 |
May-05-09 12:11 PM |
#116 |
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you're kidding, right? |
cali |
May-05-09 12:16 PM |
#118 |
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I think they may be running equally for the 'most class' trophy |
Debi |
May-05-09 12:23 PM |
#120 |
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Yeah, it's superclassy to run for your party's nomination knowing full well that you have a ten ton |
rvablue |
May-05-09 12:36 PM |
#122 |
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I suggested catharsis above, but she may also have needed it to be public... |
polichick |
May-05-09 12:13 PM |
#117 |
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I do feel bad for her on some level but at the same time airing your dirty laundry in public in |
Jennicut |
May-05-09 12:28 PM |
#121 |
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Why not? The story was already public. She has the right to air her side of the story. |
PresidentObama |
May-05-09 06:10 PM |
#132 |
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Maybe it was for relief? |
laylah |
May-05-09 06:17 PM |
#133 |
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to hurt and embarrass him the way he hurt and embarrassed her? |
renate |
May-05-09 07:02 PM |
#134 |
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Maybe it offered some kind of catharsis. |
The Velveteen Ocelot |
May-05-09 07:20 PM |
#135 |
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Maybe she knows how much she is loved and just wanted to share her story with her fans, |
jillan |
May-05-09 11:16 PM |
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I have no idea. nt |
ZombieHorde |
May-06-09 06:17 AM |
#142 |
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I don't know why EE wrote her book but it is the wrong thing for her to be talking about. |
DURHAM D |
May-06-09 01:02 PM |
#145 |
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I've actually lost a bit of respect for Elizabeth over this, |
Blue_In_AK |
May-06-09 01:39 PM |
#147 |
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I understand your thinking on this, but I have to say, if I were her, I'd be feeling vindictive too. |
ObamaKerryDem |
May-06-09 01:58 PM |
#148 |
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Lost respect? Why? You said yourself, she has the right to tell her side of the story. |
PresidentObama |
May-06-09 05:09 PM |
#149 |
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it does stir the whole thing up |
cali |
May-06-09 05:16 PM |
#150 |
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She has a right to get her side of the story out. |
PresidentObama |
May-06-09 06:40 PM |
#152 |
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I only speak for myself, |
Blue_In_AK |
May-06-09 05:27 PM |
#151 |
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Well I respect your opinion, but I have to ask again--why? |
PresidentObama |
May-06-09 06:41 PM |
#153 |
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the whole thing had died down |
cali |
May-06-09 06:44 PM |
#154 |
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She had the right to her side of the story. JE is being investigated, it was going to be fresh news |
PresidentObama |
May-07-09 11:18 AM |
#160 |
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I've been in her situation |
Blue_In_AK |
May-06-09 10:00 PM |
#155 |
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Again, the investigation is getting just as much press, if not more. |
PresidentObama |
May-07-09 11:19 AM |
#161 |
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Catharis....IMO. n/t |
Hepburn |
May-06-09 10:04 PM |
#156 |
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To express herself. Also, there are a lot of people who |
elshiva |
May-06-09 11:05 PM |
#159 |
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