I do NOT CARE what he does with his cock.

I care what the fucking corporate news media are doing to the fucking campaign.

and Obama is getting SLAUGHTERED by the fucking story.

What I mean by this is, McCain? Who's McCain?

In bed with Big Oil? Hmmm?

But did you hear about Edwards?  Droool.....

Christ. Put this fucking story in the GROUND already.

were not close.

Edwards has nothing to do with the Obama campaign. He will not participate in the DNC convention. His political career is in taters.

Edwards has betrayed the trust of his followers.

I don't see how Obama is getting slaughtered by this story of a man who has nothing to do with his campaign.

That's ridiculous.
 

OMFG we have a war going on, record unemployment and a country on the road to a depression & a man who could help right that path & all we can talk about is that he cheated on his wife.  GMAFB - let's get real here it is time the country started voting for who can do the best job not the candidate they think they'd like the most if they met them.  America's obsession with celebrity needs to end. Guess what? There are people I see on TV that I suspect I'd like /dislike if I knew them BUT I HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING THAT UNLESS I ACTUALLY DID KNOW THEM FOR REAL. So when I vote, I vote based upon qualifications not superfluous bullshit like who he slept with or if he has a nice hair cut.  That is the issue that noone is talking about here.

to take it.  Ms. Hunter says won't allow it out of privacy concerns for her daughter, which could of course be a clever ruse on Edwards' part.  

Seriously though, I think we should shut the hell up about this.  It's his life, and this won't have much impact on Obama unless people continue to bloviate about it.  Even though true, the matter is still tabloid fodder.  It's between Edwards and his family.  It's unfortunate that he was willing to risk our chances in a dem year, but he's not the nominee, so it's moot.  He's already going to pay very dearly for this, no need to make it worse.

did we become so puritan? I'm thankful that FDR, JFK, Truman, Jefferson, MLK, and RFK never had to live through today's political world. All of these men cheated on their wives but still manage to do things which made America great and got us through the most difficult time in our history. However, if FDR was running against Hoover in today's world, Hoover would have won the presidency and FDR would have been out of a political career.  Hoover would have never given us Social Security and the Great Depression would have lasted alot longer. If the civil rights movement led by MLK was happening in today's politcal world, people would be demanding (including so called liberals)that MLK quit making speeches and retire to his wife simply because he cheated on his wife. I'm sorry but this whole thing pisses me off. If you truly believe Edwards is disqualified because of an affair and for lying about it (he's not the first guy or women to lie about an affair), then you also have to believe that FDR, MLK, RFK, JFK and Jefferson were horrible people and did not deserve their success and should have remain silence with their ideas. Edwards was the only democratic candidate willing to stand up for the struggling working class and poor. When he dropped out, both Clinton and Obama quit talking about them as they did not exist. Some people are stuggling and really need help. They are being taking advantage by corporate greed. The fact that Obama does not believe corporate greed is a problem tells me that we still need Edwards voice. The fact that Obama does not use the word poverty in his speeches tells me we still need Edwards. Who cares if he cheated and lied? Some of our best leaders and presidents have committed the same mistake but went on to make our country better.

So your idea is to shut this circus down by staging a media event-style DNA test?  If it proves Edwards right then the media get to focus on finding the real father & the myriad of stories they can develop on father vs candidate, etc.  If they play their cards right they can build this into a mini Anna Nicole Smith without the boobs or billions (or death).   If it proves Edward wrong then there's another big bump in the outrage & endless coverage of his parental responsibilities.  

I somehow miss the intelligence of this line of 'reasoning'.  I say just stop giving oxygen to this mess.

If there is righteous anger here, who I am getting more pissed off at is the morans who run political campaigns?

It's becoming more and more clear as people look into "Reille's background" (not her original name, I guess) she was a notorious party girl in NY, with a history that any first year detective would have red-flagged as someone not to let within 50 miles of ANY young male political candidate?

So, did they do ANY background checks on her?  

After he picked her up in a bar, and she insinuated herself into the campaign?

I'm NOT letting Edwards off the hook, but, for god's sakes, what's with the idiots that run these campaigns?

An obscure left wing blogger is the problem.

If I shut up about it, the issue will magically disappear. Good luck with that.

You people are incredible.

I'm a troll. A McCain infiltrator.

Tell you what -- the next time I have a "feel good" story, I'll be sure to come right over and post it here.

Sorry to have disturbed your happy home. It must be so upsetting to have such a foul-mouthed "yellowdem" in your midst, distressing you with ugliness. Why would you want to waste your beautiful minds on this stuff?

Honestly. This much loathing -- you'd think I was a conservative Republican.

Must be doing something right.

See you next time.

And yes, there WILL be a next time.

Probably tomorrow.

Let's get on with the campaign. I look forward to reading the comments to your diaries, as I have taken a pledge not to read the diaries themselves.

I honestly don't understand what the big deal is.  About half the married people I know cheat on each other.  One of the major party candidates this year is married to a woman who he had an affair with.  The last Democrat to win the white house had multiple infidelity scandals blow up in his face in the middle of the goddamn election and he still won.

This piece of crap is worthy, maybe, of the National Enquirer. It is full of 'ifs' and 'may haves' and is a monument to the diarists gut reaction.

The man offered to take the test. The woman refused to cooperate. What would you have him do - kidnap the baby to get a blood sample? Invasion of privacy, indeed.

Sheesh.