My thoughts on the Edwards Affair

Yes, I know about the Edwards affair story. I have been sitting here and thinking about it. A few thoughts:

• Cheating on your wife, while she is terminal with cancer, makes you a scum ball in my book.
• I do not buy the lie that he did not father the child. Why did he just not admit it?
• Why did the media just sit on this, while the tabloids worked the story?
• Somewhere, Ann Coulter is beside herself with glee and writing a very snarky column.
• I feel terribly awful for Edward’s Adult Children, Kids, and of course, his poor wife.
• Let us not forget, John McCain’s past, when it comes to Women, is not exactly honorable.
• Let us also remember that Barack Obama is very happily married with two kids.

John Edwards has released an official statement: (Via Marc Ambinder @ The Atlantic)

In 2006, I made a serious error in judgment and conducted myself in a way that was disloyal to my family and to my core beliefs. I recognized my mistake and I told my wife that I had a liaison with another woman, and I asked for her forgiveness. Although I was honest in every painful detail with my family, I did not tell the public. When a supermarket tabloid told a version of the story, I used the fact that the story contained many falsities to deny it. But being 99% honest is no longer enough.

I was and am ashamed of my conduct and choices, and I had hoped that it would never become public. With my family, I took responsibility for my actions in 2006 and today I take full responsibility publicly. But that misconduct took place for a short period in 2006. It ended then. I am and have been willing to take any test necessary to establish the fact that I am not the father of any baby, and I am truly hopeful that a test will be done so this fact can be definitively established. I only know that the apparent father has said publicly that he is the father of the baby. I also have not been engaged in any activity of any description that requested, agreed to or supported payments of any kind to the woman or to the apparent father of the baby.

It is inadequate to say to the people who believed in me that I am sorry, as it is inadequate to say to the people who love me that I am sorry. In the course of several campaigns, I started to believe that I was special and became increasingly egocentric and narcissistic. If you want to beat me up – feel free. You cannot beat me up more than I have already beaten up myself. I have been stripped bare and will now work with everything I have to help my family and others who need my help.

I have given a complete interview on this matter and having done so, will have nothing more to say.

See ya silky, just go away, go away now and don’t ever come back.

Update: Reader Simon e-mails:

Hey Paleo Pat,

I read your post about John Edwards finally admitting to his affair. I
don’t know if you remember this, but the LA Times banned its bloggers
from writing about the Edwards affair story because they didn’t think
the National Enquirer was a “reputable” source. I actually got a phone
interview with one of the LA Times’ top editors who said so:

Click here to read story

I bet the National Enquirer is feeling vindicated right now.

Anyway, I thought you and your readers would find this humorous.

Take care,
Simon

Yes, I do find this to be quite funny actually. Thanks Simon.

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