John, Elizabeth Edwards separate after 30 years.

[BootinUp]

The latest AP article on his separation. I hope no one suggests him for a high profile Democratic position in the future.

I wish the best for his wife and children.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100128/ap_on_re_us/us_edwards_separation

[Captain Hilts]

1. The whole thing just makes me sad. nt

[GCP]

5. Me too

They were a lovely couple for a long time

[BootinUp]

8. As I get older

I realize how easy it is to go off track. Marriage takes continuous effort.

[rurallib]

10. so right you are 30 days or 30 years marriage takes work and patience.

[Turbineguy]

9. ..

:-(

[Subdivisions]

2. I love Elizabeth and I wish her well. Otherwise, I don't care. There are more important matters. n/t

[Cronus Protagonist]

3. He was my favoritce candidate after Kucinich in the primaries

I'm so glad he didn't win. It would have been hell for us if he had, and my respect for the shitbag went from stellar to shit overnight. What a dumbass running for the presidency with all THAT going on in the background. He should give up politics entirely now and become a lobbyist for Durex or something.

[regnaD kciN]

6. LOBBY for them? He should have USED them...

...then, he might not have been in this position. :evilgrin:

[Cronus Protagonist]

22. Precisely

"If I had only used Durex, I wouldn't have had to deny my child on the national news"... and so on..

[izquierdista]

7. Yea, did he think this was France??

America is the land of underpants gnomes.

[LeftyMom]

4. Good for her.

I wish her well.

[tblue]

11. He's gotta feel like sh&t.

I'm not gonna pile on him. I just can't beat a guy when he's down. He screwed someone and wrecked his entire family. He's plenty shamed and punished. His life, as he knew it, is over. Imagine going the rest of your life with that on your soul and so publicly. And a baby, too? I'd want to just die.

I feel so sorry for Elizabeth and the kids. As if they weren't burdened enough.

[BootinUp]

12. my eyes got a little

watery there. It might be the music I am listening to, or you just wrote a good post.

[bluedeminredstate]

18. I'm with you.

I can't help but feel sorry for him as a human being who is being shamed before the whole world. If there was no baby I think a lot of people would look at this differently. He will have to endure public scorn for the rest of his life and I just feel like there's enough of that to go around without me joining in.
The guy made a huge mistake and he'll have to live with the consequences. I can't judge him for trying to cover up behavior that he wasn't proud of.

[Raine]

13. Good, he deserves to be kicked into the gutter. nt

[customerserviceguy]

14. Of course, I consider him to be the biggest dirtbag in this scandal

but I have to wonder about why Elizabeth went along with his running for President when she knew he was severely vulnerable on this. I still think that if Barack Obama had waited until 2012 or 2016 to run, Edwards might well have been the nominee. We'd have lost that election, and we'd have Caribou Barbie sitting behind President McLame tonight.

I also hold Andrew Young in contempt, he went along with the whole bullshit scheme until it was obvious that he wasn't going to get a job in an Edwards administration.

And the more I read about that looney tunes Rielle Hunter, the sadder I am that a man who wanted our trust and our vote was willing to open himself to blackmail from a psycho.

[BootinUp]

15. People cannot be trusted

much.

Its hard to find good help these days. lol.

[Raine]

16. True, no one including Elizabeth comes out of this clean nt

[TankLV]

17. GOod riddance to HYPOCRITICAL SANTIMONIOUS bad rubbish!!!

Just think if this asshole had actually managed to scam an election win while KNOWING all this was going on!!!

He makes Bill look like a SAINT by comparison!!!

Fucking LOSER!!!

I am SOOO glad I never trusted OR voted for that fuckwad!!!

[customerserviceguy]

20. You've still got one thing to keep a barf bag handy for

When Elizabeth does finally pass on from her cancer, Johnny's going to turn on the crocodile tears at the funeral. In fact, trial lawyers are the best paid actors (as a group) in America.

[BootinUp]

21. I will miss that

intentionally.

[gelinas]

19. what a train wreck

Two little kids (not including the two year old girl) and a terminally ill wife. Reports say that the narcissist in chief has moved out of their home in Chapel Hill. I don't even want to think about what the next few years will be like for the kids.

[applegrove]

23. I feel so sorry for Elizabeth and all the kids.

[earth mom]

24. Looks like the conniving Rielle Hunter got what she wanted.

:puke:

But that said, I'm happy to see that Elizabeth is standing up for herself and kicking John to the curb.