A New Low: Blaming Elizabeth Edwards
By Christopher Weber
Aug 26th 2008 4:20PM
Filed Under:eJohn Edwards, Featured Stories, Scandal
These are tough times for John Edwards supporters. Your man has been revealed as a champion liar and sleazebag, an adulterer by which all adulterers will now be judged. The very public scandal torpedoed his VP chances, made him persona non grata at the convention and sent him into political exile. So these days if you've got an Edwards bumper sticker on your car, you might be upset and say things you might not mean. Things like suggesting Elizabeth Edwards, humiliated wife of John, might be somehow to blame in the whole mess.
Here's the quote of the day, from a Democrat who I'm guessing is not a married man:
"I think she's complicit," said Brad Crone, a Raleigh-based Democratic consultant. "Obviously, she knew. While she's the victim, she clearly didn't stand in the way of the cover-up."
That is some logic, Mr. Crone. So after John confessed to her, Elizabeth should have scheduled a news conference announcing her humiliation, while coping with her damaged marriage and in between cancer treatments. Pay attention, scorned wives of cheating politicians: after your husband tells you he's screwing around with some skank, it's your duty to immediately alert the press. Otherwise when it does go public and ends your man's career, it's your fault.
By Christopher Weber
Aug 26th 2008 4:20PM
Filed Under:eJohn Edwards, Featured Stories, Scandal
These are tough times for John Edwards supporters. Your man has been revealed as a champion liar and sleazebag, an adulterer by which all adulterers will now be judged. The very public scandal torpedoed his VP chances, made him persona non grata at the convention and sent him into political exile. So these days if you've got an Edwards bumper sticker on your car, you might be upset and say things you might not mean. Things like suggesting Elizabeth Edwards, humiliated wife of John, might be somehow to blame in the whole mess.
Here's the quote of the day, from a Democrat who I'm guessing is not a married man:
"I think she's complicit," said Brad Crone, a Raleigh-based Democratic consultant. "Obviously, she knew. While she's the victim, she clearly didn't stand in the way of the cover-up."
That is some logic, Mr. Crone. So after John confessed to her, Elizabeth should have scheduled a news conference announcing her humiliation, while coping with her damaged marriage and in between cancer treatments. Pay attention, scorned wives of cheating politicians: after your husband tells you he's screwing around with some skank, it's your duty to immediately alert the press. Otherwise when it does go public and ends your man's career, it's your fault.