RIP John Edward's Political Career

Simple minded people need to get a grip! Now, its unfortunate that John Edward's cheated on his wife... and unfortunate (as most in his position do) that he lied about it, and unfortunate that he's probably still lying about the details of what happened. However, what does this have to do with politics? This is absurdity to the fullest.

Now people who have heard me speak about politics PROBABLY know that John Edwards was my guy. I thought that Hillary Clinton did a better job than Barack Obama of "courting" Edwards' supporters, however, FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, John Edwards was the only politician from either political party (sorry, Ralph, you dont count) who repeatedly talked about poverty and the (unspoken) social class warfare going on in America. I wont go into the details, but his platform is what being a democrat use to be about. Its the reason that workers unions support Democrats unconditionally... because they believe that Democrats, more than Republicans will look out for them and their members... regular working class Americans. After he dropped out of the race (partly because people are simple and dont listen to the "message" but instead focused on the popularity of Obama and Clinton) that message about growing socio-economic disparities slowly started to die down.

I thought we learned after Bush. Assuming that George Bush is the perfect husband, who really believes he's been a better president than Bill Clinton. The point? What does his personal life matter. This story, which shouldn't even be a major story (by the so-called "liberal" media), has been perused beyond comprehension. Who cares? Actually... I can answer that... His wife should care. His children should care. His minister should care. His in-laws should care. We should NOT. This wouldn't even be a story in Europe. What does his personal life have to do with how he works?!!!

Gaaaaaaaawd... are you serious? The leap in logic that "good husband equals good president"... as ludicrous as that would be, even in a vacuum... should be even more so after this last guy came in promising to "restore honor and integrity to the White House." Every country that Bush visits, there are 1000's of their citizens protesting. Good job with the restoration of honor and integrity, you functioning retard. "You're doing a heck of a job, Bushie." Let me tell you something... if every man who cheated on his wife lost his job... there would be a lot of unemployed Joe's walking the streets of America.

Now, as a BIG John Edwards guy, I was shocked to hear about the affair. But, from our perspective, its just an affair. Thats a home issue. I could see if he were illegally spying on Americans, rolling back US civil liberties, setting up secret prisons and ignoring the Geneva convention. Now, that I care about.. now THAT'S an American public issue. Oh, but thats boring... that isn't "news." Simple-minded people need to get a grip...