Edwards Affair – Are you people kidding me? W.T.F.?
Posted By JM Bell on August 9, 2008
John Amato at Crooks and Liars summed this up perfectly yesterday, with the exception of the Marc Foley trying to bone underage kids scandal.
By: John Amato on Friday, August 8th, 2008 at 6:00 PM – PDTYes, John Edwards had an affair that was handled privately and the Edwards story is big news. It will get the Anna Nicole Smith/Brett Favre treatment for a while now. Elizabeth Edwards responds here.
From the email inbox:
David Gregory just said young people were inspired by him and are let down…and questioned whether it will have “broader implications for the party.” during the election. This week, Ron Suskind’s book revealed the Bush team knew Iraq didn’t have WMD, forged letters, paid hush money, and lied us into war. (Chirp, chirp…) Any broader implications for the Republican party there? How about instead of us buying into all the clamoring to analyze Edwards betrayal (wait, no, BETRAYAL!) we analyze the absurdity of a media culture where THIS is what passes for holding politicians accountable.
Broader implication for the party. OK, let’s talk party.
McClellan said that FOX News got talking points from the White House
Bush authorized rendition.
Bush authorized torture. Yes, that means waterboarding.
Bush authorized a war based on lies resulting in millions of innocent Iraqi and Afghani civilian deaths as well as an ethnic cleansing.
Thousands of our troops have been killed or seriously injured.
The US dollar is in the tank.
The housing/mortgage crisis has almost caused a depression.
How about the trampling of our Constitution with warrantless wiretapping?
Laptops are being confiscated at airports and the border.
Under Bush, oil companies are raking in record profits while Americans suffer.
The US attorney scandal.
A health care epidemic.
Monica Goodling
A standing ovation in Congress for David Vitter’s return.
Military TV Analysts/Generals scandal.
Larry Craig’s bathroom adventure.
And many, many more.
Would any of this have “broader implications” to the Republican party during the election if the media did its job?
Newt Gingrich STILL gets on TV every other day and everyone KNOWS he had affairs, even dumping his wife right after cancer surgery. And yet all these MSM types are wringing their hands about what this means to the Democratic Party. Ridiculous. Throw a stone in DC and try not to hit some one with a little something on the side, and that includes those in the press corps.
And they have the nerve to talk about betrayal of Edwards to the media and his wife — in that order. Why aren’t they more outraged about the betrayal of the White House to get us into a war?
What screwed up priorities.
Let’s face it. Democratic politicians are more likely to have affairs because women don’t want to sleep with Republican “men” like Hatch, Bennett, Huntsman, et al.
Would women rather have sex with people like Clinton, Obama, Edwards, Kerry, Hart, etc. or with Republicans? This is something to be proud of.
In Europe, Asia, and Latin America, extramarital affairs are seen as a sign of leadership, not weakness. As usual, Americans are out of step with the rest of the world.
Newt Gingrich STILL gets on TV every other day and everyone KNOWS he had affairs, even dumping his wife right after cancer surgery. And yet all these MSM types are wringing their hands about what this means to the Democratic Party. Ridiculous. Throw a stone in DC and try not to hit some one with a little something on the side, and that includes those in the press corps.
It’s all about SEX!!, (and ratings). Sex sells, people like to read about it, some like to watch it.
How many people are going to read a headline that says “Bush hoodwinked US citizens into agreeing to a war” vs “DC Madam’s list of naughty Senators”
Yes, our priorities are totally out of wack. It’s a sad commentary about the patriotic attitude of the average US citizen.