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I was at a bachelorette party last week, and we were playing a trivia game. One of the questions was, "Which US President had an affair in the White House?" followed by a list of 4 presidents. We all looked at each other and simultaneously said, "Which one DIDN'T?" The lust for power and influence seem to extend beyond the political arena and into the bedroom. There's never an excuse for infidelity, but for the power-hungry, it's almost a foregone conclusion.

I had leukemia when I was a little girl and its hard for me to trust guys, how can I trust guys now? If the presidental canidate has an affair while his wife is dying of cancer, how can other female cancer patients and survivors find a good hearted, loving, trusting man? Are you really that much of a coward Edwards, that you had in an affair rather than help and support your sick wife? If you run again I will not vote for you.

First, I'd just like to say "Hey Val!" Admit it, Valintyne...you take these hiatus' just for the obsequious posts devoted exclusively to you in your absence! LOL

I guess it's way too much to ask that people don't make a big deal of this salacious, tawdry news-story. I feel so badly for his poor wife.

What's more of a foregone conclusion, Val, is that the salivating lynch-mob will swiftly run to unfortunate revelations like these - mostly for all of the wrong reasons.

I'm not a democrat - nor an apologist for cheaters - but I really wish this story would find a speedy demise. It just seems senseless to talk about it for weeks-on-end. Plecch!

Actually, Happy, I'm about as far from "with" Edwards as can be. I never trust a slick haircut (see JFK). It's certainly true that many recent Republican Presidents have made fidelity as important as we all should. One of the reasons I've never voted Democrat. My observation was more that many men who chase power in public life also chase it in private - it's not so much about lust as it is about power (e.g. Bill Clinton).

And Dave, HEY! I wish my absences were simply for my own self-adulation, but in truth, life's been quite hectic (details are too long and tedious to bore all of you with). It's good to see your voices again! And I'm with you - his poor wife! These political wives who put their hearts, souls, and reputations on the line for their husbands, only to be betrayed...I was thinking of Eliot Spitzer's wife, as well. I'll take my anonymity any day!

It is a bit of a non-story, now that Edwards is out of the running (I never really thought he had a chance anyway), but anyone who outright lies about his sexual affairs while holding himself up as the model of husbandly virtue can't be surprised at the feeding frenzy when the truth comes out.

Sorry Val, I hope I didn't offend you. But your closing line threw me.


but he professed to be above that and I for one believed him.

I doubt this will be the last affair with a politician. Whether or not his wife was battling cancer is not the issue--HE IS A MARRIED MAN!!!!!

Married man? Maybe. I think a man who has an arrangement with his wife much like that of Bill and Hillary.
This Edwards guy is slick. I find it very curious that the "other" woman now will not allow a DNA test to take place. Really? Edwards claims he "WANTS" a test but the mommy says know.
Now won't you all just go away? No, this is a perfect story for August. Meaningless and sordid.

He's history anyway....

Don't mess with Donna.....:-)

What's next? Elizabeth for President?