Tell the full truth today!

Maybe the reason "the media" spends more time on Democrats' affairs is because Republicans are smart enough to simply shrug and move on, while Democrats twist and writhe, abase themselves and beg forgiveness.

Honestly, how does the history of John Edwards' penis affect your life?

I have to honestly say that this is my first and last comment about this whole deal. I never liked JRE.  I never trusted JRE.  Over on the great orange site back in the early stages of the primaries, I stated that every time I heard him speak, I had visions of the snake oil salesman from the old western TV shows.  There was just something there that wasn't genuine, and I couldn't put my finger on it. Perhaps this still isn't the whole deal, but it shows to me that he was not what he was posing as, and that's a deal breaker.  He's done.

We always knew who Hillary was and is, and we always knew who Obama was and is, but we never knew the 'real' JRE. Now we do, time to 'turn the page' off his story.

I think he was wrong to admit to any of it. I think it was wrong for party insiders to encourage him to come out and address it. And I think it's wrong for him to do anything now or in the future to feed this story.

The lady won't take a paternity test. She's not on welfare. The state doesn't have a right to force her to take the test. The nosey public sure as shit doesn't have the right to demand that she take the test. Leave her the hell alone.

As for him, he's not in public office or a candidate for public office. Of course people are curious about all the details, but it's not information we actually need to have to make decisions about how to vote. So bury the damn story. None of the parties involved should be commenting to anyone.

The reason why the media focuses on the dems is because they are more interesting than repugs.  The repugs are boring and are not too bright.

Wonder why.

In regards to Edwards, he's actually a fluke.  The Edwards affair is in a weird way helping us, not hurting us.  His affair is so similar to McCain affair, that the longer is stays in the spotlight, the longer we have to tag John McCain as the adulterer he is.

Personally, I am really tired of the Paris Hilton/Britney Spears mentality of the Edwards scandal. Edwards told his version of the story that his affair ended in 2006. Elizabeth was not diagnose until March of 2007. He did not cheat on Elizabeth when she was sick. Get your facts straight. While I do not agree with what Edwards did, you can't condemn him for cheating unless you want to condemn the other Presidents who have cheated such as Lincoln, JFK, FDR, Bill Clinton, Johnson, Jefferson, Truman and Eisenhower. The media, Wall Street, and perhaps some of those lousy corporate democrats did not want Edwards to speak at the convention. They are terrified of his anti-corporate progressive populist message. They are scared of his message reaching millions of people. I have been talking to alot of indies and repubs about Edwards and most of them would have still voted for him. They realize the whole scandal is personal and he did not break any laws. They really could care less. But what they do care about is getting their sons and daughters home from Iraq, a better energy policy, and cheaper health care. They also realize that corporate greed is a big reason why our economy is so f*cked up. All you have to do is look at the correlation between the defense contractors who donate money to politicians (dems and repubs) and see how they continue to vote for funding for Iraq. Same with the health insurance industry and the politicians. The same people also are really suspicious of the timing of when it came out. They are suspicious because some dem insiders forced Edwards to confess. Why would some dem insiders want Edwards to confess right before the convention? The MSM (except for Fox) was basically ignoring it before he confessed. It's very suspicious. It actually made some of them take another look at the democratic party. I'm guessing most of them will vote for Barr or Nader instead so it won't help McCain or hurt Obama.

Good trial lawyer=great car salesman

It's really hard to tell when folks like him are lying because they are soooo good at being fake.

How will America really get a full night's sleep
until the DNA is taken care of?

Will Delegates losing sleep over this issue effect
our Convention?

Will those of us here in Denver preparing for political action
http://www.tentstate.org/

..fuck up because we are losing sleep over this?

This may just be one of those tipping points in our political history...

Thank YOU for this Diary...

Yeah he should come out and say I tried to be nice but the truth is it is none of your fucking business.

I am so sick of this - why the hell is it a problem that HE had an affair why the double standard? There are plenty of politicians that do a hell of a lot worse when it comes to bankrolling very longeterm mistresses while they parade around their wives.

Maybe as a party we need to band together & say ENOUGH WITH THESE STORIES WE WANT REAL NEWS ABOUT THE HELL THIS COUNTRY IS IN. That's the scandal that is impacting us, NOT  someone's personal marital situation.  At the end of the day the air that I breathe won't be any better if John Edwards is faithful to his wife or not.  But the policy he could change COULD directly make my life better. And we need EVERYONE to START passing the meme along that ultimately we care about ourselves & not someone's private life.

You know, I was totally wrong about Hillary winning the nomination but I pegged Edwards right- he was 100% hypocrite.

Don't look for him to come clean voluntarily.  He went kicking and screaming to that interview- and when he was there, everything he told were NEW lies.  I don't think he knows how to tell the truth.  There will need to be a federal investigation on his campaign finances- he'll tell the truth under oath- but that's the only way you'll get it.