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1. #101
   On August 9th, 2008 at 12:34 am, Joy said:

   In other words, to you the other woman is more important than the wife to be loyal to??? You break your vows to your wife, so then you owe loyalty to the OTHER woman? Like SHE didn’t know she was having an affair with a married man?

   And it’s then better to completely abandon your sick wife than to try to hold things together?

   How is there much of any difference between Edwards and McCain in this? Both of them are indefensible!!

   Gah… I just can’t believe you could defend McCain on this… un-be-liev-able

   The difference I see is that I expect Dems and leftists to be hypocrites and pond scum. I don’t expect conservatives to be.

2. #102
   On August 9th, 2008 at 1:24 am, realitycheck said:

   There will be a lot of sifting through Silky Pony’s public statements

   More like “Silky-Phony”.

3. #103
   On August 9th, 2008 at 1:35 am, mistressjustice said:

   Oh, puhleez. Obama’s got his own baggage. Infidelity, no. But deep ties to some of the most racist, anti-American, radically liberal folks out there, yes.

   How’s Barry O doing in the polls by the way?

   Oh….that’s right…

   Frankly Englishqueen, I simply don’t understand the attitude or tone of your post. I admitted that Obama has baggage. I just don’t think his baggage is as bad as, Hillary’s or Edwards with his recent cheating behavior bringing echoes of Lewinskygate. I think Obama is the safest choice(baggage being the point) of the the 3 to win the White House. I also said, LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY. I’m not concerned about the polls right now. I’m concerned about electoral votes on November 4th. Believe it or not, my life will be just fine if my candidate loses. I do hope he wins. Take a look at my initial post, and your pissy response and decide what the hell your problem is. If you’re looking for a fight, go eff with TOS,Steve, LGM or Chap, because I’ve had too good of a day.

4. #104
   On August 9th, 2008 at 1:37 am, a crapweasel said:

   On August 8th, 2008 at 8:16 pm, conservative247 said:

   I do feel bad for the Edwards family. It sucks, but I’ve been watching FN and listening to former politicians and campaign managers. Nobody – even Krauthamer – like the tabloid culture when it comes to people’s personal lives.

   I just wrote a post – Following moral compass critical for leadership – that covers a subject not yet discussed.

   Leaders – in very powerful positions – open themselves up to bribery and corruption in these situations. It’s not just sex, it’s the cover-up and bribery that get you.

   His moral compass is in his pants!

5. #105
   On August 9th, 2008 at 2:02 am, Marc said:

   Now that the interview with Nightline has aired, it becomes even more apparent what a slickster Edwards is. Asked about his conduct, Edwards said that “John McCain has admitted to making mistakes in his first marriage”. Then Edwards went on to say “but that does not excuse what I did”. If it doesn’t excuse what you did Mr. Edwards, why did you bring it up? The slick mentioning of McCain served a purpose. Edwards was essentially saying: “Look, everybody does it so what is so bad about what I did?”. Then Edwards says the “relationship” ended in 2006. If it is true that the relationship ended in 2006, why then did you hire this woman to make a handful of videos about you IN 2008 when she had no experience in making videos? Most men who truly have ended extramarital affairs, simply stop seeing the woman altogether. Surely Mr. Edwards, you could have found more experienced videographers who worked cheaper than charging $114,000.00 for making four videos. And surely it was not essential for this woman to travel with you on your campaign plane all over the country and to Africa.

6. #106
   On August 9th, 2008 at 2:22 am, tpierce2 said:

   From the start when I first heard of this jackass, I told my wife that he is a fraud! He is such a light weight that he needs lead weights in his pants to hold him down from floating away.

   What really concerns me is that many in America believed him and thought of him as a viable contender. He represents the worst in American politics. He is an absolute piece of crap–and yet some in American think he is ok.

   Go figure. He isn’t worth scraping your foot on a curb. And we elected Bill Clinton, and Kennedy and Johnson? Give me a break.

7. #107
   On August 9th, 2008 at 2:29 am, tpierce2 said:

   I have another concern. His wife, Elizabeth, sick with cancer, apparently condoned his actions. She allowed him to lie to the American public knowing that he was lying. He ran for President and lied thru his teeth! You may not think this is an issue====but it is. She knew!

   Why did she condone it?

8. #108
   On August 9th, 2008 at 2:53 am, alaskangrizzly said:

   go eff with TOS,Steve, LGM or Chap, because I’ve had too good of a day.

   Steve decided to verbalize the liberal mindset and got shown the door

9. #109
   On August 9th, 2008 at 4:10 am, Christian Soldier said:

   Yesterday – Hannity was condemming the actions of Edwards but made excuses for J.McCain’s adulterous activity.

   A shack up is a shack up…no excuses.!!!

10. #110
    On August 9th, 2008 at 5:02 am, love2rumba said:

    Yesterday – Hannity was condemming the actions of Edwards but made excuses for J.McCain’s adulterous activity.

    A shack up is a shack up…no excuses.!!!

    Welcome to the sordid world of politics-the trick is that you have to make your own decisions-as garish as they may be-about who to vote for…and then find a way to cleanse yourself of the deed.

    This for me is becoming harder for me to do with each passing election…it saddens me that we even have to spend time debating which is worse:

    having an affair AND divorce your wife who is battling cancer than have an affair and NOT divorce your wife who is battling cancer?

    as Joy put it…

11. #111
    On August 9th, 2008 at 6:16 am, Papa Louie said:

    The MSM have started offering up their excusses for not reporting on this story before Edwards confessed and made it impossible for them to continue covering it up. Here are some quotes:

    Reporters don’t like being beaten on a major political story, especially by a supermarket tabloid. And being beaten up over not reporting one is even less appealing…

    But a sexual affair can have just two people who know the truth. Without witnesses, documents, photographs or some form of irrefutable evidence pointing to the truth, news organizations will not endanger their own integrity.

    …the standard for proof in this kind of intimate behavior is and should be very high,” said Michael Oreskes, AP’s managing editor for U.S. news. “Better to get it right even if we couldn’t get it first.

    Someone forgot to tell The New York Times about this high “standard for proof”. They didn’t seem too concerned about endangering their own integrity when they used rumors and inuendo to do a hit piece on McCain and Vicki Iseman. Just a hint at a romantic affair between the two was enough for them to print it.

    What’s interesting is that the Times story came out “on the heels of a wild tabloid scandal that was reported on by the National Enquirer about John Edwards and an alleged affair and love child.”

    The Times must have felt that it was their duty to even the score. At least the “wild tabloid” got it right. What the MSM won’t say, but is very evident, is that they have to have “irrefutable evidence” in the case of a Democrat. But the existence of mere hints and rumors are enough evidence when it comes to Republicans.

12. #112
    On August 9th, 2008 at 6:24 am, secondsight said:

    Let’s bring em back as the Three Stooges: Edwards, Spitzer and the creep from NJ, Whashizname. But only if we can throw pies.

13. #113
    On August 9th, 2008 at 9:29 am, DBNinKY said:

    On August 8th, 2008 at 10:25 pm, lgm said:

    Before you all go off on Edwards, remember that McCain also had an affair with a younger woman while his wife had cancer.

    Your undeniable proof? Oh that’s right, you actually believe the leftist hit pieces you read in the NYT. President McCain said he did not have an affair with that lobbyist, and neither you nor the NYT have any proof to contradict him. What’s more, if you have such empathy for Mrs. McCain’s health, why did you callously liken her to Paris Hilton just a few weeks ago? Hmmm?

    Ditto for the Newt.

    Obfuscation becomes you, LGM; so does equivocation. Too bad they are poor substitutes for legitimate argumentation.

    Btw, when you dredged up Newt, you left out Vitters, Craig and the other guy. But then again, now we can counter with Edwards, Clinton, McGreevey, Spitzer, etc., etc., etc.

14. #114
    On August 9th, 2008 at 9:30 am, Rob said:

    J.McCain’s adulterous activity.

    sigh–well the RINO republitards picked McAmnesty to be their representitive and we conservitives are now stuck with the old. majorly flawed liberal. Republicans did it to themselves.

15. #115
    On August 9th, 2008 at 9:38 am, rambler said:

    McGreevey

16. #116
    On August 9th, 2008 at 10:08 am, Misscheryl said:

    tpierce2 said:
    I have another concern. His wife, Elizabeth, sick with cancer, apparently condoned his actions. She allowed him to lie to the American public knowing that he was lying. He ran for President and lied thru his teeth! You may not think this is an issue====but it is. She knew!

    Why did she condone it?

    I told you she knew! Why sit back and ask why? They were in the race for themselves as all of them are…people are just people.
    It is truly my belief that unless someone has a strong faith in God, they cannot become the upright moral individuals they want to be. Especially when faced with the temptations of power, lust, greed. These qualities are imparted to those who, with discipline and lots of prayer eventually obtain by the grace of a merciful God – and those that obtain those qualities – usually do not choose to be a part of politics. End of my sermon.

17. #117
    On August 9th, 2008 at 10:21 am, Misscheryl said:

    No – I take that back. Not the end yet. Look if anyone sits back and thinks they would do better in these situations than any one of these politicians are just as arrogant as the politicans themselves. It’s rather funny, on both sides of the isle – dems or repubs – each want righteousness and each believe they are more righteous than the other. The liberals don’t need a god – they are self righteous – therein lies their arrogance – the conservatives believe they are righteous because God says so – therein lies their arrogrance. We are all the created ones, and get up every morning to greet a new day – a new chance because of grace. I don’t believe we even know our own hearts to be judging someone elses’ – and it is so wonderful to know we don’t have to judge anyone – that isn’t our job. Our job is just to “be” learn to “be” what we were made to be. Now it’s the end.

18. #118
    On August 9th, 2008 at 10:25 am, polokfla said:

    Let’s review the recent scorecard, shall we?
    A mayor of Detroit? check
    A mayor of San Fran-sicko? check
    A President? check
    A governor of New Jersy? check
    A governor of New York? check
    A gay congressman from New York? check
    A vice-presidential nominee? check
    A mayor of Los Angeles? check
    A congressman from New Orleans? check
    What do these scumbags all have in common?
    They were sorry, not for what they did, only that they were found out.
    And only a few of them actually left office!
    Oh, and they were all Democrats. That’s the party of never having to really say you’re sorry, unless you get caught. The party of moral relativity.

    Four letters sum these people up: pigs.

19. #119
    On August 9th, 2008 at 10:44 am, Rob said:

    polokfla said: Let’s review the recent scorecard, shall we?
    A mayor of Detroit? check
    A mayor of San Fran-sicko? check
    A President? check
    A governor of New Jersy? check
    A governor of New York? check
    A gay congressman from New York? check
    A vice-presidential nominee? check
    A mayor of Los Angeles? check
    A congressman from New Orleans? check
    What do these scumbags all have in common?

    They all also claim to be Christians?

    Along with these Christian leaders…

    Jim Bakker
    Jimmy Swaggert
    Frank Houston
    John Paulk
    Douglas Goodman
    Ted Haggard
    Paul Barnes
    Lonnie Lath
    Earl Paulkam
    Joe Barron
    etc…….

20. #120
    On August 9th, 2008 at 10:51 am, DaveC said:

    On August 8th, 2008 at 11:46 pm, lgm said:

    I take it you will vote for Obama while hoping for a more liberal candidate to come along then?

21. #121
    On August 9th, 2008 at 10:59 am, Misscheryl said:

    *sigh*

22. #122
    On August 9th, 2008 at 11:11 am, LC said:

    I give it a couple of days before he admits the kid is his, too…

23. #123
    On August 9th, 2008 at 11:26 am, jsr said:

    On August 9th, 2008 at 11:11 am, LC said:
    I give it a couple of days before he admits the kid is his, too…

    I’m hoping it plays out longer so as to create as much embaressment for the Democrats as possible but I have no doubt in the end it will be the same. The whole time line of events doesn’t make any sense unless the child is his. Hopefully he will face a paternity suit that relieves him of a large part of his massive wealth. (This should actually please him because it is, you know, for the children.) That should finally get him out of politics and shut him up. Maybe he will even have time to pursue that millworker job he has desired all his life.

24. #124
    On August 9th, 2008 at 12:20 pm, misterbee241 said:

    On August 8th, 2008 at 5:54 pm, John Ansell said:

    Jesse Jackson coming to the rescue in 5…4….3…2…..

    I look for Rev Jackson to be one of the “spiritual advisors” Edwards will call in when Edwards goes into full repentance mode. Next look for a 60-Minutes interview with Johnny and Liz holding hands and smiling.

25. #125
    On August 9th, 2008 at 12:21 pm, misterbee241 said:

    On August 9th, 2008 at 11:11 am, LC said:
    I give it a couple of days before he admits the kid is his, too…

    I dont think he will admit the child is his unless somebody forces a DNA test.

26. #126
    On August 9th, 2008 at 12:25 pm, misterbee241 said:

    On second thought, I think the spiritual advisor Johnny-boy will call in will be Pastor Joel Osteen. After all Joel is “in” right now and they’re both grinning fools and snake-oil salesmen.

27. #127
    On August 9th, 2008 at 12:40 pm, lgm said:

    DaveC said (#120):

    I take it you will vote for Obama while hoping for a more liberal candidate to come along then?

    Yes. How about you? (An answer would be better than more hostility.)

28. #128
    On August 9th, 2008 at 1:26 pm, BrianNY said:

    #199 rob said:

    On August 9th, 2008 at 10:44 am, Rob said:

    polokfla said: Let’s review the recent scorecard, shall we?
    A mayor of Detroit? check
    A mayor of San Fran-sicko? check
    A President? check
    A governor of New Jersy? check
    A governor of New York? check
    A gay congressman from New York? check
    A vice-presidential nominee? check
    A mayor of Los Angeles? check
    A congressman from New Orleans? check
    What do these scumbags all have in common?

    They all also claim to be Christians?

    Rob, I don’t mean to bust your “religious affiliation” bubble, (and I’m sure even lgm can back me up on this one) but ex-Governor Eliot Spitzer from NY doesn’t “claim to be a Christian.”

    Unless he was wiring funds across state lines to secretly meet behind closed DC hotel doors with “drug addicted, teenage runaway” members of ‘Jews for Jesus.’

    Is that what you were erroneously implying?

29. #129
    On August 9th, 2008 at 1:42 pm, Rob said:

    Jews for Jesus.’

    You bring up an interesting point. Does Christianity condemn “Jews for Jesus” to burn in a lake of fire for all eternity, or is that only all rest of the Jews?

30. #130
    On August 9th, 2008 at 2:03 pm, BrianNY said:

    You bring up an interesting point.

    Wow, your interesting question brings up another interesting question too. Does Ted Kennedy condemn all women to drown in a lake of salt water for all eternity, or is that only for Mary Jo Kopechne?

    FYI – While Democrat Ted Kennedy is a Christian, Democrat ex-Governor of NY, Eliot Spitzer, isn’t.

31. #131
    On August 9th, 2008 at 2:05 pm, mistressjustice said:

    She’s Just A Girl Who Claims That I Am The One
    But The Kid Is Not My Son girl
    She Says I Am The One, But The Kid Is Not My Son girl.

    Crotch grap, moonwalk.

    Heeee!…..Heeeeee!

32. #132
    On August 9th, 2008 at 2:10 pm, Rob said:

    Wow, your interesting question brings up another interesting question too. Does Ted Kennedy condemn all women to drown in a lake of salt water for all eternity, or is that only for Mary Jo Kopechne?

    lol… if it would futher the liberal Obama agenda, Kennedy would probably condemn anybody he could into a lake of water.

33. #133
    On August 9th, 2008 at 2:19 pm, Speakup said:

    The audacity to reach out for sympathy is astoundingly low class.

    Most men aspire to a man among men.

    Edwards has virtually achieved the exalted status of A-hole among A-holes.

34. #134
    On August 9th, 2008 at 2:31 pm, BrianNY said:

    You bring up an interesting point. Does Christianity condemn “Jews for Jesus” to burn in a lake of fire for all eternity, or is that only all rest of the Jews?

    I don’t know the answer to your question. I can tell you that, in my mind, I reserve that “lake of fire” for those who killed my friends, and who still want to cut my head off because I’m not one of their religion.

35. #135
    On August 9th, 2008 at 6:05 pm, Joy said:

    DBNinKY – Hate to bust your bubble, but it is WELL-KNOWN that McCain not only had an affair while married to a woman battling cancer, but he also DIVORCED her and married the woman he had the affair with. Her name is now Cindy McCain.

    From now on do your homework, and don’t EV-ER make me defend LGM again!

36. #136
    On August 9th, 2008 at 6:22 pm, Rob said:

    McAmnesty’s cheating story…

    Before John McCain’s tour of duty in Vietnam, he married Carol Shepp, a model from Philadelphia. On his 23rd bombing mission over North Vietnam in 1967, McCain was shot down and captured.

    While he was imprisoned, Carol was in an auto wreck (1969), thrown through her car’s windshield and left seriously injured. Despite her injures, she refused to allow her POW husband to be notified about her condition, fearing that such news would not be good for him while he was being held prisoner.

    When McCain returned to the United States in 1973 after more than five years as a prisoner of war, he found his wife was a different person. The accident “left her 4 inches shorter and on crutches, and she had gained a good deal of weight.

    In 1979 at a military reception in Honolulu, McCain met Cindy Hensley, an attractive 25-year-old woman from a very wealthy politically-connected Arizona family. Cindy’s father, Jim, founded the Hensley and Company, the nation’s third-largest Anheuser-Busch distributor.

    McCain described their first meeting, “She was lovely, intelligent and charming, 17 years my junior but poised and confident. I monopolized her attention the entire time, taking care to prevent anyone else from intruding on our conversation. When it came time to leave the party, I persuaded her to join me for drinks at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel. By the evening’s end, I was in love.”

    While still married to Carol, McCain began an adulterous relationship with Cindy. He married Cindy in May 1980 — just a month after dumping Carol and securing a divorce. The newlyweds honeymooned in Hawaii.

37. #137
    On August 9th, 2008 at 6:38 pm, DBNinKY said:

    Joy, I know what you mean about the defending LGM thing, but I understood him to be parroting the NYT in their recent attempt to link McCain to an affair with a lobbyist chick.

    As for McCain, while I make no excuses for his actions during a previous marriage, I will say nothing against the only candidate that stands between the Presidency and B. Hussein Obama. Besides, I like Cindy McCain.

    I do not mean to sound offensive, but I am not about to sit this election out and elect BHO or any Democrat, by default. I support John McCain by actively campaigning for him across my state, and I will certainly vote him.

38. #138
    On August 9th, 2008 at 6:39 pm, DBNinKY said:

    Nutz! vote “for” him

39. #139
    On August 9th, 2008 at 6:41 pm, atheling said:

    I guess Rob ought to vote for Obama.

40. #140
    On August 9th, 2008 at 7:02 pm, mistressjustice said:

    As for McCain, while I make no excuses for his actions during a previous marriage, I will say nothing against the only candidate that stands between the Presidency and B. Hussein Obama. Besides, I like Cindy McCain.

    That’s called the Hannity Doctrine. It doesn’t make for good debate, but it’s good at showing how dishonest many conservatives are willing to be to get their way. Lie and spin, and or change the subject.

41. #141
    On August 9th, 2008 at 7:19 pm, Misscheryl said:

    There is one thing no one can deny – if you want an example of faithfulness, look no farther than our current president and first lady. And for that matter, look to the older Bush and his wife. Say what you will about him, but he is true blue to his family.

42. #142
    On August 9th, 2008 at 7:37 pm, corona said:

    Mom says no to paternity test.

43. #143
    On August 9th, 2008 at 7:50 pm, Joy said:

    DBNinKY – Yes, Cindy McCain is a sweetheart… aren’t all women who have affairs with married men, who know the wife has cancer and has been broken in a car accident. Cindy McCain is a peach! /sarcasm

    Congrats, you may as well be a Democrat. And you’ve forever lost the right to take the moral high ground. Feel good?

    John McCain could not get the nomination even at this point if conservatives en masse stood up for what they believe in instead of selling out.

    Thanks to people like YOU for McCain.

44. #144
    On August 9th, 2008 at 7:51 pm, mytake said:

    new conspiracy theory….just looked up media coverage john edwards on google. first hit is daily kos complaining that edwards can’t get any media coverage after the iowa caucus. hmmm….could it be that the mainstream media already knew of the affair at that time and wanted to keep edwards out of the running to lower the embarrassment level to THEIR party????

45. #145
    On August 9th, 2008 at 8:22 pm, BrianNY said:

    #141 corona said:

    Mom says no to paternity test.

    another link to AP right here.

    As if Edwards needed any more bad news. Now he can’t prove that he didn’t lie a second time on this sordid issue.

    Until he can prove himself not to be the daddy, we are left to scratch our heads over his contentions that:

    1. He, Edwards, now had the affair, but some other guy working for his campaign (and who isn’t listed on the baby’s birth certificate) supplied the “special sauce.”

    2. Relocation and funding has been provided for the mistress and the baby, but not by Edwards or the other horny campaign worker. Rather, it was provided by Edwards’ finance chairman, who didn’t tell Edwards that he has been doing this out of the goodness of his own heart.

    3. Now, with relocation and assistance flowing in from John Edwards’ finance chairman – and with John Edwards knowing nothing about it – the mistress decides that she will never, ever disclose who the real daddy is…even to the point of now subjecting her reputation to that of a guest on the ‘Maury Povich Show.’

    As the church-lady used to say, “how conveeeeeeeenient.

46. #146
    On August 9th, 2008 at 8:49 pm, MacEamonn said:

    On August 9th, 2008 at 7:37 pm, corona said:
    Mom says no to paternity test.

    Ok, who believes John Edwards didn’t know this was what Ms. Hunter was going to say before he ever made his statement?

    If you said yes, you believe, then I can think of a number of descriptive terms to describe your naivety…..but the #1 word that comes to mind is…..Democrat

47. #147
    On August 9th, 2008 at 9:08 pm, jsr said:

    On August 9th, 2008 at 7:02 pm, mistressjustice said:

    That’s called the Hannity Doctrine.

    Actually we call it the Keep Democrats Out Of Power At All Costs Because They Are Dangerous Doctrine.

    On August 9th, 2008 at 8:49 pm, MacEamonn said:

    If you said yes, you believe, then I can think of a number of descriptive terms to describe your naivety…..but the #1 word that comes to mind is…..Democrat

    Strangely enough they are also the only ones that couldn’t see through this phony early on. Conservative like us were ignored or called mean-spirted for pointing out what this latest revelation, and those to come, prove beyond a doubt; that he is a self-serving, lying weasle.

48. #148
    On August 9th, 2008 at 9:48 pm, LC said:

    Hunter and Edwards are working in tandem. He said yes he’ll do it, she says no and they each have plausible reasons for their dissenting reasons (she wants privacy and he wants to clear his name). Her need for “privacy” is really her need to keep Johnny-boy out of the poky so that those monthly hush-money checks keep coming in. And Edwards will do anything needed to keep this at a stalemate while he dreams up his next move.

    It’s the perfect move, but those that see it for what it is have no choice but to conclude he really is the daddy.

    Oh, and his wife is in on the whole thing. She may not have wanted any of this to happen, but she is wheeling and dealing right now just like her husband.

49. #149
    On August 9th, 2008 at 11:38 pm, ArmoredCAV said:

    Jesse Jackson coming to the rescue in 5…4….3…2…..
    ABORT! ABORT! It’s a WHITE MALE! ABORT!

    Best quote of the comments.

50. #150
    On August 10th, 2008 at 12:01 am, Rob said:

    athlening said: I guess Rob ought to vote for Obama.

    A black, liberal that hates whites and wants open borders, or a white open border adulterer liberal that says screw you to conservitives… Obama is looking better and better.

    At least I can understand why Obama hates me and America.

51. #151
    On August 10th, 2008 at 1:01 am, BrianNY said:

    #145 said:

    Ok, who believes John Edwards didn’t know this was what Ms. Hunter was going to say before he ever made his statement?

    I could never believe most of what came out of John Edwards’ mouth over the past eight years, receiving paychecks from a hedge fund to “learn more about poverty,” or “there are over 200,000 homeless vets sleeping under bridges every night,” etc. And now this.

    To answer your question, Edwards’ quick and adamant promise of submitting to a paternity test last night gave me the impression that his mistress’ bought silence was already in the bag.

52. #152
    On August 10th, 2008 at 1:04 am, RetFireman said:

    On August 9th, 2008 at 12:24 am, Joy said:

    Nice try at putting words in my mouth and your projection of your own beliefs…but I said nothing of the kind.

    As I personally would never cheat on my wife, nor have I, you can rest assured that you are talking from where you should be sitting.

53. #153
    On August 10th, 2008 at 2:25 am, love2rumba said:

    Oh, and his wife is in on the whole thing. She may not have wanted any of this to happen, but she is wheeling and dealing right now just like her husband.

    This is an interesting social phenomenon: Why would Hillary Clinton, Edwards wife and Elliot Spitzer’s wife be so willing to put up with these insults-these women with no exception could ditch their husbands and financially make a good living-and find new loves…but they don’t…why?

    Is it because in their minds they are so strongly attracted to the aphrodesiac of power that they feel unable to leave its grip? Is it because they value the shopping trips over their own honor?

    What say you the reader?

54. #154
    On August 10th, 2008 at 10:12 am, Misscheryl said:

    These women (and this includes Michelle Obama) all marry these men for a reason and it’s not their looks. That they cheat, well, it’s part of the package. You can say what you want about these gals, but stupid, none of them are. I will say that the Obamas are the Clintons – only black. Both (and I use that term because they work in tandem, so I’m speaking of two units) see themselves as royalty – they may differ slightly on the politics, but they view themselves the same. I don’t want another “team” in the white house. Neither ‘team’ is royalty in my book, they are servants of the people even if they don’t see it that way and believe they do not see themselves as servants to anybody – Bill and Barak’s arrogance are proof of that! Jeeze, not to mention these women who marry them.

55. #155
    On August 10th, 2008 at 10:41 am, DBNinKY said:

    Joy, I empathize with your pov on McCain, I honestly do, but are you prepared to accept the consequences of your anti-McCain stance?

    Unemployment is likely triple, once Obama doubles the capital gains tax, which he has already said is among his priorities, and consumer prices for food and fuel will go even higher than they are now.

    Wasteful government spending and interference will increase exponentially under an Obama administration, with new and widened social programs and services.

    National security will be compromised, even weakened, as an Obama administration will drain our military’s budget, to offset his social spending, and lower their morale by deploying our soldiers to be the world’s modestly armed social workers.

    A third war in Iraq will be a given if Obama “re-deploys” our military to Iraq’s perimeters, as he suggested he will do shortly after assuming office, leaving the Iraqi people vulnerable and at the mercy of Iran.

    I appreciate your concerns about McCain, but there is too much at stake not to vote for him. I ask that you please reconsider your position as just four years of an Obama presidency would prove disastrous.

56. #156
    On August 10th, 2008 at 12:30 pm, lgm said:

    DBNinKY said (#155):

    Unemployment is likely triple, once Obama doubles the capital gains tax,

    The economy did OK under Clinton (queue excuse) with his high tax/balanced budget. One of the big economic problems right now is the budget deficit.

    To quote a recent great President; “Vote your hopes, not your fears.”

57. #157
    On August 10th, 2008 at 1:19 pm, atheling said:

    “Vote your hopes, not your fears.”

    Every time Obama talks about “hope,” coma patients regain consciousness and chant “We are the ones we’ve been waiting for.”

58. #158
    On August 10th, 2008 at 3:52 pm, Joy said:

    RetFireman – Then why are you defending adultery for McCain and claiming it’s different in his case?

    You’re a hypocrite and your morals ARE questionable when you defend someone who has committed adultery, especially someone who has committed it against a woman who was maimed and had cancer.

    Everytime from here on out that you attempt to claim the moral high ground against a Democrat, think of this and remember you’re no different. You should be condemning McCain’s actions in this if you condemn Edwards. Anyone who condemns the actions of one of them without comdemning the other is a hypocritic. Period.

59. #159
    On August 10th, 2008 at 8:23 pm, corkie said:

    On August 10th, 2008 at 12:30 pm, lgm said:

    One of the big economic problems right now is the budget deficit.

    Really? Wow, lgm. Please explain how the budget deficit is one of the big economic problems right now….can you?

60. #160
    On August 11th, 2008 at 9:18 am, DBNinKY said:

    On August 10th, 2008 at 12:30 pm, lgm said:
    

    The economy did OK under Clinton (queue excuse) with his high tax/balanced budget.

    America’s economy succeeded in the nineties, despite being saddled with the most massive Democrat tax increase the republic has ever known, because of the Contract w/ America, i.e., Republican Congress, Republican Senate, Republican State Houses, which kept the real Bill Clinton – a tax and spend Democrat – in check.

61. #161
    On August 11th, 2008 at 11:48 am, Joy said:

    Corkie –

    He’s a Dem, he can’t explain that. And even if he could, the answer would be to …. drum roll here… raise taxes. The Dem answer to everything.

62. #162
    On August 11th, 2008 at 7:53 pm, Digshot said:

    John McCain cheated on his wife, too.

    And he got nominated. So… what’s up with that?