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Former White House hopeful Edwards admits to extramarital affair

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Aug 8, 2008, 20:11 GMT


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???Aug 8th, 2008 - 20:29:35

Is there a faithful husband out there? And are so many women just plain sleeping around with whoever comes along - married or not? I'm rapidly losing faith and confidence in people who are supposed to be held in higher regard than joe blow at the corner pub! And WHY do these people think they will ever get by with these actions?

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Cassi M.Aug 8th, 2008 - 20:43:24

Her cancer was in remission at the time of the affair - so does that mean he thought it was ok as the cancer wasn't active? - gimme a huge break here!

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Who really caresAug 8th, 2008 - 20:50:21

It is none of our business where a man sticks his wick.

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John W.Aug 8th, 2008 - 20:52:50

So a guy has an affair... with a grown woman. That's boring. Makes him seem almost human. That's why republicans will always trump democrats for entertainment value. Republicans go for the adolescent boys working as congressional pages, or gay sex in airport men's rooms. Haha, now that's entertainment.

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JaynieAug 8th, 2008 - 21:01:07

It IS the public's business when a public figure does some major cheating and lying, especially when it's someone who you are going to put your trust into to conduct an important job. The point isn't that he was cheating so much as all the sneaking around and constant lying. Looking at the tape of him answering questions about the infidelity a while back, it is so obvious he was lying when he answered that even a blind person could have seen it! I hope his wife kicks him where it would double him over, then keeps kicking 'till he's out of their home!

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brahmanAug 8th, 2008 - 21:28:52

The point about this being nobody's business is backed up by the fact that his lies haven't hurt anyone. While the lies of our idiot predsident have cost tens of thousands of lives, but no one seems to care about that enough to impeach the retard.

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nice guy, cheating on his wife with cancer.Aug 8th, 2008 - 21:30:04

Seeing as Edwards is the queen of meterosexuals I am surprised his affair was with a woman.

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ColeAug 8th, 2008 - 21:31:51

It will hurt him politically - his career is in the dumper.

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it's none of our businessAug 8th, 2008 - 23:04:04

unless he makes a stand on 'family values'. same goes for anti-gay people who turn out to be gay themselves also. it's between him and his wife. i would only hold it against him if he had continued to lie about it. this only proves that he shouldn't have gotten married, he obviously wasn't ready. nothing else.

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JanAug 8th, 2008 - 23:38:57

He was in the running to head this country, so the fact that he is a major liar is going to make an impact on the public! And it proves that he's just another male who leads with his crotch! It's almost like he's saying 'poor me, my son died, my wife had to go get cancer, so I have a right to make myself feel better.'

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ToniAug 8th, 2008 - 23:59:28

I understand that a lot of stress can have an adverse affect on people's ability to combat their cancer. I hope John can live with his selfish actions.

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DaveAug 9th, 2008 - 01:23:45

First off John W. it ain't republicans going off with pages. Its oerves like your Elmer Fudd Barney Fag. Second as far as Edwards goes, now there's a guy with a lot of character and surely a guy you'd want to put in the White House. You pinheads jumped all over Newt when he divorced his wife, where are you now you bunch of phony wackos.

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to: JaynieAug 9th, 2008 - 02:06:50

Perhaps you should be dragged, screaming from the 17th Century into the 21st. Your moralistic outrage belongs to another age. The 'affair' is between himself, his morals, ethics, and conscience. The voyeuristic umbrage that you take indicates a busybody that has more time on her hands than brains in her head. I bet this 'news' article titillated you before you got all bent out of shape and moralistic. Well, they're YOUR morals. Keep them in your own bedroom, where they belong.

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hey creep, drop deadAug 9th, 2008 - 03:25:38

The sock-puppet generating stalker didn't like Jaynie.

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JaynieAug 9th, 2008 - 03:45:50

EDWARDS made this public and an embarrassment to himself and his family when he was asked in a TV interview about his infidelity, and he kept insisting he was innocent. HE is the one who wanted a public life and should have been smart enough to know he couldn't do his little deed without getting caught and that it would be news! And as far as being a busybody - you apparently read this article and commented on it - so go back to your little trailer in the backwoods with the rest of the inbreds if other people's comments disturb you so much!

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P.S.Aug 9th, 2008 - 03:58:02

And I gave you too much credit - you probably DIDN'T read the article, you had it read to you!

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TO: JaynieAug 9th, 2008 - 05:02:24

Once you get out of puberty and over those raging hormones and acne, maybe, just maybe, you'll start thinking like a human being. Unless of course you lean towards Republicanism, in which case there is absolutely no hope for you.

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P.S/ To Jaynie.Aug 9th, 2008 - 05:09:12

It appears that someones affairs really disturbs you. Is your life so boring that you have to get excited in any way you can? Peering into others' bedroom windows and commenting on it is pure, unadulterated voyeurism. Didn't your mommy teach you any manners whatsoever? Mind your own business. Go back to your Facebook friends, child.

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@To JaynieAug 9th, 2008 - 13:26:49

And you're pathetic. You seem to spend plenty of your worthless time on this site, so get a life as well, or maybe a job. I'm merely commenting on this article, but since it seems to upset you so much, you are the one with a problem. Maybe the truth hurts, and may you never have a faithful wife or girlfriend in your lifetime because apparently you view that as old fashioned. I still say he's a creep cheating on a wife who has stood by him, had more children for him at middle age, and campaigned vigorously for him all the while battling cancer. It's been in the news so it's not like I'm trying to pry into their private life. I really don't give a damn who he screws around with and what he brings home to his sick wife, I just have an opinion on the subject regardless of how difficult that is for you to understand.

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