Yes, it was personally immoral for John Edwards to cheat on his cancer-stricken wife. Yes, it was also irresponsible for him to keep this to himself as he ran for president. Yes, it does raise questions that the MSM sat on these allegations for about three weeks.
But, Wolf, when I watch 45 minutes of The Situation Room and see you spending 40 of those minutes on a close reading of Edwards's public statement, while Russia is sending tanks into and declaring war on a soverign nation that is important to our security interests in the reason, it's not really John Edwards's judgement that I'm all worked up about.
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I was sitting in the same place, watching the same show, thinking the same thing.
It was especially weird because their tagline for the Russian invasion was "Fear of All-Out War". Since when does "Sex Scandal" beat "ALL OUT WAR" on the story rankings?
Chris:
Since forever in this country. Bill Clinton learned that when he invaded Serbia.
Leah:
Why was it immoral for Edwards to conceal his infidelity when running for President?
It was irresponsible of Edwards to mount a campaign for President while keeping this under wraps. You can't ask voters to campaign for you knowing this is lurking as an October surprise. If Edwards were the nominee (or even the VP)and this were coming out two weeks before the convention, he might as well conceed. It's a high stakes election, and this would sink the Dems, could even hurt congressional races.
(Note, this isn't to say that fidelity to your wife is the highest qualification for President, but a candidate still going through paternity tests in September isn't going anywhere in November).
Gotcha. I didn't know you were making a "playing craps with the election" argument. That seems more valid.
I may be in the minority, but I say that in the hypothetical situation where Edwards knew there was zero-chance of this coming out, his lying to the voters is justified. A man's private life is no business of the masses.
Agreed, Will. I'd rather these stories were never relevant.
Though even in that case, I'd have a bit of an issue with him running on his family life (particularly later in the campaign, when everyone lost interest). When Elizabeth was diagnosed, the two of them went around explaining their personal virtue demonstrated his political virtue.
If you don't want your personal life in the campaign, don't run on it.
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