Please point out where Edwards had previously wagged his finger at others for their moral lapses.

Comparison challenged? You didn't even read the comments, did you? Read the quote in Marlowecan's comment above and google the source:

“I think this President has shown a remarkable disrespect for his office, for the moral dimensions of leadership, for his friends, for his wife, for his precious daughter. It is breathtaking to me the level to which that disrespect has risen.”

http://m.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/aug/09…

Dallas lawyer Fred Baron paid for Edwards' mistress to relocate

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/…

Please point out where Edwards had previously wagged his finger at others for their moral lapses.

Also, please point out where its reported that Edwards used campaign money to bankroll the mother of his maybe love child.

Please do so, if you can't please retract you slander.

nicrivera,

When Democrats coined the phrase “Culture of Corruption” they were talking about Republicans like Duke Cunningham, Bob Ney, Tom DeLay, Scooter Libby, Bill Frist and now Sen. Stevens, you know people who had actually committed crimes under the laws of the United States.

Tell me when did adultery become a crime under the laws of the United States?

Shaun,

You're saving special scorn for the NY Times for investigating Sen. McCain while ignoring ex-Sen Edwards, huh, HUHHH

Well I have a few questions for you before you bust a gut with you scornning.

1. Who is a sitting Senator? McCain or Edwards

2. Who is their parties candidate for president? McCain or Edwards

3. Who involvement was with a lobbiest with legislation before their committee? McCain or Edwards

4. Who has past experience in adultery and wife abandonment? McCain or Edwards

5. Whose party has made its bones on morality over the past 30 years? McCain or Edwards

and you call yourself a newspaper man, I know who I'm saving my scorn for.

For all the comparative challenged,

Two examples of what is personal and should not remain private and what is personal and should remain private.

McCain's top Foreign Policy strategist quite recently (2 months ago) was the top lobbiest for the country of Georgia who had accepted over $800,000 from them over the past 3 years for various lobbying activities. This ex-lobbiest wrote and disseminated John McCain's recent bellicose statement against Russia in his comment about the recent Russian / Georgian war. While his actions as a lobbiest was during his personal career, because they may have an impact and an influence on US policy it should not remain private, it should be reviewed and discussed in that context.

John Edwards committed adultery. He committed adultery in his personal life. His committing adultery did not and will not impact or influence US policy. It should be noted and discussed, however it should remain a private issue between him, his wife and the other woman.

The comparisons being made here between Edward's situation and the various Republican scandals over the past 7+ years would be laughable if it wasn't so sad. If you can't see and differentiate between a politician/administration committing a crime against our countries laws and an ex-politician having an affair, then this country is well on its way to our version of the fall of Rome.

And you're so concerned about others missing your point that you miss mine.

I could care less about the cost of Edwards' haircuts, his taste in music or frequency of bowel movements. But yo'du better believe I care as a journallist and voter when he wags his finger at others for their moral lapses while not only lapsing himself, but probably using campaign money to bankroll the mother of his maybe love child.

Li3Bolt,

Show me anywhere within my comment where I said Edward's conduct was forgivable, it isn't; what he did is not front page, days on end newsworthy. It is a minor peccadillo by an ex-senator, used to be candidate for president, someone who while scandal worthy is not newsworthy.

People again, my point is that Edwards crime in this case is between him, his wife and the other women. Of what interest other than as a minor scandal is it of mine, yours or any other person? Your cries for access, vengeance and retribution shows up either as your biases (right wing) or your need to peep into every aspect of your leaders lives. In either case, thats not where our society needs to be.

The problem with politicians like him is that they begin to believe their own hype, and cannot handle the attention and adoration that a presidential campaign entails.

Sure, what Edwards did wasn't nearly as bad or as newsworthy as some of the things that the Bush administration has done over the last 7 1/2 years. But it's hard to overlook the hypocrisy of those on the left who had one set of standards for Republicans in 2006 and a completely different set of standards for Edwards now. If such people don't think the Edwards affair is such a big deal now, then they shouldn't have been so quick to pounce on people like Foley back in 2006.

Live by the sword; die by the sword.

One would hope that Republicans will take the high road and not politicize the Edward's affair by casting aspersions on the entire Democratic Party. But should they attempt to capitalize on the Edwards affair, could you really blame them?

Lovitar, you are the hypocrite here. Your leftwing bias is obvious. Stop giving us a bad name. Jesus. It's like you WANT to hand the republicans authority on moral issues.

Edwards' conduct is unforgivable, and you, by defending it and by being a shrieking violet, are defending it. Go on, keep defending the indefensible. You will only serve to embarrass yourself and those you claim to defend.

All you self-righteous $%^^ are Peeping Tom Idiots ,all of you.

Hahaha! “Self-righteous”. That's a good one.

I'm with you on this; my thoughts on the Edwards issue was so F@#$%^ what, another politician got caught putting his you know what into some not his spouse. I DON'T GIVE A F#$%. I only care that his actions do not impact his ability to create and implement policy that I consider best for our country.

My support or non-support of Edwards is and was never contingent on him being a paragon of virtude in his personal life. I will however look at his personal actions and choices if I was to consider him as my choice to lead our country, but believe me they won't be the first and certainly not the only thing I consider in my president (I remember a quote from the Republicans about brining morality back to the White House).

Also, I can't help but notice the smug self-righteous comments from Shaun and most of the commenters here; people the National Enquirer is where stories like this belong not as a leading story in our major newspapers for days on end. If the MSM spent halve as much time as they're going to spend on this story reporting the fact that John McCain's inflammatory comments about the Russian / Georgia war was crafted by his top Foreign Policy strategist who until recently (2 months ago) happened to be Georgia's top lobbiest in Washington.

Finally, for the comparative challenged; Craig, Vitter, Foley and most of the post-Reagan republicans have made their political careers by tut, tutting moral failures of their opposition/Democrats, so they deserve a higher level of scorn and scrutiny (in spades) when they are caught out there. Democrats too should have their failings noted, but they at least as a party has not made it a regular part of their political strategy to tut, tut their opponents.

Crap like this is why we're in Iraq and our economy is in the toilet. $%%^^& like most of you here can't put the proper perspective on what is personal and should be highlighted and discussed and what is private and should be noted and considered. Shaun, according to you, I guess because Edwards couldn't keep his willie in his pants, his thoughts and suggestion on alleviating poverty in the US shouldn't be considered seriously.

All you self-righteous $%^^ are Peeping Tom Idiots ,all of you.

Give the poor guy or gal a break. His or side is losing badly right now. Look at the possibly bright side (relatively, that is). It may not be a 100% failure, just kinda, sorta selective. [grin]

Nothing I said is any way about the Religious Right — except my accurate note about Swaggart and the Obamaniacs. Obama has made mistakes lately and you have demonstrated and exhibited misbehavior consistently since then toward anyone who has noticed the facts– as we have noticed and noted about Edwards, too. Tsk, tsk. Here's to your recovering logic and better behavior someday even if it is going to take a while longer (if Obama doesn't recover, then hopefully by a McCain blunder to help bail y'all out).

Edwards cheated on his wife, and lied about it. Woop-dee-f***ing-doo.

Great philosophy when using the word cheating. So nonchalant.

Sure it's an awful thing to do, to his wife. But it's not a “huge betrayal” of those who supported him.

True, Chris. He would have had to be on national television, shaking his finger at the American public while lying to them, and lying under oath to be a real disappointment to his supporters. Character does not require a magnifying glass to be measured. Speaking of lying under oath…

Larry Craig was a hypocrite. He sought to punish the same behavior he exhibited in others (like Bill Clinton).

Not if you don't give a shit about things like honesty and integrity, at least.

I'm not part of the Christianut wing of the Republican party, so I'm not looking to vote for a paragon of sexual virtue.

As long as Edwards wasn't looking to regulate my sex life, then I could care less about his (as long as he wasn't engaged in illegal activity).

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But Edwards is also a hypocrite, given his self-righteous public denunciations of Bill Clinton

Let's be honest here. Do we ever take politicians seriously when they make those types of denunciations? Even if we had, it doesn't compare to, for example, closet homosexuals trying to pass laws discriminating against homosexuals.