Beyond resolution
Aug 10, 2008 Americana, Medialites, Narcissus Rex, O Mores!, Politics and Poker
It’s not the extramarital affair part, any more than it was with Bill Clinton or Eliot Spitzer, that makes the story-with-a-story about John Edwards newsworthy. Rather it was the indignant denials from his “camp,” the hypocrisy from someone who made moral judgment of others the linchpin of his platform. And in this case — arguably unlike the others — it’s the gross media favoritism shown in ignoring, even squashing, a
legitimate news story about a liberal candidate even as both equivalent news and even utterly unsubstantiated smears about conservatives are regarded as fair game in the MSM.
It was last March when I wrote:
John Edwards
August 11th, 2008 at 10:50 am
When Edwards finally bowed out of the campaign and endorsed Obama, there were rumors flying about that the payback would be a cabinet position. And not just ANY cabinet position…the one I heard and mentioned several times was…get ready for this…Attorney General. Can anyone imagine such a travesty? It would make Janet Reno look like Scalia in (poorly color coordinated) drag.
On a more present note: will the $400 hair cuts continue?
August 11th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
It’s almost funny that, in one of your links above, Hillary’s campaign guy thinks exposure of the truth about Edwards would have handed her victory in Iowa.
Exposure of the whole truth about Hillary at any point would have stopped her political career abruptly and totally.
August 11th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
It has long been obvious that Edwards is an intellectual and political lightweight. (Remember his debate performance vs. Dick Cheney?) Now it’s undeniable that he is a moral lightweight as well. What’s remarkable is how many people took him seriously as someone qualified to be President. Would they have done so for someone less arrogant (”self assured” ) and physically uglier?
August 11th, 2008 at 8:23 pm
It’s no longer remarkable when voters fall for a superficial lightweight as a candidate. It happens all the time.
August 12th, 2008 at 8:37 am
This is one of those stories that has managed to unite pretty much everyone along the entire spectrum of political opinion.
Heh: “John Edwards — a uniter, not a divider.”