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DECEMBER 7, 2010 9:11AM

Elizabeth Edwards: (almost) R.I.P.

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Hell has no fury like a woman scorned.

John Edwards can now look forward to a living hell until he dies. While his wife of 30+ years supported his two failed presidential runs, birthed his 4 children, went on his endless campaign trails, grieved their beloved sons death; John had an affair with a skank who gave birth to his daughter and then lied about it to everybody. While his wife was fighting cancer. 

Yuck.

Elizabeth Edwards 

She had no choice but to divorce his ass while dying of cancer and raising their two youngest children. It sucks to be her. Though she's not totally off the hook. She married and partnered with this narcissist and either was blinded by love or enabled his self-absorption. John went so far as to have his best friend lie and say HE was the father of the skanks little girl. For a year. Despite all the evidence to the contrary. And of course the mainstream media, who is just a transcription agency, dutifully recorded that: "John Edwards is not the father of Rielle Hunters baby," while the National Enquirer actually researched and proved that he indeed was the lying, adulter, cowardly presidential candidate who many, many Americans wanted as President. Yay for actual journalism.

John Edwards 

God bless him.

And while there are always those who bleet that "your private life has nothing to do with the rest of your life" that is just...bizare. We are our private life.  If he became president, it would be Clinton redux. If he so brazenly lies to his wife with whom he has the most intimate of relationships, he'd have no compunction about lying to the American people. Heh. He doesn't even know us. What's the big deal? 

Rielle Hunter 

Elizabeth even put off her mammogram and her breast lump because Gosh! she was so busy campaigning for her husband. That might be a little bit of a regret just about now. 

So Elizabeth. I'm sorry it had to end this way. I'm sure you never planned your life to end up divorced, watching your husband's lovers child grow up in the media, trying to figure out who would raise your children when you die. Godspeed.  

 

 

 

 

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This whole story makes me feel angry, icky, sad and embarrassed all at the same time.

I imagine that Elizabeth Edwards will pass away before the end of the year. I am so sorry for her children.
McCain is every bit as much of the lying adulterous scum bag, and he's now married to the biggest feedbag of all. He's a whore.
I relate with the anger on the level of betrayal that she has experienced. However, I am hoping this very strong woman is not going to be defined forever as the woman scorned, or only by her relationship with her husband. She has accomplished much by her own right and it appears has many valued friends and family loved ones who surround her now. I will endeavor to think of her in that light, it is only what at least what she deserves.
I have nothing but compassion for this woman. I was angry at her once, for staying with her man, standing by his side, and even campaigning for him at the expense of her own health.
But all she deserves , really, is compassion.~r
The poor woman. I hope she can die in peace.
I realize this piece was meant to be a sympathetic one. But Elizabeth Edwards has made a point of LIVING each and every moment of her life with hope, regardless of whether she has a decade, a year, or a minute. Please let us honor her wishes and not write precipitous obituaries that reduce her life to something her former husband did.
I don't think she is a martyr here. The circumstances of his cheating didn't cause her cancer, and had all this gone down and she wasn't sick with that, it would be a significantly less compelling story. Or if they weren't who they were, both power and fame hungry people willing to crawl over the bodies of people near them to get to what they wanted. This is a story that happens every day in America, around the world, and I'm sorry that she had to find out about her philandering husband in such a humiliatingly public way. I'm sorry she is dying now, when her children are still young enough. I really don't want to see her become the face of breast cancer, there are plenty of good families, good husbands and partners, who go through this fight every day until the very end. We should be focusing on them instead.
this is factually incorrect in more than half its statements and in really bad taste.
What purpose did this post serve? For Mrs. Edwards' sake, I hope she doesn't see it (I doubt very much that a post on OS is priority reading for her). She really doesn't need to be reminded of all this now nor should any of us take pleasure in rehashing it at this time. I find your title disrespectful at the least.
Deborah - I'm not for judging anyone. Usually when you start that process, you need to start looking within at your own peccadilloes. I don't see Elizabeth as a martyr either although I am completely empathetic to the circumstances she is facing. We all have choices and she made hers and is responsible for that.

Calling anyone a skank is really in poor taste, in my humble opinion. There is enough hate to go around without feeding it. What this woman needs now is some *peace*.
this is so sad . . . and it sucks to be left for a skank when one has cancer
I feel very bad for this woman and I hope that she truly is at peace. Great post.
Deborah-

I usually refrain from commenting on most of your posts as it’s just best all around. This one puzzles me.

Elizabeth Edwards is still alive and so the title is tasteless. The post itself seems to be about how much you do not approve of John Edwards. Elizabeth is not John.

How about a little compassion in a final and very emotional time for this family? And you’ll probably not believe this; but, John has moved back into the home for now and is taking care of Elizabeth and the kids as best he can. He has his issues for sure, and he too is only human – whatever that means to you.

I trust that people will be more forgiving and compassionate when it’s your time.