John Edwards

This one is gonna be short, but I just have to say how sad it makes me to learn about John Edwards' deception, his cheating on his cancer-stricken wife and then LYING about it for so long. I have long been an admirer of Elizabeth Edwards. She is eloquent and educated and loves, loves, loves her children. She lost her teenage son years ago, but survived it, even having two more children later in life. She battled breast cancer, thinking herself healed, only to find it had spread to her bone and nothing available to cure her.

In the face of all that, she stood up beside her husband and urged him to keep campaigning for this presidency. And he did it. At the time, it ticked me off because I thought he should have graciously stepped aside and spent his time loving his wife, choosing HER over his career. But many of my friends said she told him to do it, that it wasn't callous of him, but a hard decision. Now I think I was right about him. Early on, I liked him, thought he might offer a fresh face to this country, new ideas, youthfulness. But as time went on, I changed my mind.

You know, I don't care what party you love, don't care if you're conservative or liberal, gay or straight. I don't care really whether you cheat on your wife or not as long as you take care of what needs to be taken care of while you're in office. I mean, if every man/woman in this country who cheated on their significant other lost their job, our unemployment rate would be astronomically high. I just think that when you make a mistake, you should admit it WHEN YOU'RE ACCUSED and just move on, not lie about it until the evidence is so overwhelming you have no choice but to confess.

I just feel so sad for his wife, what her heart must be feeling this week, knowing many in this country are discussing her husband's betrayal. To be close to the end of your life, only wanting to spend the last precious moments with the people you love most, making as many memories as you can with them, and then going through such a horrible thing must be devastating.

Just my opinion...

~Peace