I will get yelled at for this diary but here goes...
We got played. Yes. I. Said. It.
We got played and we got played good and it is still going on.
The Edwards are not victims to be pitied. If anything they are victims, yes, but of their own ambition.
They played us real good.
Jump...
When Edwards jumped out of the campaign after NH I wondered why. I always thought that he stood a chance and really could not understand why he left so abruptly. Now we know why. Things were probably heating up and he knew if he stayed in things would certainly blow.
I always respected Elizabeth Edwards but no more.
She stood by and allowed this farce to go on. When Edwards told her about the affair she should have told him he was on his own if he was going to run for Prez. She stood side by side with him and let him perpetuate this lie. Even when she knew he had done something that they should have been dealing with in the privacy of their lives, she allowed him to carry out his farce with full on support.
These two wanted the Presidency so badly that they became victims of their own ambition.
As for us on the blogoshere, we did not want to believe the rumors. And when they Edwards kept denying it we believed them. How could a beautiful family like this do something so blatantly outrageous! No way! We could not wrap our heads around it so we defended them and tried not to write about it and bitched at those who did.
Now that it is out, and I fear there is more to come, everyone is trying to come to terms. Yet, there remain questions. Why is there no name on the baby's cert? How come money was being paid to these people but Edwards did not know? Where is this money coming from? Why are these people the baby's mom and the man they say is the dad living in these expensive homes?
People might say it is none of our business and he is not a public servant anymore but the fact remains he was supported financially by many and many went out on a limb for him and his. I think he really did those who supported him a disservice and that he has been very selfish. So is his wife. Now they want privacy?
If the Edwards had come out, after he left the campaign in NH, and told the truth saying that they needed to recede from public life to take care of their family people would have been hurt but I think there would have been goodwill. But to play us along and look reporters in the eyes without blinking as he denied the truth even in the face of mounting evidence is shameful.
Also the mainstream media got played. They are so taken up with trying to discredit the tabloids and looking down their noses at them that they did not see the damn trees. Should they now take a look at the coverage across the board and use these opportunity to change things? Yes, they damn well should but they will not!
What about John McCain and his philandering? What happened to his own little Vicky? Where is she? Why is there no follow up about that? Is someone covering this stuff?
No. it. seems. not. Instead I saw them trying to infer that that maybe Obama needs to be taken to task and asked if he had an affair. Yes, they should also look into Obama's background but they should also uncover McCain's messes too.
Yes, we certainly got played and we got played good. Elizabeth and John Edwards played us for fools and we even turned on each other in their defense. They are victims of their own ambition and it came back to bite them in the butts.
They ought to be ashamed.
The time for mourning is over. What's did is done.
There's a convention coming and a Presidency to win.
We need to get back to work.