Move over, Bill, here comes big bad John…Edwards that is. Just when the women of the United States had steering clear of randy Bill down to a fine art, John Edwards throws them a curve ball and admits he can’t keep it in his pants either!

It honestly shouldn’t surprise us. Politicians, world leaders, religious leaders and gurus of all kinds have been dropping the pants and rolling around under the sheets with people they shouldn’t for years. But John Edwards tried oh so hard to be ‘Mr. Credible.’ He was the man who supposedly fought for the underdog, stuck by his dying wife, and with his wife, battled on despite the tragic death of their son. Edwards never quite grabbed me, but I understood why people liked him and what he had to say.

Now I know that an affair is an affair, and I always believed that Bill Clinton should not be judged on what he did with a cigar and Monica Lewinsky, but on what he did for the United States of America. On the whole he was one of the greatest Presidents that country ever saw, and I get very few protests whenever I say that. However, Edwards is showing more here than an attempt to hide and cover up his little fling. He was willing to ruin the Democrats chances of gaining the White House, yet again. If he had got the nomination, and this got out, we would definitely have been inaugurating President John McCain, and the Democrats would have been in tatters for years to come. And to let his very sick wife know about it, and then allow her to cover it up for two years is probably the most extreme sign of blind selfishness.

Now I do realise that most politicians are opportunistic, greedy, egotistical and selfish. John Laws, the great man of Sydney talkback, said, “To be a politician, you have to be a hypocrite and a liar.” But this particular action could have had such damming effects on his party, that they may never have seen office again. He should simply have stepped away from politics. Then if news of the affair did surface, he could have looked down the lens of a camera and said, “I am not proud of it. I am sorry to my wife and family, and I will not be seeking my party’s nomination for the 2008 Presidential Election.” Instead, his ego won the day, and even though his wife was dying inside (physically and emotionally), he was getting as much attention as he could muster. I personally think Hillary and Obama refused him the VP’s job, so there was nothing to go after anymore. Either that, or he knew the affair was about to be revealed by an outside source, and knew his political future was history. If his political career was ending up in the toilet, why not throw shit to the wind.

The reactions I have read have been by people who are deeply saddened by this, not angry. John Edwards has turned out to be a monumental disappointment to his family, his party, and himself. I suppose the ’serves you right’ aspect of this is that he never got anywhere with his Presidential campaign. As you sow, you reap.

“Until last week Mr Edwards could have expected a prime-time speaking slot at the Democratic convention in Denver at the end of the month. Now, however, neither he nor his wife are expected to be seen within a hundred miles of Colorado.”

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article4529427.ece

Barack Obama better be as clean as a whistle. The last thing the Democratic Party needs now is for their most charismatic presidential hopeful since Bill Clinton and JFK to end up in the middle of a scandal. And don’t worry, those who wish to discredit him will be doing everything they can.

Now that would be beyond disappointment. The word tragedy comes to mind.

Enjoy your day.