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8.12.08 @ 12:01AM

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Perhaps John Edwards needs to rethink his Two Americas. One America has its children living in the same home as their fathers; the other America's children live in homes with just the baby-mamas. Edwards has his feet in both.
-- Evelyn Leinbach
Colorado

In the 1970s when I lived in Virginia my wife and I attended a small local fundraiser for the Democratic candidate for governor. We were invited because prior to our marriage my wife worked for local Democratic candidates. After our marriage she realized the error of her ways. After hearing the candidate's speech my wife confronted him about something she disagreed with. Now, my wife was above average in looks and had loads of sex appeal. They were talking by themselves off to the side of the podium and (as my wife later related) he paid little attention to her disagreement but tried to 'hit on her.' She handled it very well by herself and brushed him off.

The Edwards affair reminded me of the incident. Fortunately the Virginia voters rejected the candidate. When Edwards initially ran for the Senate many of us saw through this phony but unfortunately not enough did. After just a couple of weeks in Washington, Edwards showed his true colors by rejecting just about every campaign promise he made. He would never have been re-elected. Now the country knows who John Edwards really is.
-- Don Werenko
Calabash, North Carolina

Mr. Tabin reports that "[a] McCain spokesman declined to comment when I asked him on Friday whether there's a partisan double-standard in how the media handles adultery rumors."

That they declined to comment is understandable since Mr. McCain himself cheated on his first wife in a similar fashion to John Edward’s adultery. And sure there's a double standard -- the media has trumpeted Edwards’s adultery even though he has no current political significance, while the media fails to mention McCain’s adultery even though his campaign for President has great significance.
-- Ron Schoenberg
Seattle, Washington

Betcha John Edwards take that mystical Paternity Test 'round the same time as his buddy, John Kerry, finally gets around to releasing his Discharge Papers.

That said, this dumb little fiasco again underscores the NY Times and their despicable friends in the media. I am NO Republican, but I find this ridiculous Management-of-the-News appalling, nothing less! They should hang their heads in shame!
-- frost

Keep you eyes on Mrs. Edwards; look again at the available video with her. Listen for lawyer talk. Just maybe, she has learned how to keep John's wandering eye on a short lease over the years as he learned how to be discreet...up to a point, much like Hillary.

Some women are very grateful to be able to pick for husbands good looking men for their own personal reasons, and psychological needs.

Every marriage is a contract of needs beyond mere love, that special glue supposedly strong enough to bind two individuals enabling them to weather the natural events life presents.
-- RJP
New Mexcio

I am puzzled about Edwards' timing of the confession. Had he fessed up last winter, wouldn't it have boosted his stock in the eyes of Democrat voters -- perhaps even put him into contention?
-- Dennis Bergendorf

John Tabin is wrong when he states that John Edwards has a "big credibility problem." When you have no credibility at all, you have no problem.
-- Arnold Ahlert
Boca Raton, Florida

GRISLY BEAR
Re: George H. Wittman's Showdown in Georgia:

Russia's actual objectives here are to regain the territories lost by Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin. The story gets that part entirely correct.

However, you must remember the old saying "Russia is never as strong as it looks. Russia is never as weak as it looks." It was mentioned that the Russian military excels at the "indiscriminate warfare at which they are so adept." This makes me want to laugh. The Russians are not capable of "discriminate" warfare. They have huge material and manpower resources but operate in a state of brutal incompetence that has not changed since Afghanistan. They line up their resources in a huge formation fire everything they have, which is quite a lot, and charge. Do not think that I am ridiculing this tactic. It is can be quite effective against a population that needs to be conquered or pacified.

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