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Ben and John

8.19.08 @ 12:01AM

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First of all, he was running for public office. Until this incident came out, he was a major contender for the Democratic vice-presidential nomination. So his conduct was very much a public issue.

Secondly, and I believe more important, because other men have cheated on their wives does not make adultery any less despicable. I am very fond of Ross Perot's statement on what he thought of cheating husbands. He stated that he would not knowingly hire such a person. A reporter challenged him asking what business of his what his employee's sexual life? Perot said that he was certain that if a man would cheat on his wife, that he would cheat him. Amen.
-- Thomas B. Davis
Lynnwood, Washington

You must be joking Ben Stein, a moral relativist? I, for one, am disgusted with Edwards' behavior and frankly not surprised. After all this is an ambulance chasing, shyster trial lawyer that is as phony as the day is long. And this episode only confirms that for all his pandering, posturing, and postulating this greasy empty suit is nothing more or less than a bum. Really, Ben, he may not be running for office but he was being touted as the next Attorney General should the messiah fool enough of the people to get elected, Attorney General. I have sympathy for Mrs. Edwards and I am not pretending to judge this son of a mill worker (I wonder if his sainted father found it necessary to chase skirt...) that will be up God.

It's time we all stopped making excuses for the behavior of our leaders, just because JFK was having his lady friends snuck into the white house or because Bubba didn't have the character to respect his oaths in favor of cheap sex doesn't make it okay. Mr. Edwards may not be an elected official but he is a public person who chose the spotlight campaigning on a platform of class warfare, moral outrage over the war in Iraq, and demonizing W, conservatives, & Republicans. I have another one for you...

People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones...
-- Stuart Reed
Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan

Character certainly matters in people, especially those who would be our leaders. Husbands who habitually and remorselessly cheat on their wives and compound the situation by lying about it are certainly not displaying good character. Edwards admitted his cheating after he was caught and even now is probably still lying about the situation. Edwards lied to the people of North Carolina in order to get elected to the Senate, lied after he got to Washington and lived this lie for several years. The "wacked out priority" is not his critics but Edwards himself.

"Judge not, lest ye be judged" in the Bible is referring to carping criticism, not the sort of judgment we think since we make judgments every day. Isn't some kind of judgment required in order to obey many of Jesus' commands?
-- Don Werenko
Calabash, North Carolina

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