The American Spectator

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In our present extravaganza, once again we get to witness the old two-facedness of the media. When a Republican is caught doing the love dance in an airport restroom, it's fair game and it's a grand time for the circus to come to town. When a Democrat is discovered to have a secret love child, we'll get the same fun and games. But with the Democrats we will also get treated to the display of the troubled consciences of our media heroes, who wonder out loud that maybe "we" are going too far. All this hand wringing generates worries that our news wizards will develop carpal tunnel.

p>Yes. Yes. Poor Edwards has to go home and sit on his pile of money while thinking of what could have been. A few years from now, hardly anyone will remember this scandal. Then he can appear on Face The Nation and Meet The Press as the "tried and true," experienced yet above the fray "deep thinker" on the events of the day. The press might even stop and reflect on "what could have been" if only the self-righteous busybodies hadn't stuck their noses where they didn't belong. Then Brian Williams will come out of the wilderness like John the Baptists crying "Repent. Repent." br> -- Mike Dooley /p>

Ben Stein is apparently willing to overlook John Edwards' defining moment: saying that he had his affair while his wife's cancer was "in remission." Maybe that's not a "sign that Edwards might not have been a great public servant" for Ben Stein, but I'd bet dollars to doughnuts it's a primary disqualification for a ton of decent Americans.

p>As for "whacked priorities" the MSM's determination to ignore the story when Edwards was running for president is right at the top of the list. br> -- Arnold Ahlert br> Boca Raton, Florida /p>

Ben Stein must have been writing in a hurry when he said:

"Nor is it a sign that Edwards might not have been a great public servant. The list of important men with great achievements who have had extramarital liaisons goes from Julius Caesar to Napoleon to Thomas Jefferson to John F. Kennedy to Bill Clinton and undoubtedly has a lot longer to run."

His list includes two tyrannical dictators, an inexperienced President who sent troops into combat and failed to back them up and later nearly got us into World War III, and William Jefferson Clinton -- not what many would call a list of great public servants.

p>And Ben should not be in such a hurry to "credit" Ms. Hunter for keeping Edward's child (if, in fact, it is his). There might be other less-laudable motives for a woman to keep the child of a wealthy man.

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