Comments on: For God’s Sake, Leave Elizabeth Edwards Alone

By: Kathy

Kathy — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:58:47 +0000

Amen Sister!

By: Robbie

Robbie — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:20:10 +0000

Hear, hear! You should submit this piece to the New York Times. Well said!

By: Genia

Genia — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:30:02 +0000

Great piece, Katie.

I too supported John Edwards in ’04 and ’08, and I was extremely disappointed to learn he was just a guy, and a dog of a guy at that.

Elizabeth, though… I’ve always admired her. I got to hear her speak during the last campaign, and she was wonderful. I’m convinced that, if her husband hadn’t let his gonads lead him around, she’d be Sec. of HHS right now and we’d be getting health care reform done.

By: Launa

Launa — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:35:41 +0000

This is the smartest piece I’ve read yet on the whole sad story. Thank you, Katie.

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By: Debra

Debra — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:07:16 +0000

I hope the smear campaign against Ms. Edwards backfires on the those perpetuating it. She doesn’t deserve this.

By: SameMessDifferentHusband

SameMessDifferentHusband — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:52:09 +0000

This said everything I’ve been saying since I saw the report on tv. I have more respect for Mrs. Edwards than I ever have. Just the anger for a cheating husband is enough–all the other stuff is just more wood on the fire.

Great post!!

By: Amanda

Amanda — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:24:12 +0000

Amen.

By: Erin

Erin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:47:38 +0000

Good post–I read her book Resilience and was thoroughly impressed. She is a class act. I hope she can find happiness and joy in the remaining years of her life.

By: mamatried

mamatried — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:49:46 +0000

I’m not sorry that I supported John Edwards during his run. I think he *was* all the things that you mentioned in your post and even though this may be an unpopular opinion I do not think that a person has to be remembered by their worst possible moment. I have no idea what it is like to lose a child, run for the Presidency and have a wife with cancer. I am in no way condoning his decisions or excusing them but I do believe that one bad decision can start the snowball rolling and you end up in a Fargo-esque situation where there is simply no way out.

I also admire Elizabeth Edwards immensely. I will admit that I was one of those people who thought “why do these women stay with these jerks?” after the news of the affair first surfaced. However, I saw her interview with Oprah and it made a lot of sense to me the decision she was making to stay with her marriage and it was obvious there was a lot of love and respect between her and John Edwards.

So it made me sad to hear this next installment. I hope that she can find peace with all of this.

Nice post Kate!