John Edwards Announcement today. - Page 2

Leozinho · 03-22-2007, 11:54

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Originally Posted by The Reaper

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He is too vain and egotistical...

TR

I agree.

(Here's the video of him primping for the camera. If you haven't seen it, it's amusing and it may reveal something about his character. I don't think it's been posted.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AE847UXu3Q

I find Edwards the worst of the candidates. An ambulance chaser and completely unqualified or prepared to be President. He seems to embody what is wrong with electoral politics - that money plus telegenic looks can carry you far in this day and age, despite inexperience and lack of political convictions.

rubberneck · 03-22-2007, 13:20

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Originally Posted by Leozinho

I agree.

(Here's the video of him primping for the camera. If you haven't seen it, it's amusing and it may reveal something about his character. I don't think it's been posted.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AE847UXu3Q

I find Edwards the worst of the candidates. An ambulance chaser and completely unqualified or prepared to be President. He seems to embody what is wrong with electoral politics - that money plus telegenic looks can carry you far in this day and age, despite inexperience and lack of political convictions.

I guess Ann Coulter was right all along.

**Jack Moroney (RIP)** · 03-22-2007, 14:03

I am not surprised at all about Edwards. The lad just reaffirms my feelings about politics and politicians in general.

Monsoon65 · 03-22-2007, 14:03

I guess with Hitlery in the news, and the Obama "1984" video, Edwards was feeling a bit left out and saw the perfect opportunity to get some face time on with the camera at the expense of his wife.

I think his wife would have been better off if he had dumped her in 2003.

Roycroft201 · 03-22-2007, 17:01

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I think his wife would have been better off if he had dumped her in 2003.

Actually, SHE should have dumped HIM and would have been much better off.

RC201

Radar Rider · 03-22-2007, 17:09

In the "news conference", Mrs. Edwards stated that "I don't look sick, and I don't feel sick". She's suffering from terminal cancer and her first concern is that she "doesn't LOOK sick". I've lost family members to cancer. It sucks. This nonsense reeks of playing the sympathy card for politics. It all makes ME sick.

Monsoon65 · 03-22-2007, 17:42

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Originally Posted by Roycroft201

Actually, SHE should have dumped HIM and would have been much better off.

RC201

You're exactly right!

Roycroft201 · 03-22-2007, 18:00

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You're exactly right!

I'm not the only person on this board that is a cancer survivor, by any means. The fact that Edwards is putting his wife's battle for her life secondary to his political aspirations is beyond disgusting and despicable to me.

It is, however, a true measure of the man.

Leozinho · 03-22-2007, 20:30

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Originally Posted by Radar Rider

In the "news conference", Mrs. Edwards stated that "I don't look sick, and I don't feel sick". She's suffering from terminal cancer and her first concern is that she "doesn't LOOK sick". I've lost family members to cancer. It sucks. This nonsense reeks of playing the sympathy card for politics. It all makes ME sick.

Since she's just been told that her cancer has returned, I'm going to give her the benefit of the doubt and not try to read something into her words that she didn't mean.

I didn't watch the press conference, but after seeing your post, I read the AP article that quotes her saying "I don't look sickly, I don't feel sickly." That's the only context I have to go on.

I can think of a couple of things she might have meant by that, and none is that she is worried about her appearance. I'll write them out for you if you need me to.

Ladyhawke · 03-22-2007, 20:57

I don't like John Edwards. I have lost 3 members of my family to cancer, my sister just last year. From the time we found out she was stage 4 to her death was only 6 weeks. My mom had 9 months, my dad was the lucky one, he had 4 years. My point is that Elizabeth has stage 4 cancer with a survival rate of 26% making it to the magic 5 year mark. I would tell John Edwards and Elizabeth that while it is true that the living must keep on living, I do think they should look hard at his chances for winning anything during his run for 2008, if he is not a front runner then drop out now and devote what time there is left to the family. Don't care how much one "prepares" for what will come, it is very hard to come to terms with the ending of a loved ones life and even harder when there are children involved. Her cancer is not curable, only treatable, a fancy way of saying we will make you as comfortable as we can for whatever time you have left. IMHO no presidential race is worth this.

Radar Rider · 03-22-2007, 21:00

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Originally Posted by Leozinho

Since she's just been told that her cancer has returned, I'm going to give her the benefit of the doubt and not try to read something into her words that she didn't mean.

I didn't watch the press conference, but after seeing your post, I read the AP article that quotes her saying "I don't look sickly, I don't feel sickly." That's the only context I have to go on.

I can think of a couple of things she might have meant by that, and none is that she is worried about her appearance. I'll write them out for you if you need me to.

Please do write them out. My interpretation is that after edweirds used her tragic illness to get face time, she stated her true belief that even if she dies in the process, publicity is more important.

Edweirds is so bent on beating the competition that he'll exploit his wife's terminal illness. The democRATs disgust me to no end.

**Peregrino** · 03-22-2007, 21:34

Despicable behavior; certainly not surprising though. A true indicator of his character. My sympathies to her for what she is about to suffer. Prayers for their remaining children. As far as I'm concerned, he can rot in hell. Peregrino

**The Reaper** · 03-22-2007, 22:31

She had some less than complimentary comments about Lynne Cheney during the last campaign.

IMHO, this shows her lack of class, demonstrated also by marrying the scumbag Edwards.

I am sorry for her plight, but indeed, the children are the real victims here, as Edwards wants only money and fame.

TR.

Leozinho · 03-22-2007, 23:01

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Originally Posted by Radar Rider

Please do write them out. My interpretation is that after edweirds used her tragic illness to get face time, she stated her true belief that even if she dies in the process, publicity is more important.

No, that's not what you wrote. You stated that you were sure that her first concern was her appearance, not her life.

Many cancer patients, terminal or not, do fret about their loss of hair and their appearance, and that is understandable. But you can't know that she is so shallow that she doesn't care if she dies as long as she leave a good looking corpse.

Here's a scenario. I've been diagnosed with XYZ cancer. I tell my boss/friend/whoever that "I don't look sickly, I don't feel sickly." Is it possible that I'm talking about the nature of the disease, that it eats you away from within, with few symptons at the early stages? But you'd take my comments to mean I'm more more concerned with my skin not breaking out than my life.

I'd consider leaving your opinions about John Edwards aside before disparaging a women that was just diagnosed with apparently terminal cancer.

Radar Rider · 03-23-2007, 18:05

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Originally Posted by Leozinho

No, that's not what you wrote. You stated that you were sure that her first concern was her appearance, not her life.

Many cancer patients, terminal or not, do fret about their loss of hair and their appearance, and that is understandable. But you can't know that she is so shallow that she doesn't care if she dies as long as she leave a good looking corpse.

Here's a scenario. I've been diagnosed with XYZ cancer. I tell my boss/friend/whoever that "I don't look sickly, I don't feel sickly." Is it possible that I'm talking about the nature of the disease, that it eats you away from within, with few symptons at the early stages? But you'd take my comments to mean I'm more more concerned with my skin not breaking out than my life.

I'd consider leaving your opinions about John Edwards aside before disparaging a women that was just diagnosed with apparently terminal cancer.

Yes, you are correct and I agree that I cannot devine what her real feelings are, and will leave that all aside. That being said, I still think the whole thing was a rather sick maneuver on edwards' part to gain face time and sympathy.