How the hell did this douche think his affair wouldn't be found out? He made himself very high profile, and the right wing goes after ANY sign of impropriety in a Democrat. If you ask me, he WANTED to be caught. It would force him to break it off and he wouldn't have to keep a nasty secret anymore.

Saborlas: How the hell did this douche think his affair wouldn't be found out? He made himself very high profile, and the right wing goes after ANY sign of impropriety in a Democrat. If you ask me, he WANTED to be caught. It would force him to break it off and he wouldn't have to keep a nasty secret anymore.

Agreed. A shame he's not a Republican, because a Democrat would totally honor the "bros before hos" code.

Earguy: Saborlas: How the hell did this douche think his affair wouldn't be found out? He made himself very high profile, and the right wing goes after ANY sign of impropriety in a Democrat. If you ask me, he WANTED to be caught. It would force him to break it off and he wouldn't have to keep a nasty secret anymore.

Agreed. A shame he's not a Republican, because a Democrat would totally honor the "bros before hos" code.

The Republicans have a "bros before hos" code also, but they use it to decide who to have an affair with.

You mean a personal defense attorney who got rich suing innocent OBs isn't a paragon of virtue?

He deserves every second of misery and shame he's getting

Saborlas: How the hell did this douche think his affair wouldn't be found out? He made himself very high profile, and the right wing goes after ANY sign of impropriety in a Democrat. If you ask me, he WANTED to be caught. It would force him to break it off and he wouldn't have to keep a nasty secret anymore.

He was a horny guy looking for trim. Getting found out wasn't on his dick's list of priorities.

mysticcat: You mean a personal defense attorney who got rich suing innocent OBs isn't a paragon of virtue?

He deserves every second of misery and shame he's getting

Instead of "THIS", I say
AMEN.

What a weasel. Too bad for the wife & kids.

But he's a populist!!! He channels dead girls during closing arguments!!!

// Have always disliked this douchebag.

John Edwards, who was the Daily Kos candidate.

Except for Kos himself, who favored Chris Dodd.

Not too much bright to go around over there.

He's the only politician I know of whose own volunteers decided not to vote for him after interacting with him.

geez... there's a book coming out about this written by his wife?

How the cock is this an ironic situation?

It just keeps getting better and better..

CnFlght: How the cock is this an ironic situation?

I was kind of thinking the same thing. Isn't an investigation into the use of these funds exactly what we should expect to happen?

dropped out? he was losing like a biatch

Saborlas: How the hell did this douche think his affair wouldn't be found out? He made himself very high profile, and the right wing goes after ANY sign of impropriety in a Democrat. If you ask me, he WANTED to be caught. It would force him to break it off and he wouldn't have to keep a nasty secret anymore.

I love how you still try to blame the Right for this douche that you probably voted for. The New York Times, being the leftist rag that is it, refused to mention this affair for months and months, fearing running a story about a Democrat in election year.

Remove all Republicans: Doctor Funkenstein: CnFlght: How the cock is this an ironic situation?

I was kind of thinking the same thing. Isn't an investigation into the use of these funds exactly what we should expect to happen?

No, we should move on. The career of a great American was destroyed and for what, having an affair while his wife was dying of terminal cancer? That's not a crime and people shouldn't judge him based on that.

Exactly. Clearly the vasts rightwing conspiracy tarnished this patroit.

He's kind of the Democratic equivalent of Newt Gingrich.

CnFlght: How the cock is this an ironic situation?

I was hoping he got cancer. THAT would be proper use of the "ironic" tag.

The kiiiiddd is not my son.

oooohoo

Remove all Republicans: No, we should move on. The career of a great American was destroyed and for what, having an affair while his wife was dying of terminal cancer? That's not a crime and people shouldn't judge him based on that.

However using campaign funds to bribe people is, and should be investigated.

Saborlas: the right wing goes after ANY sign of impropriety in a Democrat.

The National Enquirer is right wing?

I think Obama may have just found Souter's replacement!

That concept has WIN writen all over it.

Remove all Republicans: izzat make-up in court?

I hope his wife kicks him in the balls so hard they pop out his ears.

TheGreatGazoo: He's kind of the Democratic equivalent of Newt Gingrich.

I don't recall Edwards becoming the party's elder statesman positioning himself for either a 2012 run or being the leader of a splinter third party.

Not aimed at the respondent but I'm tired of this false equivalency shiat. For the most part dems vilify their shamed constituents while the repubs elevate them to sainthood. Do these simple-minded folks not remember what Oliver North did? Obama is raked over the coals for even suggesting that diplomatic talks with Iran would be acceptable, Ollie *sold weapons* to Iran.

Holy crap.
The Democratic party dodged a SERIOUS bullet with this guy. I can only imagine the fallout that would have happened if all of this was found out only after he won the election.

the opposite of charity is justice: For the most part dems vilify their shamed constituents while the repubs elevate them to sainthood.

Like how the Democrats vilified Bill Clinton when he was impeached and disbarred?

thenateman: the opposite of charity is justice: For the most part dems vilify their shamed constituents while the repubs elevate them to sainthood.

Like how the Democrats vilified Bill Clinton when he was impeached and disbarred?

Damn him for getting a blowjob! If he had just started a few more wars and stripped away our rights, he would have been beloved!

CheetahOlivetti: I hope his wife kicks him in the balls so hard they pop out his ears.

Clearly, the shoe manufacturer made footwear they knew could cause serious injury when propelled by the foot of an angry, cheated-on spouse. Only a ten million dollar settlement can prevent others from being harmed by these deadly devices.

Remove all Republicans: Diseage: Remove all Republicans: No, we should move on. The career of a great American was destroyed and for what, having an affair while his wife was dying of terminal cancer? That's not a crime and people shouldn't judge him based on that.

However using campaign funds to bribe people is, and should be investigated.

It's past. Let's move on. We need to be investigating Ambramoff and the Republicans, not this stuff.

You might be the best troll on fark, definitely one of my favorites

I like how after that affair I never heard from or about Edwards until now. Heck, I don't even remember when the affair was to even remember when he disappeared.

Mordant: Earguy: Saborlas: How the hell did this douche think his affair wouldn't be found out? He made himself very high profile, and the right wing goes after ANY sign of impropriety in a Democrat. If you ask me, he WANTED to be caught. It would force him to break it off and he wouldn't have to keep a nasty secret anymore.

Agreed. A shame he's not a Republican, because a Democrat would totally honor the "bros before hos" code.

The Republicans have a "bros before hos" code also, but they use it to decide who to have an affair with.

lol. can I get an "oh snap" in this thread?

mysticcat: You mean a personal defense attorney who got rich suing innocent OBs isn't a paragon of virtue?

But... but... but... MY MOMMY INSTINCT SAYS THAT THE CEREBRAL PALSY WAS CAUSED BY THE DOCTOR!!!!

Normally I am not a member of the irony police. This time however, I think the use of the 'Ironic' tag is questionable at best.

As others have pointed out the above chain of events does not appear to be ironic in any way.

That is, uless you dig very deep and unearth the planks from Edwards failed '08 pesidential bid, which included.... wait for it.... campaign finance reform laws.

So is it ironic that a candidate that espoused campaign finance reform gets caught in a campaign finance issue? Well it would be if he were calling for limits on how to spend the money, but he wasn't asking for that. His proposed campaign finance reform was to create a stystem where small donations from individuals received a federal dollar match of EIGHT times the amount donated, up to a max of $800. In this system, if you donated $100 to a campaign as a private individual, your candidate would get $800 in federal matching funds.

From his website: http://johnedwards.com/issues/govt-reform/ (new window)

Edwards will create a new Grassroots Presidential Financing System to empower regular Americans in a potentially universal public financing system. It will match small donations under $100 by eight to one, making two $100 donations as valuable to a campaign as a single $1,000 donation. (Each $100 donation would receive an $800 match, making them worth $900 each. The $1,000 donation would also receive an $800 match and be worth $1,800.) Edwards will also reduce the maximum contribution from $2,300 to $1,000 per person to better reflect the incomes of most Americans and update the campaign spending limits to attract all candidates into the system.

Notice that the extent of reform was to change how the money was raised, not how it was spent.

Therefore, I award subby and the moderators a FAIL tag for classifying this as IRONIC, when ASSHAT would have been more accurate.

Edwards is a dick. I can't believe he ran for president knowing he had all these skeletons. He would have given us president Palin.

thenateman: the opposite of charity is justice: For the most part dems vilify their shamed constituents while the repubs elevate them to sainthood.

Like how the Democrats vilified Bill Clinton when he was impeached and disbarred?

Selling arms to an enemy nation = lying about an extramarital affair during an entirely unrelated investigation. Gotcha.

He is a Democrat so nobody will care

Mordant: The Republicans have a "bros before hos" code also, but they use it to decide who to have an affair with.

Nice.

Good hair does not the politician make.

Next up on Crossing Over with John Edward, the political career and morality of John Edwards.

Nemo's Brother: Saborlas: How the hell did this douche think his affair wouldn't be found out? He made himself very high profile, and the right wing goes after ANY sign of impropriety in a Democrat. If you ask me, he WANTED to be caught. It would force him to break it off and he wouldn't have to keep a nasty secret anymore.

I love how you still try to blame the Right for this douche that you probably voted for. The New York Times, being the leftist rag that is it, refused to mention this affair for months and months, fearing running a story about a Democrat in election year.

Let me guess... You are a moderate centrist?

Sounds like an informed reader to me.

what a farking douche.fark this guy.

sgilman: Edwards is a dick. I can't believe he ran for president knowing he had all these skeletons. He would have given us president Palin.

I guess this is my biggest problem with Edwards. I don't really care about any politician's personal life(McCain, Gingrich, Clinton, Edwards) until they're talking about someone else's but risking handing the election to McCain was foolish and arrogant. A bj from an intern is one thing, daring the press to catch you cheating on your cancer-stricken wife is quite another.

He is a colossal piece of garbage. A true fit for the Democratic party.


His smugness, his fakeness, his bullshiat "false science" used to woo juries. How anyone could evar pull a lever for this douchebag is staggering. Surely there are some FARKers who did.



Not enough bad things can happen to this man to make me happy.

hasty ambush: He is a Democrat so nobody will care

yeah. right.

STFU

You guys are really scraping the bottom of the barrel for these headlines. Or did I wake up in 2008?

Nina_Hartley's_Ass: I don't really care about any politician's personal life



Exactly.

His professional life is the nightmare you should be concerned with.