Does it suck to be the "moral" party, the "marriage is sacred" party?

Seems they may get more shiat in the media for infidelity based on the belief system they want to legislate for the rest of us.

Or perhaps because when part of your political platform is denying 10% of the population a basic civic right because you say it damages your marriage, the media cares when your farking your staffers.

I'm pretty sure if his mistress wanted an interview, they would have given her one.

Google search for "John Edwards Affair" between 1/1/2008 and 12/31/2008: 584,000 results (new window)

I_C_Weener: /not a defense of Newt, whom I think would make a decent advisor/strategist but a bad president.

In the sense that G. Gordon Liddy made a decent advisor/strategist?

The butthurt is palpable.

I love it, kind of. The more farked they realize the are, the more desperate. Right now they're lashing out like a cornered mouse.

downstairs: Bill Clinton is a Democrat, no?

So was Anthony Weiner.

LasersHurt: The butthurt is palpable.

Don't palpitate butthurt.

No, the media didn't report on the story because they didn't consider the National Enquirer to be a trustworthy source.

I have to say I agree with the author of this blog. I concur that he is a fool; however, I have seen no (and wish to see no) evidence of the jammie wearing.

veedeevadeevoodee: but the media gave him a free pass

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So much this. Did Subby sleep through 2008?

This is small time derp, the heavy hitters claim the media ignored Clinton's affair.

It's all so hazy to me, I think he went white water rafting near Santa Monica or something.

I hate Freeper Friday, but I'm too tired to go do actual work instead...

And John Edwards was running on a family values platform, which makes the comparison totally, totally accurate.

Sheesh.

You don't just throw a story like this out there the moment you come across it, you wait until it can do the most damage. I'm sure plenty of people knew herman cain was a serial harasser (he always looked like Gropey McRovinghands to me) but why publish it when he's polling at less than 1%.

Edwards was an early favorite for the 2008 election. I'm sure the RNC and Fox News knew about this, but were waiting until he became the nominee so they could destroy him.

GAT_00: The Republicans are really trying to spin hard that Gingrich being a womanizing asshole is everyone else's fault, aren't they? That's OK, that suggests they're backing Gingrich over Romney and that means fun for everyone.

Hate to say it, but if you're a conservative, it's a simple choice. Do you vote for the Massachusetts "moderate" hand picked by the Republican Washington liberal inside elite? Or do you vote for the real conservative who engineered America's historical shift to the right in the 1994 Republican revolution? One of these two represents what liberal Washington insiders want. The other represents real conservative values--and he isn't the one wearing holy underwear.

A Romney nomination deals a body blow to the entire conservative movement, and even more so if he's elected. Gingrich has already demonstrated his ability to move an entire nation in a conservative direction. As a progressive, I know which candidate I fear more. And it's not the one with the history of appointing pro-choice judges, and constructing the model for Obamacare.

A Romney victory says "we're willing to work with progressives to achieve mutual legislative goals." A Gingrich victory is a giant f*ck you to the entire progressive movement.

Of course! That explains why Edwards's political career has soared the way it has and you never see talking heads bashing him or interviewing his ex-wife in prime time!

/Your blog sucks

Gingrich is a despicable person who left his wife because she had cancer. Nothing can ever change that. Newt is scum.

You're absolutely right subby. You want to know why Democrats don't get blasted for that stuff as much? Because they don't go around screaming about family values and traditional marriage in order to get elected.