Apparently there is a National Enquirer report of a John Edwards sex scandal floating around out there. John Cole opines that it’s not registering because plain vanilla affairs just don’t get it done for us anymore. (Reminding me of the Guns & Roses “Mr. Brownstone” lyric, “I used to do a little, then the little wouldn’t do it, then the little got more and more.” — Yeah, I was a Guns & Roses fan, sue me.) Anyway, back to Mr. Cole:
The reason no one is paying attention to the alleged affair and love-child is simple. You guys have made standard affairs boring (I know, I know. You claim to be a Democrat.). No one is claiming Edwards was seen in two wetsuits hanging from the ceiling with a dildo lodged in his rectum. There is no DC madam with a black book involved. No one has transcripts of him instant messaging teen-age congressional pages or crashing their dorms in a drunken stupor. There is no arrest record for soliciting oral sex in an airport bathroom, complete with feisty confrontations with the arresting officer on video tape. There is no religious hypocrisy and gay prostitution and meth-fueled sodomy binge to talk about.
In short, aside from the fact that all there is to the story is an Enquirer report, it is just boring. You all have made standard affairs pedestrian and dull. Even when you use the phrase “love child,†what it boils down to is a guy allegedly sleeping with a woman. Pretty tame stuff, given what the GOP has provided us for the past few years.
“Just keep tryin’ to get a little better, said a little better than before…”
Well, it might be minor news now, but I would think it would still be plenty to kill off any remaining Edwards VP talk.
I like Edwards, but I’m not sure he complements Obama in any significant, political way. Maybe white southerner to balance Obama’s black northerner; but I don’t think that’s as significant as it appears at first glance. On the other hand, Edwards’ government experience is even less than Obama’s and it’s also that of a Senator. (Obama at least spent a fair amount of time in state government, which I think is valuable.) And, Edwards has also taken a run at V.P. before.
Edwards as Attorney General, on the other hand, could be an interesting proposition.
You’re making me have nightmares….
Local gay Republican blogger (and smalltown gossip) was trying to peddle the Edwards adultery story. Poor confused Gary doesn’t seem to realize that folk scandalized by adultery don’t particularly care for sodomites either!
If this is such a false story, if I were John Edwards I would have my lawyers pressing for a retraction or be threatening lawsuits.
Staunch denials from staffers seems to be a weak temporizing effort, at best. Politicians denying unflattering stories, or alleged criminal activity don’t have a very good track record on the truth.
Reminds me of a line from Guys and Dolls, “Well, I used to be bad when I was a kid, but ever since then I’ve gone straight, as has been proved by my record: Thirty-three arrests and no convictions!” (Big Jule). Oh yeah.