This one hurts and it has nothing to do with morality. This is just about reality.

Like another F. Scott Fitzgerald tragic figure, men in power positions too often undermine their success with careless personal business that ruins their chance of success in careers. Edwards could be another Gatsby as the fool in love living backward but today's version seems less about love than in the old novels and more about momentary or fleeting feel good complexities. Closer to self defeat than can be ignored, he has succeeded in failure as the shoe-in no longer a contender.

Add Edwards name to the long list of undermining power figures and take his name off the Vice President position list he had a good shot at getting. This time, with this man, it truly is tragic. This self destruction seems to happen in one form or another far too often to ignore.

You actually think a guy that vain - had your interests in heart? C'mon you cannot be that stupid.

He's a man of the people - so long as she's easy and a blond

...because we allow it to continue to happen time and again by voting these people in office time and again regardless of their taking PAC money or PAC-Sexual Favors (I didn't say PAC-women because we know what republicans seem to prefer).

In any event, these people do this because they can and until they learn otherwise by being voted out on a regular basis nothing will change.

Maybe that whole anti-poverty pose was just a ruse to get in lib chicks' pants...

The position he almost had in the bag was the VP slot and that would have been an appointment position so voters were not applicable. It shows personal failure imo when even in walk-in positions someone self destructs. This of course would instantly take his name off the list. Edwards would have known that before he made a bad decision.

Every so often there is a person who looks good for the job, but just doesn't have that special intangible something that gives him the extra oomph he needs to be "the one" to actually get there. Who knows why? I don't think we can ever figure that particular "why" out because sometimes those who obviously don't have any sort of special aura (Richard Nixon for example) manage to get themselves in there anyway wrecking any plausible theories we might have had about "it" up to that point.

That having been said, I don't think that Edwards ever was a shoo-in for the job of President or VP. He came across as too plastic, too unreal and just couldn't shake that phony image (even though I doubt he was as phony as he came across). I don't know whether your moral allegations come from the rumor that he has a "love child" or is having an affair. That may or may not be true, but, it is not surprising for men of power to fall off the pedestal when their position makes it so women can be had with a wink and a nod. But you're right - the losses of Edwards have less to do with morality and more to do with reality. He just wasn't "it". And he wouldn't have been (in my opinion) even if he had kept his hat in the race.

"Add Edwards name to the long list of undermining power figures and take his name off the Vice President position list he had a good shot at getting."

Edwards was never going to be vp, he lacks the vote draw for the position. AG was more likely.

As for men cheating, most do at one time or another and successful men with menopausal wives do it quite a bit. Perfectly normal behavior. No tragedy here. At least he stayed with the wife, the honorable thing to do.

...sense of self, again, because we allow them to feel that way. With all the "special" perks and privledges they receive it is little wonder they end up making such bad decisions - they feel "above" the laws of society...

Jen01 wrote

I doubt he was as phony as he came across

That's not possible besides Al Gore has a lock on "as phony as he appears to be"

from somewhere other than the national enquirer. They are not noted for their accuracy.

Basically, he cas sue people, and he looks cute, little more.

He would have been a horrible President, and even as VP, both he and Obama would have had what, two Senate Terms between them?

Good riddance, I say, even though I do not like the way the man went down. I feel sorry for his wife and family, and I wish him the best in getting his family life back in order.

But I am glad he is out of politics......

When you have hair THAT bitchen', the chicks just want to put their fingers in it......

Whay would anyone miss this phoney little giirle man.

He's a HAS BEEN AND A WANNA BE. Ya know why everyone see's him as a PHONEY???

Because he is ONE.

HAS BEEN A senator No one wants to RE-ELECT.

WANNA BE either the President or the VP No one would elect.

Uses his money to try for either to NO AVAIL.

I mena really what does this pompass, blowdryer, stupid little ass have to offer? Becides out of touch BULLSHIT that is nothing more than a buck up for his trial lawyer buddies.

Give me a break. If there were anything real in this story all the other news networks who were covering the guy would have found it first.

warden:

from somewhere other than the national enquirer. They are not noted for their accuracy.

Kinda like you huh pookie?