John Edwards is getting roasted today following the discovery of his 2006 idiotic extramarital affair. Had this beautifully-coiffed dimwit won the nomination, the dems would be screwed.

I would like to go a week without being horribly disappointed by a public servant.

UPDATE: Elizabeth Edwards responded to the story at The Daily Kos here. Her tone is one of compassion, forgiveness and sympathy but it doesn’t change the recklessness of John’s actions one bit. The Democrats have an historic opportunity and Edwards proved to be yet another politician willing to damage his party and his constituents by A) not keeping it in his pants and B) continuing to pursue a political office knowing full well his candidacy could do far more harm than good at this point given the depth of his transgressions.

He cheated on his wife with another woman, yes. But that’s between him and his wife.

He ran for the nomination for president knowing this could and likely would cost the dems badly if the news ever got out. There’s no forgiving that.

This is my main problem with Bill Clinton, btw. The affair was between him and his wife. The real offense is knowing what that misconduct does to the image of his party and subsequently to the causes he claimed to champion.

If Clinton had kept it in his pants…

• Gore would’ve been elected decisively
• Gore wouldn’t have had to chose Droopy Lieberman as his running mate in the first place
• The Republicans and George W. Bush wouldn’t have been ceded the argument of bringing “dignity” back to the White House.

If Gore had been elected…

• The U.S. wouldn’t have preemptively invaded Iraq
• If the U.S. had been involved in an overseas conflict, it would be as part of a U.N. force backed by international law (laws we wrote or co-wrote and certainly signed off on) and not some bogus “coalition”
• FEMA wouldn’t have been run by a horse breeder when Hurricane Katrina hit
• Justice Alito and Chief Justice Roberts would not be on the Supreme Court for life
• 4,100 U.S. Soldiers and countless Iraqis would not have died for no good reason in Iraq
• Torture never would’ve been something to argue about

That is just as much Bill Clinton’s legacy as everything good he’s done.

If he had just kept it in his pants…

– Steve

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