The Political Voices of Women

When news of the John Edwards affair broke yesterday, it was very shocking. I had heard the rumors, but always assumed they were untrue. I didn’t watch the Nightline interview last night, but just in case you wanted to see it, and missed it. Here is the full interview, in two parts, and some of the reaction and commentary from around the web. I hope you’ll let me know what you think about this in comments.

John Edwards interview on ABC…

Part One

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Part Two




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Tami Winfrey Harris, contributing editor to The Political Voices of Women, wrote a very personal response to the shocking news about John Edwards…

I Am Disappointed In You, John Edwards…

Long time readers know that I was a supporter of John Edwards’ presidential campaign. I believed in his platform and thought he would make a wonderful president of the United States. You know, I still believe in his platform, but I am woefully disappointed in the man. On the one hand, I don’t think sexual habits have anything to do with the ability to be a leader. The list of unfaithful men who Americans swoon over is long: From Thomas Jefferson to JFK to MLK. And none of my Republican friends better say one word to me about this, as their presidential candidate is married to his former mistress.

But I am disappointed that powerful men, even the ones that seem “better than that” seem always to live down to the public’s lowest expectations of them.

read full post here

There was an interesting comment on a post about Hillary, it’s a look at the John Edwards scandal from another point of view…

Re: Senator Edwards
From all the news coverage tonight I didn’t hear one word on the question of whether Senator Obama wins the nomination if Senator Edward tells the truth last year when the story broke.
Does anyone really believe that Senator Clinton looses the Iowa caucuses if Senator Edwards is not in the race, especially after the landslide of working class voters who supported Senator Clinton after Senator Edwards left the race?
And what of the value of the Edwards endorsement, the timing of which stepped all over an important moment for Senator Clinton.
So all of the above leads to the question of motive. Was it just revenge for perceived slights during the 2004 campaign? Will some one at least try to find out?
And finally, exactly how hard did the media investigate the Edwards story when it mattered.
I find it hard to believe that if the story was reversed, the “What if” questions and investigation of motive would not have been a center point of the story.
Fraud has been committed against the members of the Democratic Party potentially resulting in an illegitimate nominee. But not one word uttered about it.

Denise from BlogHer, wrote a post on The Edwards Affair, that has many comments from the women of BlogHer…

For months we’ve heard John Edwards deny rumors that he had an affair with Rielle Hunter. He’s also denied being the father of Hunter’s baby. Today, he revealed that he did, after all, have an affair with Hunter but continues to deny paternity. The blogosphere is buzzing.

Sister Toldjah says Looks like The Enquirer got it right after all and questions the MSM’s handling of the story.

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Some of us are saying this is not news, this is not a story, this is no big deal… And the blog posts just keep rolling in. The tweets continue to fly.

Are you tweeting it or blogging it? Are you talking about it offline with coworkers, family and friends? IS this news? Does this matter to you?

The MOMocrats also had a strong response to a man they were supporting as president…

Top ten reasons I’m done with this John Edwards affair (and you should be too)

Elizabeth Edwards responds to news of affair

John Edwards hops aboard the bad judgement express

Also See:

Erin Kotecki Vest wrote for The Huffington Post…Edwards Affair: A Hard Lesson For The Left Half of the Blogosphere.

PunditMom wrote Political Rule #1 — If You Want To Be President, Keep It In Your Pants.

The Politico story has almost 1800 comments.

The New York Times – Edwards Admits to Affair in 2006

Well, if you are over your shock (and I’m not quite there yet), please let me know how you feel about the John Edwards affair in comments.

Also…Do you think if voters knew of this before the primaries, that the outcome of the election would have been different?