It's no surprise all the guano came down this week in the last 24-28 hours - it's a key method of burying in plain sight, or out of plain sight, events and issues which may cause an uncomfortable uproar to the Powers That Be. The Olympics is a panacea for bad news. But Edwards will still be the topic of news conversation this weekend - A good sex scandal featuring a moralizing Democrat with pretty-boy looks will still be front-page, just maybe below the fold instead of above.
The Chinese, Russians, Georgians & the US State Department are probably drinking to John's health though. The Edwards scandal has commandeered what little oxygen is left in the US news media. The invasion of Georgia, the Georgian attempt at a little ethnic cleansing, and the further coverage of Chinese repression will virtually disappear behind headlines alleging payoffs from campaign funds, paternity, melodrama on the behalf of the Sick Cancer-Stricken Wife That Was Wronged, and other stupidity.
John Edwards, not only are you a first-class schmuck, but you also are an amoral jerk for holding out until the Friday of the Olympic Games where you hope the media attention will be somewhat diminished by the athletes. Maybe if your luck gets better, maybe the Russians will shell a house full of blind orphan children in full view of a TV crew.
Update: Interested folks might check out Jerome a Paris' deep portrait of the Georgian state of affairs. He, knowing all the actors well, can rightly call them bastards. The only person or agency I know well enough to fully rant on is Mr. Hair.
Saturday, August 9, 2008
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Maybe if your luck gets better, maybe the Russians will shell a house full of blind orphan children in full view of a TV crew.
Considering the history of the area, this is probably likely, too. Fuck. Though it doesn't make Edwards any less of a schmuck, it's looking like the other woman was threatening to go public. He may have been forced into outing himself.
I still think it's no accident that Obama's in Hawaii, as far from the story as possible. Even so, Media Matters caught David Gregory (a real dick taken down quite handily by Jon Stewart last week) trying to connect the story to Obama. Sheeeeit.
it's looking like the other woman was threatening to go public. He may have been forced into outing himself.
I sensed a media sting operation before you said something. The story hadn't moved in months, and the affair was supposedly long dead. When you read the Enquirer's event timeline for last month, it seems that something unstated goaded Edwards into coming to the hotel. Who's the source(s)? What was the bait?
Jeralyn's got a post up where she discusses the issue. There are some good comments in there, too. I had no idea there was a late night assignation, or that there were others involved and money changed hands, maybe even campaign money. Seems there's more to the story, and Edwards looks bad. I didn't bother looking at the interview, but the extortion angle looks interesting. The Dems'll want to bury this fast, though.
Bingo. Nice catch, coyote.
Thank Avedon Carol, she's just a wealth of links that should be talked about. If I had administrator rights, I would put her on the blogroll in a heartbeat. (nudge nudge wink wink)
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