Whacked Priorities

The American Spectator ^ | August 18, 2008 | Ben Stein

[wideawake]

If your own family cannot trust you, you are not trustworthy.

The list of important men with great achievements who have had extramarital liaisons goes from Julius Caesar to Napoleon to Thomas Jefferson to John F. Kennedy to Bill Clinton

Caesar, Bonaparte and Clinton are all repugnant leaders from the perspective of the US Constitution.

Kennedy is perhaps the most consistently overrated political leader of the last century.

Jefferson's alleged dalliances remain alleged.

[pollwatcher]

I give Rielle Hunter, the mom, a lot of credit for having the baby and not aborting that totally innocent child, as many women would have done. This courage and love of life is the real story here and if Edwards had a say in it, he is to be thanked and loved, not hated.

MAKIN'& HAVING that baby was Rielle's plan from the get-go. She and the tyke will live comfortably, IF she can manage to keep her mouth shut.

You can believe that Edwards had nothing to do with that decision. He probably swore to her that the fetus was calling out to him for the suction hose pronto!

[pollwatcher]

Nor is it a sign that Edwards might not have been a great public servant.

You mean the subsequent lies, cover-ups and the lamest, most transparent excuses and conniving wouldn't disquality him?