Hee! Hee! Hee! Posted on 01/12/2010 6:07:50 PM PST by PJ-Comix
Hee! Hee! Hee!
I'm cracking up every time I look at New York Magazine's terrific Nathan Fox artwork used to illustrate a chapter of the John Heilemann and Mark Halperin book, "Game Change," chronicling the 2008 presidential race. The chapter excerpted in that periodical, "Saint Elizabeth and the Ego Monster," is about the complete self-destruction of John Edwards along with his campaign and marriage. Never has a candidate fallen so far and so quickly as you can see in both the the story and the illustrations. And what illustrations! The picture of Elizabeth Edwards ripping off her blouse on the upper right is explained by the authors which presents a picture of something less than the wedded bliss which John and Elizabeth Edwards portrayed to the public:
At the terminal, the couple fought in the passenger waiting area. They fought outside in the parking lot. Elizabeth was sobbing, out of control, incoherent. As their aides tried to avert their eyes, she tore off her blouse, exposing herself. “Look at me!” she wailed at John and then staggered, nearly falling to the ground.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
PING!
I don’t know... It seems kind of cruel to me. Too much exaggeration and the images are just plain...well...ugly. Don’t want to see more of that. What’s the point?
Below is the Nathan Fox depiction of Rielle coming on to John when they first met. It could be subtitled, "Edwards about to enter a world of hurt":
They both deserve whatever they get. They both are scum suckers. I will never forget how she attacked Ann Coulter.
No laughter. Yes it is news, but it’s not comedy.
Agreed. The woman is dying of cancer. Her husband is a total bastard. She’s going through a lot, and piling on is just not a cool thing to do.
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