"Haunted by Elizabeth" (insightful article on Eliz Edwards)

[Cheney Killed Bambi]

That’s the question that continues to haunt the painful saga of John and Elizabeth Edwards. Not that she loves him and stayed with him after he confessed to having an affair (and possible lust child; though whether he told her about that we don’t know).

If we have learned one thing watching Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton, it is that marriages are complex, each and every one, with its bargains, and attachments, and wounds that run deep. After, of course, insisting she was not some little woman standing by her man, Hillary Clinton was in many respects just that. It was clearly what she needed to do, sailing on post-presidency into the Senate and her own fierce run for the White House.

No, the question in Elizabeth Edwards's case is: Why in the world did she go ahead and let him run -- run with him, run hard all across the country, giving her all despite her stage four cancer and her two young children -- after she knew. After she knew about his dalliance with a bouncy, blond so-called filmmaker with a penchant for New Age spirituality.

http://www.washingtonindependent.com/view/haunted-by-elizabeth

[Clark2008]

1. I can't understand this "stand by your man" crap, especially with the

millions Elizabeth and Hillary have.

My husband cheated on me and I had not a penny to my name (I was a stay-at-home Mom) and I divorced the asshole and struggled financially for years. I kicked him out. I still loved him (at the time), but I could never have trusted him again.

Why do these women stay with these men? I really don't get it. They aren't being forced to stay in a trustless marriage by finances - or even because of the children, anymore.

Seriously, I'm stumped.

[ellaydubya]

2. It is none of your business....

No one knows or should judge what goes on in someone else's relationship- there are many rhymes and reasons.

[Lint Head]

3. Dan Abrams ran this into the friggin' ground tonight.

Every little salacious detail was talked about. Give it a fucking rest! :dem:

[Triana]

4. I'd say the answer to the writer's questions are NOT ours to have...it's Elizabeth's business...

...and HER business only.

[noamnety]

5. Your link is broken.

It works for the first page, but doesn't include the link to the second page where apparently there is something insightful.