And that heart is in grave peril:

Ex-presidential candidate John Edwards has a life-threatening heart condition that will require surgery next month, his doctor told a judge presiding over Edwards’ upcoming court case over possible campaign violations.

Every time I’m reminded of John Edwards’s existence, I get mad all over again that he knew he was a ticking time bomb of ethical and financial problems and he still tried as hard as he could to convince Democrats to vote for him. Let’s hope he gets better soon, so he can go straight to jail for a long, long time.

16 replies on “Apparently, John Edwards Has a Heart”

  2. If you don’t think Obama has equivalent skeletons in his closet, you’re an idiot – the only reason Edwards is a pariah is b/c he campaigned on what eventually became Occupy Wall Street’s issues, and the money boys decided they had to make an example of him.

  3. @2 – that’s fucking stupid. I liked Edwards’s politics, but he’s obviously a dishonest asshole and is apparently corrupt as well. The “money boys” didn’t take him down, he took himself down.

  4. The love for Obama (and Shrub and Clinton before him) proves that voters don’t give a shit about corruption and dishonesty in their presidential candidates, and Edwards’ is objectively less offensive than any of those examples — your argument is invalid.

  5. Edwards is the quintessential lawyer. What would you expect? Besides, I can’t be the only one who thought that smile was snake like. Romney has the same smile.

  6. Paul even a lot of Republicans are saying these charges seem like an over reach and so lets not lock him up yet.

    @ 2 What Shelton does Obama have? Edwards got in trouble because he might have broken the law, not the the extent made out to be but to some. It had nothing to do with the positions he was spouting.

  9. I gave that guy money. I’m still pissed. Yes, people have negatives in their pasts, but if they are asking for your money while running for office, the least one can expect is that they will not be actively creating new negatives at the exact same moment they are asking for your money. What a fucking asshole.

    You can find Jesus to fix adulteries for the electorate, but not last nights adulteries! Asshole. (I admit no Democrat could fix serving divorce papers on his hospitalized wife while committing adultery, a la Newt, no matter when it happened, but one assumes Democrats know this when one contributes…)

  11. 2: Yes, the big money boys made Edwards shack up with the videographer and got her pregnant while Elizabeth Edwards had cancer, which killed his career more than the money. That’s quite the frame.

  12. I love Edward’s politics and honestly he would have stood up for the little guy a hell of a lot more than Obama has or will. And to imply that Obama’s moral character is so much better is to be pretty deluded.

  14. Edwards’ behavior was obviously dumb since he’d have been eventually found out but a) his love affairs are pretty much his problems only since none of us actually know what happened and b) his prosecution for campaign funds violation seems pretty thin. I mean why not consider every overpaid fluff jobs given to professional politicians by supporters as a campaign fund violation or is it that only the super rich who can support mistresses on their own money are safe from this interpretation of the law?

  16. Idiotic scandals aside, I lost any respect I had for him following the debate against cheney when asked about gay marriage. Rather than simply espousing the completely logical & inarguable position for equality, he found it somehow necessary (and helpful? As if everyone who could possibly be swayed by such knowledge wasn’t already aware) cheney’s daughter. So then it goes over to dick who deadpans, “i’d just like to thank the senator for his kind words about my daughter.” Cut back over to john who’s got nodding, a giant grin on his face, completely unaware of stupid he looked.

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