What Rielle Hunter Told Me

Forum with McCain and Obama on values and ethics lead by Rick Warren will air tonight on CNN at 8pm.

TOPIC: Russia and Georgia situation going on now. . .

While Obama is body surfing and golfing in Hawaii, the press is all a-buzz about McCain and the foresight he has had given the hard line he has drawn with Russia in the past, which he stated in his foreign policy speech back in March '08. Read on. . . .

John McCain 'Prescient' On Russia And Putin

It is particularly a moment where John McCain can claim to have been prescient. -- The Washington Posts David Broder

The Washington Posts David Broder: It is particularly A Moment Where John McCain Can Claim To Have Been Prescient. NBC's DAVID GREGORY: David Broder, is this a 3 a.m. moment for foreign policy for these candidates?

WASHINGTON POST's DAVID BRODER: It is and it is particularly a moment where John McCain can claim to have been prescient. Because in his basic foreign policy speech two months ago and in an interview that I did with him last week, he draws a very sharp line when it comes to Russia. He says these people are being aggressive and imperialist. There is no confusion, in his mind, about the character of the Putin-Medvedev government and he is prepared, I think, to make the case that this is a demonstration of exactly what he has been arguing for. (NBC's "Meet The Press," 8/10/08)

VIDEO of Foreign Policy Speech: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXaAVSQs1eU

Watch David Broder This Morning: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlwSigcsK5U

The Politicos Jonathan Martin: John McCain 'Appears To Have Been Ahead Of The Curve In His Assessment That Moscow Was The Bad Actor Here.' When violence broke out in the Caucasus Friday morning, John McCain quickly issued a statement that was far more strident toward the Russians than that of President Bush, Barack Obama and much of the West. But, as Russian warplanes pounded Georgian targets far beyond South Ossetia this weekend, Bush, Obama and others have moved closer to McCains initial position. It has been a rough few weeks for McCain on the foreign policy front, paging Dr. Maliki, but he appears to have been ahead of the curve in his assessment that Moscow was the bad actor here. (Jonathan Martin, McCain Prescient On Russia? The Politico, 8/10/08)


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I haven't gotten a chance to read all the post but here is my theory.of the deal that was made.....Edwards will deny that the child is his but (because he is such a stand-up guy) he will offer to take a paternity test. Reille will refuse to go along with the test, so that it can't be proven that Edwards is the real father.. Money will exchange hands

I want to know why the press is giving McCain a free ride about his cheating on his first wife (now that Edwards is being publicized) and about his Keating Five scandal. How come, Newsweek? I always read your magazine and you guys are strangely mute on these explosive issues about McCain.

Gee, she claims to be all about "truth", yet the real truth is that she is all about lies, deception, and trying to steal another woman's husband. She is just another piece of scum that is trying to sleep her way into being rich and famous. And she is crazy.

john edwards made a big mistake,his wife knows about it,its a family problem,i think you should just report on something thats real news.i think the woman in question is just looking to be famous,do me a favor and ignore her,she doesn't deserve to be famous!!

I fully expect a slew of responses from my comments but I am still compelled to say what is on my mind. Let me first admit that I am a Republican and never trusted John Edwards. I am a believer in integrity and try to adhere to a sense of fairness. But for some reason I am not suprised with the following:

1. That John Edwards was a self absorbed personal injury trial attorney would cheat on his wife while she battled cancer. (and probably fathered a child)
2. That John Edwards would construct a 28,000 square foot house while he was having his affair and while he was promoting the policies that promoted economic equality.
3. That Reverend Jesse Jackson would father a child with another women while happily married
4. That President Bill Clinton enjoyed great sex with a 20 year old in an outside corridor of his private White House office
5. That Al Gore, while promoting a new and revolutionary energy policy personally built a home that consumed as much electricity as 15 American Families and heavily invested in companies that directly benefited from his own energy policies.

Although this is my "Republican" view, I personally dislike hypocrisy from any person, regardless of their professed beliefs.

My current husband cheated on his wife knowing she had terminal cancer. He said "She told me to do what I had to do." They had been married 30 years. Some women, after 30 yrs of marriage, simply do not care what their husbands do. They no longer love them. It's a marriage of convenience and they don't want to divorce because of the kids, family, etc. Elizabeth Edwards made her choice. She is not a victim. John Edwards is a coward and egotistical bastard for not being strong enough to honor his marriage vows.

President's or candidates should be judged on their policy. Who cares about their sex lives.

Psychoanalytic Dialogues,
Bill Clinton and John F. Kennedy: The Dark Side of Charisma
By Sue Erikson Bloland, C.S.W.

Bill Clinton and John F. Kennedy are both exceptionally charismatic figures who achieved enormous popularity as U.S. Presidents. And both have been revealed (one posthumously and one while still in office) as compulsive womanizers who risked their political careers (if not the welfare of the country) in the addictive pursuit of sexual gratification. Should we be shocked to learn that these well-loved leaders???or that Mao Ze-dong, Gandhi, or Martin Luther King???qualify as sexual addicts?

What we have come to know posthumously about the personal conduct of many of historys most extraordinary Political leaders suggests that a combination of CHARISMIC personality, a drive to attain POWER, and SEXUAL compulsivity is a common pattern among heads of state.

http://www.pep-web.org/document.php?id=pd.010.0285a

I SAY: If you do some googling like i have you will find plenty of polititions and Presidents that have committed adultery, had children out of wedlock , divorced, all PRIOR to entering the White House and DURING their term(s) in the White House. Sad, but true.

This was not an informative article, especially for Newsweek. I could care less about an alleged affair and don't know why anyone cares who is sleeping with who. It just makes him look like a cad because his wife is dying. But if she takes him back and belives him, who are the rest of us to judge? I'm not a Democrat but I really don't see where its anyones business.

BTW, separate your religious morals from politics. Anyone can be gay.

For awhile I thought Edwards was a decent man, but now I'm not so sure. My own father had an affair when I was a baby and my mother stuck by his side. I know that some men and women do cheat on their spouses. The fact that Edwards was so hard on Clinton and then did the same thing and HID it from the public until this time makes this case seem worse.

Comment: I have been, I guess the word is lurking around these boards for a while, I have posted a few times before but I prefer reading the posts, and I have to say that the level of rage amoung some Clinton supporters is absolutely horrible. There is no logic behind this, at this time in US history, they are choosing to vote for someone who will continue to lead us on the path that we have been on for the last 8 years. Shame on you. I to voted for Sen. Clinton during the primaries and was very upset that she didn't win, but it was a contest. True there were quite a bit of sexism and racisim being thrown around, but we really need to work to get past this. The goal, for me at least, is to make sure that John McCain out of the white House.

I did notice one blogger in particular that appears to have multiple personalities and runs around growling and foaming at the mouth at others like a rabid Chihuahua. All of her posts are extremely condescending and deliberately vicious for no reason. She claims to be a Clinton supporter, but the Hillary Clinton that I supported would be ashamed to call this person one of her base. This person goes by the following tag names;

123waz
zrrr
legume
xczy14
what?

In my opinion this person is just an angry woman spitting her venom because that is all she has. I shall name her Sybil the multi-personality angry Chihuahua!

ANOTHER W H O R E destroying a marriage

Lets get this right. or are you all in a democratic state. MR. EDWARDS COMMITED ADULTERY AND FOR YOU THAT DON'T UNDERSTAND : ADULTERY VOLUNTARY SEXUAL INTERCOURSE BETWEEN A "MARRIED"MAN AND A WOMEN NOT HIS "WIFE". I guess when Bill Cliton did the samething it became socially exceptionable. Having an affair is "SIN" . Maybe Mr. Edwards needs to make" PEACE WITH GOD" His wife was fighting CANCER and he was SLEEPING AROUND!!!!! If the culture of the "SOUTH" condones this. I thank GOD that I am from the GREAT NORTH. LET US FOCUS ON POLICY AND WE SHOULD CARE ABOUT "MORALES or are you all REDNECKS: manners morals : realting to dealingg with, OR capable of making the DISTINCTION between RIGHT AND WRONG in CONDUCT!!!!!!! do any of you have children???? I hope not!!!!! THIS THIS WAS A REPUBILCIAN THE press WOULD HAVE BEEN ALL OVER THEM. GET YOUR HEADS OUT OF YOUR REARENDS AND START LOOKING AT FACTS !!!!

Welll imagine that ANOTHER Dem hopefull awash - uh he should ask BILL FOR ADVISE.... Can't wait to see osamas dirty laundry....oops didnlt I say Obama????

Why do I need to care that John Edwards had an affair? That isn't news. It is gossip. Newsweek and other media who reported this as a big story should be ashamed of themselves.