the dignity index

The Biggest Losers

In a year-end edition of our survey, we rescore some old culprits to find out who set the high-water mark for low behavior in 2008.

NEWSWEEK
Published Dec 20, 2008
From the magazine issue dated Jan 5, 2009

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  • Posted By: Cherubim @ 12/20/2008 10:04:01 PM

    Some things like marriage relationships are private to be discussed between the persons involved. People need to stop pretending they are outraged. The only person with a right to be outraged is Elizabeth Edwards, and she has decided to spend much of her time working for universal health care for Americans. She has also said she and her husband want to dedicate their lives to fighting poverty. Let???s not hinder them.

    Other things like jobs, labor rights, the collapse of our economy, and government bailouts are public matters to be discussed by all Americans. I don???t want to see working Americans treated like the workers in ???third world countries???. John and Elizabeth Edwards are well aware of their short comings, but they also know how to fight and work for the American people.
    Watch the video of John, Elizabeth and their two youngest children at work restoring a home in New Orleans:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itn6xVOmR94&NR=1

    I leave you with this quote from Senator John Edwards:
    ???It???s not in how many times you fall down, what matters is how many times you
    get back up.???

    • Posted By: brt929 @ 07/21/2009 1:19:09 PM

      Cherubim:

      I think you are exactly right. I also know for a fact, that Edwards conduct is not uncommon when a husband watches his wife suffer through a long and lingering illness. I think it is a form of escapism for them, it is just that Edwards is famous, and the other men I have known that engaged in the exact same behavior were not. Edwards remains by Elizabeth's side, so I believe his commitment is to her.

      If Americans ever do elect a woman president, I hope it is a woman EXACTLY like Elizabeth Edwards, and not the self-serving Sarah Palin.

  • Posted By: Dencal26 @ 12/30/2008 12:18:55 AM

    SMEAR? Ayers is a terrorist and Obama has been a pal of his. This is proven fact;

    In a smear that sounds even worse in retrospect, Sarah Palin goes rogue and stirs up prejudice by accusing Barack Obama of "palling around with terrorists." Score: 66

  • Posted By: Dencal26 @ 12/30/2008 12:17:48 AM

    Lowest moment was election day when America elected a below average US Senator with no experience.

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