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Edwards Campaign Knew About Affair, Would Sabotage Nomination
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by politisite | May 11, 2009 at 05:48 am
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ABC News' George Stephanopoulos reported on Sunday that the Edwards Campaign had a Poison Pill if John Edwards won the Democratic Nomination. The Campaign first passed the rumors of Edwards Affair as misinformation but soon had irrefutable proof. In an effort to make sure that a national democrat scandel would not come to fruition, that would lose the election, The campaign planned a doomsday information dump that would keep Edwards from wining the nomination.
Here is what George Stephanopoulos said
I've talked to a lot of former Edwards staffers about this. Up until December of 2007, most on Edwards' staff didn't believe rumors about the affair.
But by late December, early January of last year, several people in his inner circle began to think the rumors were true.
Several of them had gotten together and devised a "doomsday" strategy of sorts.
Basically, if it looked like Edwards was going to win the Democratic Party nomination, they were going to sabotage his campaign, several former Edwards' staffers have told me.
They said they were Democrats first, and if it looked like Edwards was going to become the nominee, they were going to bring down the campaign.
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at 06:10 on May 11th, 2009
If this is true then the whole Presidential election would be questionable as well.
I am not sure why Americans make such a fuss about a persons private life, In France a President can get divorced have affairs and get remarried and in Germany no one would even talk about it, nor would they care the least in Italy, or Japan.
But in the US in can break you neck just having the rumour of such possibility.
What matters more though, Artificial moral values that no one live by in the real world or Political competence?
at 08:15 on May 11th, 2009
I think why Americans make such a fuss about ones private life is that if a man cannot keep a "forsaking all others" and "until death due us Part" commitment to his wife and God, how can one commit to upholding the constitution of the United States vow he makes before God. Since most Americans are people of faith, Marital faithfulness remains and indicator of commitment to Ones God and Spouse. The different countries you have mentioned are lacking Judeo Christian values. Culture is different from county to country. In addition Edwards claimed to be a man of the Christian Faith and touted his family life as an example of this. If ones calls himself a Christian, one could infer that he follows the core values of that faith. I am sure the other country leaders you mentioned do not.
at 09:18 on May 11th, 2009
would you opinion also apply to John McCain who also had sex outside of his marriage. I think he too claims to be a man of faith. He didn't follow the core values.
What about people who divorce, are they sinners then?
Both France and Germany are strong Catholic countries.
at 11:03 on May 11th, 2009
The claims that John McCain had an affair were unfounded and without merrit
at 11:46 on May 11th, 2009
so you are saying stories about John McCain like this one, are untrue?
McCain Profile: Arizona, the early years
at 06:39 on May 17th, 2009
Thought you were remaining in context. A candidate an affair. The left gets me.. a mans private life has no place in politics... but I have a 25 year old link.
at 11:16 on May 11th, 2009
People make mistakes. However, in this case, what made it worse, was the fact that his wife was suffering with cancer. If the recent stories prove to be true that his mistress has a child from him and that he used campaign funds to finance his mistress, it is even more relevant. The fact that his campaign knew and were involved in a coverup, which would have evolved into a sabotage of the campaign if he were to be the nominee, is scary.
It also makes one wonder what the results of the Democratic primaries would have been had he been out of the picture from the start.