Grrr. I couldn't imagine spending the tail end of my life dealing with that shit. You would think that if you spend a lifetime with your partner, raise his children, and support him through a successful career, he could at least do a half way decent job of keeping his dick in his trousers when you get sick. What a selfish, selfish man. I hope his penis falls off and he loses it.
(then he sees it while walking down St Mark's pl on a junk table next to a broken toaster oven on sale for $22)
ELizabeth Edwards, cancer-stricken wife, is gloating because she lives in the big house, Rielle just got a paltry million dollar summer rental. In the fall. The shame. #johnedwards
Dammit, Pareene, the entire time I'm reading your article, I kept thinking "No Smithers mention yet, I'm totez gonna be the innovator with a crafty Smithers comment!" and sure enough after being 99.997% through, there it is, the last word.
Anyway, great story.. both of them are such shameless pricks.
Politico insider-y stories usually make my eyes glaze over but this article was gripping. How smarmy do you have to be to let someone like Young glom onto you like that? And how stupid do you have to be not to see the potential downsides when the relationship inevitably turns sour? I expect some level of narcissism and sleaze from all my politicians, but I also expect street smarts.
I recall that during the Kerry/Edwards campaign that Kerry had a guy like this. I don't remember his name, but he was an ivy league grad whose job requirement was to follow Kerry around and supply him with PBJ sandwiches and he also carried an inflatable rubber doughnut so that if Kerry had to sit down he could use the doughnut. Maybe it's a common status symbol for D.C. politicians to have a Smithers.
@uncle_wiggly: They ALL have guys like this -- Clinton, Ron Brown (his body guy was, unfortunately, on that plane with him), Ted Kennedy... pretty common practice.
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(then he sees it while walking down St Mark's pl on a junk table next to a broken toaster oven on sale for $22)
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But I've got nothing but love for the innocent and blameless little girl.
Maybe we could all play nice and not use words like "Disgraced", "Scandal",
"Love Child", or "Child of Mistress" before her name. Maybe? #johnedwards
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"Rielle?, Rielle!?!" #johnedwards
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Anyway, great story.. both of them are such shameless pricks.
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