Oh John Edwards

(Note: Forgive me. Until Sunday morning I'm still six hours behind on the news)

I wish I could say I'm surprised by this latest turn of events, but I can honestly say that I'm not.

First of all, to all of the conservatives who are probably gloating now over a fallen Democratic politician and over how the National Enquirer got the story right--my original point against Phil Valentine still stands. If the National Enquirer really IS getting all of these stories right, then how much more imperative is it now that we fully investigate their allegations about the Bush marriage and the President's affair with Condoleezza Rice?

In all seriousness though, the problem with John Edwards, and with all of these politicians who get caught, is not the sex part. As far as I'm concerned, who you're schtupping is a private matter and not really any of my business.

Instead, the problem is the sheer hypocrisy of it all.

The problem with David Vitter and Larry Craig was not that they were chasing after hookers or gay sex in airport bathrooms, the problem was that they were lecturing others about "the sanctity of marriage" at the same time. Newt Gingrich scolded Bill Clinton while carrying on an affair of his own (and of course, Bill Clinton was responsible for DOMA and DADT).

John Edwards' hypocrisy is even worse now. He's the one who made his seemingly perfect family the centerpiece of his campaign, and made his own wife into a martyr in the process. Moralizing others, and accusing those who disagreed of elitism, was how he got his message across. Let's not forget his own statements on Bill Clinton and infidelity.

John Edwards was probably well out of Vice-Presidential consideration even before his admission today, but his entire political career is probably over now. And I don't mourn it. He had a good message, but he's revealed himself to be the lying sleazeball that I always thought he was. Good riddance.

Lawyers. They're all slimy SOB's. Why would anyone want to go down that career path?